People *say* they want transparency and modifiability, and they even probably think they do, but they genuinely don't. They want "I want to see who got married and who got buried while I was afk for three days."
October 16, 2023 at 2:29 AM
People *say* they want transparency and modifiability, and they even probably think they do, but they genuinely don't. They want "I want to see who got married and who got buried while I was afk for three days."
have heard the idea that there will be "black box" agent repos where there's no expectation of human modifiability due to scale/speed/whatever
but IMO if a repo can't handle an occasional human edit, it is frail
even our mightiest industrial machines have LOTO procedures for repair/maintenance
but IMO if a repo can't handle an occasional human edit, it is frail
even our mightiest industrial machines have LOTO procedures for repair/maintenance
once every couple of agent sprints, stick your fingers in the repo and make some changes manually. just to keep them on their toes that you're still capable of being a threat
it's a classic EM move
it's a classic EM move
July 1, 2026 at 10:06 PM
have heard the idea that there will be "black box" agent repos where there's no expectation of human modifiability due to scale/speed/whatever
but IMO if a repo can't handle an occasional human edit, it is frail
even our mightiest industrial machines have LOTO procedures for repair/maintenance
but IMO if a repo can't handle an occasional human edit, it is frail
even our mightiest industrial machines have LOTO procedures for repair/maintenance
And of course a synapse is not captured by just a single weight but also encompasses short term dynamics and modifiability aka metaplaticity.
December 23, 2024 at 3:09 PM
And of course a synapse is not captured by just a single weight but also encompasses short term dynamics and modifiability aka metaplaticity.
Tinker will be fun to watch for the "one more focused on efficiency, modifiability, specialization" path
Bridgewater tinkered Qwen3-235B
August 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Tinker will be fun to watch for the "one more focused on efficiency, modifiability, specialization" path
You can then rate some attribute, e.g. problem severity or modifiability
November 19, 2024 at 1:58 PM
You can then rate some attribute, e.g. problem severity or modifiability
it's a pain in the fucking ass that every single corpo app is some absolutely unmodifiable, and that unmodifiability reaches so far and wide that you've gotta do an annoying amount of shit to get around it and return to beautiful total modifiability. we gotta try anyways!
February 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
it's a pain in the fucking ass that every single corpo app is some absolutely unmodifiable, and that unmodifiability reaches so far and wide that you've gotta do an annoying amount of shit to get around it and return to beautiful total modifiability. we gotta try anyways!
Da müsste direkt mal jemand ein Normenwerk dafür erfinden! 😁
June 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Da müsste direkt mal jemand ein Normenwerk dafür erfinden! 😁
True - I don't think testing for things of unclear importance (or even clear importance, but unclear modifiability) is useful - and in fact could be harmful by causing unnecessary stress in parents.
But I think there could be useful applications for both consumer & clinical applications.
But I think there could be useful applications for both consumer & clinical applications.
June 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
True - I don't think testing for things of unclear importance (or even clear importance, but unclear modifiability) is useful - and in fact could be harmful by causing unnecessary stress in parents.
But I think there could be useful applications for both consumer & clinical applications.
But I think there could be useful applications for both consumer & clinical applications.
Pois é... docs.oracle.com/en/java/java...
> the interfaces do not attempt to capture such subtle distinctions as mutability, modifiability, and resizability
Parece que quem desenhou isso (lá no java 1.2) imaginou que usar algo imutável era uma diferença sutil...
> the interfaces do not attempt to capture such subtle distinctions as mutability, modifiability, and resizability
Parece que quem desenhou isso (lá no java 1.2) imaginou que usar algo imutável era uma diferença sutil...
Collections Framework Overview (Java SE 24 & JDK 24)
docs.oracle.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Pois é... docs.oracle.com/en/java/java...
> the interfaces do not attempt to capture such subtle distinctions as mutability, modifiability, and resizability
Parece que quem desenhou isso (lá no java 1.2) imaginou que usar algo imutável era uma diferença sutil...
> the interfaces do not attempt to capture such subtle distinctions as mutability, modifiability, and resizability
Parece que quem desenhou isso (lá no java 1.2) imaginou que usar algo imutável era uma diferença sutil...
