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Apparently September 8th is Star Trek Day, but I think it ought to be today. Because when you March Forth, you boldly go.

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I think that the way the many billions of variables in a Large Language Model can dazzle people into believing an AI must be conscious has a close parallel to the way many billions of years of evolution can dazzle people into believing there must be a Creator.

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TL;DR news has dug into the numbers reported on the Department of Government Efficiency website that list the amounts they claim to have saved. There's a substantial amount of overstating and miscounting going on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8ms...

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Called my senators to remind them that when Reagan and GHWBush did mass inspector general firings when they took office, Congressional uproar got (some of) them unfired. Then I called my Rep, Mary Gay Scanlon, to thank her for a good motivational speech she gave at the Presidents' Day demonstration.

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David Ha told me about this puzzle based on Taskmaster, which will probably only interest those in the intersection of Taskmaster fans and puzzle-solvers. But if that's you... it's a nice puzzle: web.archive.org/web/20241109...

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The snow in Swarthmore was the perfect kind for making snow rolls this morning, so I couldn't resist

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I called my senators this morning to voice concern that the executive branch has been defying rulings from the judicial branch, and hoping the legislative branch will stand up for checks and balances -- and also to reiterate that Elon Musk needs confirmation hearings before having so much power.

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Wow, that was a great game! Antione, Jeff, and I all came within a single turn of getting back to basecamp. Antoine was one card short; Jeff and I both made it, but he won on the tiebreak. ...What, you mean there are other games happening today besides _The Quest for El Dorado: The Golden Temples_?

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I tried calling my senators this morning, to ask them whether they thought Elon Musk, having had no confirmation hearings, not having been elected, and heading what's called a department even though it hasn't been established by Congress, is legally authorized to cut off programs.

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Today was the studio taping of the Taskmaster:Minnesota special at Can Can Wonderland in St. Paul, and it was awesome. The trip to subzero-land was extremely worth it to see it happen live, and to be there showing my support for the great TM:MN endeavor. Here's me with its creator, David Ha.

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I still can't believe I'm going to do this. Thank goodness I have friends whom I consulted when I was vacillating (who talked me out of being sensible, of course). 6° highs here I come, ready or not! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK3X...

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This is one of my favorite days of the year, since starting tomorrow the sun will set a little bit later each afternoon. Bye, darkness! (Well, the sun is still rising later each morning, so we have more total darkness per day... but I'm rarely up at sunrise, so that matters less to me.)

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I think I have a new favorite xkcd:

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