Satoru’s Greedy Algorithm

When the game is your life

Artificial intelligence always changes how we think about human intelligence

Mar 31

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February 2026

Life with a hot plate

or, what do okonomiyaki, pancakes, and tortillas have in common?

Feb 24

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January 2026

Poetry

and how it keeps finding me

Jan 27

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Black Friday at Thalia Hall

music, food, and immigrant histories in Pilsen

Jan 1

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November 2025

A Chicagoan in New York

Scratching many surfaces of a great city

Nov 19, 2025

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Chicago under siege

by the federal government

Nov 4, 2025

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September 2025

On Claude and adobo

How AI helped me cook Mexican food

Sep 23, 2025

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Cooking at the end of summer

Maxwells Trading and confit tomatoes

Sep 9, 2025

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August 2025

More tips on having good food in Japan

I stand by my konbini and depachika post, but there's obviously more

Aug 16, 2025

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July 2025

For the love of Myaku-Myaku

Part 2 of 2 on expos, on Expo 2025 in Osaka

Jul 20, 2025

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1970 Osaka Expo popularized conveyer belt sushi

Part 1 of 2 on expos

Jul 4, 2025

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May 2025

Charlotte sans car

I stayed there for 2 nights, and it was good

May 26, 2025

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