AI vs College
Chatted with my college freshman child about AI, after reading Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College. They don’t use AI for writing outlines or papers or finishing assignments. But they say ChatGPT is useful for “here are a bunch of things I need to learn, please put together a set of practice test questions and scenarios for me.” Interesting. Also nice to know I at least contributed to creating an honest & creative person in the world.
“Diamond in the Sky”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/9.5, 1/350s, ISO 200. View of Diamond Peak from the Hardesty Way Trail.
Trump administration poised to accept ‘palace in the sky’ as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
Remember when bribery used to be illegal? Yeah, neither do Donald Trump or Pam Bondi. I hope they end up in adjoining cells.
Finished: The Pale Horseman, by Bernard Cornwell 📚. Second book in Cornwell’s series about the making of England in the ninth century. In this one, the young nobleman-raised-by-Danes Uhtred takes part in a rather improbable number of important incidents, revolving roughly around the exploits of King Alfred. Much better than the first book, I think, if only because it moves faster through more action.
“Growth”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 31mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 640. Along the Lawler Trail.
Why so many photos?
There are a few reasons why I post so many photos here:
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My aphantasia means that if I don’t take and save pictures, I have very little memory of where I’ve been. By turning photos of my hikes into wallpaper and having it on rotate on a spare monitor, I’m more anchored to my past, and this feels like a good thing. Typically I take a few hundred photos on a day’s hike, and turn a dozen or two into wallpaper.
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I flatter myself into thinking some of these wallpaper photos turn out pretty well, so I share them. There’s probably no one downloading any, but that’s OK.
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I figure the nature photos provide a nice break from the political ranting.
“Misty Woods”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.0, 1/125s, ISO 200. Along the Lawler Trail.
“Stone Wave Breaking”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/7.1, 1/30s, ISO 400. Along the Lawler Trail.
“Into the Mist”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/20s, ISO 100. Taking a break along the Lawler trail.
“Bad Hair Crowd”
Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 400. Close-up of moss along the Lawler Trail.
If you don’t have time to keep an eye on the whole river of shit coming out of DC these days, this looks like a useful interactive tool to catch the low points.
Industry groups are not happy about the imminent demise of Energy Star
Nor is anyone with half a brain. Note, too, that this is yet another illegal action of the Trumpistas: you can’t just eliminate a Congressionally-mandated program with the stroke of a Presidential pen. Though I guess if a law falls in the forest and nobody goes to court it doesn’t really matter.
‘Orwellian’: planetary scientists outraged over deletion of research records
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall.
“Hidden cafeteria”
Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/100s, ISO 800. Bugs feasting in a skunk cabbage blossom along the Lawler Trail.
Looks like Oregon wildfire season is getting underway.
“Capturing the Sun”
Olympus TG-6 @ 9mm, f/4.5, 1/125s, ISO 200. Fawn lily along the Lawler Trail.
“Helleboring”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 33mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. A small bit of a meadow full of white false hellebore near the Lone Wolf Shelter.
“Spring Morning”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/50s, ISO 1250. Along the Lawler Trail.
White House ‘actively looking’ at suspending habeas corpus in immigration crackdown
Because of course they are. Of course, this statement comes from Stephen Miller, who I’m sure would actively look at a plan to legalize wrapping people of color in duct tape and locking them in closets forever.