Author: Paul

  • A real Democracy has checks and balances

    A real Democracy has checks and balances

    Democracy has been on my mind a lot lately with the current Israeli government’s moves to “reform” our Judiciary, and essentially cripple it in the process. The consequences of this for our democracy will be devastating.

  • I’m feeling anti-social today so I had a chat with ChatGPT about this

    I’m feeling anti-social today so I had a chat with ChatGPT about this

    Today feels like one of those days when I don’t really feel like much social interaction. I thought I’d see what ChatGPT had to say. It actually helped chatting to the bot, even though I know it is a generative AI.

  • 17 years

    Today my wife and I celebrate 17 years of marriage. Our marriage is almost an adult! Is that when we should feel like adults? 🤔

  • Asking ChatGPT about tumble dryers and pocket dimension doorways

    Asking ChatGPT about tumble dryers and pocket dimension doorways

    I spent some time with ChatGPT trying variations of this prompt: “A 500 word explanation about how tumble dryers create interdimensional rifts that suck socks into a pocket dimension at arbitrary time intervals”. It’s responses were interesting, and encouraging.

  • Miniature forests

    Miniature forests

    These weeds are growing through the paving after the rains. I thought it would be fun to take a couple photos from their level.

  • Yariv Levin makes the case against Judicial Reform in Israel

    This headline in Times of Israel today basically reinforces those concerns, and makes a good case against this Judicial Reform legislation. If Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s attitude is anything to go by, concerns about Tyranny of the Majority will be well-founded.

  • How platforms die

    Cory Doctorow published a terrific, insightful essay about how platforms die. He calls the process “enshittification”.

  • Afternoon walk through the Ben Shemen Forest

    Afternoon walk through the Ben Shemen Forest

    My wife, daughter and I went for a very casual walk through the nearby Ben Shemen Forest. Our daughter has taken an interest in photography, so she took my Nikon D5100 DSLR with to start feeding her new passion. I captured a few moments of my own on my phone, as usual. It was a…