Tag Archives: New Technology
The Magic Word
I was arguing with an AI chatbot. And I was losing. Customer service has been delegated almost exclusively to machines these days. In theory that is more efficient. Certainly it is for the business, somewhat less for the customer. The AI chatbots are indeed artificial, but their intelligence seems to be sadly lacking. I wanted […]
Working in 2025
Found this online. I haven’t had to do this since my daughter moved out and took the cats with her. I don’t miss them.
Think About It
If you have a smart phone in your pocket or purse, you are carrying more computing power than the United States used to put a man on the moon. Times have changed. What are you doing with all that power?
Big Brother Worries Me
I have been going through some of my half-finished posts. Some are no longer relevant. Some I am finishing. This one was about half-written in April 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ending, also in italics, is from this year. It was the Google Translate message that threw me. I know my online activity is […]
The Big
Another one where my memory fails me, this time from November 2018. All I have is the title, “The Big.” Now I’m left to wonder, “the big what?” I would have been in southern Germany, but I don’t remember anything there that grabbed me according to its size. I can’t even begin to speculate as […]
The New Thing
Made an early morning trip to Walmart on Tuesday and discovered all the U-scan cash registers were closed. This was surprising The store recently expanded the U-scan and cut back on traditional cash registers, the ones where a person processes your purchases. At the same time, it put in gates so that you have to […]
Uncertain Progress
I was thinking about electric cars the other day. I don’t own one, and don’t expect to own one for at least another decade. I’m not sure they will last. More than a hundred years ago we had electric (and steam powered) vehicles, but the technology wasn’t good enough to last. So I will wait […]
Beach Thoughts
Reading might be my favorite recreational activity. I use it to stimulate my brain – and to de-stress when i get over-stimulated. Today’s post on teh topic comes from August 2, 2015. I don’t have anywhere near as much time to read for pleasure as I would like – except when I am at the […]
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