Observations from a trip to the store. 1) I'm happy we live in a country in which two public demonstrations on opposing sides can take place a block apart, and peacefully so. 2) Vegetarian BBQ Ribs simply cannot be a real thing. I'm not a biologist, but what vegetables have ribs? Why must the purveyors and consumers pretend they are ribs? Words matter, meaning matters and ribs they are not.
Good Sunday morning. Yesterday the House of Representatives finally did its job, passing several bills including the all-important aid package to Ukraine. Shockingly, just over half of the members of the party of Ronald Reagan voted against that package, including a certain dumb blonde from Georgia.
Here's a spectacularly dumb Orthodox acapella Passover video. Last year, I got several boxes of matzoh on post-Passover clearance at Walmart, like $.25 each for a box of 30. Wasn't bad, decently crispy.
2 News items from the AI front: I was loading pictures onto a website and the program was selecting which, of 2-4, would serve as the primary image. At first, I assumed it was picking the 1st one but it was not. It was choosing the one it deemed best and most of the time it was correct. I was impressed at the level of programming. Then, yesterday, using FaceBook on my phone, I noticed the search icon had been replaced and it informed me it was Meta AI and I should ask it any question. Inasmuch as I didn't want to use it but could not find a way to turn it off, I asked it how I could disable it and it said I could not. Not so impressive. I'm not sure they grasp the fact that some of us (I don't think I'm the only one) do not want to be forced to talk to AI. I'm inclined to think that the humans behind AI arrogantly believe we should all think as they do, use the web as they would and conform to their way of doing things. Other than for woodturning, I'm not much of a FB user and this will surely only drive me away if they don't give me the option to turn it off.
Evening, all. A nice day was had by all at bucolic Camp Grimes, located near Dysartsville, which is not exactly a place, more like just a sign.
Four girls finished the Archery Merit Badge, except for making an arrow: I gave them the kit to take home. I don't know how many finished the Fishing Merit Badge. Dau. D did some of both. She has Fishing on her summer camp schedule.
Rained a little on the way home, and we're supposed to get more tonight. I don't know if it will get the camp or not.
Jake was out all day while I was gone. He knows the male family members don't care as much as I do. I went out and called him several times. "Jake, I'm home! You can come back now! Gooshy fud!" and after the 4th try, he came racing across the street from the woods. Now he's gobbling the food.
I thought I'd saved this article in my inbox for future reference, but in looking for it am only finding cobwebs, dust and other unrelated digital detritus. Found it in the publication's archive and hope it will open for anyone interested in reading it. I follow TLP (not as a paid subscriber but a freeloader, staying true to my cheapskate nature), and am impressed by the fact that Teixeira, Halpin and the others who write there are very adept at (and are more than happy to) beat up on their own "side" on a more than regular basis. A lot of Rs don't bash the Ds for their myopia and excess as hard as these guys do sometimes. At least not in any meaningful ways (meaning based on fact and not fiction or conspiracy).
I'm getting ready to go into Richmond to go grocery shopping. The Godparents are coming over about 5pm-ish today for supper. The live in Indy, but are driving back home from Pittsburgh, so they'll drop down the Interstate exit 6 miles, to our house. Katie made a crockpot of chili. I gotta mix it up and turn it on, about noon.
Lowes called this morning: they plan to deliver the new oven today! The installers, maybe next Friday or the Friday after. The installers called Tuesday asking to install it yesterday: Lowes told them it was in. So I stayed home Thursday and waited...and waited...It was like my 3rd humanities class in college, where we read 'Waiting for Godot". It turns out the over was not in when the installers went to pick it up. Katie had called the installers and Lowes, who assured her it was.
My daughter is grumbling: Katie wants her to mop and clean the mail level guest half-bathroom. It takes maybe 60 seconds to mop it, but she is angry because I didn't order the youngest to do anything at the same time! Sigh! I swear she's 22 going on 13.
