I have some things collecting in tabs, so here's a hodge-podge:

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  First, border-crossing. You've probably heard by now that border control in the US has gotten aggressive, including demanding passwords for encrypted devices and then taking them out of view for an extended time. You don't have to give up your password, but if you don't, they can ( Read more... )

Orlando had a couple of teeth pulled today. When I picked him up this afternoon, the vet tech warned me that because of the anesthesia he wouldn't be hungry. I said "Orlando not interested in food??". Orlando said "challenge accepted ( Read more... )

What'll they think of next? Google is leveraging its cloud-based technologies in helpful new ways. Maybe they'll do Seattle next.

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The rabbis are discussing things that are and are not automatically ( Read more... )

The mishna turns to laws of privacy. If two houses share a courtyard ( Read more... )

When I started using computers, keyboards were practically immortal. I stopped using my first keyboard when a couple keys physically broke such that I couldn't get the caps to stay on. My last couple keyboards have not fared so well ( Read more... )

Earlier in this tractate the talmud discussed that it takes three years ( Read more... )

One machine-learning technique is to pit evolving neural networks against each other in cage matches and then learn from the results. This is called Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs ( Read more... )

The talmud is (still) discussing adverse possession of property, chazakah. Last time we talked about real-estate; now we're talking about other property. We learn in the mishna that a craftsman (making repairs, for example) has no chazakah, and the g'mara discusses this at some ( Read more... )

The talmud is discussing hazakah, adverse possession of property ( Read more... )