I'm glad our new dishwasher has a little red light that shines on the floor when it's running or else I wouldn't know sometimes.
16 thoughts on “March 25, 2023: It’s Oh So Quiet”
It's nice, right?
The new Level 2 charging was between 20 to 25 mph overnight, more than adequate for weekend charging to catch up to Mrs Runner's driving
nearly a foot of snow is a lot of fun when its, theoretically, spring now.
Split squad Braves are blowing up my phone with their scoring against the split squad Twins
For a brief moment the Braves were leading 5-3, twice.
And for a less brief moment they won 9-4, twice.
I've got a new laptop coming and have to be home to sign for it when it gets here so FedEx has me pinned down at home all day. I found a good deal on a Thinkpad X1 Yoga and am more than ready to replace my 11 year old Dell Latitude. And I'm taking advantage of the downtime to do my preseason online training.
Trevor Larnach just hit a baseball entirely over that large batter’s eye in straightaway center field. Over the whole dang thing.
This is my fifth Spring Training down here and it’s the first time I’ve seen that.
I remember Chomsky saying basically the same thing back in 1980's.
Chomsky seems to focus more on the creative side. I think a lot of more technical jobs are at risk right now. Things like finance, accounting, and IT. Possibly some medical professions.
In software engineering, there's the concept of a "10X engineer", someone that's 10x more productive than the average engineer. I'm skeptical of this overall, however I am multiple times more productive than a software engineer from the '90s thanks to greatly increased available of documentation, tooling updates, etc. Except, I didn't take five software engineers' jobs because the field has exploded in the number employed over that time. There's a term for this: Jevons paradox. Increasing that productivity even more won't mean jobs are lost but those technical roles expanding to cover even more things.
I hope so. That's the way it has generally worked with new technology. There is just pain for those that can't adapt or whose skills become obsolete.
It's nice, right?
The new Level 2 charging was between 20 to 25 mph overnight, more than adequate for weekend charging to catch up to Mrs Runner's driving
nearly a foot of snow is a lot of fun when its, theoretically, spring now.
Split squad Braves are blowing up my phone with their scoring against the split squad Twins
For a brief moment the Braves were leading 5-3, twice.
And for a less brief moment they won 9-4, twice.
I've got a new laptop coming and have to be home to sign for it when it gets here so FedEx has me pinned down at home all day. I found a good deal on a Thinkpad X1 Yoga and am more than ready to replace my 11 year old Dell Latitude. And I'm taking advantage of the downtime to do my preseason online training.
Larnlaunch
Honkball
Interesting articles in nytimes on AI and ChatGPT:
Thomas Friedman (Minny guy): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/opinion/artificial-intelligence-chatgpt.html?searchResultPosition=1
Noah Chomsky: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/opinion/noam-chomsky-chatgpt-ai.html?searchResultPosition=1
I remember Chomsky saying basically the same thing back in 1980's.
Chomsky seems to focus more on the creative side. I think a lot of more technical jobs are at risk right now. Things like finance, accounting, and IT. Possibly some medical professions.
In software engineering, there's the concept of a "10X engineer", someone that's 10x more productive than the average engineer. I'm skeptical of this overall, however I am multiple times more productive than a software engineer from the '90s thanks to greatly increased available of documentation, tooling updates, etc. Except, I didn't take five software engineers' jobs because the field has exploded in the number employed over that time. There's a term for this: Jevons paradox. Increasing that productivity even more won't mean jobs are lost but those technical roles expanding to cover even more things.
I hope so. That's the way it has generally worked with new technology. There is just pain for those that can't adapt or whose skills become obsolete.
You replied too fast for me to edit in where I heard this. So, here's 90 minutes of discussion about this and what this AI can do very well and not well.
Thanks!
I'm mainly worried about my kids' careers. It's hard to say where they should focus their studies.
Absolutely amazing how the top 10 of 13 WGOM brackets have all hit a wall before the final four, and no one has a top pick still in the running