Brandon Jones
tojiro@mastodon.social

You really want to build an AI thing that I find useful? Give me something that marks my email with a "Subject line looks scary but actually the action you need to take in response is minimal or non-existent" tag when appropriate.

Can't tell you how many times an email has sat in my inbox for days without being opened only to find that the sender had already followed up with "Nevermind, I figured it out. Thanks!" a week ago.

August 07, 2024
Brandon Jones
tojiro@mastodon.social

This is one of the coolest techniques I've seen in a while! Seems comparable to Gaussian Splats but cleaner, faster, and working on larger scenes? I don't pretend to understand how it's working, but the demos on their page are super impressive. Try them out in the browser, even on your phone!

https://smerf-3d.github.io/

August 07, 2024
Brandon Jones
tojiro@mastodon.social

Hypothetical future me: "You're doing a report on the 2024 election, huh? Oh I remember it well... You see, the President stuttered at a debate a few times and people were really upset about it. There was an assassination attempt, and then the Vice President became the President."

Grandkids: 😱

August 06, 2024
Brandon Jones
tojiro@mastodon.social

Getting Fiber internet (from AT&T) installed today! It actually represents a minor dip in my download speeds (1.2 -> 1.0 Gbps) but honestly it's worth it given that this is the first time in 20 years I have a reasonable alternative to Comcast.

To be fair, I don't have all that much faith AT&T will be great either, but maybe, just maybe, my internet won't crap out every time it rains now?

August 06, 2024
Brandon Jones
tojiro@mastodon.social

My youngest son has been playing around with the Roblox editor lately and I have some observations:

1) After seeing how the editor works it's more apparent why most Roblox content is the way it is.
2) It's fairly impressive that things work as well as they do in many published games, given how glitchy things are by default.
3) There is *NOTHING* funnier to a 7yo than sending a tree into orbit because the physics system didn't like you bumping into it.

August 05, 2024
Brandon Jones
tojiro@mastodon.social

Switching internet providers, and in the process learning from the installation appointment email that in California "Internet" may cause cancer or reproductive harm.

August 04, 2024
Brandon Jones
tojiro@mastodon.social

Lost Cooper, my sweet pup of 16 years, today. 💔

August 03, 2024
Brandon Jones
tojiro@mastodon.social

Turkish air pistol medalist Yusuf Dikec gives off serious Saitama (One Punch Man) vibes. Looks like he rolled up to the event while out for a walk and said "sure, that sounds interesting" and proceeded to take silver.

https://youtu.be/LvXwXKjIP0A?si=iwO7XhzxMbp8fnGy

August 03, 2024