Hard to believe this many fall leaves survived such a snowy winter. I welcome their color as gloomy rains begin to take over the season.

My wife gives the best gifts.

The sun spot has begun its triumphant return.

Producing training data means working toward your own obsolescence. While the number of people doing data work may continue to rise, any particular gig will last only as long as it takes for the machines to successfully mimic it. It takes years for a human to develop expertise, and sooner or later, they’re going to run out of skills to sell.

• Josh Dzieza, writing for The Verge about another depressing “business” created to exploit people.

The first spring bird of this year sang atop our chimney, filling the house with its happy sound.

angelic chorus sound

Well that’s not good! 😰

“The kid who tries to run Blender on a Chromebook doesn’t learn that his machine can’t handle it. He learns that Google decided he’s not allowed to. Those are completely different lessons.”

• Sam Henri Gold, This Is Not The Computer For You

I read this thinking of my daughter’s untaught hatred for her school Chromebook and how quickly she figured out the school forms to drop it for an ancient MacBook Air that she still refuses to let me replace.

Finished Re-reading: Neuromancer by William Gibson 📚

It’s still incredible to read just how many futuristic things Gibson accurately described way back in 1982 but the accuracy that stood out most in this read is how thoroughly wealth can destroy peoples' humanity.

Rest in peace, Chuck.

“Saturday is treat day.”

“We’re not just processing information but living in bodies that know things minds can’t articulate.”

• Dustin Parker, The Future Smells Like Paper

Tonight, the wind rippled the sunset clouds like the tide does to beach sand.