Sunday, July 16, 2017

Yesterday was gloriously sunny in San Francisco!

Yesterday was gloriously sunny in San Francisco! Here are a few photos, including of the fog line, from before my retreat into the shade.

#sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MaikMt7EMjeJRQ0H3

Saturday, July 15, 2017

A good interview with a great author.

A good interview with a great author.

#margaretatwood #books
http://bostonreview.net/literature-culture-margaret-atwood-junot-diaz-make-margaret-atwood-fiction-again#.WV21tA2At0E.twitter

Mission Creek ends in McCovey Cove, which is famous for having baseball fans boating and floating for balls just...

Mission Creek ends in McCovey Cove, which is famous for having baseball fans boating and floating for balls just outside of AT&T Park (formerly Pac Bell Park).

I walked along it on a gloriously sunny day with my parents, to escape the fog in my own neighborhood just a short streetcar ride across town. It was lovely to feel the sun!

#missioncreek #mccoveycove #sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/42eqSFxa90WLzXXh2

I keep making brief visits to SFMoMA in its fancy new building.

I keep making brief visits to SFMoMA in its fancy new building... Here are just four pictures from that brief coffee-and-art stop.

#sfmoma #calder
https://photos.app.goo.gl/WZtQ1KI617UmwBbo1

Sunday, July 9, 2017

It's been a good week for legal decisions on recording!

It's been a good week for legal decisions on recording!

It turns out you cannot pass laws in the US prohibiting the public from video recording an industry/profession's actual practices. Who knew?

#firstamendment
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/law-banning-filming-utah-slaughterhouses-ruled-unconstitutional/

The color-naming AI has been adjusted with better data. giggle

The color-naming AI has been adjusted with better data. giggle
#ai #color
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/new-experiments-reveal-that-ai-are-still-terrible-at-naming-paint-colors/