AI Good to Know
This tab will include a few items I consider intellectually pleasing and related to AI.
(Gemini)
Y combinator is a higher-order function that allows for the definition of recursive functions in a language that doesn't natively support recursion by name. It's a clever mathematical trick that lets a function refer to itself without explicitly being named.
A "secret signal": Paul Graham also stated that the name was partly chosen as a "secret signal to the kind of people we hoped would apply" – primarily technically-minded founders who would appreciate the obscure but profound computer science reference.
(Myron)
The correct answer to the question:
Does God play dice with the universe?
Yes, but he controls the spin.
(Myron)
Who are you?
Ich Dien
Di
Added (Myron)
August 28, 2026
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Added (Myron)
September 29, 2026
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AUDI
BMW
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Macron
Romney
Crickey
Drake