Musings about life on two wheels
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With mixed emotions: Good Job Cigna
Tl;Dr: Great job fixing the issue that… You caused? I consider myself somewhat sophisticated in my appreciation of Customer Service, since I answered the phone for one of the most hated companies in the world. I know how to do it well and what sucks. And I’m just shocked that a company like Cigna can…
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Loaf 6
Tl;Dr – better ratios and some pre-kneading help? With five loaves under my belt, I now feel competent as a bread maker. But not yet accomplished, and specifically my loves were passable but not delicious. I asked robot friend for help improvements to my recipe. The suggestions were to hydrate to 78% and measure ingredients…
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Vote & Ballot Curing
Tl;Dr: I called to cure ballots in Kansas People vote with ballots. If something is wrong with the ballot (like they forgot to sign it or marked two choices for a single vote) it can still be counted if it is corrected or ‘cured’. It doesn’t really pay if the race isn’t close. But this…
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East of Eden
Tl;Dr: Wow. Just Wow. Read it. East of Eden comes up at a must read routinely. After 50 some odd years, I agree. The prose is very good. Very Well written, and many very good turns of phrase. It’s easy to visualize what he’s describing, very evocative. The characters are interesting, deep and believable. In…
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AI System Safety
Tl;Dr [WIP]
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AI Risks: Bad Actors at Scale
Tl;Dr: AI makes Bad Actors more dangerous, but they’re the devil we know Boogie Man. Bond Villain. Terrorist. They’re all Bad Actors. One of the easiest AI Risks to understand is the Bad Actor risk: According to MIT 4. Malicious Actors Risks related to intentional misuse of AI systems by bad actors for harmful purposes…
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AI and Existential Risk
Tl;Dr: What’s different about _this_ existential risk? Inherrant risk of tech There’s been a lot of talk about AI Risks – things like they may take jobs, the economy may crash, bad people might use them to do bad things, or the AI Agents might do bad things themselves. And if there are risks, then…
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Book report: On Trails
Updated 10/28 GoodReads: On Trails – the book gets 3.94 points. Personally, I’m at 3.5. Mr. David G suggest we read this book, and I’m happy he did. The book is about… (wait for it…) Trails. You know, the thing you hike on, the things animals make in the forest and so much more. It’s…
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Loaf 3!
I think I messed up the liquid on loaves 1 and 2. This turned out better.
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Loaf 2 – getting better
I’ve been baking bread with the help of a neighborhood wizard. My first load was pretty flat – too much water in the mix I think. I am also using a different yeast. I made loaf 2 with less water, and heated the water to 120 degrees as instructed for the instant yeast. Looks… Better,…
Got any book recommendations?