Laura got back around midday today. I took the local bus over to the bus terminal to meet her. She came back with an extra bag. The bag was full of random stuff that we wanted to bring back from the US. Mostly boring stuff that we can't find here. A specific kind of dental floss. Some beach towels from our house. Some deodorant. We took the bus back to our house. That saved a lot of walking with suitcases. The buses are pretty cheap (I think I spent a total of about $1.50 on bus fare) but they don't really have a schedule, they just sort of come when they come. Sometimes you see none for 15 mins. Other times 3 will show up at the same time. Today it was fine, but the unreliability can be a bit annoying.
Luckily, Laura didn't have any meetings the rest of the day, so she was able to take a nap. I had a meeting with an advisee and another with a few colleagues that teach data science at Whitman to discuss how to handle AI in that class. That discussion was really thoughtful and I think we all came away with some good things to think about. I think most of us will continue to allow the use of AI in that class and try to focus more on formulating good questions around data, implementing solutions, and verifying results. None of this is really settled. The AI landscape changes so quickly that adapting courses is a constant challenge. Interesting times.
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I mostly cleaned out the food in the house while Laura was gone, so we did a bit of grocery shopping today. But, we have more to do over the weekend. For dinner we went to Ali Baba Shawarma near us that we both like.
Not only is it tasty, but it's on the way home from the grocery store. A win-win.
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Here's the sunset this evening
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