Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

My previous post highlighted some of the scholarly work of my colleague, mentor, and friend Dr Dean Cleavenger (1966 – 2022). Today, to give you some idea of Dean’s warm and inviting personality as well as his teaching style, I … Continue reading →

To honor the memory of my late colleague, mentor, and friend Dr Dean Cleavenger (pictured below), I want to share some of Dean’s scholarly work with my loyal followers. In addition to being a full-time lecturer (UCF), Fulbright scholar (Romania), … Continue reading →

I received some somber news today (10 January): “As we begin the spring semester, I am sad to write that we’ve learned our former colleague Dean Cleavenger passed away Dec. 10. Dean was on faculty with us for from 2007-21, teaching our … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
I discovered this haunting piece of instrumental music via the “Chill” station on SiriusXM (channel 53). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6_Sp-YFyn0

Singapore’s 1982 New Year was a little special, as it arrived earlier at 11:30pm on 31 December 1981. To meet the correct time, Singapore’s … Singapore Trivia – Time Adjustment for Singapore in 1982

Via peterme.com: “Out of Sight was placed on YouTube in 2010, but I only just discovered it in the past month, when The Algorithm served it up and I clicked out of idle curiosity. A gentle Miyazaki-esque animation with a … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
Today (6 January) is Epiphany, or “Three Kings’ Day”; pictured below is a poster commemorating Three Kings Day, a poster originally made in 1982 by Nuyorican artist Manny Vega. More details about the significance of…

ChatGPT doesn’t know what freedom is. That, or Microsoft’s new bot has become a mouthpiece of the Cuban Communist Party! I recently asked the AI engine, When will Cuba be free? And this misleading and erroneous four-sentence reply is what … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
I asked the new AI engine ChatGPT: “Hey, where did you get your priors?” And she (it?) replied: “I was trained by OpenAI on a dataset of billions of words taken from the Internet. As…