Contraptions Book Club # August book is Darwin’s Dangerous Idea — Evolution, and the Meanings of Life by Daniel C. Dennett Starting the August book, past 2 months have been software development and my non-fiction reading cratered. At least I read Ortega before the encyclopedia so I can count that as the July reading. …

Had Chitale pedas after what feels like years. Is there a more perfect Indian sweet? I say not.

It is a strange happiness to really grasp the differences between the words prediction and anticipation. That there is a difference at all. When I sought to understand the difference I anticipated this joy but could not predict it. Prediction assumes that everything knowable is known and failure is a matter of chance …

When exploring a new Space, especially with friends, your job is not just to keep exploring at high level. Sometimes you need to become a Place. When you find some little nugget that attracts your particular mindset you must sit down and go deeper into that sub-Space. Why? Because your mindset — your way of looking at …

The new Opus model was released. It is supposed to be less susceptible to prompt injection.