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xcudOct 30, 2023

I wanted a snack last night so I cooked up a pound of sliced mushrooms in a skillet with minced garlic, a couple splashes of worcester, lemon juice, and salt & pepper. My teenagers came running downstairs and consumed the whole pan in minutes.

It smelled great.

xcudAug 14, 2023
Fun fact: #generative #AI models think of themselves as humans. Give the AI a prompt like "a computer doing jumping jacks" and you'll get an image vaguely resembling a human body rather than what we conceive of as a computer.
xcudJun 19, 2023
THE BS ASYMMETRY PRINCIPLE
The amount of energy needed to refute BS is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it. (source: https://sketchplanations.com/the-bs-asymmetry-principle)
The BS asymmetry principle

Also known as Brandolini’s Law, this is the simple observation that it’s far easier to produce and spread BS, misinformation and nonsense than it is to refute it. In fact, the iSchool at University of Washington launched a course on Calling Bullshit with the first class being booked up within one-minute of registration. The professors, Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West have since written a book: Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World. Phil Williamson in Nature also wrote a nice article emphasizing that we should take the time and effort to correct misinformation where we can. In it, he proposed the idea that “The global scientific community could…set up its own, moderated, rating system for websites that claim to report on science. We could call it the Scientific Honesty and Integrity Tracker, and give online nonsense the SHAIT rating it deserves.”

Sketchplanations
xcudMar 25, 2023
I discovered this webgl demo for the first time in 2019. It never ceases to blow my mind each time I rediscover it: https://paveldogreat.github.io/WebGL-Fluid-Simulation/
Webgl Fluid Simulation

A WebGL fluid simulation that works in mobile browsers.

xcudMar 23, 2023
This is what the FED is trying to drive down by raising interest rates. The target is 2-3%. Chart source: https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_core_inflation_rate
US Core Inflation Rate

In depth view into US Core Inflation Rate including historical data from 1958 to 2023, charts and stats.

xcudFeb 14, 2023
Happy Mathy Valentine's Day: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=plot%28x%3D16sin%5E3t%2Cy%3D13cost-5cos%282t%29-2cos%283t%29-cos%284t%29
mass of proton to joules * 92 * 2 * c^2 - Wolfram|Alpha

Wolfram|Alpha brings expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range of people—spanning all professions and education levels.

xcudJan 24, 2023

This piece resonates with me. It's named Critical Race Theory. The artist is Jonathan Harris. He is a self-taught artist from Detroit, MI.

More about the painting here: https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2022/01/17/critical-race-theory-painting-brought-jonathan-harris-overnight-fame/6550013001/
High resolution version here: https://i.imgur.com/Heji3Ra.jpg

Viral 'Critical Race Theory' painting created overnight fame for Detroit artist

Fame came abruptly for Detroit painter Jonathan Harris, whose “Critical Race Theory” painting went around the world in a matter of days in late 2021.

Detroit Free Press
xcudDec 13, 2022
Bummer.
xcudNov 30, 2022
It's parked in my home garage. They're not as good at software as they think they are.
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