Will wrote to say that my old N-Z-X-T machine was free for me to use again. Around here it has two names, jas-nzxt in the network and Jastow in conversation. A returned computer always presents the same temptation: wipe it, update it, and invent a new purpose. But this one was not empty. It had already spent the past few weeks becoming something quite specific for Aesthetic Computer. So before deciding what it should be next, I wanted to ask a better question: what has this machine already learned how to do?

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