Re: [FRIAM] Another spin on AI

2022-12-18 Thread Gillian Densmore
. 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

[FRIAM] For Steve Smith eta all re gadgets reviewing

2022-12-20 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

2022-12-20 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] For Steve Smith eta all re gadgets reviewing

2022-12-21 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

Re: [FRIAM] Competitive Excel

2022-12-10 Thread Gillian Densmore
theatlantic.com The Excel World Championship Is the Internet at Its Best Jacob Stern 1–2 minutes --

Re: [FRIAM] THUam

2022-12-08 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Art via AI

2022-11-23 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

2022-11-19 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

2022-11-19 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Morning Coffee thought: Good time for global warming bingo

2023-01-17 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Obligatory (and gratuitous?) screed about time changes.

2022-11-04 Thread Gillian Densmore
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.

2022-11-04 Thread Gillian Densmore
. 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.

2022-11-04 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

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

2022-11-05 Thread Gillian Densmore
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.

2022-11-05 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

[FRIAM] they tell me to cast a ballot

2022-10-31 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Getting Verbed...

2022-11-08 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Snow boots in...wide?

2022-11-08 Thread Gillian Densmore
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...

2022-11-07 Thread Gillian Densmore
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...

2022-11-07 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

2022-11-07 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

[FRIAM] Hockey as a great test of modeling software

2022-11-07 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] election day distractions

2022-11-07 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] election day distractions

2022-11-07 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Getting Verbed...

2022-11-07 Thread Gillian Densmore
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 >

[FRIAM] Phone for that?

2022-11-02 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Eero wifi just not connecting

2022-11-09 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

Re: [FRIAM] Eero wifi just not connecting

2022-11-09 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] dictation question

2022-11-15 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

[FRIAM] [off topic] exterminators for mice?

2023-03-06 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Euler exploit

2023-03-15 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

Re: [FRIAM] Bing Chat vs ChatGPT

2023-03-20 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Magic Harry Potter mirrors or more?

2023-02-27 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] what do philosophers call feline roadkill?

2023-02-16 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Magic Harry Potter mirrors or more?

2023-03-01 Thread Gillian Densmore
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?

2023-02-28 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] ChatGPT knows FRIAM

2023-02-21 Thread Gillian Densmore
. 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

2023-02-21 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Magic Harry Potter mirrors or more?

2023-02-28 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Call blockers

2023-04-18 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Call blockers

2023-04-18 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

2023-04-19 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] ChatGPT is not very smart...

2023-02-11 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] in other tech news reddit is imploding

2023-06-15 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] The Three Toed Sloth meets the Shoggoth

2023-06-24 Thread Gillian Densmore
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

Re: [FRIAM] metathesis

2023-12-01 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] 0 years ago today - Our Owen Densmore as a leading star on stage with Jobs unveiling the first Macintosh

2024-01-30 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Generative AI Images and 'stylization'

2024-02-29 Thread Gillian Densmore
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] Sleep trackers

2024-03-20 Thread Gillian Densmore
Pokemon sleep is one Maybe this'll help sleep. It does for me. maybe this to See if any of these

[FRIAM] Apple vs the DOJ so far

2024-03-28 Thread Gillian Densmore
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 /

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

2024-04-30 Thread Gillian Densmore
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 -. --- - / ...- .-

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