“The Thinking Machine” by Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen , was one of the more enjoyable short story series I read while growing up. It didn’t involve computers or Ai. Just a human, thinking. #life #writing

(Law firm ad) “We have devoted our professional lives to…” So, that’s what? 2% of your entire life? You don’t specify. #life #maketing #failure

VR is for those who can’t live in R. #life

“The darkness came because they gave up on the light.” #writing

Being old is not a requirement to gossip. There is no requirement, but a willingness to pass on information, data, and secrets. #life

The reason many ancient civilizations tend to have a pyramid is because that’s what a pile of dirt/sand looks like. Where are the ancient cubes and dodecahedrons? #geometry #physics #history

Which is more mysterious? A black cube or a black pyramid? Why?

In the US, they apparently discover a “horde” of hidden US Peace Dollars in mint condition every few months that advertisers then advertise. Always around the holidays… If that’s true, the value of US Peace Dollars is $0 because there are so many of them. #nuministics #marketing #failure

Back in my day we had Thinking Machines.(computers). Now we have Thinking Machines Lab (AI). Too bad we don’t have Thinking Humans. .~ #life #computing

If you don’t live up to your expectations, they are either too high or you have none. #life

If you have leftovers, would you rather eat the leftovers or something new if you didn’t have to eat the leftovers? I’m thinking most would eat the leftovers.

Hello. Be thoughtful and considerate. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

How is this supposed to make sense, Apple? I have 0 messages 7 of which are unread (regardless of the filtering) and the mail list pane is empty. This shouldn’t be hard to fix. #apple #mail #failure

Hello. The world won’t slow down for you. Hurry up. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Greetings. I hope everyone survived the weekend. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

If you celebrate Thanksgiving, and if you could choose ANY (not limited to Thanksgiving) food to include in the meal, what would you choose to eat? Why? #food #thanksgiving

If you have to yell to make a point, you don’t have much of a point to make.

A ripple doesn’t always turn into a wave. #life #physics

The first thought you have is rarely the correct one. #life

Power isn’t a concept. It’s about aligning your thoughts and behavior with the controller to give the controller more power to do the same with others. Power is the trend toward a hive-mind. AI is only needed to sway individuals to the hive-mind. #life #power #ai

Vicious Rumor: Apple to introduce iOSAI, an AI OS for iphone that doesn’t require you to interact with it, freeing your time to do something else, like deal with email spam. #apple #ai

“Time is all around us. We just choose to focus on what we want. Control what people want today and you can predict what they want tomorrow.” — Harry Seldon

Tony Snark.

“The holidays are coming! The holidays are coming!” The man on the tired horse trotted through the countryside repeating the call. Most turned away in disgust. Some put up a representation of a tree. Others, just stared at their phones hitting the “Submit Order” button. #writing

It would be “interesting” to see real dophins play football against real jaguars.~ #sport