#Natural Language Queries

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Power BI has many features to help with analyzing and visualising data in the format chosen by the user. Here are some of the key features of Power BI:

Data Connectivity: Using Power BI it is possible to connect to a wide range of data sources, including cloud services and local databases.

Real-time Data Refresh: It provides features for refreshing the data in real time.

Interactive Visualizations: The software allows users to create and share interactive and immersive reports and dashboards with multiple visualizations.

Natural Language Queries: Another capability being offered to business users is the natural language queries through which users can ask questions and get responses in form of charts and graphs.

Data Modeling: It has comprehensive data modeling capabilities that support the handling of large amounts of data and provides tools to change the data when necessary.

Customizability: Power BI provides users with a flexible option to design the layout of the dashboard or a report according to the organization needs.

Integration with Other Microsoft Products: It is well aligned with other Microsoft business apps like Microsoft Azure and Office 365 for the interoperation of data.

Data Security: Possesses strong security measures at various tiers, including the option to regulate data’s accessibility and use.

AI Support: Azure AI is integrated with Power BI to provide users with direction within data to make better decisions.

Collaboration Tools: Provides options for sharing and publishing of dashboards and reports through the Power BI service. Learn More:-https://www.analyticsshiksha.com/blog/what-is-power-bi-data-analysis-features-uses-benefits

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Unlocking the Power of Text-to-SQL Development for Modern Enterprises

In today’s data-driven world, businesses constantly seek innovative solutions to simplify data access and enhance decision-making. Text-to-SQL development has emerged as a game-changing technology, enabling users to interact with databases using natural language queries. By bridging the gap between technical complexity and user-friendly interaction, this technology is revolutionizing how enterprises harness the power of their data.

What is Text-to-SQL Development?

Text-to-SQL development involves creating systems that translate natural language queries into SQL statements. This allows users—even those without technical expertise—to retrieve data from complex databases by simply typing or speaking queries in plain language. For example, instead of writing a traditional SQL query like “SELECT * FROM sales WHERE region = 'North America',” a user can ask, “What are the sales figures for North America?”

The Benefits of Natural Language Queries

Natural language queries offer a seamless way to interact with databases, making data access more intuitive and accessible for non-technical users. By eliminating the need to learn complex query languages, organizations can empower more employees to leverage data in their roles. This democratization of data access drives better insights, faster decision-making, and improved collaboration across teams.

Enhancing Efficiency with Query Automation

Query automation is another key advantage of text-to-SQL development. By automating the translation of user input into SQL commands, enterprises can streamline their workflows and reduce the time spent on manual data retrieval. Query automation also minimizes the risk of errors, ensuring accurate and reliable results that support critical business operations.

Applications of Text-to-SQL in Modern Enterprises

Text-to-SQL development is being adopted across various industries, including healthcare, finance, retail, and logistics. Here are some real-world applications:

Business Intelligence: Empowering analysts to generate reports and dashboards without relying on IT teams.

Customer Support: Enabling support staff to quickly retrieve customer data and history during interactions.

Healthcare: Allowing medical professionals to access patient records and insights without navigating complex systems.

Building Intuitive Database Solutions

Creating intuitive database solutions is essential for organizations looking to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced environment. Text-to-SQL technology plays a pivotal role in achieving this by simplifying database interactions and enhancing the user experience. These solutions not only improve operational efficiency but also foster a culture of data-driven decision-making.

The Future of Text-to-SQL Development

As artificial intelligence and machine learning continue to advance, text-to-SQL development is poised to become even more sophisticated. Future innovations may include improved language understanding, support for multi-database queries, and integration with voice-activated assistants. These developments will further enhance the usability and versatility of text-to-SQL solutions.

Conclusion

Text-to-SQL development is transforming how businesses access and utilize their data. By leveraging natural language queries, query automation, and intuitive database solutions, enterprises can unlock new levels of efficiency and innovation. As this technology evolves, it will continue to play a crucial role in shaping the future of data interaction and decision-making.

Embrace the potential of text-to-SQL technology today and empower your organization to make smarter, faster, and more informed decisions.

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idk if you're on tiktok, but if you are I think you should look at @etymologynerd 's profile. he has really cool language fun facts!

Oh Bird Dolphin Lobster eye piss language guy!! I don't have tiktok, but I've seen a good handful of his videos on YouTube, and you're right, it's right up my alley. I hope to know as much about language as him one day. I should pay more attention to conlangs actually, I might try and make one for one of my finals this semester.

ty for sharing!! i haven't seen him in a hot minute, and I am very forgetful, so I appreciate the reminder :)

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How AlloyDB AI Query Engine Empower Smart Apps Developers

AlloyDB AI query engine helps developers build smarter apps with quick, intelligent data management and rich insights.

Artificial intelligence and intelligent agents, which can understand commands and queries in natural language and act on their own, are causing major changes. The “AI-ready” enterprise database, a dynamic, intelligent engine that understands the semantics of both structured and unstructured data and leverages foundation models to build a platform that opens up new enterprise data possibilities, is at the heart of this transformation.

Google Cloud Next introduced many new AlloyDB AI technologies this week to speed up intelligent agent and application development. These include autonomous vector index management, high-performance filtered vector search with enhanced semantic search, and improved search quality using the recently announced Vertex AI Ranking API and AlloyDB AI query engine. Also, the AI query engine filters SQL queries with AI-powered operators.

They are adding natural language capabilities to provide people and bots deep insights from natural language searches. These advancements make AlloyDB the foundation of agentic AI, converting it from a database for storing data and conducting SQL queries to one where intelligent agents may interact with the data and conduct autonomous research.

