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In this essay, I examine how Hume’s problem of induction, his argument that prediction relies on habit rather than rational certainty, explains why Large Language Models (LLMs) reproduce historical regularities and therefore struggle...
Things are happening in the world of Google Postmaster Tools.If you’re a long time user of Google’s sender reputation dashboard known as Google Postmaster Tools (what is that?), you may have already seen the warning: As of October 31,...
helping myself readSometimes the author says it better, sometimes I can, but the focus is on what's meaningful for me. Growing up, I found reading a challenge because my mind would wander. I used to hope humans would invent more...
I rolled credits on Big Walk on Monday. It was astonishing. I'm really excited to get into the post-game challenges, and I'm also eager to play the whole thing again with different groups of people! (Let me know if you want to play!) On...
Oramell « Scrapper » Pratt1944-202263 - Some Sweet Day / Guitar Man's Struggle64 - I'll Find A Love / Always Be True 64 - When I Saw Your Eyes / Tell Me73 - Six Pack To Go / September In The Rain (FL-104)Scrapper Pratt's Falcons file...
Keeping a roll going, here’s another snapshot of a corner of the Brian Leno library for those curious about such arcane matters. Brian is as big on statues and knickknacks as I am — bigger. Certainly he has more books, by 10,000 or so.
Powerful people count on no one paying attention. Subscribe and prove them wrong. Someone has to and it turns out that someone is us.Women are carefully watching the Lindsay Clancy trial for reasons that have very little to do with true...
The power of personal printouts is under utilizedYou took no risks, you got no rewardsDeath of the Scenius Artist: A creator is left to fend for themselves on a faceless ToS platform of strangers, hostile or friendly, depending on a...
If you are attending this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, LAcon V, you can catch some contributing folks from the Ancillary Review of Books, and guests from A Meal of Thorns, on the program! And, of course, we’re excited for all...
The current issue of the New Yorker has a poem by Adrienne Su called “Lament” which ends with the lines “the reasons to gather/have never been clearer/The dinner is gravy.” Reading the poem sent me down a little rabbit hole of her work...
This being the 136th anniversary of the birth of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, I thought it the perfect opportunity to write another installment in my increasingly irregular Reconsiderations series. I also think it makes sense as a topic,...
I've been playing more games as a player - which is to say, at all - and DMing for different people. My wife also started DMing last year, and has done lots this year, so we've had some good chats. There's definitely a lot of impostor...
I am eagerly awaiting fall. I’m not a summer lover. Sure those first few sunshiney days of spring are amazing after a long winter. And I do love a good summer vacation, but mostly it’s hot and humid and I just want to cuddle up and stay...
I made a big mistake in my previous entry in this series. Actually, I probably made a few dozen, not least of which was deciding to tackle this topic at all without first laying a lot more foundation. But before I give up and go back to...
Halfway to San Diego. Heading to Oceanside for the surfer girl, surf competition, skate comp, and music festival. We’re getting some decent rain now in Yuma as I stand outside of the Starbucks waiting for Buffy to get her refill. Lola is...