Quantum computation physicist David Deutsch recently published an essay on why we haven't been able to develop a general-purpose artifical intelligence. I think it's well worth reading and in particular, making an effort to understand him, for which it will be helpful to read his book The Beginning of Infinity, which explains some of the key ( Read more... )

I've gotten pretty far behind reporting my games this year. Today was our team's 8th game and my 6th game (I missed two games due to quad strains and then a back strain). It was our first day game of the year, and it was our first win of the season. I got on base 4 of 5 times (two walks, two singles). Last time up I hit a high pop foul that the ( Read more... )

We played our baseball season opener on Friday. The league is now simply 52+, meaning that anyone born in 1960 or earlier is eligible ( Read more... )

rushmore
moonrise kingdom
fantastic mr. fox

[big gap]

royal tenenbaums
bottle rocket [complete but small]
life aquatic
darjeeling express

rushmore
moonrise kingdom

[big gap]

royal tenenbaums
bottle rocket [complete but small]
life aquatic
darjeeling express

... I'm pretty sure that I rank Darjeeling Express below Bottle Rocket by the transitive property. However, I do not remember Bottle Rocket at all ... and I may have even watched it a second time after my earlier ranking.

On Monday I played in my first softball game in nearly a year. 40+ slo-pitch. The main positive is that I didn't get hurt. On the down side, I dropped a ball in the bottom of the 7th that might have saved the game for us. It should have been an easy catch, but I am way too slow. At the plate, I dribbled a couple of balls that somehow eluded ( Read more... )

My senior baseball league has decided to launch a 55+ division. They permit 4 players from 52-54, so I am eligible to play. I'm still unsure if I'll be able to handle the 45+ division, but I am sure I can play 55+.

Terrence just won an MMA fight while still recovering from a torn rib cartilage injury. Based on my experience, I'm extremely impressed ( Read more... )

Yesterday when I woke up, the Don McLean song 'American Pie' was in my head. Later that day I heard that it would have been Buddy Holly's 75th birthday. Holly died about the time I was conceived.

Based on this report that the Lyme disease bacteria can hide as 'round bodies', spores that can emerge after antibiotic treatment ends, my doctor and I decided to re-test me for Lyme disease, even though none of my symptoms had recurred (yet). In fact, contra-indicating the Lyme disease, I've been recovering very quickly from minor injuries, unlike ( Read more... )