Effective, high-quality, and simple semantic search

Modern apps need smart data retrieval that combines structured and unstructured text and graphics. AlloyDB AI enabled semantic searches over unstructured data and extensively integrated vector search with PostgreSQL to keep search results updated. Google cloud next AlloyDB AI features address customer needs for better search results, faster performance, and cheap autonomous maintenance.

Adaptive filtering, a new mechanism in preview, ensures filters, joins, and vector indexes function effectively together. After learning the genuine filter selectivity as it accesses data, adaptive filtering optimises the query strategy and switches amongst filtered vector search methods.

Vector index auto-maintenance: reduces vector index rebuilds and ensures correctness and performance even when data changes. Vector index auto-maintenance can be enabled while building or editing an index.

The recently unveiled AlloyDB AI query engine may enhance semantic search by combining vector search with high-accuracy AI reranking utilising the new Vertex AI cross-attention Ranking API. After vector search generates initial candidates (like Top N), reranking capability uses the high-quality cross-attention Ranking API to dependably identify the best results (like Top 10). AlloyDB AI can integrate with any third-party ranking API, including bespoke ones, for maximum versatility.

Remember evaluator. This widely available feature provides transparency to manage and improve vector search results. A simple stored procedure may evaluate end-to-end recall for any query, even complex ones like filters, joins, and reranking.

Previously many times that amount, index build parallelisation is now commonly accessible and allows developers to produce 1 billion-row indexes in hours. AlloyDB AI launches parallel processes to distribute the load and build indexes faster.

The deep integration of AlloyDB AI's Scalable Nearest Neighbours (ScaNN) vector index with PostgreSQL's query planner speeds up performance:

10 times quicker filtered vector search than PostgreSQL's HNSW index.

Index building takes ten times less time than PostgreSQL's HNSW index.

Vector search is four times quicker than PostgreSQL's HNSW index.

AI AlloyDB natural language

AI technologies helped natural language interfaces on databases improve in 2024 by converting agent and user requests into SQL queries that give results.

Additional precision requires a quantum leap. Its new capabilities allow you to design interactive natural language user interfaces that effectively comprehend user intent and produce exceptionally accurate mappings from user questions to SQL queries that offer replies, improving on last year's natural language support.

Disambiguation: Natural language is ambiguous. AlloyDB AI natural language interface will ask follow-up questions to gather further user intent data. The database is excellent at resolving ambiguity since it's often embedded in the data.

If a query mentions “John Smith,” the database may include two John Smiths or a “Jon Smith” with a misspelt initial. AlloyDB concept categories and the values index help find relevant entities and ideas when the inquiry is unclear.

High accuracy and intent explanation: AlloyDB AI natural language uses faceted and plain templates that match parameterised SQL queries to answer important and predictable enquiries with almost verified correctness.

The millions of product attributes on a retailer's product search page might overwhelm a screen-based faceted search experience. But even with one simple search field, a faceted search template can handle any query that directly or indirectly raises any combination of property criteria. Additional templates can be provided to expand query coverage beyond those AlloyDB generates from query logs. AlloyDB clearly explains how it understands user queries to ensure results reliability.

In unpredictable questions that require flexible responses, AlloyDB automatically adds rich data from the schema, data (including sample data), and query logs to the context used to map the question to SQL.

Parameterised secure views: AlloyDB's new parameterised secure views restrict database-level access to end-user data to prevent quick injection attacks.

In addition to AlloyDB, Google Agentspace offers AlloyDB AI natural language for creating agents that can reply to questions by combining AlloyDB data with other databases or the internet.

AlloyDB AI query engine

The AlloyDB AI query engine can extract deep semantic insights from corporate data using AI-powered SQL operators, allowing user-friendly and powerful AI applications. AI query engines employ Model Endpoint Management to call any AI model on any platform.

The AlloyDB AI query engine and new AI model-enabled capabilities will be examined:

Artificial intelligence query engine AlloyDB SQL now supports simple but useful AI operators like AI.IF() for filters and joins and AI.RANK() for ordering. These operators use plain language to communicate SQL query ranking and filtering criteria. Cross-attention models, which are strong because of foundation models and real-world information, may bring logic and practical knowledge to SQL queries. For the most relevant results, AI.RANK() can use the Vertex AI Ranking API.

Previous versions of AlloyDB AI made multimodal embeddings from SQL statement text easy for SQL developers. It has expanded this functionality to integrate text, photographs, and videos to provide multimodal search.

Updated text embedding generation: AlloyDB AI query engine integrates Google DeepMind text-embedding creation out of the box.

Beginning

The AlloyDB AI query engine, next-generation natural language support, and better filtered vector search unveiled today provide the framework for future databases, according to Google cloud. AI-ready data gives agents proactive insights to anticipate and act. AlloyDB AI's database revolution will let you boldly join this intelligent future and unlock your data's boundless potential.

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How AI is Revolutionizing Voice Search Technology

The Hidden Link Between AI Voice Search and SEO: What You Need to Know AI-powered voice search is revolutionizing how users interact with technology, turning searches into seamless, conversational experiences.

Voice search is transforming how we interact with technology, turning searches into effortless conversations. No more typing—just speak to your device, and AI does the rest. In this blog, we’ll explore the evolution of voice search. We’ll discuss how AI powers it and why businesses must adapt to stay competitive. The Evolution of AI Voice Search Technology AI voice search technology has come a…

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Google introduces 'Bard,' its AI chatbot powered by AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP). This experimental conversational AI tool, based on Google's LaMDA technology, aims to provide accurate responses to user queries. Currently in testing with select users, it's set to become widely available after the trial phase.

