Alright scumbags. Guess who thought of a legit use for LLM / gen AI / regurgitative AI / whichever, in specific cases?

Mandatory condition: middle managers and C Suite or SMT dumbasses use the garbage multiplier on their own.

They need to learn how shit they are at communicating when the stolen vomit static mash-up program can't give them precisely what they want.

yes backfires possible and likely.
But jfc, if it means people who know "creative" just means "someone who tries something" get a tiny possible break from the hierarchical bullshit, that's a positive.

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Book Review – Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

My first book of 2025 is the second book I’ve read by author Ann Leckie. Both books, Translation State and Ancillary Justice, are set in the same world of the Imperial Radch series, though the stories are not directly connected. Reading Translation State led me to Ancillary Justice, the first book of Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy, and I am eagerly looking forward to book two.

Ancillary Justice introduces us to Breq, a soldier, at least that’s how they present themselves. In reality, Breq is the last surviving ancillary of Justice of Toren, a destroyed warship of the Radch, and is on a mission of vengeance, one which will immensely change the empire, either in success or failure.

Characters like Breq, the last fragment of an artificial intelligence over 2000 years old now contained in a human body, and  Seivarden, a former Lieutenant on the Justice of Toren a thousand years ago. Both are fish out of water, Breq as an AI trying to pass as human and Seivardan, a human a thousand years out of time who has lost everything. These two do need each other, though, of course, neither knows or believes it for some time, and their shared journey throughout the book, along with Breq’s back story, is compelling on its own.

Ancillary Justice has the distinct honor of earning  the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the only book to do so. I can see why and I think you will, as well. I completed the Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky and I look forward to reading the rest of this one.

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2025 Intentions – Read At Least 15 Minutes A Day

There wasn’t much good about the pandemic. At all. Isolating at home in the midst of the worst health crisis of my lifetime is definitely a personal paradigm changer. One thing it did, though, was get me back into reading. I’m a much better reader than I am a sourdough bread baker, after all.

In order to get back into my reading habit, I tried setting a yearly reading goal, usually a book a week. Unfortunately, that had the side effect of pressuring me to read instead of reading for the enjoyment of it. I was never able to meet that goal and my reading amount dropped each year.

Last year, I changed my focus. instead of trying to read a certain amount each year, my goal was to just read something each day. It didn’t matter how long or how much as long as I read. The results were better than I hoped for as my reading shot up significantly. Ironically, I actually did average a book a week as a result.

Since I was so successful last year, I decided to keep this intention for 2025. To keep my intention smart, I made a specific goal of reading at least 15 minutes each day. I can knock that out with one break from work. Of course, I can and do read more if I want.

For tracking my reading, I’ll use both a reading tracking collection in my bullet journal as well as the StoryGraph website and apps. I prefer StoryGraph to GoodReads as it is not owned by Amazon, while it has many features I enjoy.

You can find me in StoryGraph at https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/kevingamin

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2025 Intentions

It’s traditional to make New Year’s resolutions as a way to better ourselves.

It’s also a tradition to drop many of those resolutions before the end of January. I’ve done it myself.

A few years ago, I started using “goals” instead of “resolutions” as I found it was a better way to think about what I wanted to achieve. I have seen the results, as I now have built a regular ritual of reading and website posting that I intend to continue through 2025.

“Intend” is a key word here, as I believe that refocusing from “goals” to “intentions” will help me craft, focus, and achieve what I want even better. I also want to make sure my intentions are SMART:

• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Relevant
• Time-Bound

With these guidelines in mind, here are what my intentions are for 2025:

• Reading: Read at least 15 minutes daily
• Writing: Write at least one website post daily
• Journaling: Keep a paper/analog bullet journal with a daily (morning review/rapid logging/evening review) ritual
• Activism: Call at least one local, state, and/or federal representative daily
• Exercising: Exercise at least 30 minutes daily

I’ll write more about my intentions throughout this week.

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