[FRIAM] Yet another 'ai' car race from the verge...

Pretty much what happens when you tell an ai to follow google maps...only at fast speeds in expensive cars. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/27/24142989/a2rl-autonomous-race-cars-f1-abu-dhabi Sorry that it's the verge. if someone has a more technical article, by all means -. --- - / ...- .-

[FRIAM] Apple vs the DOJ so far

This was just a matter of time: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/22/apple-vs-us-antitrust-lawsuit-everything-we-know-so-far-on-the-dojs-iphone-case/ -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe /

Re: [FRIAM] Sleep trackers

Pokemon sleep is one Maybe this'll help sleep. It does for me. maybe this to See if any of these

Re: [FRIAM] Generative AI Images and 'stylization'

Ugh "ai", It's not even fully hear yet. And I'm getting fatigued by news about it. At the moment Nvidias investment has all the makings of being a bubble, Stability Ai has an id chrisis and is getting stale. Stable diffusion can spend 30 minutes making pictures, and nightmare fuel hands, and I

Re: [FRIAM] 0 years ago today - Our Owen Densmore as a leading star on stage with Jobs unveiling the first Macintosh

Jobs and Dad (Owen) had some differences (being polite). Was one of the reasons he went to SUN, IIRC it also had a infamously unhealthy work/life balance. The mac team also was cutting it very close to get a working(ish) computer for steve jobs to show off. The mac team had some 'unexpected

Re: [FRIAM] metathesis

In order to go to Infinting and beyond. Have Rex and woody get the zargle type one flux repair module for a type 3 warp cleared space craft. Then the evil forces of Lord Zedd and Emperror Zurg can be thwarted. I'll be around all week. On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 5:18 PM Steve Smith wrote: >

Re: [FRIAM] Is the American political system broken?

Yes! The Op wrote long and, frankly, to theoretical a email to ask why american politics is so [redacted because steve asked nicely]. It boils down to greed, and no accountability, what are effectively guaranteed contracts get a cushy job for 2-4 years at a time. The dumb way people say "that

Re: [FRIAM] The Three Toed Sloth meets the Shoggoth

Sooo a derpy animal, meets a literal eldritch nightmare creature. Now does this encounter include both speakable, and unspeakable PTSD inducing nightmares? or did the derps mind just turn into something about the consistency of jello? On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 2:56 PM Roger Critchlow wrote: > I

[FRIAM] in other tech news reddit is imploding

I haven't followed all of the drama a fairly biased post from a user: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelSnap/comments/148zdb2/rmarvelsnaps_update_on_the_reddit_blackout_and_a/ The TLDR as best I can tell is reddit had planed a IPO, and before that announced to use reddits API's would cost more.

Re: [FRIAM] Call blockers

You can still get a voice number. For what it's worth. But they changed it from a true seperate number to glorified call forwarding. -_-.. When I used it's call screen feature people that wanted to call me. Would read me the riot act (looking at you kim) And scam callers would get through to my

Re: [FRIAM] Call blockers

exico > > 1017 Sierra Pinon > Santa Fe, NM 87501 > 505-984-0136 (home) edward.an...@gmail.com > 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > > On Apr 18, 2023, at 4:56 PM, Gillian Densmore > wrote: > > Nick. I need to warn you. Talking to these spammers, at your

Re: [FRIAM] Call blockers

Nick. I need to warn you. Talking to these spammers, at your stage of life. is very dangerous. They'll abuse how elderlies did like you did and try to get some good from the call. Now that they know it's a live human they won't stop. If the number comes back dead, sooner than latter its taken out

Re: [FRIAM] Bing Chat vs ChatGPT

On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 12:13 PM Jochen Fromm wrote: > I've read that Bing Chat is now available for everyone in this blog post.. > https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/03/14/Binging > > ..and it really seems to be available now for everyone. I have tried it > and it feels horrible

Re: [FRIAM] Euler exploit

lol how you put it reads like people putting together a band list and a NSFW get together. Person: ok The Multichain Bridges are for the really freeky people, Has anyone heard from the Crypto Mixers? what about Soft Liquidation Logic that hot new techno goth band? On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 7:10 AM

[FRIAM] [off topic] exterminators for mice?

