Ted Herman @tedherman@social.cleverlibre.org

The most significant change in email closings over the past ten years is the progression from

Best, -> thoughts?

@mimsical New power source? https://www.wsj.com/articles/lasers-can-guide-dangerous-lightning-strikes-to-a-safer-path-study-shows-11673884829

Idea for cookie jar. Ceramic, with raised letters that say "accept my cookies" as a test of willpower.

The dog's name is "Question Hound" (of the "this is fine" meme)

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/16/1149232763/this-is-fine-meme-anniversary-gunshow-web-comic

@paul ofc labrador

However this is a case I've not seen before. I don't think the city will pick this one up.

A common sight in January, trees set out on the curb. The city picks them up for free; they are ground up and become compost.

Things seen on my morning walk. By the river, I saw three bald eagles, but couldn't get a photo - they are skittish. Did find an outdoor pingpong table later.

@pkedrosky Paradise!

RE - the visualization of AUCs and the problem of needing a single metric (like "the one ring to rule them all"). I think you walk a tightrope in that being precise and correct, stipulating confidence and adherence to best practice, you can overdo the formality and make the reader need to work hard to understand the point. Would need to be written carefully - and with the right kind of citations.

From a bowling perspective, if Spare is a blockbuster just think if he had written a Strike.

@pkedrosky You had me at "absurd numbers of people".

@danluu I'd like to see how your observations connect to those who advocate interdisciplinary approaches in research.

Culmination of an artsy project I've been imagining for some years.

@pkedrosky Some background listening, Rethink on Radio 4's current topic.

Corporate America is enthusiastic about LLMs.

@pkedrosky One way to evaluate pop songs in number of weeks on the top 50 chart. Same for top public companies (but with different time scale)?

@carnage4life Akon’s Wakanda and a crumbling crypto dream https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct4lnk

@pkedrosky I don't understand the "amnesia" appellation - I don't forget: I suppress disbelief to reduce cognitive load of perpetual suspicion.

@muratdemirbas By comparison, I was lucky. I shoveled today but it was like powder snow, very light.