If I was @elonmusk the way to monetize @Twitter subscription is easy. Power users. Fix Tweetdeck. Make a mobile version. Charge as much as you want.

It’s snowing outside. I decide to listen to A Charlie Brown Christmas. A bit early, but still: snow!

At the same time, I’m playing with GPT-3’s new text-davinci-003 model. It’s impressive.

A couple weeks ago, Adam and I tried to get GPT-3 to spit out chord progressions. Today’s updated GPT-3 seems pretty good: sure, some of my prompts result in sonic (or textual) mayhem, but many more result in ii-V-I and other legible changes.

I punch in an oddball prompt:

Give me the chords to a straight-ahead jazz reharmonization of Erik Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1. A simple list will do.

GPT-3 replies:

Ebmaj7 - Bbmaj7 - Ebmaj7 - Bbmaj7 - Cm7 - Fm7 - Gm7 - Bb7 - Eb7 - F7

Okay, those first repeating chords make some sense; I can tack a melody to that. The next are a bit mysterious, but I give it a go and eventually find a way to make them fit. I toy with chromatic approaches while Vince Guaraldi sinks in and somehow end up with… well, “Gymnopedie No. GPT-3” I suppose.

blank1x1.pngGymnopedie No. GPT-3blank1x1.png

Really enjoying 1899 on Netflix so far. Creepy and mysterious.

Is it time to get cozy during eternal Caturday?

In the archeological anthropy department of #NAFO our latest dig has found one of the earliest, yet nerdiest, form of bonking in human history. Scientists say this discovery could push the Cambrian Explosion back days.
Nods. One Usenet group I was part of fended off trolls for years by taking troll posts and mocking them as part of a massive role-play party.
This is a good example of out of context #disinfo. Here #Russia took images from a training guide and spun a new story. #NAFO
Actually we are again seeing Russian or pro-Russian lies. The four photos are related to Ukrainian medical training center called 44Center. Their webpages: 44center.com ...

Kitchen part 8

Monthly Roundup: November 2022 gregorlove.com/2022/11/monthl…
NEW: Twitter is delaying the relaunch of Twitter Blue as it tries to skirt Apple's 30% App Store fees. In the meantime, the company's ad revenue is down 49 percent or more week over week in key markets. My latest with @CaseyNewton: platformer.news/p/twitters-adv…
Hey @ParallelsCares, how about you tell your customer support agents to actually answer the customer question, as opposed to copy-pasting boiler plate text that has nothing to do with my problem? So far, two agents have done this today on the same issue. Getting impatient.
Guilty. Guilty. You can't plan a seditious attack on the US Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power. Today democracy wins.
Anybody want to explain to @tonykevin how to spell Kyiv as per the preference of the Ukrainian Government. Hint... It is isn't in Russian.  Ки́їв #NAFO
Киев. In the native language of most of its inhabitants . And I am not a troll . I use Twitter as a vehicle for accurate fact -based commentary and I try to avoid pe...
NEW: Email from Elon to Twitter engineers and designers: "Anyone writing software or doing design should be on the 10th floor of SF HQ. It is intended to be dense and intense. Thanks, Elon."
Hey #NAFO for those of you wanting to consider a Mastodon server before jumping try out this tool. #clmooc I suggest we head over to #DS106 instance BTW the webring website I had running is 100% borked. Will rebuild just the RSS Planet
This is great — @luca's excellent Fedifinder app for finding your Twitter connections on Mastodon/the fediverse is totally upgraded, and easier/smoother than ever. fedi...
America, you are completely insane about guns. 1 million since 1990. cnn.com/2022/11/29/hea…
Hey @RealAlexRubi good to hear you admit you are not a journalist but an information warrior and asset. bit.ly/3OIgTgJ You spend more time talking about #NAFO more than #NAFO does That is one metric of their success in countering state sponsored #disinfo campaigns.
Hey #NAFO #cyber and #infosec folks in the NYC area.
HIRING: Manager - Cyber Risk / New York City, United States infosec-jobs.com/J19831/ #InfoSec #InfoSecJobs #Cybersecurity #jobsearch #hiringnow #CyberCareer #NewYorkCity ...
NEW: Twitter engineers have received another late night email laying out Elon Musk’s expectations. Managers are expected to “identify low performers on a regular basis.” Those employees then have “up to” 4-weeks to improve or they’re out. 1/

@AlterRox @RawStory This genocidal talking point (and their subsequent doubling-down on it) seems like it goes against your ethics policy?

https://twitter.com/BobBrigham/status/1597130165129478145 (archived)

Are you binging a new show during eternal Caturday?