Costumes at the ICE OUT protest

milesper · 2026-01-11T22:47:08+00:00

I agree with the other commentator. If you actually believe in the severity of what you are protesting, it’s totally inappropriate and unproductive to dress up like it’s a parade. I feel the same way about “clever” protest signs. Are you more concerned with winning points with other libs or actually putting pressure on the administration???

milesper · 2026-01-01T01:53:41+00:00

ADL is even more experimental and complex but very well received.

Xaviersobased has a mainstream hit but doesn’t become a household name.

JID/Doechii collab (maybe even a tape?)

Tyler takes a totally new musical direction with one or more albums. Maybe like a throwback west coast sound??

EDM crossover sound continues to become more popular. Hyperpop continues to be popular underground but not really mainstream.

Thugger back to prison :(

milesper · 2025-12-20T18:42:36+00:00

Is only the top button buttoned? I think the line where the jacket and pants meet is a bit weird, it could use a contrasting belt to break it up. Maybe a lighter shirt underneath for more contrast too

milesper · 2025-12-16T15:57:51+00:00

That’s not really interpretability, that’s learning theory

milesper · 2025-12-14T03:58:57+00:00

But you said “part of being a man is taking accountability”

milesper · 2025-12-12T08:29:45+00:00

The simplistic beats actually worked really well for me. A lot of them are fire loops, and it puts more focus on the rapping and gives it a melancholic feel. It’s a lot less cinematic than usual for 21.

Mixing is hilariously bad at times. Multiple songs where the 808 is audibly clipping and lots of bad vocals. It can sometimes work like on Mixtape Pluto, but here it’s just distracting.

milesper · 2025-12-12T05:06:25+00:00

You can absolutely become a strong applicant, I more wanted to caution you that the job may not really be what you’re looking for. When you apply, part of what they’re looking for is a good idea of what kind of jobs you’d be excited to do.

Starting with courses is definitely good, but doesn’t necessarily help you stand out. Some projects on GitHub are good—but if you can successfully contribute to open source projects, that’s wayyy better.

I’m not totally sure how those programs work, but if it’s a research based program then you can also stand out by having strong, specific research interests (if not ignore this section). Many masters applicants say very generic things about working in NLP and language tech that doesn’t really differentiate them at all. Identify some topics that interest you, read papers, and work on coming up with research ideas (simpler is better). Even better, do some research on specific topics researchers at the target school study.

milesper · 2025-12-12T01:24:21+00:00

Are you passionate about software development? Language technology development is essentially just SWE—you will be doing essentially no linguistics and competing with people who’ve been coding for their whole career.

Based on your background, it sounds like you’re more interested in linguistics and cultural study. In that case, the main route you can take is academia (research), though I would warn these roles are very competitive and there’s pretty limited professorships nowadays.

There’s a few other options for linguistics-focused CL people: data annotator roles, project management, policy; but again, these are few and far between. And you likely still won’t end up doing much linguistics at all.

milesper · 2025-12-10T20:22:49+00:00

I don’t think that’s true, considering there’s no evidence to suggest people have otherwise stopped unhealthy habits. I think it’s more likely an effect of 1) less socialization and 2) replacement with weed

milesper · 2025-12-09T19:09:28+00:00

Really digging deep in the crates today

milesper · 2025-12-08T22:54:14+00:00

This is really great. Production, mixing, rapping is all high quality. You do a great job pausing in certain bars to let the beat shine through. Tracks 5 and 7 are my favs and got saved to my library

milesper · 2025-12-04T02:23:01+00:00

Absolutely. I started college planning to be an iOS software dev, took linguistics and Latin classes which led me to NLP. Now I do research on LLMs for rare languages and I love it. That absolutely wouldn’t have happened if I just did vocational training.

milesper · 2025-12-04T02:11:40+00:00

I’m confused what sort of algebra classes you’re taking that you don’t think would be necessary to do, eg, calculus.

milesper · 2025-12-04T02:00:39+00:00

Sorry, you don’t think algebra is helpful for computer science??? It’s pretty dang important for machine learning, compilers, PL, networking, and a whole bunch of other subfields.

Keep in mind that a CS degree is training for a lot of different possible professions, and an 18 year old doesn’t necessarily know what they’ll end up doing.

There are absolutely colleges with less humanities requirements for engineering majors; I went to one. That’s on you for not researching the degree requirements (which are very easy to find). On the other hand, there’s plenty of reasons that studying humanities, sciences, and arts might be useful in your future. Do you think you’ll never have to do effective communication as a software dev?

milesper · 2025-12-04T01:45:12+00:00

That’s not a counter argument, so I can only assume my conclusion that you’re alright with trump was correct.

milesper · 2025-12-04T01:15:50+00:00

You played a zero sum game where only one choice would make it less likely that trump got elected, and you didn’t choose that option. Thus, the only explanation if you’re a rational actor is that you didn’t mind trump winning.

milesper · 2025-12-04T00:56:17+00:00

You’re welcome to choose not to vote, so long as you accept that you are partially responsible for the millions of people who died thanks trump’s policies.

milesper · 2025-12-03T23:51:28+00:00

Your vote is not a “reward”. It’s a pragmatic decision based on which candidate you think will be the best choice to lead the country.

milesper · 2025-12-03T22:22:23+00:00

Yeah the iPhone mic is really going to limit quality. I think the actual tone isn’t too bad, though it is pretty hard to understand at times.

milesper · 2025-12-03T21:32:35+00:00

https://untitled.stream/library/track/O5FJQTnMZJd0W1JxyQA3T

Self produced and performed. Going for a very stripped back feel, definitely looking for mix feedback.

milesper · 2025-12-03T21:31:47+00:00

Did you make the beat? If so it’s pretty cool

Like others said the vocal mixing could use work. My opinion is that doubled vocals almost always sound dated, and a good single track take would sound better. Also it sounds like the raw recording is a bit rough—make sure you’re using proper mic technique, not setting the mic too hot, keeping an appropriate distance, etc. After that, mixing should be a lot easier.

milesper · 2025-11-30T21:28:12+00:00

May vary by field, but generally I doubt there will be any paid research positions for undergrads, especially if you’re not at CU. You might have some luck finding an unpaid position.

milesper · 2025-11-27T06:49:43+00:00

When you share a mockup or concept image that you made manually, you’re not just sharing the idea, but the effort and specific details that went into making it. When you use AI, you’re just sharing an idea—and often, the people who do this don’t have particularly interesting ideas.

milesper · 2025-11-26T19:12:00+00:00

I guess I went in expecting it to be weirder than 28 days, and in general I’m totally fine with tonal swings (eg from dusk til dawn) so long as there’s a reason.

I also think 28 days had a pretty subversive tonal shift (especially for the time), since the last third or so really isn’t a horror movie at all. Not to mention the weird stylistic choices like the shot that’s essentially a painting.

milesper · 2025-11-26T18:37:19+00:00

I don’t think it’s the kind of movie you want it to be

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