A Year of Mornings

Galactic Compass 2: now with new augmented reality mode

After I released version 1.0, I figured I would have to do the rotations myself. So I sat down with ChatGPT and I didn’t get it to write the code, but I got it to educate me. With a patient, interactive tutor, I was able to finally do what I hadn’t by reading books and asking mathematician friends – I learnt how to use quaternions just enough to make the app work.

So learning doesn’t stop just because I outsource a bunch of thinking to AI. It pushes me to learn more. I like that as an outcome.

It is something I’m trying to do more of.

Blue Eye Samurai’s second season will hit Netflix in January by Jess Weatherbed

Netflix has shared the first trailer and release timeline for the second season of the animated series, and confirmed the series’ return for a third and final season. The second season’s new teaser ends with the announcement that it’ll be available to stream on Netflix in January 2027, though the exact date was not specified.

I enjoyed the first season. Looking forward to this.

I Saw the Future of AI in a Robot That Can Learn on the Spot by Will Knight

Generalist and some other robotics startups are investing heavily in a general robotic model trained by humans. The company builds special gloves resembling robot pincers that have cameras attached to them, which people then use to perform different chores. I saw a crate piled high with several hundred of these grippers destined for workers in Mexico and elsewhere.

Maybe you’re not overwhelmed. Or maybe you’re overwhelmed for a reason. – Matthew Dicks by

If you are spending five hours per day — nearly a third of all waking hours — staring at screens large and small, perhaps you’re overwhelmed because you’ve committed a significant portion of your life to the mindless consumption of video content instead of the things that might make you feel less overwhelmed:

I agree.