[Tinnitus] Wellauer, Avdi, et al.: "This is the first study to measure the modifiability of evoked neural responses associated with tinnitus." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
[Tinnitus] Wellauer, Avdi, et al.: "This is the first study to measure the modifiability of evoked neural responses associated with tinnitus." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
@Cranialstrain @jeremydmiller They are classic quality trade-offs. I'd optimise for modifiability unless you violate NFRs for performance.
November 24, 2024 at 4:38 PM
@Cranialstrain @jeremydmiller They are classic quality trade-offs. I'd optimise for modifiability unless you violate NFRs for performance.
If something in BlueSky gives me hope of some rapid non linear effect for growth, it's the openness and modifiability. I wish it would be a bit easier tho.
Algorithmic Choice!
This "For You" feed by @spacecowboy17.bsky.social is what it's all about. You don't have to use Discover. Other people can make great algorithms.
This "For You" feed by @spacecowboy17.bsky.social is what it's all about. You don't have to use Discover. Other people can make great algorithms.
August 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If something in BlueSky gives me hope of some rapid non linear effect for growth, it's the openness and modifiability. I wish it would be a bit easier tho.
if somehow it were possible to accept a 5 year downgrade, and then only continue with progressive enhancement that also maintained these qualities of privacy and modifiability, at whatever speed that occurs, the software would eventually reach the same quality as current corporate stuff.
2/3
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July 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
if somehow it were possible to accept a 5 year downgrade, and then only continue with progressive enhancement that also maintained these qualities of privacy and modifiability, at whatever speed that occurs, the software would eventually reach the same quality as current corporate stuff.
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That's super interesting! Do you have the ref on hand? :o
Definitely something there around the (transient?) modifiability of priors, but I also wonder if it's mediated by trust. I'm kind of hyperviligant and have never succeeded in being hypnotised, despite some effort...
Definitely something there around the (transient?) modifiability of priors, but I also wonder if it's mediated by trust. I'm kind of hyperviligant and have never succeeded in being hypnotised, despite some effort...
May 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
That's super interesting! Do you have the ref on hand? :o
Definitely something there around the (transient?) modifiability of priors, but I also wonder if it's mediated by trust. I'm kind of hyperviligant and have never succeeded in being hypnotised, despite some effort...
Definitely something there around the (transient?) modifiability of priors, but I also wonder if it's mediated by trust. I'm kind of hyperviligant and have never succeeded in being hypnotised, despite some effort...
So -- take the world modifiability. But stuff like "melt sand into glass" or "extract oil from shale" all works. So does "freeze a lake into a skating rink" or "melt thru the glacier to reach the hidden caverns."
Then put over 40 skill tree professions on top. Crafting, combat, leadership, etc.
Then put over 40 skill tree professions on top. Crafting, combat, leadership, etc.
December 4, 2024 at 12:02 AM
So -- take the world modifiability. But stuff like "melt sand into glass" or "extract oil from shale" all works. So does "freeze a lake into a skating rink" or "melt thru the glacier to reach the hidden caverns."
Then put over 40 skill tree professions on top. Crafting, combat, leadership, etc.
Then put over 40 skill tree professions on top. Crafting, combat, leadership, etc.
I had missed that you've drifted from game-playing into a program-synthesis version of game playing that also uses LLMs in the search. Adding this to my own reading list...
Language Models Speed Up Local Search for Finding Programmatic...
Encoding policies that solve sequential decision-making problems as programs offers advantages over neural representations, such as interpretability and modifiability of the policies. On the...
openreview.net
February 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I had missed that you've drifted from game-playing into a program-synthesis version of game playing that also uses LLMs in the search. Adding this to my own reading list...
I first played Doom when my dad notified me of it and installed the shareware version on his PC. I wanted to play the WADs, so that's when we got the full version of the game. Little did I know how long the user-modifiability of the game would last!
December 10, 2023 at 3:02 PM
I first played Doom when my dad notified me of it and installed the shareware version on his PC. I wanted to play the WADs, so that's when we got the full version of the game. Little did I know how long the user-modifiability of the game would last!
Member publication alert:
Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (PIEZO1) is upregulated in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and a novel murine PAD model
jvsvs.org/article/S266...
Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (PIEZO1) is upregulated in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and a novel murine PAD model
jvsvs.org/article/S266...
Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (PIEZO1) is upregulated in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and a novel murine PAD model
The objectives of this work are to: define murine femoral artery stiffening with age
and the modifiability of this process by exercise; impose peripheral arterial disease
(PAD) hemodynamics on murine ...
jvsvs.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Member publication alert:
Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (PIEZO1) is upregulated in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and a novel murine PAD model
jvsvs.org/article/S266...
Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (PIEZO1) is upregulated in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and a novel murine PAD model
jvsvs.org/article/S266...
Reprogramming the genome of M13 bacteriophage for all-in-one personalized cancer vaccine.
DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.22.624916
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39605543/
DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.22.624916
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39605543/
Reprogramming the genome of M13 bacteriophage for all-in-one personalized cancer vaccine - PubMed
Peptide-based vaccines face limitations in immunogenicity and stability, and challenges in co-delivering antigens and adjuvants effectively. Virus-based nanoparticles, particularly M13 bacteriophage, present a promising solution due to their genetic modifiability, intrinsic adjuvanticity, and effici …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 29, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Reprogramming the genome of M13 bacteriophage for all-in-one personalized cancer vaccine.
DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.22.624916
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39605543/
DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.22.624916
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39605543/
Construction of Modifiable Phthalocyanine-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks with Irreversible Linking for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction
Nano-Micro Lett. 18, 119 (2026).
doi.org/10.1007/s408...
Nano-Micro Lett. 18, 119 (2026).
doi.org/10.1007/s408...
Construction of Modifiable Phthalocyanine-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks with Irreversible Linking for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction - Nano-Micro Letters
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are considered promising catalysts for photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (pCO2RR) due to facilitated regulations. However, the instability of COFs with dynamic reversible covalent bonds and the limited modifiability of COFs with irreversible covalent bonds restricted the enhancement of the pCO2RR performance. Herein, three phthalocyanine-based COFs with ether-linked, CoOP, CoPOP, and CoBOP, were successfully prepared via in situ polycondensation using modifiable bis-phthalonitrile. CoBOP achieved a record of syngas performance in pCO2RR systems with photosensitizers and sacrificial agents (CO 83.7 mmol g−1 h−1 and H2 54.7 mmol g−1 h−1), surpassing most COF photocatalysts. Additionally, CoOP, CoPOP, and CoBOP exhibit stabilities in extreme environments owing to their irreversible covalent bonds. Experimental and density functional theory analyses confirm that the optimally matched the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the linking unit between the photosensitizer and active unit endowed CoBOP with the highest photoelectron transfer efficiency among the three catalysts, boosting its pCO2RR activity. This work is highly instructive for designing COFs with structure-adjustable and irreversible covalent bonds.
doi.org
April 9, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Construction of Modifiable Phthalocyanine-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks with Irreversible Linking for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction
Nano-Micro Lett. 18, 119 (2026).
doi.org/10.1007/s408...
Nano-Micro Lett. 18, 119 (2026).
doi.org/10.1007/s408...
I’d add Schecter= Hyundai 😁
September 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I’d add Schecter= Hyundai 😁
An Explicit World Model Based on Data-First Ontology: DaoQL Multimodal Storage Validation and Counterfactual Reasoning Evaluation
Zhanbo Li et al.
#arXiv #cs.AI #cs.DB
Zhanbo Li et al.
#arXiv #cs.AI #cs.DB
An Explicit World Model Based on Data-First Ontology: DaoQL Multimodal Storage Validation and Counterfactual Reasoning Evaluation
Large language models encode world models implicitly in neural weights, which exposes four structural risks in high-precision domains such as medicine and finance: hallucination, frozen knowledge, poor explainability, and poor modifiability. This paper proposes data-first ontology: LLMs are treated…
arxiv.org
July 21, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Laura Pomponio, Maximiliano Cristi\'a, Estanislao Ruiz Soraz\'abal, Maximiliano Garc\'ia
Reusability and Modifiability in Robotics Software (Extended Version)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07228
Reusability and Modifiability in Robotics Software (Extended Version)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07228
September 12, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Laura Pomponio, Maximiliano Cristi\'a, Estanislao Ruiz Soraz\'abal, Maximiliano Garc\'ia
Reusability and Modifiability in Robotics Software (Extended Version)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07228
Reusability and Modifiability in Robotics Software (Extended Version)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07228