jimmiles

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jimmiles.org jimmiles.journoportfolio.com Video editor. In Florida, not of it. Retired history/religion teacher. Ex-christian. Atheist.
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Comment · 5 days ago
I hate the click-bait smell of "quietly". For me it's in the same category as "eviscerated." The hyperbole factory rolls ever onward...
Comment · 18 days ago
Prompt Claude for PR articles?
Comment · 27 days ago
Is there a market for taking newer models and stripping them of their connectivity?
Comment · 27 days ago
Can we get it to manipulate us into being harmless to each other? I wouldn't mind that, especially if the manipulation was purposely transparent...
Comment · 1 month ago
That's one busy looking site. Hard to parse...
Comment · 1 month ago
"The startup wants to push how its Claude AI can direct robotic units to carry out science experiments with limited human intervention..."

Why? Why??? Isn't this one area you'd want extreme human intervention? I'm not against trying out new research tools. I just wonder why you'd want to allow the tools to work autonomously?

Comment · 3 months ago
If I had handwritten this, there would be at least one (likely lots more) errors in writing crossed out mingled in with the text. That there isn't makes me wonder why such a lengthy sample contains seemingly zero handwriting errors. Is that plausible?

EDIT: After seeing the comments, I am realizing how little I ever rewrote my own writings, an admitted weakness of mine. It was the blindspot behind which I made my reply!

Comment · 4 months ago
I wish I could disagree with you, but I live in Florida.
Comment · 8 months ago
Couldn't they focus some of their creativity on making the UI look less like the inside of a middle schooler's brain?
Comment · 9 months ago
At my old job I had a phone that had IR remote capability. I'd turn off or mute the blaring TVs in our break rooms. Good times.
Comment · 10 months ago
This method helped me stop snoring. Life-changing.
Comment · 2 years ago
But VVV is aimed at developers; the OP describes a different use case, in which he also eloquently explains my dilemma, and that I'm sure of many others: we want to write for our blog, not develop our blog. I am very interested in his project going forward...
Comment · 2 years ago
Free "with ads" doesn't interest me as much as free from ads.
Comment · 2 years ago

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