Looking for a dude in the santa fe area that could help find hiding spots, holes and blah blah that mice can use to get into the house. -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays

Re: [FRIAM] Magic Harry Potter mirrors or more?

ess off the > table for that channel. The one help was that human-generated nonsense > still takes human time, on which there is some limit. > >> > >> But if we have machine-generated nonsense, delivered through > machine-generated rendering, we can put wh

Re: [FRIAM] Magic Harry Potter mirrors or more?

This john oliver piece might either amus, and or mortify you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqa8Zo2XWc4_channel=LastWeekTonight On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 4:00 PM Gillian Densmore wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 2:06 PM Jochen Fromm wrote: > >> The "Trans

Re: [FRIAM] Magic Harry Potter mirrors or more?

former is a perfect name > of the architecture, isn't it? > > -J. > 樂 > > Original message > From: Gillian Densmore > Date: 2/28/23 1:47 AM (GMT+01:00) > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Magic Harr

Re: [FRIAM] Magic Harry Potter mirrors or more?

Transformer architecture works because it's cybertronian technology. And is so advanced as to be almost magic. On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 3:51 PM Jochen Fromm wrote: > Terrence Sejnowski argues that the new AI super chatbots are like a magic > Harry Potter mirror that tells the user what he wants

Re: [FRIAM] ChatGPT knows FRIAM

. On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 5:49 PM Gillian Densmore wrote: > FWIW when I asked ChatGPT about a fundraiser/just good fun called > "Karoling with a Klingon." I have hosted for many years up to covid. It got > the part about singing in Klingon and that it was a regular thing dead on.

Re: [FRIAM] ChatGPT knows FRIAM

FWIW when I asked ChatGPT about a fundraiser/just good fun called "Karoling with a Klingon." I have hosted for many years up to covid. It got the part about singing in Klingon and that it was a regular thing dead on. But where it went off the rails a bit was claiming it was a record. That is

Re: [FRIAM] what do philosophers call feline roadkill?

Oh yeah nick: What do pirates be doing for fun? Paaartying. har har har har. On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 9:55 AM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > A category. > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St.

Re: [FRIAM] ChatGPT is not very smart...

FWIW I think I read on reddit someplace chatGPT was made to be more family friendly after people used it to write way less than family friendly fanfictions. so stuff like F^^^ Sh*.* etc*.* . Would be included in chat. I think it's a hoot it's not just this popular. But also decently able to have

[FRIAM] Morning Coffee thought: Good time for global warming bingo

So far: hurricanes, Extreme weather Tornadoes, Monsoons- All in January. LoL anything else to add to the global warming weather list? Sidenote: just one more reason I avoid driving. -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays

Re: [FRIAM] [off topic] Bank of america problems

For SnG's asked chatgpt. it (erroneously ?) thinks credit unions are marginally more accountable then the big banks. It does, however, note no one has anything good to say about BofA. For even more grins a short snippet for peoples enjoyment: console.log("Banks are Dicks. And it's fine to hate

Re: [FRIAM] [off topic] Bank of america problems

you need the ease > of international banking, then maybe you're out of luck. But Trump had good > success with Deutsche Bank. They seem to play fast and loose. >8^D > > On 1/10/23 09:37, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > Another off topic, but I don't know to many large lists of

[FRIAM] [off topic] Bank of america problems

Another off topic, but I don't know to many large lists of people that might have some ideas to help. In short I get a check from family to help cover grocery bills weeks from first national here in santa fe. That is then deposisted at bank of america. For a while everything was going well. then

[FRIAM] Wtf. Is going on with pnm

No power all gd. Day and those Slackware. Penis breaths keep fing. With when I get my gd. Lights back. Can we pls fire them.? -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom

[FRIAM] Off topic home repair Q

I think my google-fu skills are failing. I'm looking for track lighting fixtures for bulbs propper. Ie not the track. just what makes light. Alas between home depot, amazon, and lows I can't find many that take lightbulbs. much less for my type of track. Anyone have experience with this? I'm

Re: [FRIAM] keep getting mice.

