Software developer and amateur (but published!) ring theorist. Volunteer K-12 math/CS teacher. Haskell enthusiast. He/him.
Atlanta, GA
Joined April 2009
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One major U.S. political party increasingly sees democracy as the problem. The other increasingly sees capitalism as the problem. For generations, these were shared principles that nobody had to defend. That's changing quickly, and it's going to be interesting.
With all the attention I've seen on @flair I feel like I should point out it just doesn't work that well. When part of the home is too hot or cold, Flair's solution is usually to do nothing at all unless you manually set the comfortable part of the house to "Away" mode.
User: Write me a story.
AI: "There once was a girl named Anna. She had purple hair..."
User: No, she shouldn't have purple hair. Try again.
AI: "There once was a girl named Anna. She definitely didn't have purple hair. There wasn't a shred of purple on that head..."
This is super cool: the NAND gate of scientific calculator functions. arxiv.org/abs/2603.21852
I've long had a full paid subscription to the @nytimes but I just just had to navigate four pages of popup ads and interstitials and tell it I don't want to upgrade to a family plan TWICE to access an article. What the hell is going on?
This game is fascinating to me. willowdale.online/flip Taking the offered "deals" is always mathematically a bad idea, yet often very emotionally comforting.
Bad UX story: Went out to eat, machine only offers 18/22/25% tip buttons. I hit "custom" but it hides the bill. I hit Cancel to go back so I can calculate the tip. It just charges my card with no tip. I ask the server; they have no way to accept a tip now. They are upset...
Asked Gemini to plan a basement room renovation concept, and it knocked it out of the park! I'm seriously impressed.
When talking to AI, one learns to stop reading as soon as it says something wrong. What comes next may not be worth your time. If it is, let AI say it again once it's not wrong. This is exactly the wrong way to interact with people, of course, but I have to remind myself!
"I'll suppose I'll have the pork again."
"Why not try something new, like the wings?"
"When pigs fly!"
reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comment… is actually a really good idea. Ignore the voting details. The idea is: people can propose ballot initiatives, but the government can add a third option besides Yes or No. Then use any election method that works well with 3 choices.
Ugh. I just discovered that ChatGPT has started reading its previous conversations when you start new ones, meaning self-reinforcing feedback cycles extend even when you create a new conversation to avoid them. BAD idea, @OpenAI .
Extra security is great and all, but maybe @Google's "Find my phone" feature should avoid asking for two-factor authentication through your phone.
Nov 6 @NYHaskell: Richard Eisenberg, A Tale of Two Lambdas meetup.com/ny-haskell/events… #Meetup via @Meetup
