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Finished reading: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 📚 Loved it. Recommended.
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ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak
The example around images is pretty 🤯 Also, using the Perplexity.ai app on my phone is an eye opening view on how bad the Google search experience has become.
- Monday September 11, 2023
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Cycle #mbsept
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For a second, my brain didn’t know what language to think in. English or French. #mbsept
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The Pigeon House yonder across the water. #mbsept.
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Podcasts
This is how New York City gets its produce
From Odd Lots, probably my favorite podcast at the moment. Always interesting and has a discord.
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Ship Shape
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Deep in the forest. #mbsept
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Perseverance and Adaptation: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive at Three Months - War on the Rocks
Comprehensive overview of the current situation.
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Sea Fog rolling in.
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Finished reading: Excession by Iain M. Banks 📚
Can’t help but wonder what Iain M. Banks would think about the Ai phase we’re currently experiencing. This was published in 1996..
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The Gathering
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Blue moon over Dublin Bay.
- Wednesday August 30, 2023
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Predicting Apple Services – Asymco
Fascinating analysis. 2 million active users of Apple Services in Ireland.
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My favourite Mugshot.
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Travel
After a few days of a lot of driving on all types of roads, a few thoughts. There is little respect for speed limits as no enforcement. But some limits are set too high and some too low. 80km speed limit on tiny rural winding roads is just asking for trouble. EV’s everywhere.
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A decade after a disastrous launch, is Apple Maps finally good? | Maps | The Guardian
I mostly use Apple Maps while driving. In my opinion, it’s better than Google Maps at lane positioning - getting you in the right lane at the right time.
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I’m late to this but it’s fascinating. Starting with the East India Company.
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Really shouldn’t link to X Twitter but this is an exception.
Je m’en focking fousNot sure who’d understand more, Corkonians or French.
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Cross section of a tree that fell over 4,000 years ago on display in the Céide Fields Heritage Centre
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Ireland June 2023. Warmest on record. July 2023. Wettest on record.
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Sunset reflections West of Ireland.
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Finished reading: AN Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears 📚
Took me a while to read this. Really enjoyed it.