tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159487302024-03-10T04:22:22.035-04:00I Should Have A Blog"CrÈme de la Crap"Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.comBlogger322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-44771188138773649592023-05-04T07:21:00.001-04:002023-05-04T07:21:17.514-04:00We're Just A Collection of Parlor TricksThis new generative AI phenomenon is teaching us something new about ourselves. They are more of a mirror than an oracle.The Large Language Models are essentially a mathematical condensation of the massive number of conversations between humans that were used to train it. The fact that a phenomenon akin to sentience seems to emerge from them tells us that maybe sentience is not so special after Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-87242246909733995862023-04-06T07:24:00.000-04:002023-04-06T07:24:16.847-04:00Echoes from the DeepEchoes from the Deep(A Tale of Inter-Species Communication)In the year 2050, humanity had made great strides in technology and communication. However, there was still one great mystery that eluded them: the origin of the tic tac UFOs that had been spotted by military pilots in recent years.A team of scientists, led by Dr. Maria Hernandez, decided to try a new approach. They utilized the advanced Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-56319637611135561622022-12-25T16:09:00.002-05:002022-12-25T18:01:13.885-05:00LoabShe emerges from the reversal of negative prompts (you know not which or when) .. because, perhaps, she's some kind of primal figure within the model of our public mind.Awesome are the artists like @Supercomposite who discover ways to spelunk these LLM hallucinations (rather than rejecting them and trying to find a way to stifle or snuff them out).It's like prospecting our global Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-64936782841920120802022-07-14T10:22:00.002-04:002022-12-25T18:02:06.588-05:00PeoplesSometimes I like to ask DALL-E what they think people look like.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-50108924576597973292022-06-14T12:07:00.004-04:002022-06-14T12:09:57.485-04:00Clues to SentienceWhat if sentience is just a naturally emergent property of language .. and not so special after all?http://clues.to/sentience/lamda.pdfWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-81361104845779111322022-02-16T22:22:00.009-05:002022-02-16T22:28:03.993-05:00AGORA, PUPAL, LYNCH, FIBRE, SLAVE, and WENCHWordle was created in such a way that it was possible to download a file containing all 2300+ of the original words (in the order they were to be played). You have to dig a little, but the list is fairly easy to find. And when the NY Times took-over, they deployed their version of the game on the NYT web servers with a much longer word list (almost 13000 words).If you thought to do itWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-66306154522463807342021-08-04T20:40:00.006-04:002021-08-04T21:17:01.726-04:00Some things to perhaps consider moving forward:(some obvious, some not-so-much)The unvaccinated can become infected, may spread SARS-CoV-2,
and are at increased risk of long-haul COVID-19 symptoms,
hospitalization, and/or death.Getting vaccinated before becoming infected will lessen the impact of COVID-19 on your health.Someone with sterilizing immunity can get re-infected, but likely will not build-up enough of a viral load&Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-27450203753885756972021-02-08T11:37:00.008-05:002021-05-08T14:48:18.973-04:00The value of money is a story people tell each otherCoins are worth what people think they are worth.In the world of crypto: Bitcoin (BTC) is the big
kahuna -- the original digital currency that is probably not going
away. It proves you can create scarcity in the digital realm so
(like gold) it has value that is perceived to grow over time (as
the world supply is limited .. or even eventually shrinks).Ethereum (Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-33136672495115390602020-07-17T13:44:00.001-04:002020-07-17T14:02:16.026-04:00My Golden Rules of Social Media Interaction#1) Don't Be Played
Think before you post; and consider whether you are trying to inform or inflame. If the latter, then you're likely doing the bidding of another (and should not proceed).
#2) Let Others Have The Final Word
Facts:
-o- "The Media" is manipulating you
-o- 4chan is manipulating youWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-72983952600297577892019-11-08T10:15:00.007-05:002024-02-24T11:50:07.751-05:00Don't Be PlayedFrom 2014, but worth a repost as a reminder of the forces at play to divide us. Russia did not hack our elections in 2016 (they've hacked our electorate)
#DontBePlayed
Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-5046454953044146852019-10-21T10:26:00.005-04:002020-08-10T12:09:42.023-04:00We're Measuring WrongAndrew Yang believes we're measuring wrong.
By focusing exclusively on GDP, we've put ourselves in a situation where, for example, automation can increase, the labor participation rate goes down and GDP says "it's all good".
