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In yet another example of journalists and press release authors blurring important distinctions, there’s a new headline scarily declaring “Cocaine, Cannabis, and Amphetamines Linked to Stroke Risk“.

One of the great things about the last quarter century is how much the barriers to entry have fallen around the publishing industry.

As we draw near to benefits season, and as more and more employers are realizing the hype of the AI/ML bubble, businesses are overlooking one big way they can save money and give employees (both current and prospective) a direct benefit that will actually…

I had a full-on autistic shutdown episode yesterday from overstimulation — but not the sensory kind.

Over the last few months, I’ve spent a lot of time polishing up and enhancing my own scripts, fixing bugs, and generally making them more useful for me.

Imagine that you are sitting down to play Monopoly with your new acquaintances Mary, Michael, and Matthew.

Listen to me: You do not need the new Harry Potter show.

In the space of less than twenty-four hours I went from idea to having a tool that solves a problem that I (and presumably others) have had for at least a decade: Remove old placeholder user avatar images, see if there are any advertised online user avata…

I’ve always been fascinated by how magicians are able to direct our attention.

These are some of the questions I’ve been asked when I’ve talked to friends and family about my researching into asking AI/LLM chatbots for advice.

Over the last week, I designed and performed a small pilot experiment looking at how the generic chatbot AI interfaces handled people asking for the kinds of advice they might otherwise ask their therapist.

My son was confused.

I recently spoke to some new authors who were worried about their work-in-progress.

I really, really, like Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, because Zach clearly gets the joke.

I saw both Obsession and S03E06 (“Montreal”) of Interview with the Vampire (aka The Vampire Lestat) over the weekend.