AP so that you *know* if you have any left as you trap them down to >> near zero. And I recommend a housecat (or two), though I know some do not >> like keeping cats. Maybe a ferret or a schnauzer? My best ever >> Gopher-Getter was a weimerainer who would sit for hours at the e

Re: [FRIAM] keep getting mice.

now how territorial they are but I get the feeling that I never have > more than *one* family in my house when they do infiltrate... but their > reproduction rate is pretty extreme and one family can become dozens in a > short time. > > > On 1/3/23 2:47 PM, Gillian Densmore wro

Re: [FRIAM] keep getting mice.

at you *know* if you have any left as you trap them down to >> near zero. And I recommend a housecat (or two), though I know some do not >> like keeping cats. Maybe a ferret or a schnauzer? My best ever >> Gopher-Getter was a weimerainer who would sit for hours at the entr

Re: [FRIAM] keep getting mice.

ntrance to > a gopher burrow just to grab one... if allowed, she might have cleaned them > entirely out of the yard. We limited her time OCDing out in front of > gopher holes... it was hard to watch. > > Or maybe a bullsnake (or one of many other rodent-eating varieties)? > On 1/3

[FRIAM] keep getting mice.

Another surge of mice Q: For all of Dismember i've had nothing but an ongoing trickle of mice. what the is going on here? Is anyone else having mice issues as well? -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St.

Re: [FRIAM] Friday AM

Hey! anime is a good thing. Or at least that's what I tell myself with guilty pleasure anime like HighSchool DXD. :P now back to you glen and your rant. So what you're saying is: what the actual [redacted]? It's down to lipservices to fix the issue of people going postal or snapping in some other

[FRIAM] perplexed and frustrated by inflation

I am having bad flash backs to the 80s when (us) inflation and day to day living costs were unreal. Is the main culprits really down to supply and demand? This is coming from constant sticker shock at day to day stuff. For instance in a surreal twist: it's now cheaper for me use insta cart than

Re: [FRIAM] Friday AM

(insert a stupid joke about tomorrow being saturday) On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 10:52 AM Stephen Guerin wrote: > I'll meet you at saveur > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 9:37 AM Frank Wimberly wrote: > >> OPT Cafe is closed as well. What a way to run a business this is peak >> Family dining out Time.

Re: [FRIAM] The WEBB seeing back to the first millennia

rnalism > Santa Fe, New Mexico > 505-577-6482 > === > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2022, 10:01 AM Gillian Densmore > wrote: > >> AH! egad, that's so large and far away I can almost get my head around >> it. lol no wonder we want infra-red. that's practically

Re: [FRIAM] The WEBB seeing back to the first millennia

lights. > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 9:42 AM Gillian Densmore > wrote: > >> Same Q! My guess is what they meen is that stuff is reely far away so >> it'd be like looking at events that had happened but we can catchup to the >> show because of distance somehow due to lag ess

Re: [FRIAM] The WEBB seeing back to the first millennia

(using a bad analogy) and those photons record what's going on like a on going WEBB stream? so we now have essentially the ability to see old streams (as it were) from photons any anything else that can get a snippet of that. and basically light does take time to show up. it's not exactly

Re: [FRIAM] The WEBB seeing back to the first millennia

Same Q! My guess is what they meen is that stuff is reely far away so it'd be like looking at events that had happened but we can catchup to the show because of distance somehow due to lag essentially. Someone that knows more about this then I do hopefully has a much more concrete answer. Fwiw

Re: [FRIAM] technical notes on fusion announcement

Didn't Tessela have steampunk level ideas his coild could charge flying machines somehow? We have static driven motors already. They lack umpf though. On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 10:08 AM Gillian Densmore wrote: > Don't give him ideas. He's gone more off the deep end than usual. > > On Sa

Re: [FRIAM] technical notes on fusion announcement

Don't give him ideas. He's gone more off the deep end than usual. On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 11:01 AM Steve Smith wrote: > > On 12/23/22 7:47 PM, Prof David West wrote: > > Instead of a cable - maybe Tesla’s unrealized broadcast technology? I > don’t remember the details but he was going to send

Re: [FRIAM] For Steve Smith eta all re gadgets reviewing

me over the last decade or two. The coming population collapse (next > pandemic, next assault-rifle-armed-MAGA temper tantrum, next rogue > authoritarion with nuclear codes?) will leave us (or not) all with way more > gak than we know what to do with... time to start being clever upcycler

[FRIAM] For Steve Smith eta all re gadgets reviewing

First up is samsungs note 10. In a nutshell fun af, and complete, It's old phone that feals modern af. love the option to use a stylus for notes. It's a chonker of a phone. This one was refurbed*. It came from amazon and it's good as new. fantastic reception. and yeah just a cool phone. android A

[FRIAM] A star talk on Fusion because the DOE's anouncement needed a translator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s2ynUAJ5ZU It is indeed a hopeful achievement. I hope the list doesn't take my pro fission bend as foo-fooing and dunking on fusion. Anyway just leaving it here for another take on the recent announcement. -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-.