I must say, it's a bit rich for a guy sitting in WV to tell us we've got time to get out of the way! (Jest kidding!)
Gloomy morning. Some of us are getting ready to go out of town for a week that will be more work than fun, although we will be at the beach.
The are opening the new interchange this weekend, temporarily to allow work on the primary one. The main 2 lane country road that served this area 25 years ago is up to six (counting turning lanes) and the old interchnge is being transformed into a "diverging diamond". The work started just before covid and, for me, the change in landscape was more disorienting than covid itself.
Megyn Kelly’s monologue yesterday was pure gold. She is HOT about Biden‘s decision to protect transgenders under Title Nine. I love it when she gets spicy.
I’m up at the lake house doing the lawn work I didn’t get done last fall. It’s a cool 27°. Last night around 9 PM. I was walking past my slider door and I saw a boat going about 15 feet from the shore shining its light onto the shore. It was going along the shore like very slowly and I thought to myself what is going on? I posted a photo to a local Facebook group asking the question and apparently it’s tribal walleye spearfishing that’s allowed on the lake. All other anglers must catch and release walleye. I looked up to see the reason, and of course, climate change was given as one of the reasons for the decline in population. Who knows? My guess it’s overfishing as it’s a very fragile species.
"As individuals we suffer from limited perceptual range, but our minds always give us the illusion of omniscience."
That's true, although when you say "suffer" from limited perceptual range, I respond "compared to what?" If we had a greater perceptual range, would we suffer less?
Anyway, good morning to everyone. It's been weird here: only one son at home. E went uptown with B, F is at his friend's house, and Dau. D is on a campout. I'll be leaving soon to go up to camp and teach Archery Merit Badge. It's two hours door to door, just a pleasant jaunt.
Observations from a trip to the store. 1) I'm happy we live in a country in which two public demonstrations on opposing sides can take place a block apart, and peacefully so. 2) Vegetarian BBQ Ribs simply cannot be a real thing. I'm not a biologist, but what vegetables have ribs? Why must the purveyors and consumers pretend they are ribs? Words matter, meaning matters and ribs they are not.
Good Sunday morning. Yesterday the House of Representatives finally did its job, passing several bills including the all-important aid package to Ukraine. Shockingly, just over half of the members of the party of Ronald Reagan voted against that package, including a certain dumb blonde from Georgia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L2vv9uXACk
Here's a spectacularly dumb Orthodox acapella Passover video. Last year, I got several boxes of matzoh on post-Passover clearance at Walmart, like $.25 each for a box of 30. Wasn't bad, decently crispy.
2 News items from the AI front: I was loading pictures onto a website and the program was selecting which, of 2-4, would serve as the primary image. At first, I assumed it was picking the 1st one but it was not. It was choosing the one it deemed best and most of the time it was correct. I was impressed at the level of programming. Then, yesterday, using FaceBook on my phone, I noticed the search icon had been replaced and it informed me it was Meta AI and I should ask it any question. Inasmuch as I didn't want to use it but could not find a way to turn it off, I asked it how I could disable it and it said I could not. Not so impressive. I'm not sure they grasp the fact that some of us (I don't think I'm the only one) do not want to be forced to talk to AI. I'm inclined to think that the humans behind AI arrogantly believe we should all think as they do, use the web as they would and conform to their way of doing things. Other than for woodturning, I'm not much of a FB user and this will surely only drive me away if they don't give me the option to turn it off.
Placido Domingo. It's raining here.
Evening, all. A nice day was had by all at bucolic Camp Grimes, located near Dysartsville, which is not exactly a place, more like just a sign.
Four girls finished the Archery Merit Badge, except for making an arrow: I gave them the kit to take home. I don't know how many finished the Fishing Merit Badge. Dau. D did some of both. She has Fishing on her summer camp schedule.
Rained a little on the way home, and we're supposed to get more tonight. I don't know if it will get the camp or not.
