This post is 700 words long, or about 3 minutes of a slow reader’s time. As a rule, […]
Category Archive: Opinions and Stuff
My thoughts on a variety of things.
For whatever reason, I tasked myself with writing opinion pieces about AIs, despite the hundreds of sources already covering AI-related stories. Sources better qualified than me.
The first part of this series (HERE) covered some of the background stuff. Stuff like Copyright, Database Generation, Machine Learning, and how A.I. Art Generators work.
This post is Part 2 and covers some of the issues related to their use. This post is roughly 2,600 words or about 9 minutes of reading.
Right — here we go.
Disclaimer: I purposefully chose ‘fucked’ because it seems apt. I could have asked, “Is the situation dire?“. . […]
Just a quick post . . . I just saw the notice for the winner of Flickr’s contest. Specifically, the Nature category winner.
https://blog.flickr.net/2022/09/29/world-photography-day-meet-your-contest-winners/
I’m like . . . “What?! A hummingbird Photo?”
I mean, I have hundreds of hummingbird photos. Heck, this past Sunday’s SmugMug Appreciation post had three photos of hummingbirds that I think are just as good.
Here they are:
Yup, I get it. People in England (and, for that matter, Australia, New Zealand, Ukraine . . . […]
These shouldn’t be objectionable to anyone. For those who might not know, DV stands for Domestic Violence. The […]
I wasn’t going to add my thoughts, but I came across a few more comments, so, against my […]
I’ve been silent on many important news stories mainly because I’m tired of debating sound bites and the […]
If you own or are planning to buy a home, and that home has a roof, you might want to read this. Or, at the very least, go to the end of the post for the summary, observations, and cautions.
So, I need a new roof.
Sad, that. The roof is only 17 years old. Most manufacturers warrant their asphalt shingles to 30 years, but realistically, most roofs will only make it to 25 years, so I’m a bit shy of that (40%).
Twenty-five years if you are lucky, if the roof was installed correctly, if you don’t live through extreme weather, and if your roof has proper and balanced ventilation. Even then, you need the original paperwork and receipts, neither of which we have (there were two owners before us). But, even if I had all the receipts and the installers did a bang-up job, you’d only get a pro-rated amount for the material replacement and not the labor (although some include labor).
. . . let’s step back . . . proper and balanced ventilation.
Hmm . . .
. . . because I like the calming music . . . but now, I’m especially saddened by […]
Sorry: 950 words because of the topic. I was hesitant to write about current events in Europe and […]
Nota Bene: this post might or might not remain here depending on the outcome of this test. I’m […]
A few days ago marked the ten-year anniversary of the world losing Christopher Hitchens. I’ve written before about […]
I recently updated my Blogger blog (HERE). For the profile, they ask one’s preference in music and movies. […]
Until recently, I didn’t have a succinct way to express an essential aspect of how I live. Heck, […]