Aaron Genest
@smartbottom.bsky.social
Taking the systems view. Tech labour, good communities, science and education. Also posts about my kids because they will be better than I.
BlueSky seems to encourage conversations more than Twitter. I keep running across threads that look more like 19th century correspondences than social media posts.
November 6, 2023 at 3:01 AM
BlueSky seems to encourage conversations more than Twitter. I keep running across threads that look more like 19th century correspondences than social media posts.
This is a very bad idea.
“…Fusus, a system for linking a town’s security cameras into one central hub and adding AI to them, has spread across the country… 404 Media has obtained a cache of internal emails, presentations, memos [that] provide insight into how Fusus teams up w police depts to sell its surveillance tech”
AI Cameras Took Over One Small American Town. Now They're Everywhere
Hundreds of documents obtained by 404 Media show how Fusus, a system for linking a town’s security cameras into one central hub and adding AI to them, has spread across the country.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2023 at 2:51 PM
This is a very bad idea.
My new pastime, and only real activity on Twitter, is to go to the comments sections of high profile posts and block until my figure gets tired.
October 27, 2023 at 11:15 PM
My new pastime, and only real activity on Twitter, is to go to the comments sections of high profile posts and block until my figure gets tired.
The clue that you may be on the wrong side of history.
October 20, 2023 at 6:05 PM
The clue that you may be on the wrong side of history.
Why can’t governments sometimes just say, “Oh, that’s awful. We really should not have done that. Let’s compensate you!” Instead of fighting tooth and nail when they’re wrong?
We pay for the fights as much as we pay for the compensation. Sometimes more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We pay for the fights as much as we pay for the compensation. Sometimes more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
October 18, 2023 at 1:50 PM
Why can’t governments sometimes just say, “Oh, that’s awful. We really should not have done that. Let’s compensate you!” Instead of fighting tooth and nail when they’re wrong?
We pay for the fights as much as we pay for the compensation. Sometimes more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We pay for the fights as much as we pay for the compensation. Sometimes more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Can someone explain why this took almost 100 years of commercial air travel to figure out?
United Airlines plans to speed up its boarding process by having window seat passengers in economy get on the plane before others, according to an internal memo. The change is set to take effect Oct. 26.
United Airlines to Change Its Boarding Process, a Win for Window Seats
The airline said in an internal memo that it would board economy passengers with window seats before others in economy to save time.
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2023 at 5:56 AM
Can someone explain why this took almost 100 years of commercial air travel to figure out?
Reposted by Aaron Genest
the year is 2048
the house is once again in session for its only business, the daily reading of names and casting of one hundred ballots until a surprise person becomes speaker due to somebody leaving the room by mistake
yes there used to be another way but Republicans would not consider it
the house is once again in session for its only business, the daily reading of names and casting of one hundred ballots until a surprise person becomes speaker due to somebody leaving the room by mistake
yes there used to be another way but Republicans would not consider it
October 17, 2023 at 5:36 PM
the year is 2048
the house is once again in session for its only business, the daily reading of names and casting of one hundred ballots until a surprise person becomes speaker due to somebody leaving the room by mistake
yes there used to be another way but Republicans would not consider it
the house is once again in session for its only business, the daily reading of names and casting of one hundred ballots until a surprise person becomes speaker due to somebody leaving the room by mistake
yes there used to be another way but Republicans would not consider it
Nice piece from Murray Mandryk today. t.co/huo20KibId
October 16, 2023 at 11:19 PM
Nice piece from Murray Mandryk today. t.co/huo20KibId
What if instead of enabling the banning of books, Scholastic offered to pay the legal defense of any teacher or administrator charged because they allowed the sale of a book that included LGBTQ+ characters or mentioned racism?
Big publishers need to help.
Big publishers need to help.
October 16, 2023 at 1:44 PM
What if instead of enabling the banning of books, Scholastic offered to pay the legal defense of any teacher or administrator charged because they allowed the sale of a book that included LGBTQ+ characters or mentioned racism?
Big publishers need to help.
Big publishers need to help.
Sigh. Gaza is just so horrible.
October 16, 2023 at 2:25 AM
Sigh. Gaza is just so horrible.
This is amazing.
Doing an evil playthrough of BG3 after having bonded so deeply with your companions on your good run is, genuinely, one of the most heartbreaking things I've experienced in games.
Everything changes, down to the most minute facial expressions. Hard to express how impressed I am!
Everything changes, down to the most minute facial expressions. Hard to express how impressed I am!
October 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM
This is amazing.
Today, my wife told me we should take a few Fridays off this year to play BG3 and I think maybe I love her and we should get married.
