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Eleven Years Later

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:43:01 -0700

> Check the calendar.

Which Tech CEOs Are Gamers?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:45:00 -0700

In a court of law, Satya Nadella said he is not a gamer.

AI Will Not Make Your Job Chill

Sun, 17 May 2026 18:10:00 -0700

People keep talking about how AI will make their job easy, and I don’t really understand why.

Why I Signed The Amicus Brief for Anthropic v Department of War

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:37:00 -0700

On Monday, Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Department of War, and an amicus brief in support of Anthropic was filed on behalf of a number of OpenAI and Google employees. See coverage here and the brief itself here. To emphasize, everyone who signed did so in a...

MIT Mystery Hunt 2026

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:42:00 -0800

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Authentic Imperfection

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 01:16:01 -0800

Auto-Tune is great.

Ten Years Later

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:19:01 -0700

My blog turns ten years old today. The big 1-0. Thanks for reading!

Brony Musicians Seize The Means of Production: My Eyewitness Account to BABSCon 2025

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0700

Bronies are older fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. They are mostly male, typically in 20s-30s age wise, and have been trending older and more female over time. (A lot of girls in the original target demographic grew up, and a lot of men in the fandom realized...

Who is AI For?

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:20:00 -0700

Who is AI for right now? There are obvious use cases. Image generation for people who want filler art for work presentations, or just to mess around. Coding assistance for people who code, vibe coding for people who don’t. Speech-to-text for automatic captioning, and text-to-speech for grinding out TikTok videos...

MIT Mystery Hunt 2025

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:32:00 -0800

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