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So Grok, what do I look like?

Sunday,  12/01/24  07:53 AM

So Grok, what do I look like?

Based on the information available and your X handle, I can give a speculative description:

- You might have an interest in technology, innovation, and possibly entrepreneurial activities, given your interactions with figures like Elon Musk and discussions around product use cases and RSS features for podcasting. This suggests you might be someone who keeps up with the latest tech trends or works in a related field.

- Your engagement with varied content from media criticism (like your comment on The Babylon Bee), to health (mentioning Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong), to politics (engaging with posts about CNN and Vivek Ramaswamy), indicates you're well-read or at least very engaged with current events and different spheres of public life.

- Given this, one might imagine you as someone with a thoughtful appearance, perhaps glasses for reading or working with digital interfaces, dressed in a manner that could be described as smart-casual - comfortable yet ready for a professional or tech-related setting. You might carry a laptop or tablet, or even a smartphone with tech-focused applications.

- Your positive engagement with posts around Thanksgiving and general well-wishes might suggest someone with a friendly demeanor, possibly a smile, reflecting an optimistic or at least hopeful outlook on life, technology, and society.

However, this is all speculative. If you want a more accurate or personalized depiction, perhaps you could share more specific details or even ask for an image generation based on self-description.

Nothing about my family, sailing, cycling, nor software development or healthcare … obviously my X-ing takes place in a limited lane 🙄

 

happy birthday to me

Tuesday,  12/03/24  03:00 PM

Hi everyone, Happy Birthday! To me ... and yes, I am 42 today*!

With all the social media and everything it seems everyone knows it's my birthday - possibly you did too - I have received a lot of nice texts and emails and all sorts of other kind of messages. (Did you know some people actually use Facebook Messenger?) Most unusually, two friends even (gasp!) called me on the phone. Thank you all!

Each solar orbit is a chance for a little reflection, and mine are always between Thanksgiving and New Years', so it's well placed for this. The older I get the more I appreciate my friends and family and the importance of connected-ness with other people. I haven't made any resolutions yet but appreciating and adding to my friend collection will be one of them. Just this morning I had breakfast with a group of ex-colleagues I first met 28 years ago*. None of us have changed.

The world around us *has* changed and particularly the impact of technology on healthcare, and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to participate. AI especially has gone from "a lot of promise" to "a lot of real-world applications" at lightning speed. I used to think it was amazing that I lived through "computers" and "PCs" and "the Internet", but then I lived through "mobile" and "the cloud" and wow! And now ... perhaps most significant of all, "AI". What will happen next? Stay tuned...

Cheers! Oh, and yes, I am celebrating with a nice dinner w Shirley 😊

 * I switched to hex at 40, as I turned on the high order bit

 

 

pi knots

Thursday,  12/12/24  05:26 PM

how did I not know this?

 
 

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