Tales from the jar side: Glasgow conference, Jev = $$?, Book is done, and the usual Social Media posts

I was going to make a joke about the Super Intelligence Force, but realized that’s the gag all by itself. (rimshot)

Oct 11 • Ken Kousen

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Tales from the jar side: The bitter lesson, A chess tournament, Community over Code, New AI stuff, and the usual Social Media posts

At the store they asked, “paper or plastic.” I said I didn’t care. They insisted I pick, because baggers can’t be choosers. (rimshot)

Oct 5 • Ken Kousen

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September 2026

Tales from the jar side: New video about Claude Code with any model, Some stats about my job, and the usual Social Media gags

Most puns make me numb, but math puns make me number. (rimshot)

Sep 27 • Ken Kousen

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Tales from the jar side: My Claude Code book, Stranger New Worlds, Jev and other AI stuff, and the usual Social Media silliness

Satan: I don’t get it, but thanks for naming these eggs after me. (rimshot)

Sep 20 • Ken Kousen

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Tales from the jar side: Star Trek week, OpenAI and the Millennium prize, AI Slop license, and the usual social media silliness

I told my suitcase no vacation this year. Now I’m dealing with emotional baggage. (rimshot)

Sep 13 • Ken Kousen

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Tales from the jar side: NVIDIA buys Hugging Face, Coding agent status lights, AI for academic success, Space Madness, and the usual Social…

Me to GPT-6 Astra: Why did the AI cross the road? Reply: To get to the other prompt, and you’ve now used up your weekly limit. (rimshot)

Sep 6 • Ken Kousen

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August 2026

Tales from the jar side: Imagination Library and Dolly, Run Claude Code with any model, Vote for Marlborough, and the usual social media…

Before was was was, was was is. (rimshot, with apologies to all non-native English speakers)

Aug 30 • Ken Kousen

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Tales from the jar side: A Transporter Accident Scale, My Star Trek parody, Agentic commerce, and the usual social media nonsense

They say AGI will be as smart as people, but which people? It kind of matters. (rimshot)

Aug 24 • Ken Kousen

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Tales from the jar side: Cruise pics, Anthropic watermarks, Westbrook retires, and the usual Social media silliness

Me: The doctor referred me to an archeologist? I'm not that old! My wife (rolling her eyes): He said audiologist. You need hearing aids. (rimshot)

Aug 17 • Ken Kousen

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Tales from the jar side: Color cover, Vacation pics, AI break out, and the usual Social media silliness

My wife to her friend: "Sometimes I wake up grumpy. Other times I let him sleep in." (rimshot)

Aug 9 • Ken Kousen

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Tales from the jar side: Bonjour from France, Practical AI Literacy, Agentic Commerce, and the usual Social Media silliness

I accidentally hit my head on a snare drum and now I think I’ve got a percussion. (rimshot, literally this time)

Aug 2 • Ken Kousen

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July 2026

Tales from the jar side: Marco Polo sheep, Cheating on exams, the Bozometer, scrcpy FTW, and the usual Social Media posts

Why was Pavlov's hair so soft? He conditioned it. (rimshot)

Jul 26 • Ken Kousen

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