Alcohol is back in the news in Canada and the new report from The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) is making waves. The CCSA report updates their guidelines on safe alcohol consumption, and this is the first update in 11 years. The TL:DR on this one is that it significantly lowers the […]
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A few days ago, over on LinkedIn, a friend, Fred Richards, posted a poll question. Does AI think? 11% of people said “Yes” while the “No” camp took home 79% of the vote. “Maybe” stood alone with 0% of the vote while the remaining 11% said, “Keep throwing $$ at it!” Granted, the poll
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I should start by pointing out that what follows is inspired by a video I watched with Elizabeth Ann West. She was demonstrating some advances with an AI tool called Sudowrite, an amazing tool for writers. In the demonstration, she asked the audience for story ideas and one of them was for a sci-fi Little
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I had taken a break from my morning work to stretch and add a few steps to my smartwatch (have to get those 10,000 steps in, you know). I picked up my Android tablet, fired up my eBook reader app, and started walking around the house, going up and down steps, and searching for some
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To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there’s the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. – William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, Act 3, Scene 1 It was a long time ago. That part, at least, is something I am sure of. Somebody used the expression,
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If the answer to the above question “Yes”, then consider that you may be angry for the wrong reason, and at the wrong people. Or AI. Generative AIs, like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Dall-E, are the talk of the town. Not just your town or my town, but all of them. Seriously. And now, Microsoft’s Bing
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A few months ago, we received information from the Government about radon gas. You get these things from time to time; suggestions on insulating your home, or getting regular medical checkups, or making sure you’re prepared for emergencies. While I can’t remember why we took note of this particular message, this one was the beginning
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She was a legend in the radio industry, known as “the girl with the golden ear.” She had a knack for picking songs that would become hits, like Bachman Turner Overdrive’s “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” and “Takin’ Care of Business”, Elton John’s “Bennie and the Jets”, and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”. She was Rosalie Trombley,
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A twisted little tale of impossible goals and what happens when the workload exceeds your ability to cope. By Marcel Gagné Dement Horizon: A Tiny Audiobook 0:00 /4:13 1× “I need it tomorrow. Noon.” The door slammed shut leaving Gilbert alone with a mountain of paperwork. He gazed at the expansive mass of reports, tasks,
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