Book review: Before the Dawn by Tōson Shimazaki
18 May 2023
A review of the Great Japanese Novel, which describes the life of village chief Aoyama Hanzō along a main highway through the opening of Japan to the world and the Meiji Restoration. Kind of the anti-It’s-a-Wonderful-World as he realizes that his efforts didn’t bear much fruit.
April: finally done with Winter term
8 May 2023
Whew! Finished teaching for Spring term. Western Newfoundland; around Montreal; and Brampton. Home repair.
Western Newfoundland, April 6-9, 2023
7 May 2023
Marble Mountain, arguably better than Tremblant; unarguably fewer lines. Gros Morne in the winter.
ChatGPT's Hot Takes on Programming Languages and Software Engineering
6 May 2023
Prompt engineering by Lucas Wojciechowski. Thanks!
User
Give me 10 hot takes on how machine learning will affect programming language / software engineering in the next 10 years
ChatGPT
Sure, here are 10 hot takes on how machine learning will affect programming languages and software engineering in the next 10 years:
- Machine learning will become an integral part of software engineering, with developers routinely incorporating ML algorithms and models into their applications.
- Programming languages will increasingly support machine learning by providing libraries and tools for ML development, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn.
- Developers will need to have a strong understanding of statistics and data analysis in order to effectively incorporate machine learning into their applications.
- The demand for data scientists and machine learning engineers will continue to grow, as more companies seek to incorporate machine learning into their products and services.
- Natural language processing (NLP) and speech recognition will become more prevalent, leading to the development of new programming languages and tools that support these technologies.
- Machine learning will enable the creation of more personalized and adaptive user interfaces, leading to a more seamless and intuitive user experience.
- As machine learning becomes more widespread, developers will need to prioritize the ethical implications of their work, such as data privacy, bias, and accountability.
- Machine learning will enable the creation of more intelligent and autonomous systems, leading to new challenges in software engineering, such as how to ensure the safety and reliability of these systems.
- Developers will increasingly rely on machine learning to automate software testing and debugging, reducing the time and effort required to find and fix bugs.
- Finally, machine learning will enable the creation of new types of software applications that were previously not possible, such as self-driving cars, personalized medicine, and smart home automation.
User
Can you make the takes more controversial?
Montréal
1 May 2023
People always ask me what to do when visiting Montreal. I did grow up in Montreal. But, I haven’t lived in Montreal since 2007. Though I’ve been back pretty often, things have changed. I’ve tried to look up the current state, but I am definitely out of date on some things.
I have pictures of a lot of places now, because cellphones, but not so many of Montreal, because I mostly lived here before I had a cellphone. Still, I found some pictures from the archives, which I’ve included here.
Bouldering Gym Review: Backbone Boulder, Bromont, April 2023
19 Apr 2023
Small but worthy climbing gym in Bromont. Also offers other services (café, terrasse, hammocks).
Japan part III: Two days in Hokkaido and one in Tokyo, February 2023
16 Apr 2023
The last segment of our Japan trip: skiing and birbs in Hokkaido, as well as snowshoeing and katte don. Plus most of a day in Tokyo.
March: lots of good news
14 Apr 2023
Reasonable success this month, professionally (awarded grant, major revisions on a paper) and for refereeing (selected for Canadian nationals). Lots of work and also weekend trips.
Championnat provincial (Laval), March 24-26, 2023
7 Apr 2023
By special permission, refereeing at the Quebec provincial judo championships (biggest ever).
Edmonton International Judo Championship, March 10-12, 2023
6 Apr 2023
Off to referee at the Edmonton International Judo Championship for the first time. Easier to get to than Vancouver for a short weekend.
