Tue Nov 26 06:00:01 EST 2019
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Slept from nine-thirty to five without waking.

Mostly sunny until late afternoon then becoming cloudy.
A 50 percent chance of rain in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 40s.
West winds up to 5 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon.

Work
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- Turn off out-of-office
  Done.
- RSVP to holiday party
  Done.
- December vacation request (152 hours to use — 19 days)
  Done. (16th through the end of the year)
- Fix certbot problem on Friede
  Done.
- Review invoices
  Done.
- Update unit rents
  Done.

Thirty-minute walk at lunch.
Warm.
Wispy, watercolor clouds across blue sky.

Home
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- Play with a megadungeon just for my own amusement?

Bought a few groceries on my way home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishi-odoshi

https://kottke.org/19/11/thanksgiving-dinner-served-on-the-l-train

Richard Branson, the Virgin Galactic guy, seems to be having a lot more fun than Elon Musk.

https://kottke.org/19/11/can-you-copyright-work-made-by-an-artificial-intelligence
https://whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/why-is-this-interesting-the-ai-copyright
> But as I dug in a much bigger question emerged: Can you actually copyright work produced by AI? Traditionally, the law has been that only work created by people can receive copyright. You might remember the monkey selfie copyright claim from a few years back. In that case, a photographer gave his camera to a monkey who then snapped a selfie. The photographer then tried to claim ownership and PETA sued him to try to claim it back for the monkey. In the end, the photograph was judged to be in the public domain, since copyright requires human involvement. Machines, like monkeys, can’t own work, but clearly something made with the help of a human still qualifies for copyright. The question, then, is where do we draw the line?
> > None of these questions have concrete answers in US law, but people have been debating the potential outcomes for years. The situation might be a little clearer when you’re looking at something like an AI-based app where a user has to make a lot of decisions to shape the end result. “I think what’s protectable is conscious steps made by a person to be involved in authorship,” Zvi S. Rosen, lecturer at the George Washington University School of Law, tells The Verge. But if someone uses an AI that spits out a result with a single click, that could be a different matter. “My opinion is if it’s really a push button thing, and you get a result, I don’t think there’s any copyright in that.”

Watched some anime.
Dagashi Kashi — is it a commercial??
Moyashimon.

Servings: grains 5/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 5/4, dairy 2/2, meat 2/3, nuts 1/0.5

Breakfast: banana, orange, tomato, carrots, two eggs, avocado
Brunch: coffee
Lunch: grape leaves, hummus, tabbouleh, rice
Afternoon snack: coffee
Dinner: soup, break

129/80