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    Great!
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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  • House in Old Town (Chicago)

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    A bit formal for my taste but very nice!
  • Listening to piano recordings

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    Recordings inspire me to have a go at learning. I mean nothing (or very little) comes from nothing. And once partially learnt I'll find my favourite version for timing & musicality. I've done this for Tom Lehrer and Rachmaninoff and Art Tatum.
  • No wonder the Democratic party polls so low in approval

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    Speaking out of both sides of his mouth, patronizing, cloying, dishonest, and bearing false witness. We're doomed.
  • Jesus God No

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    they say you can’t edit your photo , which is true, but you can edit the background of the photo. I found some online tool to edit the texture out of the wall behind me, but didn’t alter my face. Unfortunately.
  • How to Learn to Code in 2026

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  • AI gone wild

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    Ax is right, there will be more of these. A lot of that will come from the fact that thorough testing has become rather a lost art. Things get tested, but in most cases not rigorously. Back when dinosaurs did the programming, we were dedicated to trying very hard to break whatever we coded. That doesn't happen very much anymore. You see a lot of this in online systems where if you color outside the lines at all you're screwed. It doesn't recover or catch it.
  • And then AI does this

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    I suppose that makes it good for something
  • Aldi/TJs history

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    It is everywhere. Janet was in grocery wholesaling for 10 plus years. Not a good industry for nice people. The competition is fierce and the players venal.
  • Piloting planes is getting a lot more interesting

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  • I may have to go back to Home Depot

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    @daniel knows me well. I caved and bought two different kinds. Will report on what happens....
  • UAE leaving OPEC on May 1

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  • A cost for *not* using AI?

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    Wow!
  • PSA: cellphone battery life

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    @Axtremus
  • Merz' take on Iran

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    Link to video
  • Pope Leo signals shift away from Catholic Church's focus on sex

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  • Move over, Nike and Adidas

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  • Makes a lot of sense to me (about the prez)

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    He has a diminishing number of cultists. And his base in general has turned on him. They believed in his "America First" campaign. They are furious. Also he's virtually lost independents with an approval rating in the 20's.
  • Claude Desktop seems to be a bit sneaky

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