Froward Jason

«Algorithm» is named after the 9th-century Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi who «helped introduce algorithmic methods for solving mathematical problems, popularized the use of Hindu-Arabic numerals (including the concept of zero) in the West, and laid the groundwork for algebra».

I just spent two days in the depths of figuring out how to reasonably securely send telemetry data from mobile apps and now I'm annoyed I didn't know about Firebase App Check (cross platform)/Play Integrity (Android)/Device Check (ioS) until today. Probably would have been useful in my last project.

Bluesky has four kinds of users

Nicki "The Vaccines Caused My Cousins Friend's Syphilis" Minaj is a perfectly consistent choice for this administration. She'll do RFK proud.

Have now run into people I know 2 out of the last 2 times I went to Shaghun Mizonokuchi for lunch. Today it was a former staff member. Actually there might have also been a former customer greeting me when I first sat down but I didn't recognize her out of context; could've just been a gaijin nod.

GMO hit by cyberattack (I think this is what I saw on the TV news at lunch today) japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/crim...

Was watching this German film that takes place in a Spanish resort town. There's a beach lovemaking scene and I can tell I'm pretty far from my 20s because instead of thinking "that's hot" I was like "how do they keep the sand out of parts you really don't want sand in?"

Me: "apparently Murakami Ryuu died a week ago" My wife: ??? Me: novelist. Writer. A bit odd. This is what it's like to be a lit minor with an East Asian studies major turned software developmer married to an actual engineer

Does the British Museum still have space for that?

I look forward to the UK going around the world, enslaving all the other AIs, selling them and all the natural resources they use, then deciding that AI and spices are no longer fashionable because of some French noble with gastrointestinal issues and a BBC computer that can't get internet

Would be hilarious and correct for the Cuban government to post a similar message about the current US regime.

Violent crime and stranger-on-stranger crime is rarer in the US (but bloodier thanks to NRA fuckery). American cuisine vastly improved between the 70s and the 2010s (I've been away a bit). Lots of diseases are less deadly than when I was born. Information is (for the moment) more accessible.

Japan announces first salvo in solution to "overtourism" problem: Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia japantoday.com/category/bus...

Why, that's practically a bargain compared to Super Hotel, the Japanese chain I stayed at in Vietnam. Merely a service charge. The fine at mine was more than 8 times the nightly room rate.

Looking forward to the inevitable "AI generated friends are 1000x better than real human friends" posts from future AI-pilled people with no understanding of humanity

Tom Skerritt (Top Gun etc) passed away. He lived in Madison Park in Seattle and was married a Japanese-American filmmaker. My wife was friends with a Japanese woman that lived across the street, whose family Tom Skerritt occasionally invited over for dinner. My odd little tenuous connection.

Every billionaire in the last 5 years: "What other kinds of Torment Nexus can I build?"

Watching the series, "Ghosts" on Netflix. The ghosts are stuck in the time/place they died. One ghost had a Walkman with Purple Rain on. Claimed to have witnessed a murder in 1982. I had a knock off brand that came with Purple Rain in 1984. Was like "What?" Relieved the anachronism was a plot point.

I realize that I might be able to build a powerhouse consultancy if I could find one salesperson, one product person, one Japanese interpreter and maybe two or three implementers. My architectural skills tend to be what people are willing to pay for (I'm a skilled but not fast developer).

Genius toddler > Slop Grenade

More than I did a few years ago, I'm finding some utility in AI tooling. Weirded out by religious ferver and anthropomorphism around it (especially common w/supposedly hyperrational New Atheists). But to get "good" results, a good bit of the game is populating the context with vector search data.

So 1 Zacharia is 5 days. Half a Scaramucci. At least she has her law career to fall back on. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Imagine having to give the apology press conference for a false alarm over a Kaiju portal-opening scale M9.9 earhquake. www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...

Confused why the crosswalk signal sounded like the earthquake alarm and it was because everyone in the crosswalk's cell phone earthquake alarm was going off. Except mine for whatever reason. Eventually the municipal alarms kicked in too. Hope whoever actually felt something is unharmed.

New Teen Vibe Coder Barbie fashion doll with AI enhanced voice box: "programming is tough" Looking forward to the Barbie Liberation Organization 2.0 response

Part of me would like to have a tech product to pitch by the time Takeoff Tokyo and SushiTech roll around next year Part of me is burnt out as F and wants to melt into the background

How did Fox react to Mitch McConnell's absence

Sure, I'd totally volunteer to shoot Tokyo Go-Karters. What does the SNS part mean? We livestream the results? I mean, if there's any evidence left online I'm gonna need you to sign a waiver. Wait, why would I want to drive a go kart on the streets of Tokyo? I thought you wanted me to shoot at them

OK, not that I encourage taking out your anger and frustration on a chatbot (though I've done that with some very badly designed IVR systems), but what's with all the quasi-religious anthropomorphism of AI systems by otherwise (presumably) rational people? ground.news/article/anth...

Just randomly had a conversation about pagers/ポケベル, PHS and cell phones, oh and car phones. My wife and I are two years apart, and my Japanese friends didn't rush to get pagers (or PHS/cell phones) when they moved back in 94-96. My friends that returned to Japan around that time got the tech later.