Rob Tow
@robtow.bsky.social
Ex Xerox PARC scientist and part-time New Mexico desert rat.
Brown bear scat by the trail right next to our house - less than 12 hours old.
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Brown bear scat by the trail right next to our house - less than 12 hours old.
Day of the Dead, at Nova Lux.
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Day of the Dead, at Nova Lux.
I asked Elon Musk's Grok AI for a rewrite of the Horst Wessel song from 1930s Germany but featuring Charlie Kirk, framing his public speeches and writings (BTW, ChatGPT refused to do this).
This is what it gave me:
This is what it gave me:
September 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I asked Elon Musk's Grok AI for a rewrite of the Horst Wessel song from 1930s Germany but featuring Charlie Kirk, framing his public speeches and writings (BTW, ChatGPT refused to do this).
This is what it gave me:
This is what it gave me:
I made Hatch chili sourdough cheese bread in my new Pullman style cast iron loaf pan.
July 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I made Hatch chili sourdough cheese bread in my new Pullman style cast iron loaf pan.
I prepared for tomorrow’s protest at the New Mexico Roundhouse…
June 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I prepared for tomorrow’s protest at the New Mexico Roundhouse…
From the Declaration of Independence:
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury—For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences—”
THIS will be on the placard I shall carry tomorrow, as protest.
Accompanied by the original 13 star flag.
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury—For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences—”
THIS will be on the placard I shall carry tomorrow, as protest.
Accompanied by the original 13 star flag.
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
From the Declaration of Independence:
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury—For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences—”
THIS will be on the placard I shall carry tomorrow, as protest.
Accompanied by the original 13 star flag.
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury—For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences—”
THIS will be on the placard I shall carry tomorrow, as protest.
Accompanied by the original 13 star flag.
"Theory of mind" ghosts
memories, dreams, reflections
...they are gone, not passed
memories, dreams, reflections
...they are gone, not passed
May 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Theory of mind" ghosts
memories, dreams, reflections
...they are gone, not passed
memories, dreams, reflections
...they are gone, not passed
Yesterday I got an email from Boesen the Florist in Des Moines reminding me to order flowers for my mother, as I have done every year for decades. She died April of last year.
I am going to keep that reminder alive.
www.boesen.com?srsltid=AfmB...
I am going to keep that reminder alive.
www.boesen.com?srsltid=AfmB...
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May 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Yesterday I got an email from Boesen the Florist in Des Moines reminding me to order flowers for my mother, as I have done every year for decades. She died April of last year.
I am going to keep that reminder alive.
www.boesen.com?srsltid=AfmB...
I am going to keep that reminder alive.
www.boesen.com?srsltid=AfmB...
We are out to the protest at New Mexico’s Round House in Santa Fe. Brenda is wearing the Star Trek dog tags I designed for her back when she was teaching at Art Center College of Design - with the nuclear release key.
She is dangerous.
She is dangerous.
April 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We are out to the protest at New Mexico’s Round House in Santa Fe. Brenda is wearing the Star Trek dog tags I designed for her back when she was teaching at Art Center College of Design - with the nuclear release key.
She is dangerous.
She is dangerous.
Therapist: "Can you tell me where on this copy of The Constitution where Elon touched you?"
March 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Therapist: "Can you tell me where on this copy of The Constitution where Elon touched you?"
Got the lens in my right eye replaced today - cataract surgery.
The color shift is dramatic.
Having teeny knives stuck into my eye was… interesting. I was very still.
Left eye in two weeks.
The color shift is dramatic.
Having teeny knives stuck into my eye was… interesting. I was very still.
Left eye in two weeks.
March 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Got the lens in my right eye replaced today - cataract surgery.
The color shift is dramatic.
Having teeny knives stuck into my eye was… interesting. I was very still.
Left eye in two weeks.
The color shift is dramatic.
Having teeny knives stuck into my eye was… interesting. I was very still.
Left eye in two weeks.
Reposted by Rob Tow
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The denial of service attacks on Deepseek are annoying. I've been doing rapid prototyping using Deepseek-chat using the Cline extension in VS Code; now there's friction.
I got a couple of distilled models of Deepseek R1 running locally; one is so large and slow its not usable. The other is "dumb".
I got a couple of distilled models of Deepseek R1 running locally; one is so large and slow its not usable. The other is "dumb".
January 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The denial of service attacks on Deepseek are annoying. I've been doing rapid prototyping using Deepseek-chat using the Cline extension in VS Code; now there's friction.
I got a couple of distilled models of Deepseek R1 running locally; one is so large and slow its not usable. The other is "dumb".
I got a couple of distilled models of Deepseek R1 running locally; one is so large and slow its not usable. The other is "dumb".
@brendalaurel.bsky.social and I went with friends to see the La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs. We had a bit of a rough time on scree, and will need to return to better sample the site...
...this anatomically correct fellow greeted us:
...this anatomically correct fellow greeted us:
January 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@brendalaurel.bsky.social and I went with friends to see the La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs. We had a bit of a rough time on scree, and will need to return to better sample the site...
...this anatomically correct fellow greeted us:
...this anatomically correct fellow greeted us:
Do NOT hot-plug the Raspberry Pi AI camera with its ribbon cable.
It will make a small “pop!” noise, and the smoke will be let out.
And the camera will no longer work.
It will make a small “pop!” noise, and the smoke will be let out.
And the camera will no longer work.
January 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Do NOT hot-plug the Raspberry Pi AI camera with its ribbon cable.