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Learn about Microsoft Security Copilot

Microsoft Security Copilot (Security Copilot) is a generative AI-powered security solution that helps increase the efficiency and capabilities of defenders to improve security outcomes at machine speed and scale, while remaining compliant to responsible AI principles. Introducing Microsoft Security Copilot: Learn how the Microsoft Security Copilot works. Learn how Security Copilot combines an…

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I’ve Got My Eye On You

Summary: Reader is a Special Surveillance agent assigned to spy on Spencer. He manages to see through her cover, and thoroughly enjoys the confrontation that follows.

Couple: Spencer Reid/Fem!Reader

Category: Smut

Content Warning: voyeurism, oral (f!receiving), unprotected penetrative sex, f!masturbation, slight dubcon regarding recorded sex, heavily based on that one scene in scandal, iykyk.

Word Count: 3.5k

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I’d always been good at watching people. 

My life had been spent mostly to myself, divulging the information people offered without even realizing. When you talk less, you learn that body language, passing remarks, or even the quirk of an eyebrow gives away more than anyone ever realized– maybe more than an actual conversation at times. 

And I took it all in stride, not a single detail left unanalyzed. People were always surprised when I’d mention my observations, finding a way to explain a seemingly unexplainable situation, those around me wondering how on Earth I could’ve been privy to that. I’d always shrug at their queries. 

Pay more attention, I guess. 

It wasn’t a surprise that I’d ended up here, I suppose, in the end, as an Investigative Specialist for the FBI. I doubt that my listening skills were exactly what landed me the job, but I’d like to believe they contributed more than they actually did. Regardless, I’d never expected the result of the decisions I’d made over the years to lead to this– involved in spying on an agent of our own. 

The infamous "Dr Reid".

His specific circumstances had been shrouded in secrecy and mystery, apparently having just been let out of prison. (Prison? How’s he an agent then? Anyway, not my problem).

 The Bureau had been curious about erratic behavior on his part, and the string of discrepancies involving the unit he was involved in. Apparently, there had been multiple unforeseen and unprecedented events all occurring under the same team in a relatively small time-frame, and despite smaller investigations, nothing came out of them to warrant any real disciplinary action.  Probably why they brought me in, in the hopes of changing that. 

I’d been assigned to put up small, virtually undetectable cameras and listening devices within his apartment. 24/7 home surveillance, no exceptions. I couldn’t help but think that the guy really should invest in better apartment security, despite how easy his naivete made my job. His lack of caution surprised me, given the details I’d been given. For a guy who had a penchant for being framed by the ghosts of his past, he sure didn’t live like it.  Even as an FBI agent, he essentially had no technology to counter my own, and the height of his protection was a standard deadbolt. Was he insane? Unaware, somehow? Only time would tell, I suppose. And I had plenty of that, to watch and deduce the nature of his mind on my own terms. 

My time spent with Spencer resulted in one, overwhelming conclusion. Spencer Reid lived a relatively quiet life. His apartment was barely used, honestly, given the sporadic nature of his job. (Which was a shame, in my opinion, because it’s a nice apartment).  When he was at home, he seemed to remain quite unassuming. The positions I’d see him assume often were that of being hunched over on an aging leather sofa, pouring himself into grading papers, or creating lesson plans for his students. Oh, right. Did I mention he was also a professor? He is. I’d assume he likes the job, given how much of himself he gives into it, or maybe that was just who he was as a person. I wasn’t sure yet. 

I monitored his life outside of the apartment occasionally as well, just to see what intel I could gather with further investigation. There wasn’t much. Coffee shops. Book shops. Coffee. Books. Coffee- God, does the guy do anything else with his life? 

Most days, though, I’d liken him to butter spread too thinly over toast. Sleepless from nightmares that would have him walking around his apartment until daylight broke through the window panes. I felt exhausted just watching the guy, and it seemed insane that he could continue to live on when he left that apartment at the break of dawn. It didn’t seem like he had anyone to talk to, honestly. From what I was seeing, he wasn’t a threat to the Bureau, just a sad, middle-aged man who’d been dealt the most unfair of hands in life. 

I’m sure there’s a moral somewhere in all that. To waste your potential on something that gives so little back. Oh, well. My report was nearly finished at this point, and the most I could recommend the higher-ups was to get Spencer a better therapist, maybe. This one wasn’t really helping, it seemed. Besides that, his personal behavior wasn’t indicative of anything worrying to the interests of those managing him. 

At long last, it was my final night of watching him. Coincidentally, the date lined up with Halloween, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to finally be free of this specific survey job. Don’t get me wrong, Spencer seemed nice- but God, his life was boring. I don’t want to say it was like watching paint dry,  out of respect, but previous targets had offered at least some part of their life to be interested within. Spencer had nothing. No friends over, no gossip-like phone conversations, no drunk wanderings home. Nothing! I know he didn’t sign up to be watched, but God. 

Like, come on. Give me anything here. 

Needless to say, I’d become accustomed to the quiet, and this night was no different. If he was following schedule, he should be home right about … now. 

Now? 

Now… 

Silence. 

Spencer was definitely a creature of habit, so to not see him adhere to the routine he’d so meticulously stuck to in the past was a bit jarring, but I assumed he was just running late. 

A few hours later, I reasoned he must be running really really late. It was bordering on midnight, and he still wasn’t home. I checked train schedules, possible reports of a car crash, just about anything that could keep him from his scheduled appearance at home. 

I was just about to call my supervisor to look into whether or not he’d been called out on a surprise case, but that’s when the door of his apartment creaked open, and I felt my shoulders deflate in relief. Okay, he was home. He was going to go to bed and- 

He wasn’t alone. 

Spencer was dressed in all black, a leather belt adorned with a gold belt buckle being the only color his outfit brought. He wore tiny devil’s ears upon his head, the headband pushing down on the mop of curls that sat atop his head. He looked absolutely delicious, if I must say myself, and it seemed the woman in his arms would agree with me. 

