Chris Parker

@ctp
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Ex-Apple, skier, road biker, juggler, father of 2, master of none. He/him. Likely to say something you might not like.
Websitehttp://playswithfire.com/
LLMs have brought natural language interfaces to technology in a way that professors in most universities have had for years. The professors just called them "graduate students."
I've been messing around with Claude and various technologies on macOS and iOS and I think I know what Apple needs to do to unlock AI usage on iOS: https://www.playswithfire.com/posts/applescript-on-ios/
Apple Should Make AppleScript Available on iOS for AI | Chris Parker

Jason Kelce picking up bobsledding in 24 hours is incredible and fun to watch. The training he's had for football clearly cross over and seeing him process what he's being taught and the respect the bobsledders have for how fast he picks it up is so cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdGJ1LPOg5c&t=603s
Bobsled Is Actually INSANE

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OK, I know the world is burning down and everything, but sometimes my brain just goes “Hey, what about this?” Today, it’s:

In _The Little Mermaid_ movie, after Eric and Ariel are married - does the kingdom just stop eating seafood?

NYT Spelling Bee needs to watch The Princess Bride:
According to the in-flight map, we’re over a town in Cumbria called “Unthank” and now I’m going to be using the phrase “unthank you for that” in meetings from now on.
NEW RULE: Anyone pushing for terraforming other planets has to first prove their sincerity and expertise by working to measurably restore Earth’s climate and ecosystems
"I've seen smarter cabinets at Ikea." - quote of the day
Just back of the envelope, the average annual Social Security payout is a little under $24,000. For bogus payouts to total $500 billion, the government would have to be making payments to about *21 MILLION* fake social security numbers. It’s laughable on its face.

Two Redditors (rusticgorilla and mollynaquafina) have put up https://www.project2025.observer/ - a Project 2025 scorecard to keep track of that initiative that the President claimed he’d never heard of.

It is -thorough-. It is cross-referenced. It is also somewhat terrifying.

Project 2025 Tracker

Track the progress on Project 2025