David Holly

Enjoying family and friends, computers and the web, and learning new things as I go through my continuing adventures in this world.

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I wonder how much brain matter is being lost by children not writing things by hand the way it was done in the past? 

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I love it when people say they're going to grill something on their Blackstone "grill". It takes me back to scraping the big flat grill at McDonald's when I was a teenager...

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So what will vegans do when they learn that all the plants they've been eating are conscious beings like scientists have been reporting lately? 

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When will Starbucks start using AI and tag readers or facial recognition to help the baristas "remember" your favorite order?

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So sad to hear so many people in my neighborhood put their dogs out in the yard to bark continuously. Kind of ruins sitting outside on a beautiful afternoon! 

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I saw a post that said everyone wore copper jewelry in the 1980s. 

I was there and don't remember that. 

Maybe I was too poor? Hmmm

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Have you ever been eaten up with urgency about something important only to you? And no one else even knows let alone cares if it happens? 

Weird feeling...

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More evidence we are being pushed toward mainframe computing again: 

Ollama just announced 50% discounts on off-peak use of their LLMs. 

Weird after all the effort to be free from that...

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How many people are going to ruin camping with portable Starlink wifi for their family or group? 

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I finally figured out that "I don't want to be a burden" and "I didn't want to bother you" are often received as expressions of selfishness clothed in what looks and is supposed to sound like consideration. 

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Why did we reduce the question down to

"White or wheat?"

Aren't they both made from wheat? 

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Why don't churches uses Romans 12:4-6 with pics of severed fingers and toes as marketing material in October? 

https://t.co/BJc2HCkCDG

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Will the big tech start training their LLM models using old time radio? And will that bring back some of the slang from back then?

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When they start using space mirrors to reflect sunlight onto the dark side of the earth do they really think the light will only effect the area they shine it on? 

Surrounding areas will be impacted, too. New frontier for lawsuits...

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If no one can look in the face of God and live...

...why are there songs about wanting to see God's face? 

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A quote I read recently said that while our brains chase flawlessness and efficiency they draw inspiration and grow from flaws and grit. 

Funny how that works, isn't it? 

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I love what DuckDuckGo is doing with their glasses! 

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If I was in a rush to leave I wouldn't have come to service at all. 

I came to be engaged and learn, not to feel guilty or in a rush. 

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I would much rather follow God's leading in who to be with than always be looking for someone that can bring my average up. 

Eyes on the creator, not on his creation.

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The teaching that a person is an average of the five people they hang out with the most just seems selfish to me. 

Does that mean if you're not with me you don't want to bring your average down?

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