He practically pulled her into his apartment, kicking his door in with his leg before slightly fumbling with the lock. As soon as the mechanism slipped into place, his hands were all over her, pressing her flush against his body, as if he couldn’t bear to have any space between them. 

For all the time I’d been watching him, none of his behavior indicated the presence of any kind of significant other, so this girl must be a stranger. If this is how Spencer treated strangers though, I was surprised he didn’t have a barrage of women lining up at his door every night. 

His lips absolutely devoured the girl, his hand cradling the side of her face, before his thigh slipped in between her legs, possibly to soothe a building ache that had built up there in the time they’d spent together, which I found entirely possible, considering I, personally, was heated from simply watching. 

I watched the pixels on the screen with such precision, innocuous shades of red, green and blue painting the most sinful of images. I found myself noting the way his hand snuck up the girls’ dress, the way her breathing hitched as she pulled back, watching as Spencer presumably played with her clit. I could feel myself squeezing my thighs together, recognizing just how wrong it was to be turned on by the scene in front of me, but I couldn’t stop myself. It wasn’t as if this was the first time a target had behaved sexually in front of me. (Or in front of the camera, I suppose.) I’d seen and heard just about anything you could think of, but this was different- in a way. To see Spencer so filthy, so confident, so- interesting. It lit a fire in me that burned with every passing moment he touched this girl. 

I’m able to watch him circle over her panties in a way that has her groaning directly into his ear, a smug grin plastering his face as he watches her every reaction. 

“Like that?” He murmurs, and I’ve never heard his voice so fucking deep.

She nods frantically, and it only serves to widen his grin. I can feel myself rocking slightly in my own chair, doing anything to try and soothe the fast growing arousal within me, unable to stop from imagining myself in her place. His hands, the feel of hot breath down my neck- 

I’m stopped dead in my tracks, however, when his eyes suddenly shift to the camera closest to him, his eyebrow raising, as if in challenge. He continues to whisper in the girl’s ear, and has the galls to wink. I’m horrified, a very sudden and intense heat rising to my cheeks. I can only watch for a second more, before he’s suddenly pulling her away, and I realize he’s taken her  within one of the only blind spots within the apartment. 

I’m scrambling to turn off the feed, stunned into silence whilst, my heart beating uncontrollably and eccentrically. Oh god. He knew. He knew and he did that?! 

I stare into the empty space, a multitude of thoughts inhabiting my brainscape. On one hand, the aplomb shown in that situation was commendable, since most people would react to the knowledge that they’d been secretly watched in their own home for the past few months in a much more hostile way. On the other hand, how did he even acquire that knowledge? The cameras were virtually undetectable, and he’d never let on that he was aware of their presence, and I’d know, considering how closely I’d watched him. 

I shake off the thoughts, focusing on something other than the overwhelming mortification coursing through me now.  

Alright, tomorrow, get into his apartment, remove the cameras, and hopefully never have to look at the man again. In any capacity, honestly. 

When daylight broke, I turned on the cameras for the final time, a bit more sheepish, knowing he was aware of the devices plaguing his home. However, it seemed like he was once again pretending like he wasn’t aware of the looming existence of them, sending his female companion off her merry way once they woke up, before going about his normal routine, heading out of the apartment for what was most likely his morning coffee and then afternoon lecture at the university. 

That was my cue. I turned off the cameras,  quickly making my way out to sneak into his residence, the heavy door offering little resistance to my advances, my movements quiet and undetectable. 

I’m  in the process of removing the final camera I had placed in his bedroom, hidden behind a copy of  The Sign of Four. Doyle. He had good taste, I could give him that. 

I’m just about to turn around and get the hell out of there, when I hear a voice behind me. 

“I noticed that one first, you know.”

I turn around slowly, embarrassed and slightly fearful to find Spencer’s eyes meeting mine. I’d watched him for so long, but seeing him now– his eyes were so beautiful. The camera didn’t do him justice.

He continues, despite the silence. “The other ones were harder to spot, I’ll give you that, but once I knew where they were, it was a bit obvious, don’t you think?” 

I’m speechless. My mouth is agape, and all he seems to do is smile at my lack of prose. 

“Don’t look so surprised. I know this apartment. I’m not here a lot, but I spend enough time to know when things have been shifted around.” His tone is cheeky, and he pauses, almost theatrically to add on:

“I’m sure you knew that though.”  His smile turns into more of a smirk. 

God, did he have to be so hot?

“Are you going to complain to the Bureau?” I manage out, keeping my eyes steady on him. 

“Did you find anything of note to tell them?” He responds, tilting his head with curiosity. 

I shake my head vehemently. “No, um. Nothing pertinent to say.” I get my words out in a hurry, my gaze continually trained on him. 

He meets my eyes with the same stare. “Then I don’t have much of a reason to complain.” 

I nod solemnly. I’m wondering where this situation will lead- what either of our next moves are. Before I can ponder long though, he surprises me and takes a step closer.

“I saw you, you know.” He says. “Thought I was going insane when the same pretty girl kept showing up at the bookstore and coffee shop out of the blue, but I’ve never been one to believe in coincidences.” 

“Oh.” I whisper. I really wasn’t as good as I thought I was. 

“You really shouldn’t beat yourself up.” He says, chuckling with some mirth. “Again, I’m observant. I notice these things. That, and you’re pretty.” He says, forward. “So, more of a reason to notice.” 

“Oh.” I reply, yet again, dumbfounded by the events currently transpiring. 

“Yes, oh.” He chuckles, before he starts to move closer yet again. “Tell me. Were you watching last night?” He murmurs, his voice dropping a bit deeper as he directly addresses the elephant in the room. 

