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Ars Technica Publishes A Post With Quotes Fabricated By AI
Ars Technica recently published an article that had quotes that were fabricated by AI/LLMs. When called on it by the person who was “quoted” for the sheer fact that he was NEVER contacted for a quote, Ars did a retraction. There’s much talk about the ethics here and some good commentary here. On the latest…
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I Could Have Lost My Mom This Week
I got a call yesterday or the day before (honestly the days blur now). That my Mom was at the hospital up in Vermont with heart pains and burning. I think it was Tuesday, so two days ago. She was admitted to the hospital up there and then it was determines that they needed to…
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Stranger Things Review: The Whole Series
What a series. What an ending. Yes it’s kind of horror, but more a thriller. Hard to believe that it’s been going for 10 years. Granted we had a global pandemic that caused it to be that long as well between some seasons. I finished the Stranger Things series finale last night with probably half…
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Knives Out Number One: A Review
Last night I watched the first Knives Out movie, finally, with the Mere. It was so good. I do have to admit I don’t like Daniel Craig using an accent other than his posh British accent, it was shocking when I first heard his weird southern draw. But other than that the movie was superb.…
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F1: The Movie
Such a good movie. Hard to watch with my PTSD from journalism. Didn’t think it would trigger my PTSD. But one scene (no spoiler) certainly did. Still a really good movie. 4.5/5 rating (IMHO) Brad Pitt still has it. Great movie.
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ChatGPT 5.1 Images Are Pretty Fun
I combined two photos. One of me and one of my fluffy dog Olive to make this funny image of the two of us in a 1990s-eque photo shoot! She would never sit still long enough in real life for this photo. LOL ChatGPT 5.1 has gotten really good and possibly better than Google Gemini’s…
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The Superintellgent Podcast Is So Good
From talking about how smart tech is rotting our brains to talking about how corrupt big tech is, Emily Forlini and Mike Elgan make such a great power co-host team on the Superintelligent Podcast. Their latest is about how more and more younger people are turning away from smart phones and going to flip phones.…
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When The Dryer Smells Like It Smoked A Pack Of Cigarettes
When your dryer stinks of cigarettes and no one you know in your household smokes, it’s time to get to the bottom of things. Time to clean that sucker. Ugh! Not looking forward to the mess, but it’s gotta be done. Don’t want a dryer fire on my hands that’s for sure. I hope it’s…
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Working With AI To Build Something
I know how people feel about AI, but Claude is helping me make a web-based calculator for a client. I wouldn’t be able to have built this without it. Now, I know I could hired a developer to get it done and all that. But using AI benefited me as well. Seeing how Anthropic’s Claude…
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Don’t Sneeze The Internet Might Blow Over!
Update: Cloudflare is back online after more than 2 hrs out of commission! Yikes! This morning (at least in the US) Cloudflare a major infrastructure company that secures a good portion of the Web with its services and tools went down. This brought a big portion of the web to a standstill. We’re still waiting…