Re: [FRIAM] Another spin on AI

. On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 10:08 AM Tom Johnson wrote: > Subscribed to too many listservs > > === > Tom Johnson > Inst. for Analytic Journalism > Santa Fe, New Mexico > 505-577-6482 > === > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 9:56 AM Gilli

Re: [FRIAM] Another spin on AI

How on earth do you find these things? lol. And two AI links in a row? are we sure you're not a bot? :P On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 8:46 AM Tom Johnson wrote: > >

Re: [FRIAM] Who wrote the essay?

if you use a chatbot as your paper, are thinking about it, just don't lol. On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 4:04 PM Gillian Densmore wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 12:20 PM Carl Tollander wrote: > >> Inconsistent use of punctuation. Run-on sentences. Human, or a chatbot >>

Re: [FRIAM] Who wrote the essay?

On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 12:20 PM Carl Tollander wrote: > Inconsistent use of punctuation. Run-on sentences. Human, or a chatbot > that's trying too hard to look human. > > C > I thought bad prose. Amature writing and archiach, random use of punctualization was my job :P > > On Sat, Dec 17,

Re: [FRIAM] technical notes on fusion announcement

yself) rebellious non-urban renegades could > live in the remaining landscape NOT covered by these 3 circumscribing strip > cities and live our lives in the spirit of Sean Connery's character Zed in > Zardoz <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070948/>! > > Heck, just a nice precursor

Re: [FRIAM] technical notes on fusion announcement

cludes > 1) Disposal of long term hazardous nuclear waste. > 2) Problems in maintaining / decommissioning ol older nuclear > fission plants > 3) Examples like we are seeing Ukraine's nuclear plants caught up in a war. > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 2:59 AM Gillian Densmore > wrote:

Re: [FRIAM] technical notes on fusion announcement

you put it in? > Also, to make antimatter, you need to put as much (actually more: > conservation of energy — bummer) into it as you will get out, so one step > forward, then one and a half back. > > --Barry > > On 15 Dec 2022, at 16:28, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > Ok so this

[FRIAM] yet another global warming thread

Ok so my brain hurts a little now. We as humans in the very least accelerated climate change because to many carbons is bad. ok cool. got that. -Fusion is the new hotness. And here we have the problem: What's with avoiding research into if matter/antimatter would be practical? -Fusion (for now) is

Re: [FRIAM] technical notes on fusion announcement

Ok so this is cool and all. Sigh I'll ask *that* question. We want less carbons because the planet is on f'n fire . As far as I know humans (in the very least) accelerated climate change. Ie we made this mess clean it up. ok fair so far I'm following.

Re: [FRIAM] Competitive Excel

theatlantic.com The Excel World Championship Is the Internet at Its Best Jacob Stern 1–2 minutes --

Re: [FRIAM] THUam

Got it! I was worried for a bit. On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 2:21 PM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > No. Spring! Something about hope in our darkest hours. N > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 12:41 PM Gillian Densmore > wrote: > >> spring? do you meen winter? >> >> On Thu,

Re: [FRIAM] THUam

spring? do you meen winter? On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 12:25 PM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > I am holding the meeting open for another half an hour or so in case > anybody wants to rant a rant. Not feeling very ranty myself today. > I know. > > Nice spring day here in Santa fe. > > n > -. --- -

Re: [FRIAM] First Sign of Spring

Spring? or did you mean cogs? or winter? or yes cogs in the winter? On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 11:10 AM George Duncan wrote: > For lots of detail check out > Sunrise and sunset times in New Mexico (timeanddate.com) > > > George Duncan > Emeritus Professor

