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Cake day: August 10th, 2023

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  • I just finished creating a chatbot trained off Microsoft’s dialogpt, and it felt really weird talking to it. I asked it if it had any plans and it responded with going to the beach in the south of France. I then shut it off.

    It just felt weird to talk to it and hearing its response. Yes, there was a 3 sec delay, but I think I’ll just put it aside for now.

    Besides that, everything else has been going well. I’ll be heading on vacation next week to see NASA’s rocket launch to Europa.





















  • Not much. Just went grocery shopping and relaxed in the pool. It’s been raining for the past two weeks, but today was sunny, and it was perfect. I don’t know what I’ll do tomorrow, since there’s a chance of rain, but if it’s still sunny when I wake up, I’ll head on the new trail by my place.

    I also liked what you were listening to. Jazz is underrated imo.




  • I’m on the fence about giving money to homeless people on the streets, but am all for donating to / volunteering for organizations that help them.

    My reason starts with how organized and strategic they can be. For example, I was waiting at a bus stop downtown and there were three homeless people planning out which intersections they were splitting to next and how they were going to divide the total afterwards.

    Second example in downtown. There’s a guy begging for food in the mall, so I take him to the nearest food stand, we both order a meal, and eat at a table. He was talking about his plan to get off the streets and all and went back to refill his drink after eating. During that time, I went to the cashier for something and she told me he’s with a few others that come back pretty regularly. When we get back to the table, he then tells me that he needs $10 for a place to stay for the night and then leads me to the nearest atm. Once we’re there, I tell him everything the cashier told me and he doesn’t say anything with an “ok you caught me look”. I still give him the money even though he knows that I know he’ll be back doing the same thing.

    I know this is is not the case for all homeless people, such as the meal I had with one with mental disabilities, but it’s a mixed bag. Just do what you can and don’t feel bad if you can’t.