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My daughter and I are planning on performing at her music school's open mic. I just used ChatGPT: "What are the chords and words to No Surprises by Radiohead?" It was great, much easier than finding it on my own. But...it completely fabricated a bridge that doesn't exist...?

Is Outlook even usable by persons needing accessibility accommodations? I can't even select certain text, even in the web version. On the web, you have to purposefully disable text selection, right? Someone went out of their way to make this product less usable.

Given an org addicted to what Cal Newport refers to as the "hyperactive hive mind", I wonder if the torturous UX of Microsoft email and chat products is a bug or a feature.

The last time I properly rode my bike was 8 days ago. My brain feels like mush. I'm tired all the time. I feel 100 lbs heavier.

I must admit, mobile computer media events do momentarily convince me that a new piece of technology barely different in any appreciable way from my current 3-year-old device will transform my life, injecting it with immersive happiness and cutting-edge meaning.

It's a weird flex for Google to develop APIs for a mobile device that hasn't existed in over a decade, but what do I know?

@agiletortoise this is a constant frustration for me with shows in DFW (and I don't know if it's specific to DFW). Although at the Damien Jurado show last week there was total audience attention. Which was good, because the actual music was so soft I could barely hear it from where we were sitting.

@agiletortoise This was the one thing that came with the overly-smarthomed house we bought in 2021 that I've been happy with. I've barely touched it since then, and its notifications are just right, only letting me know when it is not going to run because it has rained. Set and forget is my favorite tech. The Nexx gate opener, on the other hand...

Milo, 8 years old, upon planning a group bicycle ride: "I've always wanted to be in a bike gang."

Dogs: training
Cats: negotiating