AutoDescriptor: Added page description via AutoDescriptor bot [[File:A bad apple in a Costco bag of Envy Apples.webp|thumb]] There's a common adage about [[wikipedia:Bad apples|bad apples]] that goes like: {{Quote |text=One bad apple spoils the barrel }} The theory is, of course, that rotting apples release ethylene...

Roshan: [[File:{{#setmainimage:Julie and Roshan in Chinatown after dinner at Mr. Jiu's.webp|frame|center|A quiet and clean Chinatown!}}]] We went to [https://www.misterjius.com/ Mr. Jiu's], a Michelin-starred Chinese place, for dinner for Julie's birthday. Some of the food was great, and some of it was (in my...

AutoDescriptor: Added page description via AutoDescriptor bot A recent Hacker News thread was about Andrej Karpathy's advice for success at Stanford. It's got a bunch of advice but what I was particularly struck by is the absence of one piece of advice that is commonly given to students: to take notes in lectures. I...

Roshan: [[File:Julie's Notion GPT - Custom GPT.png|thumb|Complete with unique logo]] I was a bit sceptical about OpenAI's [https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpts/ Custom GPTs] when they launched but that's because I did not know that they have 'Actions'. One of the things that Julie has wanted for a while is an...

AutoDescriptor: Added page description via AutoDescriptor bot [[File:Social Security Card Envelope.jpg|thumb|I have been renamed, but my daughter has a card now. Fair trade.]] Our daughter, [[Astra Meridian]], has a last name that's different from either mine or my wife. This introduces certain complexities to life,...

Roshan: Fix sentence fragment minimally I've been reading [https://unsongbook.com/ ''Unsong''] by Scott Alexander, and I happened to also encounter Peter Thiel and Sam Wolfe's essay [https://firstthings.com/voyages-to-the-end-of-the-world/ ''Voyages to the End of the World''] (VEW) around the same time. Unsong is a...

Roshan: [[File:Dallas Fed - AI Scenarios.png|thumb|upright=2|Go forth and multiply; and fill the Earth and subdue it; so that you may grow at a steady rate]] There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at its flood, leads on to sustainable 1.9% year on year GDP growth. The Dallas Fed has released a little...

AutoDescriptor: Added page description via AutoDescriptor bot [[File:{{#setmainimage:Mysterious Letter to Roshan.jpeg}}|thumb|right]] A few months ago I received a mysterious letter addressed to me. I do get a lot of junk mail, but this one was to an old address which usually means I forgot something important. When...

AutoDescriptor: Added page description via AutoDescriptor bot [[File:{{#setmainimage:Screenshot Montage - Palms Requests.png}}|thumb|right|As you can see there is no shortage of "borrow a lump of sugar" stuff here]] A common complaint online is that there is no longer a sense of community in America and that...

AutoDescriptor: Added page description via AutoDescriptor bot [[wikipedia:Donald Trump|Donald Trump]] as President and presidential candidate has coined or popularized a whole bunch of phrases that are now in the common lexicon. == The Phrases == I'm leaving out the classic ones like [[wikipedia:Make America Great...

Roshan: The [https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present Presidential Pardon] is not nearly as controversial as it should be. The [[Factional Colony Ecology|colony ecology of factions]] inevitably leads to the frontiers being optimized to. For the Presidential Pardon that...

Roshan: [[File:Screenshot - Chrome iOS Algo Feed.jpg|thumb|left|Some random insufferable nonsense]] [[File:Screenshot - Brave iOS - News Feed Opt-In.jpg|thumb|right|Well, at least you asked]] At some point of time, Chrome started updating to include some kind of content feed into its new tab page. I'm one of those...