July, 2023 archive
The Rollback Continues 0
Now comes the persons that filed the suit that the Supreme Supremacist Court used to overturn affirmative action based on race on their next campaign.
They want to put women back in their place.
Geeking Out 0
Magiea v. 8 with the Fluxbox window manager. The wallpaper is from my collection.
If I had to pick one thing that keeps me using Fluxbox, it’s the right-click menu.
Anywhere the mouse pointer is on the screen, as long as its not on an application window, a right-click brings up the menu.
The Graham Cracker 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
The Crypto Con 0
In our newest episode, the Crypto Con meets the Brady Bunch.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
How did the attendant receive this photo, you might inquire.
Via Apple AirDrop, which means someone on the plane thought this was a good thing to do.
We are a broken society.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
An oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” chooses to celebrate the Fourth with his politeness.
We are a failing state.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Matt Grawitch argues that one of the effects of the growing use of artificial “intelligence” has been paradoxically to highlight the importance of human expertise and research. A snippet:
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Fast-forward to today and the increasing availability of AI-driven tools for research and decision-making. While many of these tools are very confined in terms of the scope of their capabilities, the introduction of broader AI, like Bard and ChatGPT, makes it possible for people to by-pass the process of researching a topic and building an argument and head straight to the conclusion or decision. The dangers of this, though, have been on full display recently, such as when a professor incorrectly flunked all his students for cheating (because ChatGPT told him they had) or the lawyer who used ChatGPT for legal research only to find that the cases he had cited didn’t exist (he was subsequently sanctioned).
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Again, politeness becomes child’s play.
And again we are reminded that “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms.
Courting DIsaster, Reprise 0
In reviewing recent statements by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Supremacist Court, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier finds himself somewhat taken aback by what hurts said Chief Justice’s tender fee-fees.
Discussion Question 0
In today’s politics, can the United States be said to truly have a “loyal opposition,” as defined by Merriam-Webster?
Merriam-Webster’s definition:
Support your answer with concrete examples.
And Now for Some Blasts from the Past 0
(Broken tag fixed.)