Author: yonghokim

My Pixel 3 phone has this feature where it can filter through potential scam/robo/ad calls by going through an interactive script with the call using voice synthetizer, and the phone holder can monitor the conversation live (if they want) via text through voice transcription. Google calls this “AI Call Screening” I got one such call…

The southern Indian Ocean is huge. When I learned that there was a small set of islands smack right in the middle of it called the Kerguelen Islands, with the apt alternate name of Desolation Islands, I was strangely hooked. I kept thinking of how cold and helpless the place was, and how lost it…

What, we mispelled our former Executive Director’s name? Oh lol. Carry on then. I looks like your automated spam script failed to account for diversity within the English speaking world. Systemic mistakes like these can ruin your spam product’s non-existing credibility.  

one disadvantage to watching stuff with captions is that they spoil the song that starts playing real low volume a full 10 seconds before you can identify the main melodic line

I recently noticed and was bewildered that the coloring and notation of Western Avenue in LA changed to that of a highway, with the yellow color and the numbering “258” – looked it up and it turns out to be something known as an “unconstructed state highway” – “their routings have been defined by state…

this is the first time i hear of Prager U but it seems they make among the most easily rebutted right wing arguments on the internet – after youtube comments. not sure if they are a menace for giving the right wing something to link, or a blessing for giving too many people the worst…

Post-friday ca39 schedule is all over the place: -OC: every day but today is at 5pm -LA: Tuesday but seems it could be any time between 4pm and 7pm? -SB: Wednesday 4pm

Someone saying they never saw or expected the email from me on Wednesday (I usually have been sending it over KakaoTalk, but felt that this time it didn’t merit the level of “urgency” in an instant message), gave me a glimpse of what is going on with all these people communicating over Instagram or Facebook…

For people awaiting final #CA39 results it’s going to be an interesting next few days. I don’t know if they’ve been doing this every year, but this year the OC Registrar will be posting updates on late ballots every day. Los Angeles and San Bernardino haven’t posted an update since Tuesday eve. Are they going…

I was looking at numbers for #CA39 in the Orange County Registrar, assuming that it would have the quickest turnaround. Then I found a Twitter account that was showing numbers consistently lower than the OC Registrar, and it hit me: each county registrar reports only on their own county’s results. So CA39 shows up in…

I think Trump said “if Dems win the house, there will be a wave of crimes, alien invasions, and violence.. lots of violence. And it’s gonna be your fault, not mine.”. Tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018

Holy shit those Prop 10 numbers https://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/ballot-measures

This newspaper is funny: Friday ad, strongly attacking Trump -> inserts small disclaimer “may not reflect opinions of our newspaper” Wednesday ad, more uplifting tone, not as aggressive -> no disclaimer Friday ad, strongly attacking -> inserts small disclaimer