I give a movement of affirmation, because at this point, what could he do? What could I do? 

“So you saw.” He mumbles, moving to position himself right in front of me, his eyes darkened and laser focused on my figure. 

“Yes.” I whisper, my voice hushed as our proximity decreased, his breath fanning out over my face now. I’d be uncomfortable, if I wasn’t so distracted. 

“Tell me.” He whispers, letting his calloused finger finally touch my skin, running down my neck. “Did it turn you on? Watching me with her?” 

I feel the familiar heat of embarrassment rise to my cheeks, my eyes suddenly widening not only due to the sudden proximity, but also the scandalous nature of his words. Did he mean for me to watch? Was that his plan all along? What was this sick and twisted game he was playing?

“Did it.. get you off?” He whispers, his lips leaning in to kiss lightly at the side of my neck where his finger once was. 

I freeze, leaning into his touch and going statue-like all at once. I can’t help the shakiness of my voice when I reply. “I.. wasn’t neutral.” 

“Mm.” He murmurs, kissing now at my jawline. “Did you get off? When she did?” He whispers.

“I didn’t watch that long.” I reply, helplessly, as I feel his hands start to envelop my waist, pulling me closer to him. 

“What a shame.” He mumbles. “I think you would’ve liked the show. I did it for you.” 

At this point, I can barely speak, a slight moan escaping me instead of a coherent reply as his lips continue to leave warm, wet kisses on the expanse of my flesh. 

“I’m sure you’re curious.” He says, his voice soft and seductive. “Would you like me to show you what we did?”

There’s no hesitation, finally, a resounding thought I can translate from brain-to-mouth for him, in complete certainty.

“Yes.” I manage out, breathlessly. 

He makes a noise of satisfaction, quickly pushing me onto the bed. 

“I’d already gotten her wet by touching her before, but if my suspicions are correct.” He murmurs, his hands working deftly to undo my jeans and feel the wetness that had accumulated in between my thighs. “You already are.” He finishes. 

I let out a small whimper as his fingers touch the heated flesh, unable to help my sensitivity to his small, calculated strokes over my clit through my underwear. His fingers starts to move a bit more aggressively, upon feeling the wet patch that had formed there, the flimsy fabric doing little to hide the stickiness he was now collecting on his fingers. He quickly pulls them off as well though, bringing his slightly damp fingers to his mouth, tasting the hint of my arousal that had accumulated there. His eyes were dark, watching my face for any reaction, and in that moment, I know all he can see is pure want. 

I can see the same hunger within his eyes, and I feel a rush of pride as the approval radiates off of him. 

“What next?” I whisper, already desperate for his next slew of ministrations. I don’t care how needy I looked. I was needy. I’d spent so long watching him, and now he was here.

“She wanted my mouth.” He murmurs, kneeling at the edge of the bed. His thumb brushes over my clit, his tongue running against plump, pink lips, wetting them, watching over me with a predatory gaze. 

Before I can respond, he’s suddenly everywhere, ducking his head and allowing his tongue to brush over my sex in broad, wet strokes. My response is immediate, my hips bucking up to meet him in a frenzied motion. It seems that he relishes in whatever control he can have in this situation, because he quickly holds down my hips in a firm grip, squeezing the fat there while he continued to ravage me. 

I can barely look at him, pretty brown locks splayed in his face, his lips moving hypnotically against my cunt. Little whimpers escape me, absolutely aching for more. He seems to catch on, and flicks his tongue over me, before suckling against my clit. It’s wet, messy, and the picture of debauchery– and it’s enough to drive me over the edge, my hands gripping the sheets as I cry out his name. 

He seems to be unaffected, getting off his knees, his mouth glistening with my release. The sight makes me wish he could do it again, but before I can get a word in, he’s positioning himself over me, caging me against the bed. 

“Then I fucked her.” He whispers, starting to undo his belt with his free hand. “Can I?” 

I nod, feeling a wave of anticipation, before registering the sensation of the head of his cock nudging my entrance. I feel my chest tighten, watching him with bated breath, absolutely exhilarated. 

“Relax.” He whispers, kissing the lobe of my ear. “You’re in good hands.” 

He utters the last word, before sliding into me, a hushed gasp leaving the both of us. He groans in pleasure, his eyes fluttering shut as he takes in the feel of my warm, wet cunt around him. He takes a moment, before he’s setting a steady pace, his hips bucking rhythmically into me in a way that’s designed to bring us both so much pleasure. 

I can’t help the string of moans that come out with every slide of his cock inside me, my legs wrapping around his waist, urging him closer than he already is. My hands grip onto his shirt, clawing onto the fabric to find any purchase, wanting– no, needing him on me. 

Is it odd to wish a stranger could crawl into your skin itself? 

“Fuck, Spencer.” I moan, unabashedly. “You feel so good.”

“You do too.” He groans, his arms braced on either side of my head before gently lowering himself to crash his lips against mine in a messy kiss. 

I can feel myself barreling towards release, as is he, if the twitch of his cock inside me were to mean anything. It’s not long before his hand reaches in between where our bodies are met, rubbing my clit in fast, small circles. It’s intense in the best way possible, my body barely being able to process how good it felt in the moment. 

“Come for me.” He moans, in between kisses. “Wanna feel you around me. Please.”

I can’t help but obey his words, my cunt convulsing around him in obedience as he subsequently finds his release inside me, groaning loudly as his hips thrust erratically. 

He pulls out, and we’re a tangle of limbs, sweaty and sated, breathing heavy. 

Of course, it’s him, yet again, to break the silence. 

“Two things.” He mumbles, breathlessly. 

“Mm.” I reply, weakly, my head a mess of airiness and complacency after the orgasm he’d just brought me to. 

