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Modern self-driving technology still has a way to go before it becomes generally safe, and useful enough for broader adoption. While I do believe that at some point in my lifetime I'll be able to hail an eTaxi, it'll really depend on where I am, the road infrastructure, and the local laws and regulations. Fully independent autonomous vehicles...
It's 2024 and LLMs are still the "hot new thing". Looking back on 2023, I'm surprised how quickly I went from, "Wow! My computer is speaking to me in fluent and comprehensible English," to, "Eh, that could have been phrased/executed/generated better." Back in the early 2010s, my mother created and ran a non-profit project called Dr Math. This...
I (finally) received my Playdate, after about a year and a half of waiting. To be honest, I'd kinda forgotten that I'd ordered it and was pleasantly surprised when it showed up. For those who don't know, the Playdate is a niche handheld gaming console, similar to a Gameboy. It has a black and white screen, and an odd crank on the side. This crank...
There are two kinds of writing. Writing for yourself, and writing for others. Both of these can, naturally, be broken down into various subcategories. For example: Personal Journaling Note-taking Poetry (although this can be public) Public Blogging Academic papers Letter writing Book writing I've written rather extensively on the idea of keeping...