October 14, 2023 at 3:22 AM
Today, my wife told me we should take a few Fridays off this year to play BG3 and I think maybe I love her and we should get married.
Our house is so random.
October 14, 2023 at 2:52 AM
Our house is so random.
My body is not a temple. It’s a Canadian 80s brutalist academic building, ill-maintained and with unrestored and worn carpets, with just enough lighting to expose the stains and old gum trodden by countless feet, and not enough to feel safe. It remains imposing from the front.
My body is not a temple; it is a bath-house where lovers move like ghosts through rising steam, murmuring softly, caressing one another in hot, salty water. It's actually a wonder I don't have more infections.
My body is not a temple, it is the temples ruins, desecrated and ripped apart and made a sacrificial altar to a long forgotten vengeful eldritch god. It is blood and pain made stone and wall and rotting vine. It is a beautiful decay spiraling into an infinite void.
October 13, 2023 at 11:02 PM
My body is not a temple. It’s a Canadian 80s brutalist academic building, ill-maintained and with unrestored and worn carpets, with just enough lighting to expose the stains and old gum trodden by countless feet, and not enough to feel safe. It remains imposing from the front.
This was fascinating.
Can't wait to read this. Food is never just about food, just as money is never just about money. Plus, essays are a lot like sandwiches: you can pretty much make them about anything, and they'll take you in entirely new directions.
October 13, 2023 at 10:52 PM
This was fascinating.
My son’s work on his grade 12 biology homework is next level.
October 11, 2023 at 8:05 PM
My son’s work on his grade 12 biology homework is next level.
We have about 200 employees at Siemens Saskatoon and these are the languages represented
October 11, 2023 at 4:02 PM
We have about 200 employees at Siemens Saskatoon and these are the languages represented
Our table when our friends visit.
October 10, 2023 at 1:00 AM
Our table when our friends visit.
Reposted by Aaron Genest
Submitting a letter of reference and feeling disappointed to click "Dr" or "Professor":
Dr
Professor
Miss
Mr
Mrs
Ms
Baron
Baroness
Bishop
Brigadier
Brother
Canon
Captain
Chief Rabbi
Chief Superintendent
Colonel
Commander
Commodore
Count
Countess
Dame
Dr Lord
Duke
Earl
Father
Flight Lieutenant
(cont)
Dr
Professor
Miss
Mr
Mrs
Ms
Baron
Baroness
Bishop
Brigadier
Brother
Canon
Captain
Chief Rabbi
Chief Superintendent
Colonel
Commander
Commodore
Count
Countess
Dame
Dr Lord
Duke
Earl
Father
Flight Lieutenant
(cont)
September 26, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Submitting a letter of reference and feeling disappointed to click "Dr" or "Professor":
Dr
Professor
Miss
Mr
Mrs
Ms
Baron
Baroness
Bishop
Brigadier
Brother
Canon
Captain
Chief Rabbi
Chief Superintendent
Colonel
Commander
Commodore
Count
Countess
Dame
Dr Lord
Duke
Earl
Father
Flight Lieutenant
(cont)
Dr
Professor
Miss
Mr
Mrs
Ms
Baron
Baroness
Bishop
Brigadier
Brother
Canon
Captain
Chief Rabbi
Chief Superintendent
Colonel
Commander
Commodore
Count
Countess
Dame
Dr Lord
Duke
Earl
Father
Flight Lieutenant
(cont)
Reposted by Aaron Genest
I'm looking to bring on ≥1 fully-funded PhD student next year who's interested in working on computational models for inducing full-fledged logical forms from inference judgment datasets, with the aim of quantitatively comparing semantic theories in terms of their representational assumptions.
September 5, 2023 at 2:47 PM
I'm looking to bring on ≥1 fully-funded PhD student next year who's interested in working on computational models for inducing full-fledged logical forms from inference judgment datasets, with the aim of quantitatively comparing semantic theories in terms of their representational assumptions.
Recipe: one very large yam.
Me:
Me:
September 18, 2023 at 10:44 PM
Recipe: one very large yam.
Me:
Me:
Graduate school is a Ponzi scheme.
September 18, 2023 at 9:56 PM
Graduate school is a Ponzi scheme.
I guess I’m in the wrong place for clear air.
September 2, 2023 at 12:19 AM
I guess I’m in the wrong place for clear air.
My parents had no idea.
August 31, 2023 at 1:27 AM
My parents had no idea.
This is brilliantly written and absolutely correct. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
August 30, 2023 at 2:16 PM
This is brilliantly written and absolutely correct. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...