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Friday Fun Link – ChatGPT Is An Exponential Leap for Artificial Intelligence

The new artificial intelligence service, ChatGPT, has taken the Internet by storm and with good reason – this is incredibly realistic (mostly), fast, free artificial intelligence that has potential to revolutionalize the world in numerous ways improving exponentially from similar earlier services. (Of course, as someone pointed out on Reddit, “everyone thought Excel would revolutionize […]

A 41 Year Old Addict Says Good-Bye (And Shares His Observations and Regrets)

The amount of stress I’m seeing in the world right now is overwhelming. People I know from Ukraine and Iran worried about home. People navigating our Covid-filled world whether they’ve never tested positive or tested positive multiple times. Parents trying to find needed badly needed medicine for their kids while teachers face half empty classrooms. […]

¶ Posted 23 November 2022 § Meme § Randomness § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, philosophy

The Conspiracy Chart

¶ Posted 24 November 2021 § Infographic § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, health, history, science

“Indian Head is super nice…it’s not like any other small prairie town I’ve been too”

My hometown gets a couple nice compliments in a Reddit thread about best Saskatchewan towns/cities…

¶ Posted 03 November 2021 § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Second

Reddit has long released some unique site or game or feature, often tied to group psychology, on April Fool’s Day. This year was no exception as they released “Second” which is a seemingly simple game where you vote for one of three pictures (maybe three different popular video games or celebrities or products or even, […]

¶ Posted 02 April 2021 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Meme § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool

What Is Going On With Game Stop & Reddit?

Well, the dominant narrative of this story is “large group of Internet-enabled Reddit underdogs figure out strategy to bankrupt billion dollar hedge fund” but the reality, as usual, is probably a lot more complicated and also consequential.

¶ Posted 27 January 2021 § Jobs § Meme § News § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education

Sweaty Palms – Alex Honnold

Sweaty palms can mean a few different things but especially online, it’s often used to refer to people who attempt death-defying feats such as climbing buildings or natural formations or other structures, often without the use of any safety equipment. For some unknown reason, I still get a daily digest from Digg.com. I rarely look […]

¶ Posted 07 October 2018 § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool

Friday Fun Link – What Are Some Albums That Are Great For Camping?

Reddit, which has just undergone its first redesign in a decade, recently passed Facebook as the third most trafficked site in the United States. Being able to find any kind of timely information you want – for example, ideas for some new music to listen to at your campsite – is a big part of why […]

¶ Posted 08 June 2018 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, music, saskatchewan

Going Viral for Good – #SaveSKLibraries, Broncos’ GoFundMe

A couple stories of the importance of being able to “go viral” in the digital age. Today was Budget Day in Saskatchewan and it was confirmed that, after being cut by $5 million last year, the library funding that was restored after public outcry, would remain in place, leaving library funding stable, at least for […]

¶ Posted 10 April 2018 § Internet § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, facebook, hockey, twitter

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – @ryanmeili Embraces Latest in “Poli-Techs” Once Again With Facebook Live Event #skpoli #skndpldr

Since he first ran for the leadership of the Sask NDP nearly a decade ago, Ryan Meili has been incredibly adept at harnessing new technologies to achieve political goals. In 2009, he ran Canada’s first-ever political “money bomb” fundraiser which was a huge success, raising (if memory serves) something like 1/6 of all the money Ryan […]