While picking up some fallen leaves in the back yard I spotted a segment of black, and judging by the softness/humidity, still fresh, coyote scat, which is a reminder that the wild animals can come in anytime regardless of the fence or other human-made boundaries.
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On the train table next to him sat two girls chatting in a language unfamiliar to him. It sounded south-east Asian, a bit like Thai but unlike Vietnamese, Tagalog, or Indonesian.
He was curious about the language and asked them about it, and they told him that it is Burmese.
Attended this screening of Lawrence Jordan’s films which I really enjoyed due to the sound tracks and his unique cut-out animation style.
During the QA session, he shared how he chose from his large collection of materials for use in his works, and I was impressed by how sharp he still was over the age of 90.
On September 2 2025 I tried the lunch special “pulpo a la Catalana” in which the octopus leg segment prompted my imagination of the whole body the leg belonged to.
Thanks to the Adobe Bon Appétit chefs who made all these delicious and nutritious meals for us.
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Today he participated in a company volunteer activity to help fight hunger by packing dried food.
Within a large conference room were multiple stations of two types, one for mixing powdered vitamins, dried and chopped vegetables, powdered soy, and rice grains into bags, and another for weighing and sealing the bags.
Multiple volunteers were assigned to each station, and the process was repeated ad infinitum with pop music blasting in the background.
It was kind of fun to work and chat with other volunteers, but he started to wonder the value and goal of this activity.
All the equipments and materials had to be brought to and from the event venue, and the repetitive tasks seemed more suitable for robots than humans, not to mention employees who are paid (potentially high) hourly wages to do this.
So this volunteer activity looks like a form of employee benefits but with a more positive spin than the usual corporate parties.
In the beginning of his talk on the possible futures of computer displays, Peter Shirley mentioned that he was expecting only people from the European time zone or over the age of 50 to show up in this early morning session.
The session was too early for me as well – I watched the recording afterwards. But since I am no longer young, I wonder if it is a sign that I am growing into an irresponsible old man.
The recent pay scales of some AI researchers have been astronomical in historical standards partly as a reflection of the exponential potential of AI on every aspect of the human society.
However, these attention-grabbing numbers apply only to a few people and there are nuances about claw-backs and performance expectations (similar to CEOs’ pay packages at similar scales).
No less interesting but less noticed is the fact that there are fewer headlines about non-financial aspects of AI researchers’ work, such as work-life balance, sense of purpose, and job satisfaction, which are often more important than the pay scale in the long run.
As we grow older, we may realize that time and life quality are more valuable than money and fame.
Get paid for doing what we love, instead of the other way around.
I noticed that two of my recent quick sketches, one of a sleeping pug and another of an irregularly shaped boiled egg, have similar overall structures, and experimented to see how video generation would interpret their relationships.
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Walked by a Honey Bucket portable toilet and wondered how AI would interpret the logo.
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