@odd Thanks, I'll check Pluto out.
@odd Thanks, I'll check Pluto out.
@JohnPhilpin Well done John. I've taken inspiration from you and I'm making an effort to sign more guestbooks, but not quite on this scale.
@odd Dirtying as few dishes as possible for easy cleanup is very important. Heck it's almost an art form.
@fgtech Good to know and thanks. I'm a big proponent of Times New Roman on a white background.
@cheribaker If you are up for reading subtitles here are two for your Murder Mondays. 1. Inspector Montalbano (Italian, English subtitles), great series, you'll start talking with gestures, 2. Maigret (1991 TV series) (French, English subtitles, Starring Bruno Cremer) Simenon's Maigret has been done several times by the British, but the character and that post-WWII era is best portrayed by the French. I found both of these on Mhz network and also DVD. I don't know if they are still available but worth tracking down.
@fgtech Very good point. Nor are LLM's able to detect fiction from non-fiction, outright lies, sarcasm, irony, jokes, obfuscation, realtor-speak and anything else that tricksy humans can write. It's all equal to LLM's.
@MitchW I've been running into more linkblogs lately. Not huge numbers but after decades of watching them disappear even just a few new ones caught my eye. I blogged about it: Are Linkblogs Making a Comeback?
After I wrote that I ran across several more which are in my bookmark bucket to be added to the directory, soonish.
@odd Thanks for reading that. I try to pay attention to what the Finnish and Baltic leaders say. They really have a very clear understanding about how the Russians think and act. They don't think Russia will stop with Ukraine either. They tried to warn the rest of Europe after 2014 and were ignored, but they were right.
@patrickrhone That is a beauty. Enjoy.
@fgtech I shouldn't be surprised, but I'm surprised, and sad.
@numericcitizen I discovered you on Micro blog,
@chrisaldrich Great buy.
@JohnBrady That is really neat. It's so sad that none of the factory is left.
@JohnBrady Kagi uses it's own search engine Telcis (sp?) combined with Marginalia for it's SmallWeb search. But Telcis is really small. Someday, Kagi might develop their own spider and index for general search but there has been no word of that yet. Still points to them, by all accounts they have put together a good meta-search engine without using either Google or Bing.
@nitinkhanna I heard about Paypal so far. I think many are hedging their bets, what happens if the anti-trust trial breaks up or cripples Google's ad network? So they are getting ready.
@odd Back when I was a Mac user, I never had a problem with Safari, but I did have a problem with Apple's walled garden and not being allowed to add any search engine I wanted really bothered me. That walled garden ultimately drove me away from Apple.
@JohnBrady Mojeek is my daily driver. They keep expanding their index and refining their algo and they are pretty good for general queries. Highly technical stuff still needs Google. I like Mojeek for their privacy and they are not controlled by big tech. Right now they make their money selling their API to other search services. For instance, Kagi's general search is a metasearch blend of Brave search, Yandex and Mojeek.
@ChrisJWilson I'm pretty sure Lutherans treat it as a sacrament.
@JohnBrady I use Ubuntu Linux too. MS and Apple seem determined to work AI into their operating systems which is the last thing I want. Glad I switched.
@JohnPhilpin Oh I read it and with great interest, but I try to keep out of UK politics, but I had to say something after I got to the end.
@odd Oh wow, there are some great photos there.
@JohnPhilpin He waved his cane! :)
@lazaruscorporation.co.uk Thank you very much. I'm staying away from all things Meta so I was delighted when I found posts on Blue Sky.
@chrisaldrich I've never seen or heard of the All New. I like the looks of it and the paint. You found a fairly rare model at a great price so congrats.
@odd You are way ahead of the game! Happy reading.