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Here is Dan Kaufman arguing, among other things, that "AI enthusiasts reject the social dimension of philosophy." Some first reactions: I'm sympathetic to Kaufman's view that many philosophers vastly overrate the truth-finding aspect of...
Yesterday, after a few meetings and such, we embarked on an end-of-Minnesota double-header — the Fair and a Saints game! Beatrix was with us for the Fair but ended up bagging out on the Saints to pack, which was likely wise.I've never...
Originally Published March 24th, 2004 REVIEWING THE NOVELS I think a very strong argument can be made that George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire is the finest work of epic fantasy since J.R.R. Tolkien first defined the genre with...
I’m helping to train AI on what is and isn’t AI writing, for free, in the hope that they might give me more of the same for beer money. I put it through AI.
Last weekend we had our annual allotment show. I always enter a few things. This year I had high hopes for my giant marrow and my lovely sweet peas. I’ve been watching and watering both for a few weeks. The sweet peas grow up some string...
Recall/warranty notices for a vehicle you own are never good. As the owner of one of the affected vehicles mentioned here, I’m glad to know Honda is taking the matter seriously, but reading some of the comments on that thread, I’m now...
It’s been a shit week, y’all. First Dolly Parton passed away on Tuesday, then we
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In Duly Noted, I warned of the allure of meta-work: the work we do to enable “real” work. Writing a paper is work; setting up and maintaining your writing environment is meta-work. Meta-work is important, but fiddling with tools is an...
Read this poem,https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_jubal.htmFrom the first lines, you can catch its entire vibe. There are men of song, and men of action. Talkers vs doers. There is Jubal who sings, sings, and sings about stuff,...
We released Matilda back to her flock today. I managed to remove the remaining threads on Tuesday and there were a lot. It was the most difficult case of string foot I’ve treated as I could see two tiny bits of thread sticking out of her...
A Friday Hodgepodge1. Fans of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will be delighted to know that they can track the current and future whereabouts of the fleet via WhereMyDogs@. 2. Alison Green has begun posting lists of past Ask a Manager...
The Sinkhole Boggarts face off against the Data Kings.Whilst I work out the logistics of getting my Confrontation gangs photographed all on the same table, here are some scenic pictures of the 'official' Games Workshop miniatures...
Reads about FreeBSD
Chapter One: The Glove is FoundLeft Hand Glove Detail, Voytikof, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.It had been in the drawer for twenty years.She knew this because her mother had been dead for twenty years, and the glove had come with...