It's nice to have your own personal slice of the internet
The job market is tough right now in tech. You hear about it everywhere. Whether it's due to AI, over-hiring due to ZIRP, or *waves hands broadly* the economy, getting a job is a journey these days. This is how it went for me. I…
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Unfortunately, my car was recently totaled after a rear-end collision. Thankfully, everybody is okay. Armed with a $21,000 check from the insurance company, I needed a new car ASAP. Somewhat relatedly, a couple of months ago I won a prize from a local radio station.
Continue reading...Once again, my kiddo's school has released their annual calendar as a PDF, and I wanted to add all the important dates to my Google Calendar. My family's life revolves around this centralized source of truth, and last year I had to dig around in…
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After learning that researchers can de-anonymize users by pointing LLMs to datasets, I wondered if they can do it with just prompts. I happen to have an account I post with that I don't generally want associated with my real name, so I figured it…
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For a few weeks there, my website was missing articles. It's not a huge deal, but it broke in a very silent, sneaky way. Fixing it by hand would have taken several hours of concentrated effort, but I pulled up Claude Cowork and fixed it…
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