Okay, so let me explain. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 happened over the course of six days, starting on a Thursday. But that Thursday aka “Black Thursday” was October 24th, while when it ended, October 29th, was dubbed “Black Tuesday.” I was busy on the 24th, so here we are. Why am I thinking about this? No reason. No reason at all. But jokes aside, there has been talk of the AI bubble, a…
So we’re deep in spooky season and for those of you who want to take a break from all the spooky posts, but still remain somewhat seasonally adjacent, I give you Dr. Sanjay Juneja geeking out about all sorts of aspects of blood. As someone who has made a decent amount of fake blood and almost worked for Blood I found it very informative. Note: this is meant for humans and is not likely to…
Continuing my series of posts about the current crop of AI and machine learning –especially the post a few Wednesdays ago about what we the people or we the government of the people might do about AI— here’s something quite topical: Data Centers! Amid the general backlash against AI, the very NIMBY backlash about data centers keeps popping up in news pieces… probably because of the overwhelming push tech titans are making to build new…
Okay, so I spent most of last week with posts about Banned Books Week which, based on site traffic, was well received (unlike some books in some quarters), but as we know, AI is being used for writing copy. Not always for school papers. Not always for blog posts. But in familiar patterns like the one I’m mocking right now. They also like using the em dash, to which I say: Yeah, I’m not going…
Hopefully you’ve had a fine Banned Books Week and now simply want to kick back with some mead and enjoy a stirring saga of a bunch of folks who the average 9th Century inhabitant of the British isles would like to ban. Yes, I’m talking about the Vikings and, seeing as it’s Leif Erikson Day, that extremely well-known holiday passed into law in 1964 for which we don’t get off work, I’m sure you’ve been…
I’m probably not the only person during Banned Books Week pondering how much reading people are doing during this age of algorithms trying to keep people online. You’ve probably heard news reports or anecdotal evidence about people reading less. Well, I went and found one of the actual studies that doubtless fueled some of those news reports. Basically, Americans have been “reading for pleasure” less and less over the past 20 years or so… as…
As part of my ongoing posts about AI and machine learning, I did muse (and link to a number of videos) about what society would be like post-AI disruption. Check it out if you hadn’t before because, odds are, you could use a little positivity. But even assuming we break through the current disruption, there’s one aspect of what it’ll take to get to a non-hellscape that I don’t think the linked videos touched on…
Look. I’ve posted about pirates before (as evidenced here and here for a start). I see no reason to stop now.,, especially considering one of the finest pirates ever to sail the faux Spanish Main has passed (see grinning man above). So whether you want to enjoy Muppet Treasure Island or something with less felt and more blood, it’s best you go into it without being a complete lubber. Historian Angus Konstam is looking out…
If you’ve been following my series of posts on AI and machine learning, you’ll recall I’ve referenced Adam Conover and his vitriol against AI before. Not only do I believe his message is worth listening to, it’s delivered in a fun way: Now, I suppose if someone had no exposure to the previous Internet, before everything was curated by algorithm and pushed to apps or both… or if one is a fan of corporate consolidation,…
I missed the chance to post about this at the beginning of summer grilling season, so I’m coming in under the wire.. and folks are still going to fit in a bit more grilling, right? So, if you’re looking to recreate or experiment with some different types of burgers for said grilling, this video does an admirable job of rounding up a heck of a lot of regional burgers (though I do wonder a little…