🎥 Can you take a photo of us?, YouTube skit.
I laughed hard when I saw just after it released, harder when playing it for my wife just now.
Last exam grades, and all grades posted to Canvas. Christmas break begins now.
Finished reading: The Odyssey of Homer by Richmond Lattimore 📚
I needed to re-read it before watching The Return last week. Homer never dissapoints.
A single data point, but irrefutable evidence of how little music I’ve listened to this year: The number of Pitchfork’s 50 best albums of 2024 of which I am familiar is in the single digits. Usually I’m familiar with at least half, and listened to a good third start to finish. 🎵
Yesterady was The Game. And while the Buckeyes didn’t win, we had a good time out with the kids
We had a mini emergency when the oven (purchased earlier this year) cooked the turkey in half the time we planned for, before we started the sides. But we rallied, and a feast was had.
📰 Mathematical Thinking Isn’t What You Think It is, Quanta Magazine
Whenever you spot a disconnect between what your gut is telling you and what is supposed to be rational, it’s an important opportunity to understand something new. And then you can start this game of back-and-forth. Can you articulate your gut instinct and place it within a rational discussion?
FYI you don’t need a separate cross-posting service. Instead, cross-post to Bluesky, Mastodon, etc., using MicroBlog.
📰 Brian Potter, The Influence of Bell Labs, Substack
Someone bought the GoPros and mobile phones to broadcast the program. Things like this don’t just happen spontaneously.
Susie Wiles will be the first woman Chief of Staff, NYT
Honestly, this is a fine choice. She’ll run a tight ship, and that’s good for everyone—by which I mean all Americans.
You can’t love your country only when you win, you can’t love your neighbor only when you win.
— Joe Biden, November 7, 2024
🐦 Via Twitter, Nate Cohn estimates 157 million voters, matching 2020 in raw votes, but lower % of eligible voters when accounting for population growth.
I’ve seen enough—baring a deep surprise, Trump will win re-election. Not nearly enough blame will land on the Biden team for not stepping down a year ago, or even sooner rather than later after that disaster of debate. If if you’re angry in the morning, look at Jill, Jeff Zients (chief of staff).
Happy Halloweeen, everyone!
🎥 If my baby girl looks at me with half the glee that Rana looks at her dad, shit, a third, then I’m a success.
Numero Dos got his first strip in jiujitsu tonight
He was quite embarrassed and shy when they called him up.
Claude can interact and control your computer. At some point, AI will cease to be something extra and just part of normal computing. (Sooner, I suspect, rather than later.)
Musk on Sharks, or, in the words of Alex Tabarrok, “A great little video on over regulation.”