Coffee, how to (and not to) store it…
Well as per usual you learn something new every day
Not so long ago a partner told me that one should always keep fresh coffee in the freezer to prevent the oils degrading.
Well as per usual you learn something new every day
Not so long ago a partner told me that one should always keep fresh coffee in the freezer to prevent the oils degrading.
The AI conversation has become exhaustingly predictable. On one side, we have the doom merchants warning that artificial intelligence will steal our jobs, manipulate our elections, and possibly end civilisation. On the other, we have the tech evangelists promising AI will cure cancer, solve climate change, and usher in a golden age of prosperity. Both…
This is the fourth piece sitting under Question 4 of this series. The parent piece argues that making AI useful is a conversation, not a prompt. The earlier entries in this set (4a on configuration, 4b on cognitive bandwidth, 4c on multi-AI orchestration) describe the practices that make AI work. This one is about what…
Recently there was an article covered by many news agencies about the introduction of full body scanners in the UK airports. The Register covered the story in this article. I added my thoughts to the comments which were about the statement that the anyone selected for scanning would be scanned by someone of the same…
Over the last few days I have had interesting discussions with a friends about sex, the legal age of consent and statutory rape (ie. sex with someone considered ‘under age’) the implications, how it applies and how others might be affected by it. I thought I would pose the questions, both answered and unanswered to…
Well it’s been a while since I updated this, so now is the time…
This is the first in a series demonstrating how AI can help us investigate the systems shaping our world. Rather than accepting surface explanations, we’ll explore what happens when ordinary curiosity meets powerful analytical tools. Earlier today, I heard something on the news about South Australia’s third major algal bloom in recent years. The official…