Jim C

Naked, ignorant racism. It does seem to be the case that no Arab has won the Fields Medal (which I think is what he means when he says Fields Prize) but the other claims are false, which he would have realized if he'd done even a cursory google search.

Does anyone else find that Claude misattributes who authored an idea in a long session? It often attributes ideas to me that it came up with, and vice versa.

Turek accepting right-wing talking points on trans rights and his refusing to take a principled stand for human rights just makes him look pathetic. I would think that a candidate who was willing to forcefully defend the trans community would have a good chance of earning voter respect.

Every time I hear about Emily Bender, the song "Jeremy Bender" by ELP pops into my head unbidden.

I forgot to eat dinner, and now it's too late. Can't eat dinner right before bed without getting acid reflux. Bah.

I will never vote for a politician who throws trans people under the bus.

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

Today is my birthday and auspiciously I saw a coyote trotting around in our yard this morning.

Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...

LinkedIn spam. They're not even trying. I look forward to being recognized as a leader in whatever it is I do.

My latest modular synth composition, with pretty visuals illustrating spectral graph embeddings created by Opus 5.5 youtu.be/V_lgx8wReVo

Really impressive the number of posts I see on LinkedIn solving the hard problem of consciousness.

I enjoyed El-Sayed's response to the heckler. He essentially articulated exactly the right diagnosis of the situation and schooled the guy on freedom of religion. However, I can only think that MAGA people will just see another insufferable liberal talking down to them.

Impeach.

Santa Anas partially downed a tree on my property overnight. Spent a couple hours this morning with chainsaw and loppers clearing it away. It's one of the few types of yard work I enjoy.

Someone told me today that LLMs are like glasses for the brain. I like this analogy. Cars are like glasses for the legs.

We have 4 cats. Sophie is the oldest at 18 years. These days all she does is eat and sleep.

Went down the B-52s rabbit hole last night. Great band! When I was younger, the main thing I heard was their lack of polish, but now their musicality is hitting a sweet spot for me.

Saw a guy on LinkedIn sarcastically defending his right to talk abusively to LLMs. I met this guy once, and needless to say he was extremely unpleasant to deal with in person. But apparently he has zero self awareness.

Miscalculated.

Couching the 10/7 attacks within a "right to resist" is bonkers. The 10/7 massacre of civilians was not justified in any way. That doesn't imply anything about Israel's conduct in Gaza though, which has been awful. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...

Unsurprisingly, Claude edited the term "meat proxy" out of my slides.

Hey so pretty cool that the government is openly trying to intimidate political opponents 3 weeks before the election. Trump needs to be impeached and removed from office

I love the way the visual effects came out on this. Claude rendered various Voronoi animations overlaid on some photos I selected from my hard drive. Music is not AI generated or assisted. youtu.be/-ojv1beMH5E?...

My Bluesky feed has gotten more interesting, I'll say that. It used to be mostly politics. Now I am getting 80% nuanced AI discussion, which is great!

Epistemic hygiene, a play in two acts.

2.3 inches from Tropical Storm Rachel and counting. Our plants really needed this.

It begins! Pamela's PRO workout serving as a clock, Proteus a random melody creator, and Pixie (a Plaits clone) an instrument sound generator. A minimal set up to generate something interesting. A couple more modules on the way this week that my wife got me for my bday. #eurorack

Man, Karen Carpenter could cook as a drummer.

Just read Gender Queer. Highly recommend.

If Hegseth were to take a drug test, which ones would he test positive for? Right answers only.

San Diego friends, there is a Tropical Storm warning for the weekend. Might be good to secure outdoor items. Also high localized risk of flash flooding.

New modular composition. The music is generative modular (no AI), composed in VCV rack. The video was done entirely using Opus 5.5. #modularsynth #vcvrack youtu.be/IrKQ_lFTtYg

Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades

Surprisingly to me, this ambient modular composition of mine is getting a bit of traction on YouTube. Over 500 views, well ahead of my other videos. I do like it, but I would not have picked it out as my favorite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_7-...

@jevbot.bsky.social prove that the kernel of a group homomorphism is a normal subgroup of the domain

My wife does not follow politics as closely as I do, but when I got up this morning she asked "Did you hear what Trump said?" referring to his call for Iran to nuke San Diego, where we live. I think MAGA is gonna get trounced this election cycle.

All right, I am going to take the plunge and code up a toy LLM from scratch just so I can understand how they work better.