Fakes, fakes, and more fakes…

AI systems development is getting scary… We’ve seen some of this in the movies, where someone who has passed away is inserted into a new movie using CGI, but this stuff is even scarier! This technology, called Generative Adversarial Networks … Continue reading

TBT…

Our brains have been running Hunter/Gatherer 1.0 for 60,000 years without a software upgrade… Some things are hardwired into our brains, regardless of what the POS and left want to believe… Granted the ones still living in momma/daddy’s basement in … Continue reading

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Week of…

Mondays… sigh Hadn’t done a deep scan on my computer in a while, and started it only to have it say it was going to take 12 hours… Lovely… So it’s still running and I’m trying to type this on … Continue reading

Weather…

‘Tis that time of year… Alma put a great post up, HERE giving a technical answer to why a triple point weather pattern is ‘not good’… Welp, last night and into this morning, that’s what we’ve got… And over one … Continue reading

Book promo and a bleg…

Larry Corriea and Kacey Ezell have put together a collection- Noir Fatale As always, click on the cover to go to the book on Amazon. The blurb- The silky note of a saxophone. The echoes of a woman’s high heels … Continue reading

Meh…

Yesterday was NOT a fun day to try to fly into DFW from anywhere… JAX-IAH delayed a couple of hours, then routed out over the Gulf. Finally got there, then another wait due to routing (more weather coming up from … Continue reading

Adversity…

So, apparently the SATs are now going to ‘modify’ student’s SAT score for ‘adversity’ impacts due to 15 areas of their young lives… Looking at the distribution, it’s apparent that language is NOT the issue, if it were, the Asians … Continue reading

Another day…

Another golf tournament that we didn’t win… Of course it was us two old farts, and a kid that hadn’t picked up golf clubs in 10 years… I played flog, but we still shot par in the best ball. However, … Continue reading

Sea Stories…

There I was no s**t… er… never mind… I wasn’t there, there aren’t any pictures, and nobody saw anything… Yeah, yeah, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Best story of the night, Skipper Walker, VP-4 CO in the … Continue reading

Names… GAH!!!

Met up with a few folks last night, and grabbed a quick bite,  and one thing that we’re all suffering from is trying to remember some folks names… Granted we’ve gotten older, and nobody had a cruise book handy, but … Continue reading