Re: [FRIAM] Art via AI

oemamag.com/the-exploited-labor-behind-artificial-intelligence/ > > It's also people who are just trying to keep the lights on and put food on > the table ... like some people on this very mailing list. > > On 11/19/22 10:14, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > Have you read the absolute ken

Re: [FRIAM] Art via AI

Thanks for the article btw. On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 11:14 AM Gillian Densmore wrote: > Have you read the absolute keniption some people are having about publicly > found pictures DALL-E and some other Ai's training caused.? A lot of "puff > puff puff ma' privacy and Ai bad

Re: [FRIAM] Art via AI

Have you read the absolute keniption some people are having about publicly found pictures DALL-E and some other Ai's training caused.? A lot of "puff puff puff ma' privacy and Ai bad 'n stuff"teeth gnashing. On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 9:11 PM Tom Johnson wrote: > A recent FRIAM live conversation

[FRIAM] dictation question

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is doing well! Recently I have been into dictating my emails. I have noticed the quality of at least Google's dictation or voice typing software as it calls itself. has at some point since I last used it become noticeably better. Where I can speak modestly fast

Re: [FRIAM] Eero wifi just not connecting

ound eero to be terrific, stable > technology. > Tom > > === > Tom Johnson > Inst. for Analytic Journalism > Santa Fe, New Mexico > 505-577-6482 > === > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2022, 6:23 PM Gillian Densmore > wrote: > >> Min

[FRIAM] Eero wifi just not connecting

Minor family feud. Owen says oh but it has great reviews. I'm saying: uuuh k. but 2 of the 3 refuse to let me connect to the internet when I use them. I'm inclined towards cut the losses and score a lynksis or something. I can connect if I plug directly into my cable modem.And forums say

[FRIAM] Snow boots in...wide?

HelloAll, Alas I need snow boots that are wide with a I guess tall instep. Does anyone have experience with this if so what brands and or store do you recommend? -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St.

Re: [FRIAM] Getting Verbed...

ds > >> exactly right to me. Nixon too. > >> > >> original.jpg > >> Elon. Trump. Resentment. > >> <https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/11/elon-trump-r > >> esentment/672030/> > >> theatlantic.com > >> <

[FRIAM] Hockey as a great test of modeling software

After trying to watch a overly Badly officiated football game umn the NFL kind.I submit that hockey is barely contained Chaos on ice It seems to me the Nexus of the chaos tends to center around the puck. I further submit that it might make for a interesting and Fun Study for someone's agent-based

Re: [FRIAM] Getting Verbed...

nt/672030/> > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 7, 2022, at 1:58 PM, Gillian Densmore > wrote: > >  > Oh and SCOTUSed, the tech sector getting Biden'd and Demed. The Sunshine > Protection act getting tantrum'd. Yes I will stay petty about the dems and >

Re: [FRIAM] election day distractions

Does beer, chilli and stupid anime count as distracting? or just being me? On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 5:46 PM Gillian Densmore wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon > > Has a similar cast of characters. I don't know how i made my through it > (carefully?) > mov

Re: [FRIAM] election day distractions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon Has a similar cast of characters. I don't know how i made my through it (carefully?) movie wise their's the marx brothers and: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Distinguished_Gentleman their's also a classic about presidential candidate

Re: [FRIAM] Getting Verbed...

poloticioned (so poloticion.) your a senator that's 900 years old acting like a 3 year old eh? congrats on being a waste of air. On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 2:47 PM Gillian Densmore wrote: > You forgot getting Bushed twice. > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 1:59 PM Steve Smith wrote: > >> We be

Re: [FRIAM] Getting Verbed...

You forgot getting Bushed twice. On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 1:59 PM Steve Smith wrote: > We been Musked, we been Trumped, the Russians and Ukranians and much of > Europe has been Putined and perhaps Balsinaro (and his followers have > been sumarrily Lula'd)? One of the more satisfying targets for

[FRIAM] ai upscaling is still magical

Eli5 how img GAN(sp) like used here: http://waifu2x.udp.jp/ can take a small picture and expand it to a bigger one. I know I asked before. it still seems like magic. I come across creative common pictures that small (like on morg files) or low quality. and sometimes an Ai upscaller or something

Re: [FRIAM] Obligatory (and gratuitous?) screed about time changes.

lol pretty much On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 11:02 AM Steve Smith wrote: > > On 11/5/22 10:50 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > I'll leave this here then: > http://web.archive.org/web/20160112000701/http://www.timecube.com/ > and no it doesn't make sense. > > Geeze Gil! W

Re: [FRIAM] Obligatory (and gratuitous?) screed about time changes.

