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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 04/10/2026

yes, sentience can be low-level. slime molds appear to have sentience. but many people think only humans are sentient. amusing, no?, that such issues have become so important.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 03/10/2026

20-30% of humans have no inner voice (anendophasia). it's silent in their mind. there is also aphantasia: they can't visualize in their mind. are they conscious? many still insist animals are not conscious or sentient.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 30/09/2026

the oddest thing... Trader Joe Tote Bags are wildly popular in China, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. a bag is only $2.99 at TJ's, but up to $100 on online shopping sites. limit 5 per customer. hundreds in line. when? it's random. word of mouth. excellent quality.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 29/09/2026

The Indo-European verb "to be" combines identity, existence, and location in one concept. Chinese has three verbs: shi (是), you (有), zai (在). This has implications for Western philosophy and theology. By using one word with several meanings, thinking becomes muddled

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 27/09/2026

we talk about the Man in the Moon, but the rabbit is easier to see. turn sideways and blur your eyes: the rabbit is making moon cakes. Australians see the Bunny in the Bubble Bath, which is the easiest to see.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 27/09/2026

Moon Festival. my photo of Chang-e, the moon goddess, and Yu-tu, her pet jade rabbit. we had moon cakes for dessert.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 22/09/2026

it's the same problem in the US. MAGA and the progressives are populist anger at elites. whereas the CDU and other parties work together to block AfD, the Dems in the US do nothing and the far right took over the GOP.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 20/09/2026

the orchids blossomed again. every year for September.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 19/09/2026

is this a metaphor for AI? chimp with an AK-47... youtube.com/sharing/invi...

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 11/09/2026

a clear analysis of the current "AI gone wild" stories. there are the technical issues and then there are the messy anthropomorphical metaphors which create confusion.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 10/09/2026

9/11: why did it happen and what did it lead to? watch "Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror" (Netflix documentary). 25 years later, many decisions still affect us today.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 10/09/2026

that big clump in the middle is a drey, a large squirrel's nest. squirrel builds these like bird nests: branches & twigs for shape plus lots of grass, bark, & leaves. she may have two or three dreys. it's a sphere: she is safe, warm, & dry inside. this drey is 3 feet wide (1m) and 30 feet up (10m)

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 09/09/2026

i've noticed in the last few years the staff at govt offices, banks, insurance companies, etc. don't know their jobs. they do the easy stuff, but complex issues? "That can't be done." we have to explain their job to them and walk them through the steps.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 09/09/2026

and a bit of black tape over the light?

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 08/09/2026

On the morning of 9/11, Donald Trump was in his apartment at Trump Tower, watching television coverage as the attacks began. look it up. it's verified.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 06/09/2026

and what's the situation in the US?

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 03/09/2026

when you get a reply from an AI, remember... - every AI reply is different for every user. - every AI reply is different at different times of the day, your location, and your device. - each AI (Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT...) has different replies.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 01/09/2026

does the fox have a name or is it just the fox?

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 31/08/2026

when Trump has to do this, it must be really bad (hint: count the fingers.)

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 30/08/2026

we're considering whether to vote at all. our vote, your vote and all votes are irrelevant: the billionaires and their servants in DC will do whatever they want. this includes GOP and Dems.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 29/08/2026

"Look, Ma! Top of the world!"

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 27/08/2026

Ken Deleon (top realtor in Palo Alto): "Silicon Valley has two social classes. The Haves and the Have Yachts".

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Seapassionyachting Luxury Yacht Charter

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 27/08/2026

Chris, my site is hand-coded since 1995 :-) your site should be structured for AI. make sure the site uses technical SEO: indexable, speed, etc. add JSON-LD with Schema for embeddings for authority, entities, and users. look at the source code at my site.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 26/08/2026

Hawaiian cardinal drops in on a friend's laptop. I've never seen one of these.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 26/08/2026

The web started (realistically) in 1995. - To experience it, one had to be 15 years old or more. - People born in 1980 only knows the digital world. - People under 50 never experienced the analog world. - Only those over 50 remember what it was like to live and work in a world without the web.

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Tom Hanks & Helena Zengel: Horse Carriage

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 26/08/2026

the midterm elections are in 71 days. ten weeks. the GOP's lack of preparation is remarkable. they don't even have a message. "Victory in Iran!" okay, not that one. "Affordable food and gas!" not that either. "Datacen..." scratch that too. "The ballroom!"

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 26/08/2026

a very funny novel. strongly recommend "Fortress Besieged" too bad the TV series isn't available in the US

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 24/08/2026

don't forget Greenland 🇬🇱 and France 🇫🇷!

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 24/08/2026

Jay Cost finds corruption happens when, "... a government that wields more power than it is capable of exercising responsibly, is a government that will produce public policy that favors well-positioned factions over society." Unstructured power breeds corruption.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 24/08/2026

"Dead Talents Society" movie on Netflix. v funny Chinese movie with great ensemble acting and lots of off-camera jokes. the crew had great fun to make this. it also ridicules social media influencers 😜

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 23/08/2026

Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, suggests kids should be taught by chatbots. that also gets rid of teachers, who tend to be concerned about education, social values, and the well-being of all children. trouble makers!

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 20/08/2026

This is what happens to swindlers in China. in the US...

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 20/08/2026

we're watching Niu Lai, the hit home-made movie in China. made by a mom and son team. no AI. it made only $100 in the first ten days... and now millions.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 19/08/2026

music, a deeply human endeavor, surely it raises the spirit, yes? Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, & Stan Getz were gifted musicians & giants of jazz, but their personal lives were decades of broken affairs, abandoned children, heroin addiction... the same with many poets, writers, painters...

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 18/08/2026

I thought "video" was the short form of "videotape". Video was coined in English in the 1930s as the visual counterpart to audio. It's Latin for videō, meaning “I see”—the first-person singular present form of vidēre, “to see.”

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 16/08/2026

quantum mechanics and general relativity are both fascinating, both are bookends to the universe, both imcompatible w each other, and both bring up epistemic limits.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 15/08/2026

on the deck, the 14-year old swing chair's roof has a lichen ecosystem.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 12/08/2026

take photos of your moving company contract, crank up your AI, paste the photos, explain what happened, and ask the AI for possible legal remedies. ask for similar court cases. the AI can write the letter for you. careful: if you accept the check, you agree to drop further claims.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 12/08/2026

first figs from our tree

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 12/08/2026

"Trump was snuck out of the plane and more than a hundred aides, officials, and reporters were kept onboard without being told there was a credible threat to their lives." they were expendable. wouldn't be surprised if many resign.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 11/08/2026

3-D ice cream? it actually tastes really good. at Costco.

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khaderbai.bsky.social @khaderbai.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Consciousness is the lamp—and also the room it reveals. Meaning begins when we stop mistaking the furniture for ourselves, and ask who arranged it.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 09/08/2026

Jones, you're producing 78% more! do I get a raise? get back to your desk!

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 06/08/2026

Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism, offered his letter of resignation. It turns out the letter was generated by AI. If you're going to sin, then sin all the way, baby!

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Glee Mercedes Jones & Amber Riley Church Choir

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 02/08/2026

a snowy egret at Palo Alto lake, fishing in the duckweed.

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Andreas Ramos @andreas.com · 29/07/2026

lots of talk about how a rogue AI escapes and hacks other computer. people say agentic AI can take over the web, etc. here's a clear article about what happened, and what these things can do and can't do. pass this on to friends who ask about this. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...

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