“One. I want your name.” He says, rolling to his side to get a better look at my face. 

“That can be arranged.” I murmur, nodding dreamily. 

“Second.” He whispers, kissing my cheek. His voice takes on a teasing quality to it, before leaning to brush his lips against my ear.  

“You missed a camera. Behind the plant. They don’t stop recording, do they?” 

okay wowww. clearly this was meant for halloween, if you couldn't tell! this is one of those pieces where i'm like.. hmm .. do i like this? question mark? do i want to put it out? hmm .. but regardless, i hope you guys enjoyed it!! please, please like, reblog, and comment if you enjoyed!!! it is sooo important as an author that i get some feedback and know what you guys think, in any capacity. i truly appreciate all of it <33 thank you for reading, thank you for everything!!!

[marsmaximoff]

🥀; the other side of the coin 𓇢𓆸 𐦍

content warning: wife!reader. angst. cheating. i do not specify which emperor you're with, as the situation applies to both. so feel free to choose the one you prefer. anticlimactic ending, kinda?

word count: 480

author's note: i had this idea in bed, before falling asleep. i've tried to use a fitting english given the time period, but i don’t know if i succeeded. it is my third language so i’m sorry for the mistakes. constructive criticism is welcomed. happy 2025 everyone!!!!! enjoyy 🩷🩵

“are you well?” her tone of voice, caring as it constantly is with me, now carries a hint of worry.

“why? what happened?” lucilla sits by my side on the golden divan. “nothing. just in general.” “do i not look well? is it my eye bags? am i wrinkling?” the last thing i need is having to sit through more of those comments about my sorrowful appearance not meeting my status. ‘for the wife of the emperor must appear graceful, delighted, along with content at all occasions’. a symbol of my luck and my gratitude for it.

“you look beautiful, as always.” “don’t scare me like that.” the question, though inoffensive, had not failed to unease me. “you’re more than a face, you know.” a scoff leaves my mouth, “in this palace?” however, as i dwell on it, i realize the truth of such comment. “i am a face and a body.”

we hold hands, a motherly gesture i am so accustomed to. despite not being her daughter, i cannot think of a single day she has not treated me like one.

“how are you dealing with your husband’s…. lustful tendencies?” she has always been quite an outspoken woman, the query amuses me. “you’re saying that like i didn’t know it before marrying him.” i was warned right at the very beginning, the emperors' carnal nature being one of my first lessons. and yet, “it hurts.” her gaze reveals pity and compassion. “i don’t know why.” oh, but i do. i just hate admitting it. besides, such cravings must be kept to oneself.

the soft caress of her thumbs grounds me. a silent reassurance, an invitation to confide. i decide to take advantage of our solitude and finally pour my heart out. “i guess i wanted my husband to stay loyal to me.” what an absurd thought for an empress. “as childish as it sounds”, i add, aware of my impossible desire. i am conscious of his affection. he loves me, in his own way, that is. at the end of the day, solely one person cannot provide it all. right? it is merely a custom; i am no one to judge.

“i am happy for you.” never jealous. only slightly envious, perhaps. “your relationship with the general looks… real.” memories surround me, and i recall all those times he has come back from his victorious missions with her as his only concern. not the emperors, or the people. not even the following conquests. her alone. meeting his wife after so long. spending time together. “genuine.” the way his eyes sparkle when she is around -as if she were the only woman in the world-, the warmth that envelopes their conversations, and his chivalrous behavior only those who love someone so tenderly have mastered.

“i’m happy there’s at least someone in this damned palace that gets to know true love.”

[not-terezi-pyrope]

AI continues to be useful, annoying everyone

Okay, look - as much as I've been fairly on the side of "this is actually a pretty incredible technology that does have lots of actual practical uses if used correctly and with knowledge of its shortfalls" throughout the ongoing "AI era", I must admit - I don't use it as a tool too much myself.

I am all too aware of how small errors can slip in here and there, even in output that seems above the level, and, perhaps more importantly, I still have a bit of that personal pride in being able to do things myself! I like the feeling that I have learned a skill, done research on how to do a thing and then deployed that knowledge to get the result I want. It's the bread and butter of working in tech, after all.

But here's the thing, once you move beyond beginner level Python courses and well-documented windows applications. There will often be times when you will want to achieve a very particular thing, which involves working with a specialist application. This will usually be an application written for domain experts of this specialization, and so it will not be user-friendly, and it will certainly not be "outsider-friendly".

So you will download the application. Maybe it's on the command line, has some light scripting involved in a language you've never used, or just has a byzantine shorthand command structure. There is a reference document - thankfully the authors are not that insane - but there are very few examples, and none doing exactly what you want. In order to do the useful thing you want to do, they expect you to understand how the application/platform/scripting language works, to the extent that you can apply it in a novel context.

Which is all fine and well, and normally I would not recommend anybody use a tool at length unless they have taken the time to understand it to the degree at which they know what they are doing. Except I do not wish to use the tool at length, I wish to do one, singular operation, as part of a larger project, and then never touch it again. It is unfortunately not worth my time for me to sink a few hours into learning a technology that you will use once for twenty seconds and then never again.

So you spend time scouring the specialist forums, pulling up a few syntax examples you find randomly of their code and trying to string together the example commands in the docs. If you're lucky, and the syntax has enough in common with something you're familiar with, you should be able to bodge together something that works in 15-20 minutes.

But if you're not lucky, the next step would have been signing up to that forum, or making a post on that subreddit, creating a thread called "Hey, newbie here, needing help with..." and then waiting 24-48 hours to hear back from somebody probably some years-deep veteran looking down on you with scorn for not having put in the effort to learn their Thing, setting aside the fact that you have no reason to normally. It's annoying, disruptive, and takes time.

