Tag: technology

• Things Not Said, No Shoes, and Happy Holidays – Thoughts from December 24, 2024

  

  For Christmas Eve, Patti and I went to our niece and nephew’s house. Patti’s sister, three of her sister’s sons, and an assortment of other people like me were there. Patti’s grandniece (a term I had to look up) was there, which I only mention because she was the adoptive parent of one of Scout’s…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 18, 2025

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• Judging A.I. Books by Their Covers – Thoughts from December 10 and 16, 2023

  

  December 10, 2023 I was talking with a coworker about artificial intelligence and other technologies. He was mentioning things most people don’t know or care about. It’s the kind of thought experiment conversation I like. I’m usually the one who brings up real-world issues with the technology. Eventually, I will get business cards with “Reality…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 29, 2024

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  2023, animal behavior, Animal-like, animals, artificial intelligence, autobiagraphy, banishing the weak, Barbra Streisand, being famous, civilized society, controlled life, economic status, facts, fame, fashion, happiness and health, hate, human behavior, Judging a book by its cover, judging others by their appearance, money and fame, murder, natural balance of nature, natural behavior, people’s stories, positive or negative statements, reality expert, reality is my career, rich people, ruining lives, social status, staying alive, technology, theoretical technologies, thinking is my hobby, thought experiment, thoughts, unacceptable behavior, unnatural humans

• Stressing Over Bills and Presidents – Thoughts from August 1 and 2, 2023

  

  August 1, 2023 I talked to my dash cam today for the first time in a while. I realized the last time I dash camed was before Quest started getting sick. My dash caming stopped when I was changing out my NAS (Network-Attached Storage) hard drives. I didn’t want to add any videos to it…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 23, 2024

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• Christmas Games – Thoughts from December 20 and 21, 2022

  

  December 20, 2022 Patti came to work with me today. On the way, we talked the whole time. Sometimes we put on a podcast and listen to that, but we were both Chatty Cathies and never really listened to anything but each other. It’s good to know that after 25 years of marriage we can…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 22, 2024

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• Celebrities – Thoughts from August 21, 2022

  

  I was reading some of my old Thoughts papers in which I referred to people asking for money as “bums” and asserted that most of them were alcoholics and drug addicts. In the same sentences, I would say I’m a Liberal about most things. I now know that people don’t choose to be without a…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 19, 2023

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