Reflection, or: Humanity

A Sijo

Reena’s Xploration Challenge 425

For Reena’s RXC prompt, we are encouraged to compose poems inspired by the above image of a woman standing before a mirror, in which her reflection is reduced to an outline. Reena also offers us this caption for the visual image: ‘In the outline, she found silence.’

Sijo?

A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

I am the same I, that I was yesterday (1890) by William James, from The Principles of Psychology.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b0120127-5615-440d-a809-184c464edc52

#consciousness #wavy #modernism #psychology #three-dimensional #thought #similarity #art #publicdomain

Similarity = cosine(your_GitHub_stars, Karpathy) Client-side

https://puzer.github.io/github_recommender/

#HackerNews #Similarity #Cosine #GitHubStars #Karpathy #ClientSide

Here is a typical Russian milblogger channel. Note ”owning the libs” type naming.

Are you still surprised MAGA supports Russia?

I think they actually look up to Russia, honestly, and would love nothing more than the USA to become more like Russia.

Russian brashness and embracing being the bully excites them. Maybe even makes them jealous.

#russia #maga #admiration #similarity #bully #psychology

#similarity #relationships #couples

https://www.psypost.org/similarity-in-long%E2%80%91term-romantic-couples-probably-matters-less-than-we-think/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING @psychology-and-counseling-fm_1_md

Collatz's Ant and Similarity of Landscapes

https://gbragafibra.github.io/2025/05/18/collatz_ant3.html

#HackerNews #Collatz #Ant #Similarity #Landscapes #Mathematics #Algorithm #Research

I’m excited to share my newest blog post, "Don't sure cosine similarity carelessly"

https://p.migdal.pl/blog/2025/01/dont-use-cosine-similarity

We often rely on cosine similarity to compare embeddings—it's like “duct tape” for vector comparisons. But just like duct tape, it can quietly mask deeper problems. Sometimes, embeddings pick up a “wrong kind” of similarity, matching questions to questions instead of questions to answers or getting thrown off by formatting quirks and typos rather than the text's real meaning.

In my post, I discuss what can go wrong with off-the-shelf cosine similarity and share practical alternatives. If you’ve ever wondered why your retrieval system returns oddly matched items or how to refine your embeddings for more meaningful results, this is for you!
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I want to thank Max Salamonowicz and Grzegorz Kossakowski for their feedback after my flash talk at the Warsaw AI Breakfast, Rafał Małanij for inviting me to give a talk at the Python Summit, and for all the curious questions at the conference, and LinkedIn.

#cosineSimilarity #embedding #llm #similarity