Don’t be stealing my pen …
2023 | 06 | 16
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I think any service that allows you to publish an image should also have an ‘image to text’ AI running in parallel so every time you post an image the ‘alt text’ would be automatically added.
People using the system will have the option to change their entries on a case by case basis.
I wonder if MicroBlog will be the first service to roll this out?
Blackstone sure do employ a lot of very young Asian people that are clearly very intelligent and focussed to have achieved so much in their very short lifetimes. Their resumes are unbelievable.
At least based on the alerts I get from LinkedIN - or could there be another reason?
If you Journal - and get stuck… don’t we all? …🔗 some ideas for you.
If you are a DayONE user - you can scroll through and add the prompts to DayONE by a simple click - or as it turns out 40 simple clicks - but then there are well over 500 of them.
In a world in which the creator of the Oculus headset claims to have invented a new virtual reality system – called NerveGear – that kills players for real when they are bumped off in a game, it is clear that Black Mirror has its work increasingly cut out.
💬 Lucy Mangan
🔗 Parcast and Gimlet Layoffs Reflect a Bigger Spotify Podcast Pivot
Maybe Podcasts will survive?
🎵 What would a modern equivalent to Jefferson Airplane performing two songs from Surrealistic Pillow on ‘American Bandstand’ and ‘talking; to Dick Clark whilst surrounded by lots of ‘young things’ be …. do you think?
It’s not a good look Bill.
Then again Harvard … neither is this.
🔗 Harvard morgue manager charged with theft, sale of body parts.
🪦 Goodbye Glenda … miss you already, but a great run.
One of the conundrums of life.
.. how are you?
.. ok .. great .. how are you?
.. good thanks.
And life moves on, with nobody knowing anything more .. and in some ways .. much less.
🔗 Beyonce concerts blamed for Sweden’s inflation
Really? Beyonce?
President Biden will meet with executives from companies like SeatGeek, Live Nation, and Airbnb today about getting rid of surprise fees and highlight new commitments being made by some of them to make prices more transparent.
As someone with English origins, who has lived in the US a long time … even today I am constantly surprised by the lack of transparency - at every turn.
Example
The restaurant advertises your drinks and food at a total cost of (say) $60.
When the bill arrives (state by state it varies but in California), it will come in at around $64.35 - with an expectancy of you ‘voluntarily’ adding a further 15 to 30% (the range I often see on restaurant recommendations).
Lets call it the ‘minimum … 15% - adding another $9.
For a total of $73.35 - fully 22% more than the advertised price.
22% of surprise fees that will not be part of Biden’s discussion.
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2023 | 06 | 15
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Anyone else noticed how many companies are borrowing more and more Apple phrases to promote themselves? I’m looking at you …
“We can’t wait to …”
🔗 Republican official appears to have moved $1.3m from non-profit to own law firm. … well, this was two days ago …do we know yet?