LaMDA: A Google Engineer Lawyered Up to Protect this Chatbot's RightsIn the latest case of technology advancing beyond the human capacity to digest complexity, Google Engineer Blake Lemoine has been put on…Jun 12, 20221Jun 12, 20221
The Authentically Solipsistic Best LifeLiving in these incredibly interesting times of supply chain crises, Ukrainian war, and the centering of Geo-economic power in Eurasia it…May 8, 2022May 8, 2022
The Bear Case for AMZNAWS and especially RDS suck, and it is increasingly difficult to make a good business case for building on Amazon’s cloud. It’s not just…Feb 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022
A Letter For My UncleI have a second interview coming up for a nice job on Thursday, please don’t spread the news too much around family (including your wife).Oct 20, 20211Oct 20, 20211
Learning From The SeawolvesGrowing up in a neglectful home finally and having that experience validated this year at the age of 35, not by anyone else from that house…Oct 18, 2021Oct 18, 2021
Needle Time Approaches AgainI rarely trust new technologies. New means unwanted complexity. It hits me like an allergy that triggers anxiety instead of rhinitis.Oct 12, 2021Oct 12, 2021
What Remembers And WhereGrowing up in a small town I remember being fascinated with the museums to people locally hyped as important, in what we would now consider…Oct 8, 2021Oct 8, 2021
I am so happy Facebook reveals their camera glasses now and not a decade ago.Anyone remember Google glasses from 2013? Imagine if ultra hyped and growing 2013 era Facebook unveiled camera glasses... The horror...Oct 5, 2021Oct 5, 2021
The Horror of Receiving an ADHD Diagnosis At 35When our first COVID case was announced here in Uruguay I’d already been living outside the US for three years. I had created and killed…Oct 5, 2021Oct 5, 2021