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Gwen Nelson
@garethnelsonuk
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Formerly known as Gareth Nelson, blogging about my gender transition journey and trans issues in general, tech and steemit
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religion
9y
Why even if there is a god, it can not save you
This post is addressed to theists who still retain belief in an all-loving god and was inspired by the brilliant "beyond the reach of god" from lesswrong - a blog I encourage everyone (and I mean that
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writing
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The essence of horror: why true horror is hard sci-fi and cosmic horror
The universe is a cold and uncaring place. Man is smaller than a spec of dust in the scheme of things, and there are creatures vast and beyond our comprehension waiting out there in the darkness which
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ai
9y
Natural language generation: text plans and semantic networks
Hi all, for those who want to understand a bit better on the subject of AI generation of posts without those posts being gibberish (as seen from markov chain outputs), I thought i'd explore it more. Within
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ai
9y
Output of a hacked together post generator
Note about this post: I gave up on making it look like a human had wrote it, this is the result of a script that parses trending topics on various sites, picks one at random, picks a related topic and
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ai
9y
Regarding AI generation of posts - a small challenge
Update - gave up on the harder challenge, shame on me The output is here: Do me a favor At some point soon, I will post some content to steem that will be written and generated by software. I will not
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algorithms
9y
Fun with DHTs: Building a distributed bayesian classifier on a DHT
This follows on from the previous post about fuzzy search on a DHT. As with last time, we recall that a DHT is basically a way to partition a large keyspace across a cluster of nodes. We find out which
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fuzzysearch
9y
Doing the impossible: decentralised fuzzy search on a DHT
@heimdanger recently introduced us to DTube here: In his post he states this: I have literally no idea if making a fuzzy search algorithm on a DHT network is possible without creating a point of failure,
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death
9y
Elaborating on the problem with death positivists
People reading my blog may be familiar with my previous post here: Following on from it, and following on from my series on practical transhumanism, I thought it makes sense to address further the problems
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transhumanism
9y
Practical transhumanism: How to eliminate most causes of death
Hi all, this is the third post in a series of mine about practical transhumanism, this one will be a lot deeper and the subject area is an emotional one for me personally due to recent grief. In this article,
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transhumanism
9y
Practical transhumanism: Augmenting sensory perception - what we can do
Hi all, this and the previous post is going to be part of an ongoing series of posts of mine about practical transhumanism - what you can do today to expand your capabilities and become transhuman. Previously,
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transhumanism
9y
Practical transhumanism: Augmenting human intelligence and creativity
Hi all, as you may have noticed i've been very active in writing a few short horror fiction stories recently and thought I would reflect on the source of my current creative energy and how it can be
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fiction
9y
The dwellers in the dust - another story set in V's universe
If you have not read the original story of mine (V), please do so first: the below story has spoilers for it. His life lasted a period of 75 years, and for the majority of it he had worked in astronomy,
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fiction
9y
V - another short cosmic horror / sci-fi
Man grew beyond the pale blue dot, establishing colonies beyond the earth and expanding to other planets in our own solar system. Over the decades after launching the first manned ship to mars, technology
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email
9y
Who invented email? My interview with Leslie Michelson
After the recent controversy over the "google manifesto", it seems an appropriate time to address another controversy: that of a man who claims to be the inventor of email and is currently engaged in legal
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googlemanifesto
9y
Breaking down the so-called "Google Manifesto"
Hi all, I thought i'd comment on this recent controversy by breaking down the actual document and responding to it. If you haven't read the original document, it's available here: First i'd like to remark
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religion
9y
A sad followup to "I am currently angry"
Another short post following up on this one: My grandfather, this wonderful man who was so good to me growing up and who to this day still encourages me in everything I do, a true "heart of gold" type,
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fiction
9y
From within the sleep - a short cosmic horror
If I had been more awake, I might have seen it. Sleep has taken me. No, it is not sleep itself. Or is it? Let me explain myself while there is still time. This began with my experiments in lucid dreaming,
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death
9y
The problem with death positivists
The problem with death positivists Hi all, and behold - i'm back on SteemIt :) I've actually been planning this for a while but was waiting for a good article subject that wasn't just more of the same
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steemit
9y
New posts are coming....
Yes, it's true - i'm coming back to steemit. The reason i've been away is due to the fall of steempower.org - i'm not going into the details behind that one but suffice to say I loved working on the project
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cancer
10y
Cancer is a horrible thing: here's some preventative measures
Prevention tips for cancer Hi everyone, I think the title sums up what this post is about so let's get to it. Update/edit: I wrote this because my grandmother was at the time terminally ill - within less
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