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Using AI To Analyze Books I’ve Read
I have read an enormous number of books in my 68 years. Most of them I barely recall. Probably not a waste of time, but certainly not optimized. I now read mostly digitally and highlight passages. I also try to make notes as to why I highlighted a particular text. So, I input my highlights…
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Decentralized Social Media
I had not thought of Discord as decentralized social media. But the MIT Technology Review, January/February 2024, labeled it as such along with Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr and Threads. Of these, I have tried Mastodon and Nostr, but they have not yet stuck with me. It may be time to start directing blogging activity towards those…
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Highlights and Note Taking
I am working on reviewing and summarizing the highlights and notes from books I have read relatively recently. I read these books in the Kindle app either on my Windows 11 PC or my Samsung tablet. I had also been reading them on the Amazon Web Reader on my Ubuntu PC. https://read.amazon.com But with the…
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Everything Everywhere All At Once
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – IMDb The movie was very hard to follow. The premise was unusual, but the movie jumped around too much to understand what was going on. I don’t understand why it would have won best picture.
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Transatlantic
We watched the Netflix series Transatlantic. Description per IMDb: “An American journalist who spent 13 months in France 1940-41 managed to arrange safe passage to the US for over 2,000 refugees; who were in danger of losing their lives.” The acting and story were good and enjoyable, as enjoyable as a WWII drama can be…
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Open Courseware Sites and AI
I am studying Python and part of my studies are in open courseware, particularly Harvard (CS50) and MIT. In studies outside open courseware I have been using ChatGPT when I get stuck. The open courseware sites have strict anti-cheating codes of conduct. I am not pursuing a certificate in any courses. I am trying to…
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Tech Independence
Listened to an episode of the Tim Ferris podcast with an interview with Derek Sivers. https://tim.blog/2023/04/21/derek-sivers/ Derek talked about Tech Independence and provided a list of tasks to acquire it. https://sive.rs/ti I found it intriguing and went through the steps. I am now in the Troubleshooting steps. Learned a bunch, but not there yet.
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Vermont Table
For our property in the Champlain Islands of Vermont, my goal is to make all of the furniture that we would need for it. My first major addition is a table for the dining area. I decided to base the build on the farmhouse table in Ana White’s The Handbuilt Home. In the book, the…
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Vanity
My wife and I bought for our Georgia granddaughter a vanity for Chistmas. It had not been put together yet when I visited in February. So I decided to put the vanity together while I was in Georgia. I started the process when my granddaughter come up to me, and after asking what I was…
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