September 6, 2024

spencergreenhalgh.com posts digest for Sep 06 2024

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Here are long-form blog posts I published this week:

• generative AI and the Honorable Harvest

• a memory of Book of Mormon Christology

• comprendre (enfin) les paroles d'une chanson francophone

Here are microblog posts that I published this week:

• I don’t know if it’s summer amnesia, taking on some new responsibilities, or a coping mechanism, but boy did I forget how much of my workday emails can take up.

• I keep getting lured to meetings by free lunches, only to remember once I get there that my leftovers from home would be better than anything the college will pay for.

• A funeral home across the country has included me on an email to all staff. I have never worked at a funeral home, much less there. What’s more confusing is that a family member in that state recently passed away, and so I keep having to check that that has nothing to do with it.

• Like much software, I only know as much Git as I need to get my stuff done, but I’m pleased to report that some code conflicts in class finally got me to learn .gitignore.

• Spouse bought some “chai spice” nut butter last weekend, and—tragedy of tragedies—I’m the only one in the family who likes it. It is a bit more peppery than I usually like chai stuff, but my increased toast consumption wouldn’t indicate as much.

Here are news articles and podcasts I commented on this week:

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'How a Group of Teenagers Pranked 'One Million Checkboxes' - Slashdot'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Beotrump'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'AI Checkers Forcing Kids To Write Like A Robot To Avoid Being Called A Robot'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Is Your Google Scholar Profile Looking A Bit Empty? Need To Bulk Up Your Citations? Simple – Buy Some'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Elon Musk Deletes Nazi Apologist Tweet After Near-Universal Backlash'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Second Circuit Says Libraries Disincentivize Authors To Write Books By Lending Them For Free'

Here are my reviews of books and other media I consumed this week:

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ for Attack Surface, by Cory Doctorow

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Spencer