Jake was out all day while I was gone. He knows the male family members don't care as much as I do. I went out and called him several times. "Jake, I'm home! You can come back now! Gooshy fud!" and after the 4th try, he came racing across the street from the woods. Now he's gobbling the food.
We'll go to bed soon. Long day.
Let's see...3mm / year = 0.118 in. / year. My place is at 892 ft. asl. 892 x 12 = 10,704 in. 10,704 in. / 0.118 in per year = 90,711,864 years.
Dang. Guess I'm gonna' have to keep on mowing the grass for a while.
RE: Climate change and cynicism.
I thought I'd saved this article in my inbox for future reference, but in looking for it am only finding cobwebs, dust and other unrelated digital detritus. Found it in the publication's archive and hope it will open for anyone interested in reading it. I follow TLP (not as a paid subscriber but a freeloader, staying true to my cheapskate nature), and am impressed by the fact that Teixeira, Halpin and the others who write there are very adept at (and are more than happy to) beat up on their own "side" on a more than regular basis. A lot of Rs don't bash the Ds for their myopia and excess as hard as these guys do sometimes. At least not in any meaningful ways (meaning based on fact and not fiction or conspiracy).
Anyway, thought this was interesting...
https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/when-science-journals-become-activists
I'm getting ready to go into Richmond to go grocery shopping. The Godparents are coming over about 5pm-ish today for supper. The live in Indy, but are driving back home from Pittsburgh, so they'll drop down the Interstate exit 6 miles, to our house. Katie made a crockpot of chili. I gotta mix it up and turn it on, about noon.
Lowes called this morning: they plan to deliver the new oven today! The installers, maybe next Friday or the Friday after. The installers called Tuesday asking to install it yesterday: Lowes told them it was in. So I stayed home Thursday and waited...and waited...It was like my 3rd humanities class in college, where we read 'Waiting for Godot". It turns out the over was not in when the installers went to pick it up. Katie had called the installers and Lowes, who assured her it was.
My daughter is grumbling: Katie wants her to mop and clean the mail level guest half-bathroom. It takes maybe 60 seconds to mop it, but she is angry because I didn't order the youngest to do anything at the same time! Sigh! I swear she's 22 going on 13.
Mornin'!
I must say, it's a bit rich for a guy sitting in WV to tell us we've got time to get out of the way! (Jest kidding!)
Gloomy morning. Some of us are getting ready to go out of town for a week that will be more work than fun, although we will be at the beach.
The are opening the new interchange this weekend, temporarily to allow work on the primary one. The main 2 lane country road that served this area 25 years ago is up to six (counting turning lanes) and the old interchnge is being transformed into a "diverging diamond". The work started just before covid and, for me, the change in landscape was more disorienting than covid itself.
Too many people!
Megyn Kelly’s monologue yesterday was pure gold. She is HOT about Biden‘s decision to protect transgenders under Title Nine. I love it when she gets spicy.
I’m up at the lake house doing the lawn work I didn’t get done last fall. It’s a cool 27°. Last night around 9 PM. I was walking past my slider door and I saw a boat going about 15 feet from the shore shining its light onto the shore. It was going along the shore like very slowly and I thought to myself what is going on? I posted a photo to a local Facebook group asking the question and apparently it’s tribal walleye spearfishing that’s allowed on the lake. All other anglers must catch and release walleye. I looked up to see the reason, and of course, climate change was given as one of the reasons for the decline in population. Who knows? My guess it’s overfishing as it’s a very fragile species.
Good morning. Sunny but cool here, currently mid 40s with highs in the mid 50s.
"As individuals we suffer from limited perceptual range, but our minds always give us the illusion of omniscience."
That's true, although when you say "suffer" from limited perceptual range, I respond "compared to what?" If we had a greater perceptual range, would we suffer less?
Anyway, good morning to everyone. It's been weird here: only one son at home. E went uptown with B, F is at his friend's house, and Dau. D is on a campout. I'll be leaving soon to go up to camp and teach Archery Merit Badge. It's two hours door to door, just a pleasant jaunt.