{"chain":[{"channel":"cities","content":"we are even further north in North Dakota. for a short week.\r\n\r\ni flew back in on Friday, and leave again on Thursday. ( boy are my arms tired!) ( that feels like *almost* a normal week? but it will seem short.)\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nfor the week:\r\n\r\n# process the ~20 links from last week, currently in browser tabs on the phone\r\n# do some tests of Claude 3.7 . the first test is << can it implement a lexer/parser based on a BNF representation >>.\r\n# in part 2, determine additional programming/education tasks for the week\r\n# some \"gardening prep\" work. ( I don't want to do indoor starters until I return from the next trip. but, the weather tomorrow should be good for some raking/digging outside)","created_at":"2025-03-01T16:30:04.913122","id":265,"is_target":false,"parent_id":null,"processed_content":"

we are even further north in North Dakota. for a short week.\r

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i flew back in on Friday, and leave again on Thursday. \n \ud83d\udd25\n ( boy are my arms tired!)\n \n \ud83d\udca1\n ( that feels like almost a normal week? but it will seem short.)\n \r

for the week:\r

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    \n
  • process the ~20 links from last week, currently in browser tabs on the phone\r
    • \n
  • do some tests of Claude 3.7 . the first test is can it implement a lexer/parser based on a BNF representation.\r
    • \n
  • in part 2, determine additional programming/education tasks for the week\r
    • \n
  • some \"gardening prep\" work. \n \ud83d\udca1\n ( I don't want to do indoor starters until I return from the next trip. but, the weather tomorrow should be good for some raking/digging outside)\n
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","subject":"grenora (part 1)"},{"channel":"cities","content":"I'm not sure yet what evaluations I want to do for Claude 3.7 and/or ChatGPT 4.5.\r\n\r\nSome questions I have been pondering asking it to evaluate:\r\n> write the short-story << novelization of chess >>. ( the stories generated by the current models have all been fairly similar. two kingdoms, one of ebony and one of ivory. rather than fight a war, they use magical powers. the explanations for why each piece moves the way it does are entirely post-hoc.)\r\n> answer some questions about << High Physics >>. ( Does it even make sense to talk about \"the inside\" of a black hole, considering it would take an infinite amount of time to reach it?)\r\n> write a lexer/parser based on a BNF spec. ( these continue to have a few issues)\r\n> improve the graphic design of this website\r\n\r\nOne of the difficulties is that a truly \"frontier\" task cannot be effectively graded by the *machine*, or indeed by non-experts in the field.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\neducation thoughts for the week:\r\n> \"reader\" texts. designed to << train >> elocution. ( unique new york. how now brown cow.)\r\n> is reading \"comprehension\" different from short-term memory?\r\n> the differences between << primary education >> and << secondary education >>. roughly: secondary ( middle school and high school) students should be expected to do a certain amount of \"independent learning\". students who cannot do so, should be in an alternative program. ( the \"Least Restrictive Environment\" clause of the IDEA was unavailable for comment.)\r\n> using \"word lists\" to generate << grade level >> texts; also, a better terminology than << grade level >>\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nother tasks will be minimal. it is a short week; I fly out very early on Thursday.","created_at":"2025-03-03T17:00:54.108242","id":272,"is_target":true,"parent_id":265,"processed_content":"

I'm not sure yet what evaluations I want to do for Claude 3.7 and/or ChatGPT 4.5.\r

\n

Some questions I have been pondering asking it to evaluate:\r

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    \n
  • write the short-story novelization of chess. \n \ud83d\udca1\n ( the stories generated by the current models have all been fairly similar. two kingdoms, one of ebony and one of ivory. rather than fight a war, they use magical powers. the explanations for why each piece moves the way it does are entirely post-hoc.)\n \r
    • \n
  • answer some questions about High Physics. \n \ud83d\udca1\n ( Does it even make sense to talk about \"the inside\" of a black hole, considering it would take an infinite amount of time to reach it?)\n \r
    • \n
  • write a lexer/parser based on a BNF spec. \n \ud83d\udca1\n ( these continue to have a few issues)\n \r
    • \n
  • improve the graphic design of this website\r
    • \n
\n

One of the difficulties is that a truly \"frontier\" task cannot be effectively graded by the machine, or indeed by non-experts in the field.\r

education thoughts for the week:\r

\n
    \n
  • \"reader\" texts. designed to train elocution. \n \ud83d\udd25\n ( unique new york. how now brown cow.)\n \r
    • \n
  • is reading \"comprehension\" different from short-term memory?\r
    • \n
  • the differences between primary education and secondary education. roughly: secondary \n \u2699\ufe0f\n ( middle school and high school)\n students should be expected to do a certain amount of \"independent learning\". students who cannot do so, should be in an alternative program. \n \ud83d\udd25\n ( the \"Least Restrictive Environment\" clause of the IDEA was unavailable for comment.)\n \r
    • \n
  • using \"word lists\" to generate grade level texts; also, a better terminology than grade level\r
    • \n

other tasks will be minimal. it is a short week; I fly out very early on Thursday.

","subject":"grenora (part 2)"},{"channel":"cities","content":"right now the plan looks like:\r\n> Mar 11-14 - Atacama sprint. Fix \"channel access\" rules, improve some of the display, and (maybe) get some of the long-rumored LLM features working\r\n> Mar 17-21 - the new project. Probably codename \"Orinoco\". What that means, is still being defined.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nTrump is giving a speech tonight. The notes will be elsewhere.","created_at":"2025-03-04T23:55:30.947932","id":277,"is_target":false,"parent_id":272,"processed_content":"

right now the plan looks like:\r

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    \n
  • Mar 11-14 - Atacama sprint. Fix \"channel access\" rules, improve some of the display, and (maybe) get some of the long-rumored LLM features working\r
    • \n
  • Mar 17-21 - the new project. Probably codename \"Orinoco\". What that means, is still being defined.\r
    • \n

Trump is giving a speech tonight. The notes will be elsewhere.

","subject":"grenora (part 3)"}]}