2025-04-07T13:39:34Z https://njump.me Dragon-sided D https://njump.me/npub1sea3d77mjcwnvg9kumqa6zcpy3crcndnr4khzzttseh9fhkfx4sqxnpev4 https://cdn.masto.host/sciencemastodoncom/accounts/avatars/109/374/708/697/478/326/original/672d6234a603263a.png https://cdn.masto.host/sciencemastodoncom/accounts/avatars/109/374/708/697/478/326/original/672d6234a603263a.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx6aqn924q8ch76ewe3e36ctdftckr9msurl354rp7a7hz3d546mczyzr8k9hmmwtp6d3qkmnvrhgtqyj8q0zdkvwk6ugfdwrxu4x7ey6kqz0t68u I was talking to my teenager about multimodal vector space token embedding and used the analogy of Hermann Hesse&#39;s _Glass Bead Game_, in which all of art and mathematics is unified into an abstract set of rules in theory played with colored beads.<br/><br/>He hadn&#39;t heard of the book, which of course I immediately got for him. Reading and digesting Hesse are treasured memories for me.<br/><br/>And while ruminating those memories, I browsed Hesse&#39;s wikipedia page and learned something<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Bead_Game">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Bead_Game</a><br/><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/sciencemastodoncom/media_attachments/files/114/247/469/150/699/907/original/124f1269bbe726f4.png"> 2025-03-29T19:54:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq3j4y966rgv7s6ds5lxe5gpggddpvwstzdspqanh6ucgh8ffgduszyzr8k9hmmwtp6d3qkmnvrhgtqyj8q0zdkvwk6ugfdwrxu4x7ey6kqt7plj7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsddhv7j5h74w2354qfhna7k6tz3ncwnp8v335hvs0xyda9psdfc4gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q64kdqt'>nevent1q…kdqt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqn74jfjx77lvyda5dwr9m3ytxzac59c4w4y4v5gzzl3029wgl7n3qevay4f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqn74jfjx77lvyda5dwr9m3ytxzac59c4w4y4v5gzzl3029wgl7n3qevay4f</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…ay4f</span>)</a></span> now that&#39;s an *old* map 2025-03-22T16:25:22Z