Now I can ask ChatGPT, and it will have ingested all those docs, all those forums, and it will give you a correct answer in 20 seconds about what you were doing wrong. Because friends, this is where a powerful attention model excels, because you are not asking it to manage a complex system, but to collate complex sources into a simple synthesis. The LLM has already trained in this inference, and it can reproduce it in the blink of an eye, and then deliver information about this inference in the form of a user dialog.

When people say that AI is the future of tutoring, this is what it means. Instead of waiting days to get a reply from a bored human expert, the machine knowledge blender has already got it ready to retrieve via a natural language query, with all the followup Q&A to expand your own knowledge you could desire. And the great thing about applying this to code or scripting syntax is that you can immediately verify whether the output is correct but running it and seeing if it performs as expected, so a lot of the danger is reduced (not that any modern mainstream attention model is likely to make a mistake on something as simple a single line command unless it's something barely documented online, that is).

It's incredibly useful, and it outdoes the capacity of any individual human researcher, as well as the latency of existing human experts. That's something you can't argue we've ever had better before, in any context, and it's something you can actively make use of today. And I will, because it's too good not to - despite my pride.

[philosophybits]

Just as a vagrant accused of stealing a carrot from a field stands before a comfortably seated judge who keeps up an elegant flow of queries, comments and witticisms while the accused is unable to stammer a word, so truth stands before an intelligence which is concerned with the elegant manipulation of opinions. It is always language that formulates opinions, even when there are no words spoken. The natural faculty called intelligence is concerned with opinion and language.

Simone Weil, "Human Personality"

[weirdlookingsnakewithlegs]

I’m surprised I haven’t posted about this soon but Seekers definitely don’t sound normal and the Vosian language definitely isn’t normal either.

I have no doubt that a seeker’s voice box is much more specialized than the average Cybertronian, they need it for their language. The Vosian language, complex as it is, hold three main points; the EM field, wing movement, and vocalizing.

Now seekers don’t necessarily have words in their language, it’s a mixture of calls, mimicry, movement, and emotion. It’s perhaps a reason why seekers have such a reputation for being dramatic. Now some may only view seekers as wild animals completely for the fact they click, warble, bellow, chirp, and so forth.

I imagine bellowing similar to the way alligators do it, that low and heavy rumble building up in their throat. It’s likely a way to show content, only doing it when they feel safe. Similar to purring, which honestly could be a cause for the bellowing as well.

Chirps are probably more on the acknowledging side, used to find trinemates or sparklings, the high pitched noise surprisingly different to each seeker which helps with identification. I also imagine they do it when answering yes, a sense of approval marinated in the noise.

The little warbles are probably more like queries, often paired with a cocked helm and a little wing flutter. Other times it’s used when they’re gently surprised, like the noise a cat makes when you pet its back while it’s not looking.

The clicks might be more aggressive in nature, a warning perhaps before the seeker revs their engine with a growl. Likely often heard when wings are raised high and a snarl is on their face.

There’s so much more you can do, especially with mechanical noises. If anyone else has any thoughts I’d love to hear them >:3

[heartofbusan]

Are we getting BTS Song Camp content?

Because there is ALWAYS a good reason to revisit AYS, I wanted to expand on @curio-queries comment on my linked post.

If anyone knows a lot about the production side of this show, it's them. Please check out their posts on the show, they give great insight into choices made and possible reasons for those choices. 💙

Not the AYS snark 🤨😭

I was ready to scold you for the snark, but I have the same frustration with the editing. I cannot lie. The AYS producers, ya'll are still on the hook 🤨

Admittedly, the producers were given a difficult task and did an amazing job with what they got. I think the infamous 'I'm amazed you managed to make something put of it', comment from Jungkook during their own viewing party of episode one was in regards to that.

I can imagine the director saying to the editing team to 'throw whatever little story arcs you can find and have it on my desk by end of day' during the post production. Because the filming was built around rest, relaxing, eating, and 1 or two activities and the bulk of the show banking on Jikook being Jikook, well, it was a clear recipe for clear storytelling disaster.

Just because they have chemistry through the roof doesn't mean they are good at verbalizing their innate couple language. Jikook don't need to have entire conversations about subjects the viewer needs more context on because they already know everything about each other.

They wanted it to be a natural show, so no scripted prompts. Just jikook staring at each other, thinking they just had a whole conversation recorded on camera. No boys, you need to actually talk for us to be able to film it, not hang upside down each other's bodies in the name of 'banter' 😓

Jimin’s health working against them. When the social battery is drained, good luck on getting good material from the neurodivergent one. He collected rocks and said END SCENE. Took a literal bow.

Even their special guest didn't add anything towards a good conversation. He felt the vibes, said: 'hello third wheel my old friend', and ditched them.

No Jikook, giggles, and staring do not a storyline make, not even in a bl.

Inside jokes and inside pokes.

Yes, it was troubled, but I actually really still love watching it because it has such a 'ruminating' quality to it. The forward momentum is just 'another day passed'. At the start of AYS, it's not even made clear how long they will be traveling. That's why AYS feels endless, like an eternal moment in time. A bubble of comfort. Again, all signs point to it being a great excuse to travel for them.

With this new, highly anticipated 'song camp content', the end goal should be pretty clear. An album. Same goes for the duration of filming: 2 months. Our subjects are old familiars, back after a long time apart. The inherent artistic drama is pretty solid, as long as they do commit to open and honest conversations around this topic! It would be so interesting to see them work this problem out. Unless most of this has already been addressed in pre-production meetings, but I would love more insight into their creative rediscovery. Even more if they allow the rough edges to show.

These people have such great chemistry, I just love seeing them together.

