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Thu May 4 06:00:01 EDT 2023 ======================================== Slept from eleven-thirty to seven without waking. Cloudy. Numerous showers early in the morning, then scattered showers in the late morning and afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. # Work * 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Cloud review * 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CTO standup * 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM Solution architecture review * 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM Xenitity bi-weekly eMNEPA call * 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM Cloud with Eric Aiello # Home * [ ] call maintenance to fix leaky tub faucet * [ ] AWS study * [ ] schedule AWS cert exam * [ ] play with text-based (Gemini?) D&D hex thing * [ ] work on CC 0e D&D reference rules * [ ] spell list (old to new) * [ ] monster list (old to new) * [ ] magic item list (old to new) * [ ] schedule dentist appointment * [ ] PenFed * [ ] transfer funds from old savings account (http://www.citizensbank.com/HSBC) * [ ] get backup credit card * [ ] money market? * [ ] schedule optometrist appointment * [ ] play with Go web base Read yesterday's Dracula Daily. Read more of How to Sell a Haunted House. In a comment about a leaked Google paper talking about how OpenAI has no moat and open source is pulling ahead: > I was at Microsoft more than a decade ago now and at the time there was a lot of concern about search and how far Bing lagged behind Google in geospatial (maps). > After some initial investment in the area I was at a presentation where one of the higher ups explained that they'd be abandoning their investment because Google Maps would inevitably fall behind crowdsourcing and OpenStreetMap. > Just like Encarta and Wikipedia we were told - once the open source community gets their hands on something there's just no moat from an engineering perspective and once it's crowdsourced there's no moat from a data perspective. You simply can't compete. > Of course it's more than a decade later now and I still use Google Maps, Bing Maps still suck, and the view times I've tried OpenStreetMaps I've found it far behind both. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35813322 Rode the exercise bike for ten minutes after work. Servings: grains 4/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 3/4, dairy 2/2, meat 2/3, nuts 1/0.5 Breakfast: egg, bread, carrots, banana, beans, coffee Afternoon snack: cucumber, soup, bread Dinner: popcorn 296

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