I read somewhere recently about EarthBound which is apparently a classic computer game. But I don’t recall ever having played it and I wasn’t able to find it on Steam.
Update: oh, I heard about it in The AI Revolution is Rotten to the Core
I read somewhere recently about EarthBound which is apparently a classic computer game. But I don’t recall ever having played it and I wasn’t able to find it on Steam.
Update: oh, I heard about it in The AI Revolution is Rotten to the Core
Man. Today I can’t prove I’m human to ChatGPT because its captcha is too hard for me. I gave it like five or six goes. I’m a bit pissed off because I pay for access to ChatGPT and having it waste my time like this and then deny me access wasn’t what I sent my money for. Off I go…
Update: gonna try NoowAI, that looks interesting and like it might satisfy my usecases.
The square brackets are for a closed interval wherein endpoints are included.
The round brackets are for an open interval wherein endpoints are excluded.
Today I read about the Morris worm, malware from 1988.
This morning my new eyeglasses arrived, they are these ones from AliExpress: Watch Loupe Glasses Magnifying Repair Tool Loop Magnifiers Watchmaker Jewelry Jewelers Magnifier Foreye Convenient Professional.
Rather than do an unboxing video I thought I’d just write it up in this blog post.
There’s a headband type thing that comes with them that looks rather cheap and flimsy (it is), but it’s actually quite functional and practical.
The 20X magnification is my fav, and I might even see if I can get something with higher magnification one day.
At the end of The Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russell says:
The student who wishes to acquire an elementary knowledge of
philosophy will find it both easier and more profitable to read some
of the works of the great philosophers than to attempt to derive an
all-round view from handbooks. The following are specially
recommended:
Two methods to reboot an iPhone, from my friend CK:
I’ve started a “second channel” on YouTube for long and unedited content: Elliot’s Extras.