Humanity’s binary social structure around gender is the cause of my bipolar disorder — In 2009, I was really struggling financially trying to figure out how to take care of infant alone and care for myself with some kind of freak show pharmaco-resistant bipolar disorder where medication either did nothing or made my episodes more severe. I tried a ketogenic diet that seemed promising…

The perception factory of thought, the Large Language Model — A journey of circular discovery, perspective, systemization, and reflection through the assistive technology of thought sharing, Chat GPT. The Human Test A musing on the ambiguity of Alan Turingcherp.medium.com The question is not, “Can machines think?” The question is not, “Can a machine imitate a human?” The question is also not, “Can a human be deceived into believing a machine is…

A musing on the ambiguity of Alan Turing — Alan Turing intuited artificial neural networks. Nary an implementation detail is missing. Well, maybe a few. The sophistication of simplicity is deceptive. Essentially my entire life, I’ve been ushered into brevity. I frustrate even the most patient loved one with my contextual framing in an answer to a ‘yes’ or…

Inside the Church of Apple and the living word of Steve Jobs — This is part five of a five-part series. New? Read parts I-IV: Welcome to Apple A Fortress of Secrecy and Spirituality Pale Blue: Connecting dots to death in #AppleToo The ultimate sophistication of Thinking Different If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves? …

Inside the Church of Apple and the living word of Steve Jobs — This is part four of a five-part series. New? Read parts I-III: Welcome to Apple A Fortress of Secrecy and Spirituality Pale Blue: Connecting dots to death in #AppleToo From its creation, Apple had two sets of marketing materials. The ones that were dispersed among employees and management, and the…

Inside the Church of Apple and the living word of Steve Jobs — This is part three of a five-part series. New? Read parts I & II: Welcome to Apple A Fortress of Secrecy and Spirituality You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. — Steve Jobs Pale Blue: Connecting dots to deaths in #AppleToo When I was a mobile developer at Gannett, I struggled…

Inside the Church of Apple and the living word of Steve Jobs — Part two of a five-part series. New here? Read Part I: Welcome to Apple. Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. — Sir Isaac Newton, Untitled Treatise on Revelation I’ve always found this quote somewhat confounding. Truth’s simplicity always felt…

Inside the Church of Apple and the living word of Steve Jobs — Forward: Where there’s a pattern, there’s a reason The US Securities and Exchange Commission found Activision Blizzard liable for a $35 Million fine because of its culture. I angry-rant tweeted in July of 2021 to tell the world that the company’s initial response to the lawsuit was a lie. I had insider information as someone who went through…

I grew up not knowing any of my grandparents. My dad was adopted in a closed adoption through the Catholic church in Spokane, Washington. My mom was raised by my great grandparents in Prosser after her mom took her own life in the mid-60’s. My great grandparents didn’t have much…