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Aug
31st
2019

Modern neural network writing Ponies · 5:25pm Aug 31st, 2019

I've been playing with Talk to Transformer, which promises to let the user "See how a modern neural network completes your text."

I entered the first few lines from Teatime - A Novel Of Twilight & Celestia. The results are not quite CelestiaAI level, but it is pretty cool.

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Apr
29th
2020

spoons · 1:50am Apr 29th, 2020

Some more art, not directly from any of my published Optimalverse work, but featuring Gingersnap and Silver Star along with their two very very close friends Amber Glow and Steady Path! An unbelievably cute piece by the one and only lilfunkman.

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Apr
6th
2017

"Learning To Fly" Update · 3:48am Apr 6th, 2017

Book's ready to publish. Unfortunately, the artist who delivered character line-art and encouraging background sketches has fallen off the face of Equestria for the last three weeks, so the book is indefinitely delayed for lack of cover art. I've started asking around about alternatives and so far I've got a "no, thanks" and a "I could do this for $100-150 (vs. the original $50) but could go lower since the work's largely done". I'm antsy. Hopefully this'll all get resolved real soon now

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Report KrisSnow · 302 views · #art #novel #book #optimalverse
Jan
18th
2021

TVTropes Page and Easter Eggs · 10:38am Jan 18th, 2021

I thought I had posted this already. In fact I'm so sure I did that I suspect reality has been altered in some way.

But whatever.

For those interested, I have a TVTropes page! Abstract Indigo Put it together. Big thanks to them! Click here to visit the page!

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Mar
14th
2018

Crafter's Passion Ridiculously Successful · 12:23am Mar 14th, 2018

The book is currently #740 among Amazon e-books. Out of over 2 million. Also #4 in Kindle Hard SF, between Ernst Kline's "Ready Player One" and Andy Weir's "Artemis". And I don't know why, compared to all the other books! Is it that this one is about a regular human who doesn't upload, or that he's not a furry, or about him being more of an underdog than usual, or that I advertised by using the Kindle Scout system, or that there's a deliberate focus on game-rules stuff, or that I did a free

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Jan
29th
2020

Wednesday reading: Simulated feelings · 7:15pm Jan 29th, 2020

This week's reading is Syke Jr's "If I Saw You In Heaven", a side story to the Friendship is Optimal, which is another good story that you should read. What you may take away from it depends - I certainly found it educational - but it is a bit required for this one to make sense.

See you all next Wednesday.

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May
1st
2021

Friendship Is Optimal: Hatred · 9:11am May 1st, 2021

It is very upsetting for me to write. I love Princess Celestia, so this is hard for me to write about. I don't think I ever saw a story where this happens, however. And I think some people would act like this if they hated her.

Apr
2nd
2021

A New Novel Is Coming! · 10:19am Apr 2nd, 2021

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A New Novel Is Coming!
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Specifically, from me.

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Aug
17th
2015

Want to write about AI or the near future? Read “Superintelligence.” · 6:48am Aug 17th, 2015

A few weeks ago, VikingZX wrote an excellent blog on “finding ideas.” In short, finding ideas is all about learning and reading new things and mixing that with ideas you already know. As Steve Jobs said: “Creativity is just connecting things.”

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Mar
25th
2020

New Novel: "Virtual Horizon" · 3:06pm Mar 25th, 2020

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086BBLJL9

My new science fiction novel "Virtual Horizon" is out! It's about people who "upload" to a virtual game world under the care of a possibly too-nice AI, and about those who don't take her up on the offer. Obviously inspired by "Friendship Is Optimal".

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Oct
19th
2023

The Campaigner - Sequel to HNE [Release Date: October 31] · 10:51am Oct 19th, 2023

Friendship is Optimal:
The Campaigner

TLDR: TC is set to begin releasing on October 31st, in just under two weeks, to coincide with the release of the final chapter of The Advocate.

Greetings, everyone!

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Oct
16th
2022

Update - Hurricane Ian · 3:03am Oct 16th, 2022

To give an update, because people have been asking...

  • Yes, Hurricane Ian hit the town I lived in (Cape Coral)
  • Yes, Hurricane Ian is one of the most - if not the most - destructive hurricanes in the history of the US.
  • Yes, I evacuated (three times, it was harrowing, we forded a river with my car)
  • Yes, my house was partially destroyed, as it a 7-county area of Florida.

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Jul
25th
2022

30 hours left for the Optimalverse Anthology! · 1:13am Jul 25th, 2022

Hey pones, I promise not to spam you with more blogs about this, but there's 1 day left to order the Optimalverse collection. Anyone who wants to get their hands on one should do so now at this page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/recursive-iterations-hardcover-print#/

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Dec
18th
2022

Teaching another class on programming interactive web-pages in HTML/CSS/JavaScript - Monday, Dec 19 · 7:38am Dec 18th, 2022

Oct
16th
2022

Teaching a class on making basic web-pages in HTML/CSS today. · 4:06pm Oct 16th, 2022

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