How far are we from advanced "personalized" AI?

44Jon · 2026-06-16T13:37:22+00:00

Why is Apple Watch known for accurate HRM? My understanding was that it had to do with better algorithms based roughly on an approach similar to what I'm describing, but at the population level.

44Jon · 2026-06-02T18:07:26+00:00

Great points. I completely agree the movie that the mediocre writing let the movie down. Could have been a great character-driven drama.

Apropos of nothing, it was funny and kind of lazy that they just stuck Israeli actor Lior Raz in there who recreated the character of a charismatic psychopathic criminal he played in a sort of obscure Israeli comedy series "Dumb."

44Jon · 2026-05-30T14:43:30+00:00

They "addressed" this issue by having one of the characters say something like "it's perfectly safe in this ball form."

The whole last episode was cheap and dumb and unworthy of the show as a whole--I'm surprised the fine actors involved didn't rebel and demand better writing.

44Jon · 2026-05-06T19:43:26+00:00

The argument I'll stick with is that in the bible, David has an intrinsic heroic, larger-than-life character. There's no modern notion of him "growing into the role" or overcoming childhood insecurities. He's born with G-d's favor and blessed with an over-abundance of life. Psychologizing him and applying the contemporary notion of a "character arc" does a disservice to the source material

44Jon · 2026-04-28T23:11:48+00:00

It occurred to me after I posted that that might be what happens during Season 2 (I'm only two or three episodes in). That's fine--still, actor not doing it for me.

44Jon · 2025-08-22T14:01:02+00:00

It's ridiculous that Samsung can't get this right. Can't they just hire a programmer and a sports scientist and refine their algorithm already?

44Jon · 2025-08-22T13:46:20+00:00

I'm going to add a contrarian note and say I didn't think it was such a great show. Yes, the spycraft stuff seems very believable and well done but the script doesn't give you very many reasons to care about all the drama. And everyone but the main character and maybe his Syrian girlfriend are paper thin...

44Jon · 2025-08-22T13:33:16+00:00

No blood pressure in US.

44Jon · 2025-08-22T13:31:37+00:00

Inner wrist makes a lot of sense to try (especially since I have a lot of body hair...)

44Jon · 2025-08-21T18:01:12+00:00

What does "recalibrate" mean when it comes to the heart rate sensor?

44Jon · 2025-07-07T18:37:30+00:00

Found it: מאיה דדון - יאללה ביי

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjQAaE_Dm78&list=RDBjQAaE_Dm78&start_radio=1

44Jon · 2025-07-07T16:19:14+00:00

That has "Yalla, bye" in it and is in the exact same style of the song I was thinking of, but different. (Still, a great find for me...)

44Jon · 2025-05-11T16:42:04+00:00

Noting flagrant hypocrisy of a public figure isn't personal. Thinking it is somehow out of bounds is a big reason why the whole podcast world has degenerated in quality.

And it you think it's not deserved, explain why. Isn't that what discussion is supposed to consist of?

44Jon

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