Are the LLM’s just an expensive, autocomplete machine? I have been saying this since a close colleague first suggested it. Now some serious compter scientists are saying the same. Here are some notes and links …
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Opensource Cloud OS’s
I have just posted a little note on linkedin on the US regulatory ownership of the Cloud OS’s, cloud providers and supporting software products, in the context of ‘security of supply’. Here’s some more reading.
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Goldberg & Bridging
I attended PoliticalTech Summit 25 in Berlin. One of the speakers was Beth Goldberg and what she said led me to dig a bit deeper; here are my notes and links. …
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Federated Social Media
Mike Masnik of Techdirt points me at Sarah Perez’s article on a social media world without Caesars. , reporting on the founding AT Protocol conference, which is definitely not a Bluesky conference.
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Notes on the economics of AI
I have been reading and thinking about the economics of AI. Here some articles that I have read or not.
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On the AI Action Summit
We opened considering the AI Action Summit, https://www.elysee.fr/en/sommet-pour-l-action-sur-l-ia. Here are some notes and links, …
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On USB-C
Why is this such a faff? I have bought an HP with USB charging? It comes with a f’ing huge transformer, well not huge I used to have a model railway set. I want to use it with continental plugs; I bought a cheapish 65w USB plug, with a swiss connector i.e. type C which…
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Freemium on WordPress
And now I want to build a freemium site for someone else, here are my links and notes …
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Search Engine Optimisation
I need to brush up on SEO (Search Engine Optimisation. Here are my notes and links. NB this is not yet state of the art and will currently save you about 5 minutes …
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Forge of Empires
I had another go at a city builder game. I have stopped playing Rise of Empires, here are my notes and links for Forge of Empires. …
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Simple clean wordpress themes
For various reasons I had a look at alternative themes. I am currently using one called minnow, or on this wiki which I believe is no longer supported. In particular I find it frustrating that the social media menu does not display the platform icons, except for twitter. Otherwise I find it quite cool. I…
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Home IT Projects (Summer 2024)
Here we go, I have them on a todo list, albeit on a hidden page, but I need to record the links somewhere …
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Nord VPN, my notes
I have bought/subscribe to NordVPN and was recently taught how necessary it is. Here my notes, and links …
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Solaris
Some resurgent interest in Solaris has made me check what I still have. Here as ever are my notes …
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Galaxy Fold 5
I decided I needed one of these, between the tablet and the phone and making Kindle easier to read. It’s thicker but otherwise smaller when folded than my A32. Buying it was a palaver, and I eventually bought it with a big discount at John Lewis. Here’s a hint, EE don’t want to sell phones,…
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