Manuel Pecina
@manuelpecina.org
My mantra: “Make some coffee & keep going.”
Just a Salty Sailor who received a BFA from UT at Arlington and an MFA from UT at Dallas. Has always nourished creative identity in Photography, Glass, Books, Lost Wax, Encaustic, and Short Films.
Just a Salty Sailor who received a BFA from UT at Arlington and an MFA from UT at Dallas. Has always nourished creative identity in Photography, Glass, Books, Lost Wax, Encaustic, and Short Films.
Counting Seasons
I find myself counting seasons after finding my age of reality. The real sense that I’ve lived and that there’s less time, not more. I now reflect on what I have done and where I'm going with what is left. Magical eperiences as I traverse this wilderness, are my realities.
I find myself counting seasons after finding my age of reality. The real sense that I’ve lived and that there’s less time, not more. I now reflect on what I have done and where I'm going with what is left. Magical eperiences as I traverse this wilderness, are my realities.
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Counting Seasons
I find myself counting seasons after finding my age of reality. The real sense that I’ve lived and that there’s less time, not more. I now reflect on what I have done and where I'm going with what is left. Magical eperiences as I traverse this wilderness, are my realities.
I find myself counting seasons after finding my age of reality. The real sense that I’ve lived and that there’s less time, not more. I now reflect on what I have done and where I'm going with what is left. Magical eperiences as I traverse this wilderness, are my realities.
What a sad joke, he ejected his ammo clip = ). Amateur!
ICE isn’t keeping us safe — it’s terrorizing families, jailing people without due process, and wasting billions that could go to schools, health care, or disaster relief. Cruel raids don’t make communities safer — they rip them apart.
September 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What a sad joke, he ejected his ammo clip = ). Amateur!
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This little fox tends to hang out with the Bison herd. He lets them stir up the mice for him, easier hunting.
September 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This little fox tends to hang out with the Bison herd. He lets them stir up the mice for him, easier hunting.
Looking back. How long have the Pecina’s been in Texas? I have traced my lineage to 1888 in Corsicana, Texas (53 years after the Alamo).
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) About one hundred Texians, wanting to defy Mexican law and maintain the institution of chattel slavery.
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) About one hundred Texians, wanting to defy Mexican law and maintain the institution of chattel slavery.
September 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Looking back. How long have the Pecina’s been in Texas? I have traced my lineage to 1888 in Corsicana, Texas (53 years after the Alamo).
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) About one hundred Texians, wanting to defy Mexican law and maintain the institution of chattel slavery.
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) About one hundred Texians, wanting to defy Mexican law and maintain the institution of chattel slavery.
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After 8-9 years of managing a fatal life threatening illness, I want to live my life as I did a decade ago. I'm living with a subconscious desire to walk at the edge of the cliff in high winds. I am grappling with a deep, subconscious pull towards risky behavior.
August 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
After 8-9 years of managing a fatal life threatening illness, I want to live my life as I did a decade ago. I'm living with a subconscious desire to walk at the edge of the cliff in high winds. I am grappling with a deep, subconscious pull towards risky behavior.
You wanted peace, but summoned Persephone in the Spring.
July 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
You wanted peace, but summoned Persephone in the Spring.
Underneath my outside face
There’s a face none can see
A little less smiley
A Little less sure
But a whole lot more like me.
There’s a face none can see
A little less smiley
A Little less sure
But a whole lot more like me.
July 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Underneath my outside face
There’s a face none can see
A little less smiley
A Little less sure
But a whole lot more like me.
There’s a face none can see
A little less smiley
A Little less sure
But a whole lot more like me.
AI is a technological marvel, but the origins of AI date back to a workshop concept presented at Dartmouth College in 1956.
June 2025, while cleaning. In an attempt to downsize, I ran into an old AI academic textbook, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 2nd US edition.
aima.cs.berkeley.edu
June 2025, while cleaning. In an attempt to downsize, I ran into an old AI academic textbook, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 2nd US edition.
aima.cs.berkeley.edu
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 4th US ed.
Table of Contents for the US Edition (or see the Global Edition) Preface (pdf); Contents with subsections I Artificial Intelligence 1 Introduction ... 1 2 Intelligent Agents ... 36 II Problem-solving 3 Solving Problems by Searching ... 63 4 Search in Complex Environments ... 110 5 Adversarial Search and Games ... 146 6 Constraint Satisfaction Problems ... 180 III Knowledge, reasoning, and planning 7 Logical Agents ... 208 8 First-Order Logic ... 251 9 Inference in First-Order Logic ... 280 10 Knowledge Representation ... 314 11 Automated Planning ... 344 IV Uncertain knowledge and reasoning 12 Quantifying Uncertainty ... 385 13 Probabilistic Reasoning ... 412 14 Probabilistic Reasoning over Time ... 461 15 Probabilistic Programming ... 500 16 Making Simple Decisions ... 528 17 Making Complex Decisions ... 562 18 Multiagent Decision Making ... 599 V Machine Learning 19 Learning from Examples ... 651 20 Learning Probabilistic Models ... 721 21 Deep Learning ... 750 22 Reinforcement Learning ... 789 VI Communicating, perceiving, and acting 23 Natural Language Processing ... 823 24 Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing ... 856 25 Computer Vision ... 881 26 Robotics ... 925 VII Conclusions 27 Philosophy, Ethics, and Safety of AI ... 981 28 The Future of AI ... 1012 Appendix A: Mathematical Background ... 1023 Appendix B: Notes on Languages and Algorithms ... 1030 Bibliography ... 1033 (pdf and LaTeX .bib file and bib data) Index ... 1069 (pdf) Exercises (website) Figures (pdf) Code (website); Pseudocode (pdf) Covers: US, Global
aima.cs.berkeley.edu
June 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
AI is a technological marvel, but the origins of AI date back to a workshop concept presented at Dartmouth College in 1956.
