Recent content by Borg

And ice cream makes me fat - which makes me unhappy. So Schrödinger's cows are different from his cat because once I eat the ice cream, I am both happy and unhappy at the same time.

A lot of comments calling it fake/AI-generated and asking for a source.

@nsaspook, I still remember the video of Japanese pop-up bar/restaraunt that you posted a few years ago. I really enjoyed watching that one and wish I had bookmarked it.

He just needs a passwood.

I was reading an article the other day that basically explained something similar. In large models, the input is translated into its internal model during the first parts of the network and retranslated during the last parts. This allows the central areas to essentially function the same...

Spikey with a smooth finish.

Didn't see a good place to put this in any of the AI discussions. It's wrong on so many levels if there isn't a way to override it. https://www.gadgetreview.com/federal-surveillance-tech-becomes-mandatory-in-new-cars-by-2027

The bottom one should have a cell phone in his hand.

I'm a little late to this particular AI discussion but based on what I've read over the last few pages, this Dwarkesh Podcast is pretty relevant. The most important question nobody's asking about AI

I loved the other story inside where someone left a large chain in their truck bed and the owner of a brand new Caddy got to watch it get thrashed with the chain. OMG.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/australia/supermarket-giant-reins-ai-assistant-claiming-human-rcna260932

Don't forget the prior party balloons!

My first thought is to look in the Instructables website. A quick check show that they have a section devoted to teachers - https://www.instructables.com/teachers/. If you perform a search for 'physics', it returns results with varying degrees of equipment requirements.

Got some snow last night in the northern Virginia area.

GPT‑5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.12176