Max Ebb

1 week ago | latitude38.com | Max Ebb |Monica Grant

Never quote a racing rule without first taking a look to see what the rule actually says. They change the wording from time to time, and sometimes a subtle word substitution can alter the meaning. Also, your memory of the sacred text may not be entirely accurate, especially if you first studied the racing rules several versions ago. It’s best not to be surprised.

1 week ago | latitude38.com | John Arndt |Monica Grant |Max Ebb

Following the January arrest of John Sweeney outside the Solano County courthouse, he is now headed back to court with his own lawsuit. As first reported in The Daily Muck on April 8, John Sweeney and his wife Jennifer Frost utilized AI to file a lawsuit alleging a 25-year environmental and judicial conspiracy in California. Using Grok AI and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, they produced a 34-page legal complaint to draft a lawsuit primarily created by these artificial intelligence tools.

1 month ago | latitude38.com | Max Ebb |Monica Grant

College students — especially “starving” college students — make the best crew. They are smart, agile, enthusiastic, and best of all, hungry. The problem is, they graduate and move on. Or worse, once they become valuable as crew, they can find a berth on a more competitive boat than my old racer-cruiser. It’s critical to earn their loyalty to the program, and one of my strategies involves their stomachs: We sail across the Bay to an upscale restaurant, my treat.