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Jason Ellis

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a space for sharing ideas, reflections, and the occasional strong opinion. If you're here, you're probably curious about something I've built, said, or am working on. Either way, I'm glad you found your way here.

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What are AI Notes?

Some posts on this site carry AI Notes — short, sourced annotations that add factual context to specific claims in the article.

How to use them

Open a post and look for this button near the top of the article:

Toggle it on and phrases throughout the article light up. Each one gets a numbered note underneath its paragraph with the relevant fact, a verdict, and a link to where it came from. Not every post has them.

Keeping Jason honest. The notes aren't a victory lap. They confirm a claim when it holds up, supply the date or number the article skipped, and say plainly when something needs more context than it got. A note that disagrees with the post stays in.

They are generated entirely by AI — not written, curated, fact-checked, or endorsed by me, and they don't necessarily reflect my views. The article stands exactly as written. Treat them as an automated starting point, not gospel: every note links to a source so you can check it yourself. Spot an error? The comments are open.
I'm a software guy...
April 16, 2008

I'm a software guy...

I have discovered as I have gotten older, and more experienced in the ways of computing that I just don't care what operating system I...

Video games make me do bad things!
February 25, 2008

Video games make me do bad things!

So yet another campus shooting is in the headlines. And yet again people are yelling that video games are the problem! What a complete crock...

PC Gaming is Dead!
February 11, 2008

PC Gaming is Dead!

As many of you know I play a lot of games. Specifically PC games. You name it and there is a good chance I have...

Subluxation: A Chiropractic crock of shit!
January 25, 2008

Subluxation: A Chiropractic crock of shit!

Subluxation is a real medical term, it is an incomplete or partial dislocation of a joint or an organ. As such if you have a...

A bots route to localhost
January 24, 2008

A bots route to localhost

Recently my server came under what I can only describe as an attack. Clearly some poorly written bot was trying to slurp emails or some...

iPhone, it's not all hype
January 22, 2008

iPhone, it's not all hype

As some of my close friends know, I have been shopping for a new cellphone for a while now. And those same folks will tell...

Ubuntu, Wine and World of Warcraft
January 20, 2008

Ubuntu, Wine and World of Warcraft

I am far from a linux "fanboi", in fact until recently I didn't really use linux all that much at all.. All of my games...

My kitty Babie
January 18, 2008

My kitty Babie

Yesterday was a hard day. Even now I get a lump in my throat thinking about it. Yesterday my long time pet, companion and friend...

Wow, I hate you!
January 11, 2008

Wow, I hate you!

Warcraft, I hate you! Okay I don't actually.. In fact, I think the game play is pretty good. The social aspect is pretty good, the...

Eve being bad and tools
January 7, 2008

Eve being bad and tools

So as some of you know I have been playing the hell out of Eve.. I am really enjoying the game and things are going...

Games should be fun
November 5, 2007

Games should be fun

I fear that so many new games that are being created by small developers, like Infinity Earth, are so against creating what they call a...

Space Submarine!
October 30, 2007

Space Submarine!

I have been playing the hell out of Silent Hunter 3 recently.  I have always enjoyed good submarine games, which can be tough to do...

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