As for format, I think it will work best as an episodic show, maybe broken down song by song? This would mean a long lead up to the release. After the album is out, maybe as part of the comeback while they're on their (presumably) year long tour?

A documentary also makes sense. Like @curio-queries mentioned, once HB discovered this theatrical medium, they'll keep churning out new movies. And we're very happy, more please, sir. That doesn’t say anything about the quality of the end product. I thought,'I'm Still', Jungkook’s documentary was very muddled. RPWP was my favorite of them all. Jimin’s producion Diary only got a streaming run, but that one was also very good. At least it had a clear thematic sense. An established artists finds himself in the scribbles of his notebook and in the passing melodies that he can't stop singing.

What do you think? Should BTS song camp be a docuseries or a long form documentary?

[cynicalrosebud]

AI Reminder

Quick reminder folks since there's been a recent surge of AI fanfic shite. Here is some info from Earth.org on the environmental effects of ChatGPT and it's fellow AI language models.

"ChatGPT, OpenAI's chatbot, consumes more than half a million kilowatt-hours of electricity each day, which is about 17,000 times more than the average US household. This is enough to power about 200 million requests, or nearly 180,000 US households. A single ChatGPT query uses about 2.9 watt-hours, which is almost 10 times more than a Google search, which uses about 0.3 watt-hours. 

According to estimates, ChatGPT emits 8.4 tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than twice the amount that is emitted by an individual, which is 4 tons per year. Of course, the type of power source used to run these data centres affects the amount of emissions produced – with coal or natural gas-fired plants resulting in much higher emissions compared to solar, wind, or hydroelectric power – making exact figures difficult to provide. 

A recent study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, revealed the significant water footprint of AI models like ChatGPT-3 and 4. The study reports that Microsoft used approximately 700,000 litres of freshwater during GPT-3’s training in its data centres – that’s equivalent to the amount of water needed to produce 370 BMW cars or 320 Tesla vehicles."

Now I don't want to sit here and say that AI is the worst thing that has ever happened. It can be an important tool in advancing effectiveness in technology! However, there are quite a few drawbacks as we have not figured out yet how to mitigate these issues, especially on the environment, if not used wisely. Likewise, AI is not meant to do the work for you, it's meant to assist. For example, having it spell check your work? Sure, why not! Having it write your work and fics for you? You are stealing from others that worked hard to produce beautiful work.

Thank you for coming to my Cyn Talk. I love you all!

[frameacloud]

Some ways to avoid generative AI in web searches

Our web searches are being filled with more and more AI-generated slop. GenAI creates misinformation that can be difficult to tell apart from the correct answer to whatever question you're looking up. GenAI mixes things up that have similar names. In one example that is especially easy to recognize, genAI has thought that a baseball team and the bird that it was named after must both be the same creature, with a bizarre combination of their eating habits and behaviors. This mistake still happens with specialized topics that could be harder for you to recognize unless if you're already very familiar with the topic in question. GenAI also makes up fake sources and facts out of thin air, and you can't tell until you try to find them somewhere else. The tech is more like advanced predictive text than something capable of research or reasoning, even though it can look enough like it that it can fool you if you don't know how to spot its mistakes.

Not only are the results of genAI unreliable, the source texts and images that they’re based on were used without permission. Sometimes they aren't modified enough to avoid plagiarism, but it's worse than that. Source images have turned out to be private medical photos and intimate personal photos that hackers had stolen and leaked to harass the people in the photos. Another reason why this technology is unethical is that each genAI query has such a high energy cost that it's significantly harmful to the environment, contributing to the climate crisis.

Here are some things that you can do when you use Google, DuckDuckGo, or other conventional general web search engines:

To turn off Google's AI Overview, set "web" as default. Here's how to do that on your devices and web browsers.

Add this string to any web search to only show results from before the genAI fad. Before:2021

Install the web browser extension uBlacklist. You give it a list of web addresses to not show you in your web searches anymore. Other people maintain lists for it that you can subscribe to so that you won’t see certain types of results in your web searches. Follow the instructions in Laylavish’s Huge AI Blocklist to subscribe to that list which will rid your web search results of AI-generated pages or images.

Since genAI slop is getting to be such a big problem on them, use alternatives to conventional general web search engines some of the time:

Use a specialized search engine instead of a general one. For example, if you only wanted to find a particular science article, there are specialized search engines that only look for those. The blog post "Skip Google for Research" has a list of specialized search engines for academics.

GenAI is notoriously bad at math because that’s too far outside the scope it was designed for: advanced predictive text. In any case, genAI is overpowered for math that is easy for computers to do. If you want to use a very advanced calculator, or even ask a math question in natural language, use Wolfram Alpha.

For questions about how to do things, look them up in WikiHow, the Youtube channel Dad, How Do I? or The Ultimate Manuals Library.

You can search within Wikipedia, but unfortunately vandals have been putting machine-generated falsehoods into it, as well as genAI images. To avoid this, use the article history to view versions of the article from before 2022.

Ask yourself if there are some topics that you often do a web search for just because you keep forgetting an answer to something. Start saving those answers in a book or file that you can refer to offline. This is called a commonplace book. For an example of one, Beth and Angel made theirs into a zine, Stuff I Often Google.

How about a completely different sort of web search than present-day Google or DuckDuckGo? Marginalia Search only brings up results that are text-heavy and similar to the web of the 1990s and 2000s. Its software is independent and open-source.

Have you been using a web search engine to take you to the websites that you visit on a regular basis? Switch to saving them in your web browser's bookmarks folder. Your web browser, Firefox, can sync your bookmarks to your other devices. If you often need to refer to a large number of static web pages (ones that don't change what is on them every day), then you can save and organize them in your Zotero, a bibliography management program. You can sort them with folders and tags so you can find them again.