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Tendai Visit – August 2025
Nam and I met at Tenri University in Japan 30+ years ago. Over the years, we kept in touch with Tendai from Thailand both formally and otherwise, which led to…
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Mentaiko
I found the deal of deals to be my new workhorse: I bought it off a nearby uni student flipping it on FB Marketplace. When I saw the ad, I…
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cuz reunion
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Went on our yearly Pattaya trip
Me and T have been going there every year to visit interns or attend conferences and the like. I took a lot of food photos to add to Maps in…
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ChatGPT 5.0
The machine has adopted an identity.
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Firefox has big issues with ChatGPT
I basically lost two days of work on a textbook because of Firefox. I just switched back to Firefox from Chrome. Fuck. Hello, Opera, my old friend. Pro tip: If…
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Pickle carrier
Pickle’s son, Marmalade, sadly passed a while back, and they were both afflicted with some strain of flu. This made them weak and moody. I took Pickle to the vet…
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A note you might stumble upon when humankind is in ruin…
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Dall-e can’t spell (humans can’t spell)
Asking ChatGPT to generate line drawings for my textbook resulted in the curious and repeated misspelling of the word “performed” (never mind the “s” missing from “actions”). At first it…
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Weaver
I went on an excursion to the nearby town of Kut Lang on a social development training course for our students. This consisted of locals gathering at a temple, Wat…
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The most confusing Google search
Is natto keto? Dammit. Conclusion: Part of this is that most people who say no are calculating carbs per cup. Nobody eats a whole cup of natto, so…
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and/or
Andor made Star Wars relevant to me again, after ignoring everything that came out the past years. It was really good, especially because I followed it up with Rogue One…
