{"id":66395,"date":"2019-05-30T23:58:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T03:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2019\/05\/30\/thursday-night-old-friends-plus-public-hearing\/"},"modified":"2019-05-31T06:19:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T10:19:41","slug":"thursday-night-old-friends-plus-public-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2019\/05\/30\/thursday-night-old-friends-plus-public-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday night &#8211; Old friends plus public hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was very busy\u2026 It&#8217;s actually the only day I&#8217;ll be home in almost 3 weeks of travel<\/p>\n<p>I made the most of it to reacquaint myself with my family<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66386\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1224.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1224.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1224.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1224.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1224.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1224.jpg 267w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1224.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1224.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66387\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1225.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1225.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1225.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1225.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1225.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1225.jpg 267w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1225.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1225.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>.\u2026 tThat sounds worse than it is because most of it is just fun travel<\/p>\n<p>The high point of today was meeting up with my old boss Raja And a bunch of other friends from work\u2026 Together we had about 20 years<\/p>\n<p>Of catching up to do\u2026 Mitch had brought a bunch of old pictures and org charts\u2026 Which allowed us to walk through all the people we&#8217;ve worked with\u2026 Some weird lost track of\u2026 Some had died\u2026 Most had going on to live going of lives, There&#8217;s nothing like meeting with old friends to remind you both how precious, fun, interesting and short our mortal life star\u2026 All good! There&#8217;s nothing like meeting with old friends to remind you both how precious, fun, interesting and short our mortal lives are\u2026 All good!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66390\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1229.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1229.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1229.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1229.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1229.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1229.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1229.jpg 267w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1229.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1229.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66391\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1234.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1234.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1234.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1234.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1234.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1234.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1234.jpg 267w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1234.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1234.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66396\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/btveda.jpg\" width=\"4030\" height=\"1462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/btveda.jpg 4030w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/btveda.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/btveda.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/btveda.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/btveda.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/btveda.jpg 551w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/btveda.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/btveda.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/btvedanames.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Tonight we held a public hearing for the Vermont state AI task force. I was so happy that we had such an engaged and passionate crowd there.\u2026 We spent more than three hours listening to the public brainstorming on solution\u2026 And generally trying to figure out how we can push our brave little state forward as artificial intelligence becomes more common place<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66393\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1237.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1237.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1237.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1237.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1237.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1237.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1237.jpg 267w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1237.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1237.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66394\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1240.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1240.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1240.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1240.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1240.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1240.jpg 267w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1240.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1240.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66392\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1241.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1241.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1241.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1241.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1241.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1241.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1241.jpg 267w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1241.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_1241.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OK\u2026 Time for me to get some sleep. I&#8217;m still jetlagged. More tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>Nite all, night sam<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n<p>My deep thanks to my friends at generator for allowing us to meet there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was very busy\u2026 It&#8217;s actually the only day I&#8217;ll be home in almost 3 weeks of travel I made the most of it to reacquaint myself with my family .\u2026 tThat sounds worse than it is because most of it is just fun travel The high point of today was meeting up with my &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2019\/05\/30\/thursday-night-old-friends-plus-public-hearing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday night &#8211; Old friends plus public hearing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66399,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66395\/revisions\/66399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}