Eighth attempt to paint something with oil. Noticed one very important thing: mistakes are more visible when photographed with a phone. Essentially, it is equivalent to stepping back five meters, but from five meters, I can’t see anything without glasses. The lips need to be redrawn. Soften the edges. Adjust the eyes. The nose too. Overall, should have taken a picture earlier; so much comes to light. But now, it will have to wait until later. We are learning.
Received a joke saying that the majority of Russians dream about two things: defeating America and winning a green card. Apparently, after that interview with Kuchera, who went to the US to have his wife give birth, they believe there are enemies everywhere and all that. I have no idea what they really dream about. Decided to ask ChatGPT what its sarcastic AI side suggests on this matter. The answer is in the screenshot.
I’m testing a program here for creating bilingual books, and decided to start with Cipollino. Well… the first thing that came to mind. And it turned out that it’s not available in English, neither in digital nor in print form. That is, in the English-speaking world, they generally don’t know about Cipollino.
It turns out that Gianni Rodari was a journalist at the Communist newspaper “Unita,” and the communist party appointed him as the editor of a children’s magazine, where he published himself. And he also plays himself in the Soviet 1973 movie Cipollino. And eventually, a whole country grew up on the Italian fairy tale imported into the USSR.
Meanwhile, the story imported into the USSR was “interesting.” Well, for those who haven’t read it. It’s about a young onion (yes, a vegetable) named Cipollino, who lives in a kingdom where unjust and tyrannical leaders of vegetables and fruits rule. Cipollino unites with other oppressed citizens to overthrow the corrupt government and establish a fair society. In the end, he and his friends ultimately triumph and bring happiness and equality to their kingdom. (Actually, OpenAI gave me this summary, I was too lazy to think of it myself).
Seventh attempt at oil painting. Something red-blue with a booth at night.
Seventh attempt at oil painting. Something red-blue with a booth at night.
The first snow triggered some kind of hormonal explosion in Yuki. For three days now, like a cat that yowls at night, he has kept us from sleeping in the morning, and he has also decided that taking long walks is actually very enjoyable (he never really liked them, but now he sees the potential). In just the last three hours, he has paused his continuous howling only for the time of the morning walk. He’s also scratching the front door. I don’t know, maybe there are some pills for this.
It seems that we will all have to take him to the vet. For some reason, a radical solution to the problem is particularly recommended at his age.
I am playing “Elegy” by Nobuyuki Tsudzii (a Japanese composer, blind from birth). Originally, Nobuyuki dedicated it to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami, but…
(I have already posted this. I had to re-upload it to replace the previous version where the image was mirrored. Otherwise, the flawed version remains saved in Videos. Facebook (both the website and the app) freezes when trying to replace the video in an existing post. Thanks to Peter Omelchenko for noticing)
Finally got around (eyes on) to checking out the Neuralink conference by Musk. Three hours long. Highly recommended for all engineers. Every minute of it showcases things next to which all sorts of ChatGPT and other mind-boggling gadgets simply look like child’s play. If these guys succeed, they’re going to rake in all the money in the world. There’s also a similar video about Tesla, but that one is simpler and more down-to-earth.
In short, for those out of the loop. Neuralink is developing a robot that drills a hole in the skull, positions a special sewing machine next to the hole, which drives about fifty electrodes into your brain. Then, the hole is sealed with an electronic device with a remotely rechargeable battery, and you get the ability to control a computer using that part of your brain (still a work in progress, but that’s the goal, and there are working prototypes). Like typing text or pressing buttons in an interface. And in the future (so far, just distant plans), the reverse is also possible: understanding what’s happening in the outer world in ways other than our five senses.
And there are a lot of technical challenges in this process, and the video talks about them and how they were overcome.
Their website:
Unfortunately, Boston Dynamics and SpaceX don’t make such wonderful technology videos.
I wonder, what value does reading Shakespeare in translation hold if all that remains of Shakespeare in his tragedies is merely the script? Translating a sonnet into Russian, let’s say by Marshak, is very liberal. It essentially starts from scratch, a composition stretched over a framework of dialogue. Furthermore, Marshak’s translation is very beautiful, but here I would give Marshak 9 points for the beauty of the translation and 1 point to Shakespeare for writing texts that are difficult to translate 🙂
I need to find some time to try reading something in the original. I imagine an interactive book where you click on a phrase and a brief comment appears, click again and a detailed one comes up, with context and details. I wonder if anyone has made such a thing?
I play “Elegy” by Nobuyuki Tsuji (a Japanese composer, blind from birth). Originally, Nobuyuki dedicated it to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami, but…
