“The final blow to the Enlightenment will come when we build into our machines the power to learn, adapt, create, and evolve." - The Long Now Foundation 2019, quoted in this piece from @harold.

Related: I need to learn more about entanglement. I see it come up in relation to learning, but also in broader contexts. I don’t know enough how or if the people writing and thinking about things are using the word to mean the same thing, or related ideas. #AlwaysLearning https://mastodon.social/@harold/115675215254613440

Earlier yesterday I had made light of a situation where someone wasn’t in the best mood.

I’m not going to do that today. I’ve learned my lesson.

I’ll wait until tomorrow.

#AlwaysLearning #GrowthMindset #Grateful #CatsOfInstagram

Upskilling for emerging tech isn’t a future problem. It’s your job today. #Upskilling #EmergingTech #CIOLeadership #LearningCulture #TechReadiness #FutureOfWork #DigitalTransformation #SkillsAreStrategy #AlwaysLearning #TechLeadership
https://medium.com/@sanjay.mohindroo66/upskilling-for-emerging-tech-a-leaders-playbook-d145c4a54293

🐕‍🦮 Adventure Time with Ona Update!

First off - my girl CRUSHED her button-finding mission yesterday! Complete with celebratory puppy party at each success. 🎉

We also tackled a mile-long walk to Shooter's, which brings me to some friendly PSAs for our awesome community:

🤝 Walking Together: Think of a guide dog team like someone riding a bicycle - grabbing their shoulder/arm while they're moving is like grabbing a bike's handlebars. Even with the best intentions, it can throw off our balance and make navigation tricky!

🚗 Traffic Tips: For our wonderful drivers wondering why we sometimes wait at crosswalks even when the walk sign is on - here's the scoop! Since we can't see traffic signals, we rely on traffic patterns to know when it's safe to cross. We wait for cars to move through the intersection so we know which way they're turning and that it's safe to cross.

(Pro tip: If you're genuinely curious about how guide dog teams work, there are tons of amazing videos and explanations from handlers on YouTube and social media! We love sharing our knowledge - just maybe not mid-crossing! 😉)

📊 Restaurant Report Card:
Today's training stats from Shooter's:
- Touch command holding strong at 90% (high five, girl! ✋)
- Under command PERFECT at 100% (someone knows where their safe space is! 🌟)
- Stay coming in strong at 75% (pretty good focus there!)
- Sit success rate dipped to 25% (we're working on it!)
- Down... well... let's just say 10% is a starting point 😅

But hey, this is why we track progress! Every challenge is just another training opportunity. Plus, it helps us identify what's working (Under and Touch for the win!) and what needs more practice. Sometimes your service dog just decides to be a teenager and forget everything they know... except the commands that might earn them treats! 🤣

🔍 Detective Work Update: Just noticed something interesting - Miss Ona's obedience is spot-on when I'm standing or sitting with feet on the floor, but throw in a high-top chair or booth seat and suddenly she's like 'Commands? What commands?' 🤔 Looks like we found our next training focus! #AlwaysLearning

Proud of my girl for handling everything like a champ! #GuideDogLife #OnaTheExplorer #BlindnessAwareness #ServiceDogTraining #WorkInProgress #TheMoreYouKnow

Oh my life...
Was invited to the Callebault Chocolate and Pastry Demonstration at Conestoga College. It's more for kitchen professionals, but learned so much! And tasted so much, too. Afterwards, the culinary students put on a tasty reception buffet.

Deets in alt text.

#AlwaysLearning #Food #Chocolate #Mastonom

Upskilling for emerging tech isn’t a future problem. It’s your job today. #Upskilling #EmergingTech #CIOLeadership #LearningCulture #TechReadiness #FutureOfWork #DigitalTransformation #SkillsAreStrategy #AlwaysLearning #TechLeadership
https://medium.com/@sanjay.mohindroo66/upskilling-for-emerging-tech-a-leaders-playbook-d145c4a54293

We've discovered that expertise brings awareness of how much more there is to learn. Each project reveals new techniques, materials, or approaches. The journey expands rather than concludes.
Tag someone who's still learning after decades of building. Growth mindset keeps us sharp.
What's the most recent technique you've learned? Experienced builders remain students.

#endlessjourney #alwayslearning #bobberculture #growthminset

🎥 👉 @marvschwering48

Well, I think my first attempt at a portrait in 15 years is finished. I'm still not 100% happy with it, but then I never am #dune #graphiteart #alwayslearning

Tests are passing?! I can go to bed. Yay.

Mini Rack Root update: I've been working on search functionality, because I don't have enough in the backlog already for Rack Root, and I've discovered just how little I know about database searches. After MANY iterations back and forth on all the ways not to do it, I've finally found a working piece of code.

I even used ChatGPT, which I almost never do and it was mostly helpful. Sometimes a search engine won't quite get you there and that's how ChatGPT helped. Here's an example with code, help me fix it.

I've also had oh-so-much fun with database schemas being case sensitive (camel case is out, snake case is in), triggers going...somewhere unknown, calling make_searchable() in the right places, and making sure my test environment was _really_ doing what it should have when I dropped the tables to recreate everything. Testing is close to, but not the same as, day to day use when an app is running, of course.

That's a really good stopping point for tonight and I will take it. 55 tests, all green.

#homelab #programming #rackroot #opensource #sqlalchemy #python #postgresql #alwayslearning