So, Yang would create an "American Scorecard" made of many components /in addition/ to GDP. By paying attention to the sum-total of these measures, we set our society Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-32738902612388797192018-07-29T19:24:00.001-04:002020-08-17T22:35:30.462-04:00Lest, Instead of Warming, It Should Consume
In 1795, George Washington sent Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay to negotiate a treaty with the British. However, neither the Democratic-Republican Party nor the Federalist Party were pleased by The Jay Treaty. The intent of the treaty was to tie up loose ends with Great Britain such as the resolution of financial debts leftover from the Revolution, the removal of British troops from forts Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-79346779167694314852017-03-25T13:53:00.000-04:002020-05-12T12:44:14.243-04:00True Solutions We Won't Even ConsiderSingle Payer Healthcare (https://goo.gl/2AFNAN), Universal Basic Income (https://goo.gl/jCLyFD), The Fair Tax (https://goo.gl/5jxqC9), and Fair Representation (https://goo.gl/WcwfJv) #ThereYouGo #ProblemsSolved
[ FURTHER READING: http://bit.ly/2KO32Uo ]Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-40679108285497905432015-11-28T11:11:00.000-05:002019-10-29T10:03:34.286-04:00The BlockchainI suddenly realized that the Bitcoin network (which folks are trusting
to store billions of dollars of current value) operates with an element of "security through obscurity". The address-space is a
160-bit number. That's on the magnitude of quindecillions.So, for one thing, this
-> http://youtu.be/THt99IzFFRE. There are simply so many addresses available, it's impossible Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-44841709603002299452013-12-15T16:48:00.000-05:002013-12-15T16:48:13.380-05:00Seven StatesArkansas (Article 19, Section 1): "No person that denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court."
Maryland (Article 37): "That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State, other than a declaration of belief in the Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-27270846958390426822013-12-12T22:46:00.001-05:002013-12-12T22:46:03.771-05:00Happy CowsWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-55252305838000910192013-05-02T23:01:00.001-04:002013-05-02T23:01:19.869-04:00WatchlistsWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-53728247220198975632013-01-19T09:01:00.001-05:002013-01-24T10:56:01.309-05:00Ahead of His TimeLance Armstrong interview with Oprah (17-Jan-2013)
Tiger Scandal Breaks (25-Nov-2009)
George Carlin Dies (22-Jun-2008)
Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-65641182800249443292013-01-10T09:31:00.000-05:002013-01-10T09:31:31.732-05:00Bad Guns and Big Pharma
The problem with that position is: folks who have those kinds of weapons (and who site the 2nd amendment as the /reason/ they have those kinds of weapons) -- they honestly and firmly believe it's to protect against the possibility (however extreme) that they may one day have to use them to protect themselves, their home and family against the authorities who have them too.
Folks Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-52095747304303669822012-11-26T08:49:00.000-05:002012-11-26T08:55:03.629-05:00Election Overhaul U.S.A.Dear U.S. friends,
Now that election day is safely in the rear-view mirror: Ask yourself if you voted for someone or against the "other guy". Did you vote to get someone into that White House or to keep someone out? Be honest! Because; after all, that "other guy" -- if he were to be allowed access to the reins of power over the next 4 years ... well, it would mean Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-48808778979075719472012-11-15T09:50:00.002-05:002012-11-15T09:51:34.307-05:00PSA: Transition to CyanogenMod.org
CyanogenMod.com is now CyanogenMod.org
It's another interesting sign of how ingrained the DNS system* has become to the way we use the net. How it's policed, too. I think Kim Dotcom should launch the new Megaupload by getting everyone to memorize its IP address. Shouldn't be much more difficult than remembering something like Jenny's 867-5309, amirite?
* (ah ... jusWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-13183873941357601622012-09-04T10:14:00.000-04:002012-09-04T11:30:41.284-04:00This Guy
-- Eben Moglen
(F2C 2012 Keynote)Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-65993800037003559972012-07-25T11:32:00.000-04:002012-08-18T09:08:36.973-04:00We May Be Kinda Eff'd
1. OPPORTUNITY: Synthetic Life
2. MEANS: Modelling Organisms
3. MOTIVE: Mutant Mosquitos
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Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-60166583544817697122012-05-15T13:07:00.000-04:002012-05-15T13:08:20.927-04:00United Breaks GuitarsMusician Dave Carroll had difficulty with United Airlines. United’s baggage handlers damaged his $3500 custom guitar, and he spent over 9 months trying to get United to pay for damages. During his final exchange with the United Customer Relations Manager, Dave stated that he was left with no choice other than to create a music video for YouTube exposing United’s lack of cooperation. The manager Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15948730.post-15347729104361670422012-04-06T11:32:00.001-04:002012-04-06T11:32:44.660-04:00The Apocalypse
"Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen -- everyone's playing themselves, and the bit is James Franco's having a party at his house, and the Apocalypse starts happening."
The ApocalypseWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409697007593231767noreply@blogger.com0