On 11/4/22 10:45 PM, Carl Tollander wrote: > > OK, then. Ken Nordine on Time. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVYpCdY4Y_0 > > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:33 PM Gillian Densmore > wrote: > >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Protection_Act#:~:text=The

Re: [FRIAM] Obligatory (and gratuitous?) screed about time changes.

such > a law feels like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Or maybe > complaining about how a reporter discussing Putin mispronounces "nukular" > ... an odd thing to complain about while the ICBM heads your way. > > > On 11/4/22 15:17, Steve Smith wrote: > >

Re: [FRIAM] Obligatory (and gratuitous?) screed about time changes.

. On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:17 PM Steve Smith wrote: > > On 11/4/22 4:14 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > Didn't the sunshine act already pass? but yes I agree I despise the clock > change bull sh It takes effect next year unless Turtle neck had his > usual tantrum. > >

Re: [FRIAM] Obligatory (and gratuitous?) screed about time changes.

Didn't the sunshine act already pass? but yes I agree I despise the clock change bull sh It takes effect next year unless Turtle neck had his usual tantrum. On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:10 PM Steve Smith wrote: > as we all know I'm no fan of semi-annual clock changes... and I thought > the

[FRIAM] Phone for that?

Marcos, Which phone should I get to replace my pixel4a? Ideally has a real keyboard because I don't like typing on glass. And also ideally is fun in someway, because at 300 or 500 dollars that's a decent investment. I like Uninhertz titan for checking all the boxes. But square screen I like the

[FRIAM] they tell me to cast a ballot

Since they insist: ballot code humor:{{ballot.value | json}} ballots cast: {{ballot.get(‘ballotInfo’).value | json}} I'll C# my way out now. -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe /

Re: [FRIAM] phones with keyboards, or a keyboard you can buy for a phone?

to figure out your own phone mount. > > Here's the list of all four phones with keyboards from earlier this year: > https://www.androidauthority.com/keyboard-phones-845839/ > > -- rec -- > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 6:52 PM Gillian Densmore > wrote: > >> Mmm.

Re: [FRIAM] phones with keyboards, or a keyboard you can buy for a phone?

e look at the DIY > keyboard makers, too. > > -- rec -- > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 12:55 PM Gary Schiltz > wrote: > >> I get by with a two year old iPhone SE. I also hate typing on glass, >> but I have a laptop for typing. >> >> On Sun, Oct 3

[FRIAM] phones with keyboards, or a keyboard you can buy for a phone?

Hello, all looking for phone recommendations. My pixel 4a is 2 years old feeling closer to 4. Are there any phones you can get with a keyboard? I know about unihertz's titan. and it amuses me. But niche brand. I just don't like typing on glass, and being frustrated with the amount of errors I get.

Re: [FRIAM] cable modem?

it ratio is a ripoff. That said, Xfinity itself recommends a >> good Motorola modem available at Best Buy. I have one. It's been fine. >> Tom >> >> === >> Tom Johnson >> Inst. for Analytic Journalism >> Santa Fe, New Mexico >> 505-57

Re: [FRIAM] Owen Densmore, father of object-oriented postcript in NeWS object.ps, desktop publishing and relation to NEXT [was: Re: naive question]

Here's a fun speculative question to: how different would the computing landscape look now: if apple dug clones, and decided they were worth it? and what if BeOS did become apples new OS?--I feel like I aged myself. On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 8:50 AM Gillian Densmore wrote: > IIRC very ba

Re: [FRIAM] Owen Densmore, father of object-oriented postcript in NeWS object.ps, desktop publishing and relation to NEXT [was: Re: naive question]

IIRC very badly as was MacOS was held back by...games of all things. But IIRC Adobe was quickly onto apples because picky people liked how it handled colours. That is compared to Windows 3.1 and 94(?) lol and yes Dad is a hero. LOL and yes I am biased. Pagemaker ? wowsa that's a name from the

[FRIAM] cable modem?

