Benjamin Han

Husband, father, runner, German learner, piano player. A curious soul living in #PacificNorthwest. Working on data, knowledge, and #AI at .

#Running 5/25/18-5/3/25:
(dist # time pace/mi date)

5K 752 21:23 6’53” 3/22/25
10K 214 44:16 7’07” 3/23/25
15K 15 1:09:25 7’27” 4/6/25
HM 53 1:39:07 7’34” 3/16/25
M 23 3:25:52 7’51” 4/13/25
50K 6 4:52:25 9’25” 12/22/24

2025: 982.2/2,400mi (2024: 2,375.4mi)
Max dist: 34.5 mi

#nlp #nlproc #knowledgeGraphs #classicalMusic

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2025-05-04

The morning run - pausing for a breather. 8k, tracks at the beginning of what looks as though it might be a great day.

#Running #BorderCollie #DogsOfMastodon #ScottishBorders

A collie pauses for breath lying In the long grass by the side of the trail
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2025-05-04

I’m not sure it has sunk in yet how effective LLMs are at persuasion: there are now multiple empirical studies demonstrating significant, durable belief change effects

science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sc

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2025-05-04
Good morning #running
Swilcan bridge at sunrise
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Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to
2025-05-03
If you can't look back at your younger self and realize that you were an idiot, you are probably still an idiot.
2025-05-03
2025-05-03

@NigelNotNeil S*** happens.

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Spring Jo :neobun: :v_enby: 🍃ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt
2025-05-03

:neobot_nom_blob: :neobot_woozy:

A github issue automatically opened by a bot, saying that there should be a new release

2 months later, the issue is marked as stale, by the same bot
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Stomp, stomp, riding the green tunnels into the weekend and starting a new month. Things are about to get wild. This is gonna be the last month living in the Netherlands. When june comes we will be already living in Finland.🤯

#trailrunning
#running
2025-05-02

I guess I wouldn’t be revolted too much at the thought of cyborg cicadas broadcasting emergency messages. But a swarm of steered flying cockroaches? 😱

#Cyborg #cicadas play Pachelbel’s Canon - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/science/2025/0

#science #robotics

2025-05-02

@s1m0n4 We had 23C when I ran my progressive 7mi yesterday afternoon. I was dripping in sweat at the end! Summer crept up on us already!

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2025-05-02
On a clear night…
#photography #astrophotography #milkyway #astronomy #fujifilm
Fujifilm X-S20 | XF 18mm f/1.4 | SS 20s | ISO 640
2025-05-02

@s1m0n4 30C!!!

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2025-05-02

Good morning peeps:)
New month - let's go
🌡️19°c @ 0524hrs
🎧 Duran Duran - Greatest / Depeche Mode - Delta Machine

Slow, easy, long, with some steep rocky trails
I hoped to be a bit quicker after my midweek rest, but the temp caught me out, plus I forgot sweat-brow wiper, so stinging eyes plagued me.

Saw a friend I haven't seen for a long while, so, stopped to natter, which was really nice, kinda ruined the flow, but it doesn't matter, this run had a chill vibe anyway.
#BarefootRunning #Running

Image looking down across the rocky shore line of Riviera Bay, and Golden Bay and across the rocky cliff marked shoreline. The sky is navy blue and calm, while the horizon is pale blue, and pin at the boundary. Data imprinted on the image is from the Amazfit GTR4 running watch. Distance 18.03km Elevation Gain 427m and a graph that shows the elevation gained and lost throughout the course of the run.Looking East to Xemxija across the agricultural valley the sun is well risen and appears as a bright white orb in the right of the picture. The far distance is lost in a haze, but the foreground is a mix of dry bro n grass, green scrub and shrubs, where the hills form the horizon the sky appears pinkish as the remnants of the sunrise dissipate in the morning mostLooking from the top of the Ghajn Tuffieha trail down into the horseshoe of the sandy beach of Riviera Bay, the left side of the bay is protected by a rocky outcrop, and just beyond it another horseshoe-like bay is visible beyond the natural protection. The immediate foreground is bright green scrubland which contrasts against the calm deep blue of the sea, and light pink, pale blue if the horizonRocky West coast of Malta at Ghajn Tuffieha (Riviera Bay), standing up on the hill looking down towards, the three Radisson owned hotels, that sit in on the outer limits of Majjistral nature park that rises into the distance. The island of Gozo is just visible through the haze or a pale blue horizon, that contrasts with the deeper blue of the Mediterranean sea.
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2025-05-02

No running, walking or biking this morning: during my walk yesterday evening my left knee hurt near the end. Previously it had only hurt while running. So I decided to take a *real* rest day this morning.

Did some yoga on the beach though.

As a bonus, some animal-loaded images of my walk yesterday.

#yoga #running #walking #hiking

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2025-05-02
Good morning #running
sea at sunrise
2025-05-01

@lehtimaeki That’s a major success in my book!

2025-05-01

#Running April recap compared to March: 228.6 → 200.4mi (217.3 w/ walking), EG 4,768 → 4,242ft, & 28hr running.

This was only 0.4mi above my monthly 200mi goal, due to the tapering and recovery around #MillTown #Marathon race. But I did refresh two #PRs from that race: marathon 3:25:52 (Strava) and 15K 1:09:25! I also ran two marathons this month.

I'm at 963.4 of yearly goal 2,400mi, 174.4 ahead. The next full marathon race is due in June (raceconditionrunning.com/drumh). Onward!

#running

2025-05-01

11.5mi easy run to complete this month's goal of 200mi!

#running #Seattle

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2025-05-01

Abstract Wikipedia was selected as a finalist for the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition.

diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/30/

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