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Cal Newport says that there’s no concern that Tesla’s FSD will “go rogue” in the sense of disobeying traffic laws.
All I have to say is that he may not be as familiar with the state of AV technology in general, and Tesla in particular, as he is with …
The bad news is my flight home got diverted.
A minor silver lining is I got to experience a new piece of Flighty UI.
Today, I realized I listen to two (totally unrelated) podcasts whose acronym uses the letters TPK:
Now I just need podcasts abbreviated KPT, KTP, PTK, and PKT.
When I encountered Mrs. Cotton’s delightful The Doors Stay Open, I initially thought that perhaps The Grudgery was leaking.
Considering the author, I’m not convinced it’s not.
Some of my oldest habits as a human creator have become markers of AI slop.
Example one: I love the em dash. I use it all the time. But for some reason LLMs, especially early chat models, developed a conspicuous fondness for the em dash—often in …
Visiting DC this week, and I continue to laugh at Americans who stand directly in front of subway doors to board and then get shocked when they have to move to let people off the train first.
The Guardian managed to write almost three thousand words about the history of the modern industrialized two-day weekend—published on a Sunday—without using the word “Sabbath” once.
Remarkable.
Despite the repeated warnings about the invader/conqueror from the north, the book of Jeremiah doesn’t actually mention Babylon by name until chapter 20.
He spends nineteen chapters talking about this impending disaster “from the …
On The Talk Show 452, “A Scam Held Together with Patriotism and Golden Paint”, John Gruber said:
One of the things that, to me, just defines a Mac app is being able to open whatever the element of the app is, you should be able to open …
“No, Saturday is the day of pre-rest. Yeah, so that way, when you actually get to Sunday, you’re rested enough to enjoy your rest.”
—Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls, S1E17
Our marathon-of-marathons has surfaced a lovely bit of wisdom: Lorelai …
Yesterday’s thunderstorm cooled off the valley enough for me to get outside for the first time in a few weeks.
AllTrails estimated 2.5 hours for this trail, so I was fairly surprised to find myself back at the parking lot in 97 minutes.
Yesterday, during a thunderstorm, the Costco we were in lost power. Everyone continued to shop with phone flashlights until they herded us out.
Apparently the registers ran on battery, so we were all able to check out, but then we were trapped at the …
Working my way through my Chapter by Chapter notes on Jeremiah tonight, I kept thinking, These chapters are really long!
Fortunately, I had already built some Bible-data machinery for this article. So naturally, instead of getting back to my notes, I …
The ESV study Bible’s notes on Jeremiah begin,
Determining the authorship of the book of Jeremiah is complicated by several factors…
I understand and appreciate the challenges; I just love the juxtaposition of the name of the book, …
We have started our Fall marathon-of-marathons a little… early… this year.
First up: Gilmore Girls.
An uneven show for sure, but I’ll never turn down something with such excellent dialogue delivered so well.
Bonus trivia: Star’s Hollow uses the same …
I finished taking notes on Isaiah today in my quest to complete the Canon by September 25. That brings me to 1,005 chapters (84.5% of the way there)!
Isaiah was definitely the hardest book left, but Jeremiah and Ezekiel aren’t easy, and …
Finished reading: The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
Wow, this book was very nearly serious fantasy! It has huge stakes, multiple meaningful races, some hope that what they do in this book will have impacts on the next one, and some …
Finished reading: The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
This book takes place inside cosmic bubble wrap. Dinniman’s brain reminds me of a Gary Larson quote:
You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain …
Finished reading: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
It’s so nice to just plow through fun books like this. Sometimes I get too serious about my reading and forget that you’re allowed to read fun stuff with no telos. …
Finished reading: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
This series continues to be excellent empty calories of entertainment. I particularly love that the title refers to an object, not… a scenario.
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My number one tip for blogging is to lower your standards! Aim to hit publish while you are still actively unhappy with what you have written, because the only alternative is a huge folder full of drafts and never …
Looks like OpenAI has finally done the thing that was obvious from the beginning: just give the ChatGPT-née-Codex app a “ChatGPT” mode and a “Codex” mode.
Only weird bit left is that in ChatGPT mode, the non-pinned projects …
Just finished my notes on Song of Solomon in my quest to complete companion pieces to every chapter of the Bible. That brings me to 939 chapters completed, which doesn’t look like a milestone until you realize it means I have exactly 250 …
I 100% agree with Manton’s mockup of how OpenAI’s Codex app ought to work.
Three modes, uncluttered sidebar that works like the old app when needed.
It’s so obvious it’s weird it doesn’t already work like this.
For now, I’m still just running both …
Monarch lighthouse emoji, pickle emoji, cracked face emoji
I don’t know how you’re gonna last another year without a Lighthouse. This coastal beacon functions as a literal guiding light through the dark night of your soul.