Hi all, the TLDR is this: -Needed a new cable modem because the one I have got flakey, temporarily leasing one. -What all do people suggest these days: rent or own? -If then: own: Who's good now? -If: Rent: any reasoning standout? Thank you. Back to debating measuring consciousness. I think that

Re: [FRIAM] Is consciousness measurable?

r > people and their physical enviornment IS emotional, and they either take it > all very seriously or not at all? > > > On Oct 18, 2022, at 5:36 PM, Gillian Densmore > wrote: > >  > *terminator soundtrack here* > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 5:55 PM Prof Da

Re: [FRIAM] Is consciousness measurable?

*list of things Cybermen do to make even the Dr yell RN! and book it to the TARDIS as well here* On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 6:35 PM Gillian Densmore wrote: > *terminator soundtrack here* > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 5:55 PM Prof David West > wrote: > >>

Re: [FRIAM] Is consciousness measurable?

*terminator soundtrack here* On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 5:55 PM Prof David West wrote: > Maybe lack of emotion, but ability to 'fake it' by repeating what it read > a being with that emotion would say only proves the AI is a sociopath or > psychopath. > > davew > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, at 4:44

Re: [FRIAM] My Work On Earth Is Not Yet Done

hmmm so what does that about us when something is a royal PIT ? is the then where your brain is located then? if so might explain a few things. :P thank you, thank you. I'll see my self out. On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 1:44 PM wrote: > A highly regarded pain expert, Dr. Carmen Green,

Re: [FRIAM] culinary Complexity question

r heat and pain. > > https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/01/15/why-chilli-peppers-are-spicy-the-chemistry-of-a-chilli/ > > -J. > > > Original message ---- > From: Gillian Densmore > Date: 10/17/22 3:06 AM (GMT+01:00) > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexi

[FRIAM] culinary Complexity question

I suspect because...fall. Been enjoying somewhat spicey food. Question is what, if any, science is their to green chile(as in the spice, like Jalapeno, or what ever). That brings out flavoring. I get that it adds dimension, ala MSG and Salts. But hadn't thought about: what in particular it is

Re: [FRIAM] Wedtech Talk Oct 19: Richard Gabriel, AI, Creativity and the Inkwell Poetry Generator. (hybrid in-person/zoom)

Ah found article about the Ai advancement I was thinking about: https://aibusiness.com/document.asp?doc_id=780874#:~:text=Researchers%20from%20Google%20are%20the,Google%20unveiled%20back%20in%202021 . Can someone ELi5 how they're doing it? very cool! On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 3:33 PM Gillian

Re: [FRIAM] Wedtech Talk Oct 19: Richard Gabriel, AI, Creativity and the Inkwell Poetry Generator. (hybrid in-person/zoom)

Coolness! Is it only writing? or going to advances in 3D where Ai shows some promise to do as well or better than mere mortal humans? Because a computes is coming to a practical wall of cost, amount of silicon and chip density. Is reaching a practical limit from power draw to to expenses. Ai,

[FRIAM] A few weeks with blender vs a student copy of Cinema 4D

Cinema 4D might win in the important Undue button. And if this derp can find a button and make a very basic thing. People better with 3D definitely could...maybe. It's...nooo way, it's the WordPress of Modeling and motion graphics? wowza just thought about that. But it is! If you don't mind. Or

[FRIAM] Mice being unusually invassive, anyone else?

Unless Steve has a different take, then I totally respect it and etc. OmFG. This year they keep coming. It's been years since I've had a full on mouse invasion. And wonder: what the fudge chocolates causes it (clean house) and what folks do about it..beyond 999 mice traps. Easily 10 yeated out of

Re: [FRIAM] pardon the interuption,

look at a cylinder and ask: what the--- is that? I wonder how it handles odd things. Like a humanoid object that's especially muscular. Does guess what the back and sides would look like? On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 1:56 AM Gillian Densmore wrote: >  > > On Tue, Oc

Re: [FRIAM] pardon the interuption,

years or so. It was > close but not exactly what you were asking for. now here's a diffusion > approach to generate 3D from 2D. > https://3d-diffusion.github.io/ > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2022, 3:54 PM Gillian Densmore > wrote: > >> Complexity and what's right up peoples ally:

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