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I think you’re underestimating the skill it takes to get a really satisfying grass field using a grass brush. If…
And when domesticated dogs are in a pack, the alpha can be female as well as male.
Okay, we agree that those tools aren't AI. I'm not sure if they count as Procedural Generation, either, but as…
I’m honestly confused by what you think “AI” means. None of that is AI. How are layers AI, for example?…
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Category Archives: International issues
Bigotry, Thy Name is Marty Peretz
Glenn Greenwald is right. This pro-Iraq War column by Marty Peretz is not only wrong, but it contains an unbelievably racist statement: There were moments–long moments–during the Iraq war when I had my doubts. Even deep doubts. Frankly, I couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in International issues, Iraq
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J Street and Poetry and Jewish Politics and Jewish Poets and Jewish Poetics and Holocaust Trivialization and Israel and Palestine and antisemitism and How Can Culture be a Tool for Change if You Won't Let Culture do its Work? – Part 1
Note: Portions of this post were edited on January 19 to correct problems that resulted from careless cutting and pasting. Oy! So I was, with mild interest, reading the conversation that was beginning to develop around the post written by … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Jews and Judaism, Palestine & Israel
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The UN's Loss
It is fashionable in many quarters to bash the United Nations, and lets face it, there are many good reasons to; as an organization made up of the various governments of the world, the UN operates at the level of … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, International issues
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Haiti
There’s never much that can be said in the first few hours of a natural disaster, other than that the disaster has happened, and that help will be needed. Well, disaster has happened. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, right … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, International issues
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J Street Los Angeles!
Because I am a glutton for punishment with no sense of restraint, when the email came in saying that J Street was opening up local chapters, not only did I immediately sign up, but I checked off every single skills/interests … Continue reading
Posted in Jews and Judaism, Palestine & Israel
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"The Myths of Liberal Zionism," by Yitzhak Laor – I want to read this book
Writing in the January issue of Harper’s Magazine, Joshua Cohen wrote this at the end of his review of Laor’s book: It often seems that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is just […] a textual problem. If so, then the muddle of … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Jews and Judaism, literature, Palestine & Israel
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The Jokes Just Write Themselves
So there was a failed terror attack today, and while that’s kind of scary and all, really, in this case, it’s mostly hilarious: Per Ed Henry on CNN: This administration has expressed skepticism of the color chart alert system. They’re … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, International issues
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Twenty Years Ago Today
The Cold War was a fact of life. My parents had grown up during it; I had grown up during it. And I had little doubt my children would grow up during it. From before my parents were born, the … Continue reading
Posted in International issues
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Let the Sun Shine In
I don’t have anything to say right now. Awful is awful, and we’ll have time to dissect which particular flavor of awful this is soon enough. For now, keep the dead and wounded in your thoughts. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, International issues
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I've imagined Superman as a little old arthritic man picking up an ocean liner between thumb and forefinger. One more…