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Shortcut for Randomizing Reminders List Order
Every so often I end up making a new list of low-priority things I have been meaning to do. I often do this in the Reminders app on iOS, and I always do it with a plan to regularly check that list and, as I imagine it, occasionally spot some little task that feels just…
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Farewell, Penn Ave Satellite Dish
I never knew what this satellite dish at the corner of Penn Ave and Mathilda St was. The aggressively unlabeled building it was next to suggested something more prosaic than the TV or radio station that I liked to imagine was broadcasting, for some reason, from a ground-level parking lot. Even in the generally dense…
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Unboxing the World
I haven’t listened to many “general interest” podcasts (or radio shows, or YouTubers) in a while—you know, This American Life, Radio Lab, and their less-famous or non-NPR or more-niche-specific analogs. I’m a curious person, I like learning about things, and I will even admit to enjoying telling other people all about the things I know…
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Old Millenials, LLMs, and the Internet
I have been thinking a lot about the internet (the web?) lately, especially vis-a-vis LLMs, and I keep trying and failing to write down my thoughts. So rather than keep attempting to wring a coherent argument out of myself, I’m going to take the coward’s way out and write up some loosely-connected bullet points.
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A GitHub Copilot AI Anecdote
I’ve been watching Three Body—the 2023 Chinese television adaptation of the same Liu Cixin science fiction novel that Netflix also put out a version of. My copy was found on the high seas shortly after the release of the series, but it’s now available on a few streaming services. I was about 20 minutes into…
Intended Effect 