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By Dan, on December 21st, 2022 Conversations with an AI chatbot, part 1
I recently read some sample “conversations” with ChatGPT, a snazzy new AI chatbot. It seems to do a remarkably good job understanding normal English writing, and responding in kind. It also seems to have been trained on a pretty large knowledge base, so you can ask it […]
By Dan, on March 22nd, 2018 When I was first introduced to Roleplaying Games as a kid in the early 80s (in the form of Dungeons & Dragons), it fired my imagination like nothing else. I loved it! The only problem was that most of my friends weren’t that into it, so I only got to really play a few times. […]
By Janet, on March 21st, 2018 Carolyn had mentioned several times that she wanted to make cinnamon bread. I’ve never made cinnamon bread so I didn’t really think much about her suggestion. Until the day I found her going through my recipe cards. She didn’t find one (remember – I’ve never made cinnamon bread). So we asked “Mr. Google” (as my […]
By Janet, on May 5th, 2015 Scissors are NOT suitable for left and right-handed use.
Somewhere between two and three, it became obvious that one of our daughters is right-handed, while the other is left-handed. When it came time for their first pair of scissors, I remember specifically looking for ones indicating they were for lefties. But all the ones […]
By Janet, on April 25th, 2015 The girls are nearing completion of kindergarten — their first year of formal education. When the school year started, they knew their letters and the sound each letter makes. They were just barely beginning to put those sounds together to sound out a few three letter words. In school, they began by learning “sight words” […]
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