{"id":7388,"date":"2023-07-05T10:53:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T15:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=7388"},"modified":"2023-07-11T19:31:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:31:18","slug":"life-blogging-and-the-busy-beaver-function-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=7388","title":{"rendered":"Life, blogging, and the Busy Beaver function go on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Update (July 11):<\/mark><\/strong> If you\u2019re interested in blogging about progress in science and technology, check out a new fellowship<\/a> from The Roots of Progress<\/a> (h\/t Jason Crawford).

Update (July 10):<\/mark><\/strong> Speaking of the Busy Beaver function, check out this beautifully-produced YouTube video about BB<\/a> by Duane Rich—a video that Duane says was directly inspired by my survey article<\/a>! Duane tells me that a Part II is coming as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update (July 7):<\/mark><\/strong> My UT colleague David Zuckerman asked me to advertise that the FOCS Test of Time Award is urgently seeking nominations<\/a>. This is your chance to get your favorite papers from 1993, 2003, or 2013 recognized!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is my first post in well over a month. The obvious excuse is that I’ve been on a monthlong family world tour, which took me first to the Bay Area, then NYC, then Israel, then Orlando for STOC<\/a>\/FCRC<\/a> as well as Disney World, now the Jersey Shore, and later today, back to the Bay Area, joining Dana there, and leaving the kids with my parents for a few weeks. I’ll return to Austin in mid-August, by which point, the “heat dome” will hopefully have dissipated, leaving temperatures a mere 100F or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m trying to get back into production mode. Part of that is contemplating the future of this blog, about which I’ll say more in a future post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, just to wet my toes, here are three updates about the Busy Beaver function:<\/p>\n\n\n\n