The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

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The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski episodes

February 23, 2023 SSAB - February 23 2023
Preparing for the future, looking ten years back to see what ten years forward could be
Do you wash dishes after dinner or do you let them sit for a day or so?
ChatGPT: is it really a doomsday bot? No, it does not have feelings and no it cannot think. It is pulling information from the net and assembling it according to the algorithm it's programmed with. Ie, it couldn't do it on its own nor could it actualize what it says. It has no action, only assembled character strings. Interesting idea and I do wonder who will blame ChatGPT first, much like they blamed the devil in the 1980's.
Looking at some of these hikes outside of the city, wouldn't mind getting out. Looked at tix to Canada, let's run some numbers...
Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
Have a good one!
23 min
February 22, 2023 SSAB - February 22 2023
How do you structure a demo class?
-icebreaker / warm up
-notice the topic / elicit responses
-get sts to discuss
-explain / elicit topic
-pair work
-review
-group work
etc.
Chinese classes... how are they going?
Finished that Trafficked documentary... wow everything is sourced illegally! Fish, logs, gold, you name it!
Also... given that these illegal things can happen, makes me kinda wonder bow we'd ever spot an alien ship amongst the stars? I mean, have you seen a boat against the water from an airplane? Now what about a spaceship against a black back drop?
Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
Have a good one!
25 min
February 21, 2023 SSAB - February 21 2023
Nomad Sculpt, much easier than Blender. Apparently you can 3D print these things.
Bike ride from Beijing or Hong Kong to London? Crazy idea?
I'm not sure I want to poop in a different place just yet.
Posted some new vids, from a flight during a thunderstorm.
Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
Have a good last third of February!
24 min
February 20, 2023 SSAB - February 20 2023
Birds in the morning, ah, how the weather is changing. The freshness of coffee and.getting up n going early in the morning. Website updated, newsletters out - a little more about the DELTA M1 results. DELTA M3 is... no go for Spring? Could focus on retest and HSK 5 instead. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good start of week!
24 min
February 17, 2023 SSAB - February 17 2023
Moving for money - would your salary increase?
DELTA M1 = FAIL. Regroup, is it worth it? Should I move onto M3 anyway? When to retest?
Is there something else I could do with my time? I guess Musk has had rockets blow up and TV networks have had shows fail...
Air quality and workouts... back to the indoor medicine ball.
And what about those Chinese studies?
Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
Have a great weekend!
23 min
February 16, 2023 SSAB - February 16 2023
Oh how files grow
It used to be Twitter was the place to get depressed from all the violence and political jib a jibe. Now the expat outlets keep reporting just horrible things.
China beats covid? So it's like over for real?
Planning that HK trip, is Shenzhen worth the stop?
Still watching that Trafficked documentary, shows Ghana quite a bit. Gets me wondering if I even want to travel any more? Is it even safe? Is this what 'normal' people think about? But there's so many places I haven't been, will I ever go? Will it ever be safe to go?
Show notes up on stevensirski.com
Have a good one!
23 min
February 16, 2023 SSAB - February 15 2023
Oops... a nap turned into a sleep!
Workouts completed. Run at lunch, weights after.
Watching Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller. Just... WTF.
Learning more about how to use some audio clean up software. And watching old podcast videos.
Show notes up on stevensirski.com
Have a good one!
21 min
February 14, 2023 SSAB - February 14, 2023
Well Happy Valentine's Day! Red roses everywhere!
Has covid changed your future plans? Three years? One year?
SSP37 up and out!
Andrew Morehouse, Ilse van Rooyan and Claire Mieher joined me a few weeks ago to talk about their teaching and studies in the ancient languages, particularly Latin. Think Latin is dead? How about teaching it as a second language? Stay tuned after this episode for a snippet of Episode 37!
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Show notes up on stevensirski.com
Have a good one!
26 min
February 13, 2023 SSAB - February 13 2023
8 mile run... wanted to see if I could.
Get your flowers ready, but just get the right colour. Yellow and white are for death, so keep that in mind when shopping for your love. Or squeeze.
Sad to hear of the passing of another 'young' man, in his 60s. Most likely pancreatic cancer. Very difficult to detect. Sad.
Automation one step closer as I've finally got the program to pull text, now to get it to clean it up. I'll get there. I think I like the challenge more than anything.
Website updated, SSP37 all but done, newsletters sent.
Superbowl
NFC Philadelphia Eagles
AFC Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas wins, they are AFC, sooo... stonk market to go down? Third year of a presidential term and that probably has more weight to it.
Show notes up on stevensirski.com
Have a good start of week!
22 min
February 10, 2023 SSAB - February 10 2023
Robusta coffee on the move? Now you know they're cutting costs to improve margins!
Super Bowl what? The Super Bowl Indicator states that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) will end the year with a gain if the NFC team wins the Super Bowl, but will fall if the AFC team is the winner. Historically, the indicator has a success rate of 73% and more so, 82%, when the NFC team wins.
Has China dropped its vaccination requirement? Just a negative NAT now? WTF?!
Sketching out some ideas for March Motion
SSP37... my optimism beats my desire to have something listenable.
And how about that balloon? Really?
Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
Have a good weekend!
25 min