I'm Alex Kearney, a PhD student studying Computer Science at the University of Alberta. I focus on Artificial Intelligence and Epistemology.
I talk a lot about travel, dev, yeg, indieweb, grad-school, japan 2019, japan, music, tech, and folk
I'm Alex Kearney, a PhD student studying Computer Science at the University of Alberta. I focus on Artificial Intelligence and Epistemology.
I talk a lot about travel, dev, yeg, indieweb, grad-school, japan 2019, japan, music, tech, and folk
Enamel pins are just brooches for youths.
This is a really tiny bare-bones explanation of predictive knowledge I wrote a while ago to share with someone. WIP.
In montreal for RLDM 2019
Edmonton International Airport → Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
It’s not inspiring when you’re stuck in an elevator and your compatriots ask if it’s your first time.
It is noon, and the smoke blanketing Edmonton is so thick that it feels like sunset. #yeg
Back home.
Kansai International Airport → Vancouver International Airport → Edmonton International Airport
Getting ready to come home.
Kyōto Station → Shinagawa Station → Narita, Chiba
I’m starting my day in a Japanese Cafe and a lot of the radio ads sound like the intro to a future-funk track.
I’m mesmerized.
Yesterday I visited Nara and hiked to the top of Mount Wakakusa. The friends I met at the top weren’t just hanging out at the peak: deer are all throughout the city, mingling with people; however, this congregation was a bit more wary of me than the city-dwellers. After sitting and resting a bit they warmed up to me and continues grazing as I watched the sunset over Todai-ji. In Nara, deer are sacred natural monuments believed to be messengers of the gods by one of the local temples.
Kyōto Station → Tōdai-ji → Mount Wakakusa
Yesterday I made it to the top of mount Hieie: the second highest mountain in the Kyoto prefecture (according to the family I met at the top). At the top of the mountain I took a break to enjoy some tea and met three groups of people who made it to the top.
The first was a Canadian from Toronto who was traveling.
The second was a trail-runner. He started digging around behind one of the trees and retrieved a mysterious granite pyramid which he placed in front of the tree. He said it was famous. I’m still confused by this.
The third was a Japanese family who hiked the mountain. The father started telling me how young Japanese people don’t like hiking and that Japanese people don’t hike anymore. He told me about all the mountains in the area, the number of mountains in japan, and the heights of their peaks.
I left the mountain informed.
Kyōto Station → Ōtsu → Mount Hiei