June 2025, while cleaning. In an attempt to downsize, I ran into an old AI academic textbook, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 2nd US edition.
aima.cs.berkeley.edu
June 2025, while cleaning. In an attempt to downsize, I ran into an old AI academic textbook, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 2nd US edition.
aima.cs.berkeley.edu
After 9 years in survival mode, I am happy to feel my life is coming together.
April 25 through 29, 2025, I tested my recent pulmonary system at 7200 feet at Taos Pueblo.
Sunday, June 8, 2025.
9.7 miles in 1 hour 7 minutes. The humidity was excruciating, but I managed to do it!
April 25 through 29, 2025, I tested my recent pulmonary system at 7200 feet at Taos Pueblo.
Sunday, June 8, 2025.
9.7 miles in 1 hour 7 minutes. The humidity was excruciating, but I managed to do it!
June 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
After 9 years in survival mode, I am happy to feel my life is coming together.
April 25 through 29, 2025, I tested my recent pulmonary system at 7200 feet at Taos Pueblo.
Sunday, June 8, 2025.
9.7 miles in 1 hour 7 minutes. The humidity was excruciating, but I managed to do it!
April 25 through 29, 2025, I tested my recent pulmonary system at 7200 feet at Taos Pueblo.
Sunday, June 8, 2025.
9.7 miles in 1 hour 7 minutes. The humidity was excruciating, but I managed to do it!
The world will ask who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you. Carl Jung
The world that constantly bombards us with expectations, opinions, and societal norms can make it challenging to stay true to ourselves.
We owe it to ourselves to live a life that’s ours.
The world that constantly bombards us with expectations, opinions, and societal norms can make it challenging to stay true to ourselves.
We owe it to ourselves to live a life that’s ours.
June 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The world will ask who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you. Carl Jung
The world that constantly bombards us with expectations, opinions, and societal norms can make it challenging to stay true to ourselves.
We owe it to ourselves to live a life that’s ours.
The world that constantly bombards us with expectations, opinions, and societal norms can make it challenging to stay true to ourselves.
We owe it to ourselves to live a life that’s ours.
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Who did this? 😂
May 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who did this? 😂
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Many of us are starving for a deeper and more real connection, I know that I am.
Psalm Isadora explains why having healthier beliefs about sex can help us connect more intimately with both ourselves and the people around us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w61Y...
Psalm Isadora explains why having healthier beliefs about sex can help us connect more intimately with both ourselves and the people around us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w61Y...
Breaking Past The Taboos Of Sex And Intimacy | Psalm Isadora
YouTube video by Mindvalley
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May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Many of us are starving for a deeper and more real connection, I know that I am.
Psalm Isadora explains why having healthier beliefs about sex can help us connect more intimately with both ourselves and the people around us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w61Y...
Psalm Isadora explains why having healthier beliefs about sex can help us connect more intimately with both ourselves and the people around us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w61Y...
My mind is going somewhere, but I don't know where. I’ve had a night’s sleep, and I have a plan. It was when I decided I couldn’t stop thinking.
May 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
My mind is going somewhere, but I don't know where. I’ve had a night’s sleep, and I have a plan. It was when I decided I couldn’t stop thinking.
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position.
You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.
You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.
February 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position.
You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.
You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Love & Death
"Find what you love and let it kill you.". Bukowski
A philosophy of passion and living life to the fullest, even if it means facing hardship. Is it impossible at my age?
I am moving toward my ultimate goal: a long-term relationship in which we can learn from each other.
"Find what you love and let it kill you.". Bukowski
A philosophy of passion and living life to the fullest, even if it means facing hardship. Is it impossible at my age?
I am moving toward my ultimate goal: a long-term relationship in which we can learn from each other.
February 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Love & Death
"Find what you love and let it kill you.". Bukowski
A philosophy of passion and living life to the fullest, even if it means facing hardship. Is it impossible at my age?
I am moving toward my ultimate goal: a long-term relationship in which we can learn from each other.
"Find what you love and let it kill you.". Bukowski
A philosophy of passion and living life to the fullest, even if it means facing hardship. Is it impossible at my age?
I am moving toward my ultimate goal: a long-term relationship in which we can learn from each other.
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February 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
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This is true. @bsky.app is the app of the people.
We may not all agree. We may not even all like each other. But we can engage and disagree and agree with our hate
That makes the platform the future of social media
We may not all agree. We may not even all like each other. But we can engage and disagree and agree with our hate
That makes the platform the future of social media
February 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is true. @bsky.app is the app of the people.
We may not all agree. We may not even all like each other. But we can engage and disagree and agree with our hate
That makes the platform the future of social media
We may not all agree. We may not even all like each other. But we can engage and disagree and agree with our hate
That makes the platform the future of social media
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Last night I attended the Save Our Services rally in New York City. Listen to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) fighting for people & federal workers:
“Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.”
@aoc.bsky.social
“Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.”
@aoc.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Last night I attended the Save Our Services rally in New York City. Listen to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) fighting for people & federal workers:
“Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.”
@aoc.bsky.social
“Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.”
@aoc.bsky.social