It will make a small “pop!” noise, and the smoke will be let out.
And the camera will no longer work.
It will make a small “pop!” noise, and the smoke will be let out.
And the camera will no longer work.
A logistics attack surface…
“[…] proof that one of the largest data brokers selling to both commercial and government clients appears to be acquiring their data from the online advertising ‘bid stream,’” rather than code embedded into the apps themselves”
www.wired.com/story/gravy-...
“[…] proof that one of the largest data brokers selling to both commercial and government clients appears to be acquiring their data from the online advertising ‘bid stream,’” rather than code embedded into the apps themselves”
www.wired.com/story/gravy-...
January 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A logistics attack surface…
“[…] proof that one of the largest data brokers selling to both commercial and government clients appears to be acquiring their data from the online advertising ‘bid stream,’” rather than code embedded into the apps themselves”
www.wired.com/story/gravy-...
“[…] proof that one of the largest data brokers selling to both commercial and government clients appears to be acquiring their data from the online advertising ‘bid stream,’” rather than code embedded into the apps themselves”
www.wired.com/story/gravy-...
Re: AI and coding - I am now exploring using DeepSeekV3 with Cline in VS, along with Cline Memory Bank. Github CoPilot is still along for the ride as a sidekick... kinda like Gabby Hayes.
The results are rather amazing. This is a screenshot of a difficulty that Cline/DeepSeek3 resolved immediately:
The results are rather amazing. This is a screenshot of a difficulty that Cline/DeepSeek3 resolved immediately:
January 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Re: AI and coding - I am now exploring using DeepSeekV3 with Cline in VS, along with Cline Memory Bank. Github CoPilot is still along for the ride as a sidekick... kinda like Gabby Hayes.
The results are rather amazing. This is a screenshot of a difficulty that Cline/DeepSeek3 resolved immediately:
The results are rather amazing. This is a screenshot of a difficulty that Cline/DeepSeek3 resolved immediately:
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Gamers on fire off the shoulder of Microsoft. I watched the browser wars kill the bbs's. All those moments are memories, frozen like words in wikis. Time to reflect.
January 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Gamers on fire off the shoulder of Microsoft. I watched the browser wars kill the bbs's. All those moments are memories, frozen like words in wikis. Time to reflect.
Github Copilot has been quite helpful in my current OpenCV project (bird tracking for an ag drone stealth start-up). Starting yesterday, I'm exploring adding Cline / Claude 3.5 Sonnet as an AI agent in Visual Studio Code.
How I program is changing *again*. It's been a long trip from punched cards.
How I program is changing *again*. It's been a long trip from punched cards.
November 26, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Github Copilot has been quite helpful in my current OpenCV project (bird tracking for an ag drone stealth start-up). Starting yesterday, I'm exploring adding Cline / Claude 3.5 Sonnet as an AI agent in Visual Studio Code.
How I program is changing *again*. It's been a long trip from punched cards.
How I program is changing *again*. It's been a long trip from punched cards.
I'm reading a new addition to my nuke library - "Hitler’s Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall" 2nd ed. 2001.
Boy, did Heisenberg get a bunch of physics wrong, after a promising beginning!
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0...
Boy, did Heisenberg get a bunch of physics wrong, after a promising beginning!
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0...
www.amazon.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I'm reading a new addition to my nuke library - "Hitler’s Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall" 2nd ed. 2001.
Boy, did Heisenberg get a bunch of physics wrong, after a promising beginning!
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0...
Boy, did Heisenberg get a bunch of physics wrong, after a promising beginning!
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0...
@brendalaurel.bsky.social
Beautiful smart sexy humane lover, partner, and co-creator…
Happy birthday!
…and thanks for all the fish!
Beautiful smart sexy humane lover, partner, and co-creator…
Happy birthday!
…and thanks for all the fish!
November 20, 2024 at 9:49 PM
@brendalaurel.bsky.social
Beautiful smart sexy humane lover, partner, and co-creator…
Happy birthday!
…and thanks for all the fish!
Beautiful smart sexy humane lover, partner, and co-creator…
Happy birthday!
…and thanks for all the fish!
I'm exploring bird detection/tracking using OpenCV.
Background subtraction, backgrounds updated, contours found, minimum contour area is imposed. Noisy contours improved by Thresholding, Erosion and Dilation, & Contour Filtration by minimum area.
No tracking of objects across frames is done.
Background subtraction, backgrounds updated, contours found, minimum contour area is imposed. Noisy contours improved by Thresholding, Erosion and Dilation, & Contour Filtration by minimum area.
No tracking of objects across frames is done.
November 19, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I'm exploring bird detection/tracking using OpenCV.
Background subtraction, backgrounds updated, contours found, minimum contour area is imposed. Noisy contours improved by Thresholding, Erosion and Dilation, & Contour Filtration by minimum area.
No tracking of objects across frames is done.
Background subtraction, backgrounds updated, contours found, minimum contour area is imposed. Noisy contours improved by Thresholding, Erosion and Dilation, & Contour Filtration by minimum area.
No tracking of objects across frames is done.
Yesterday I renewed my expired passport at the Santa Fe DeVargas post office. I paid extra for expedited processing and overnight delivery.
...the requisite dorky pic:
...the requisite dorky pic:
November 15, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Yesterday I renewed my expired passport at the Santa Fe DeVargas post office. I paid extra for expedited processing and overnight delivery.
...the requisite dorky pic:
...the requisite dorky pic: