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LLMs everywhere? It's unnecessary: Adam Tinworth writes on onemanandhisblog.com: LLMs are NOT answer machines. They’re guessing machines. And any guess has the potential to be wrong. That’s true. Developers of AI tools are trying to push it everywhere they can push it. For profit, of course. But Internet users don’t …

I’m discovering the blogosphere once again. After reading few weeks ago this article by Manu, I started using blogroll.org which was redesigned by him. This is amazing how many interesting blogs are on the web and how big emptiness had my RSS reader without so many great blogs into it.

Suzanne Bearne on BBC in article “The people refusing to use AI”: While it’s difficult to quantify the electricity used by AI, a report by Goldman Sachs estimated that a ChatGPT query uses nearly 10 times as much electricity as a Google search query.

I notice a drastic decrease in the number of published posts on my timeline on Bluesky. I don’t know yet if it’s a coincidence or something like a constant.

Is Substack becoming a closed digital garden?: Substack becomes another close digital garden. I think. Before you could write there a newsletter. Today you can publish podcast, videoconversations and posts like on X, Bluesky or Mastodon. Everything in one place. Comfortable? Definitely yes. But… dangerous as well. Why? Because it all …

Paul Graham on ‘The Age of Essay': Just as inviting people over forces you to clean up your apartment, writing something that other people will read forces you to think well.

Sir David Attenborough turns 99: The world’s most famous naturalist turns 99. I love and respect him for the way he talks about nature and how he makes people fall in love with it. Just look: It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source …

Speak or keep silent?: Man is the slave of what he says and the master of what he keeps silent. ~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte, “The Siege”

I don't want: I don’t want digital products to accompany me every step of the way. I don’t want smart watches. I don’t want digital rings. I don’t want intelligent brushes. I don’t want digital glasses with cameras. I don’t want vacuum cleaner with AI. I don’t want …

Two phrases: I read two excellent phrases today that sum up our world in a few words: “It’s more profitable to apologize than to ask for permission” - this in the context of large corporations that make no secret of the fact that they have copyrights for nothing and break the rules for their own gain. …

How technology destroing our brains: Hannah Karpel on BBC is writing: Claire Benton, vice-president of the British Academy of Audiology, suggests that by blocking everyday sounds such as cars beeping, there is a possibility the brain can “forget” to filter out the noise. and Those more complex, high-level listening skills in your …

Gulf of...: I remember what a shock and absurdity at the same time were Donald Trump’s words about his intention to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. I leave aside the political issues of his words. I don’t want to comment on it or be a part of the dispute, because I live in the other hemisphere …

I will miss you Touch ID: Tim Cook on X: Get ready to meet the newest member of the family. Of course, I’m assuming it’ll be the 4th gen iPhone SE or a low-cost iPhone that won’t be called ‘SE’ from now on. Based on reports that are circulating on the web, I will regret the news that Touch ID is going away on these models. …

This woman is journaling since 90 years: Human consistency and persistence in action sometimes amaze and embarrass me. They are impressive. Like the habit of one American woman who has kept a diary since… 1936. She turned 100 years old. Have been writing for 90 years and have no intention of stopping it. Ok, these are not long entries. But …

Is AI impairing our critical thinking?: Emanuel Maiberg on 404media.co: Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use. This is very important conclusion. And no - this doesn’t mean that the use of artificial intelligence should be discontinued. This makes us we should put even more effort …

Limited exodus from social platform: You can leave Twitter/X and move to Bluesky or Mastodon. You can leave Facebook and don’t miss it or possibly move to LinkedIn. You can leave Messenger/WhatsApp and move to Signal. You can leave Instagram and move to Pixelfed. But you can’t leave YouTube. Although there are alternatives in the …

Scientists takeover Bluesky: In article on nature.com I read: “Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions,” wrote one respondent. “My feed is almost entirely scientists and I actually get updates on research that is relevant and timely,” wrote another. and In Nature’s …

Restructuring RSS: I am in the process of restructuring my RSS library. It’s a revolution. During last years I’m used my feed very irregularly. There is no a one reason ‘why’. It just so happenen. Last months are a big revolution for me in approach to using the Internet included many services. …

Ode to bloggers: From few days I’m an avid reader of interviews on manuelmoreale.com. Manu is a blogger who interviewing with other bloggers and ask them about theirs, in general, journey in blogging world. Many of them gave very interesting answers - thought-provoking, clever observations and many others …

Posts without images: I’m new here. In blogosphere. What can be understood as a personal blogging. Earlier I had a blogs by short time during the years, but every had a specific subject. Now is different. I’m sharing my thoughts. This is absolutely different feeling and approach to writing. So I can say that …

By train: I take the train every day. Twice in a day, because place where I work is about 50 km from my home. So traveling is my everyday routine. And I love it. I love to take the train and what becoming after that. For me the train station is a some metaphysical gate that takes me to another world. To the …

Bluesky, eXodus and... wind of changes: I remember when about 15 years ago we had in Poland two interesting and quite popular social media platforms: Blip and Flaker. Blip was ‘polish Twitter’ in that time. Used only by Poles. Really interesting grassroots project which became important place for people with various interests. …

Bluesky gives hope: For me X is dying as a social platform. Misinformation, haters comments, quarrelings, dozens of unintelligible changes during last months. This is no longer space for me. I tried to find alternative but it was difficult. It is still difficult because I don’t know is I find it. Now I discover Bluesky …

In the clutches of plastic: Even if you want, you don’t have a wide choose. Coca-Cola, according to its own report, sells 134 billion plastic bottles a year, and that number has increased by 15 percent in the last four years. This is not all. Plastic production has sharply increased over the last 70 years. In 1950, …

Breaking the blockade: I like to write. I write since 2007. In that moment I’ve been started blog and writing in few other places on the web as well. It was a way which helped me to find the new experience and get practice before I began studying and working. When I started work with text and writing as my job, suddenly I …

Radio and shoulders of giants: I’ve heard great radio show about history of radio in polish regional public station. It was a program about history of radio because in 2024 is 100 anniversary of Radio Wrocław. And on this station I’ve heard this program. What caught my attention? The story of what happened, that the …

Running deer by the water: During all night from Sunday to Monday was heavy rain on my town and region. Consequence: small local flood. The next day I saw small deer who running by the flooded field in a village. It was so beautiful view. And I realised about it that we did similar in the past. We’ve run by the woods and …

Write means bleed: One day Ernest Hemingway said: There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. Shocked, right? My first reaction was similar. But when we think about it, can see hidden truth. Writing is something really personal. It’s part of your soul which you are share with …

Excuse me...: It’s great feeling to understand what people say in different languages. I learn English from few years and from part of time I speak well in various situations. I arrive by train to my office everyday and regularly meet people from various countries when I’m waiting on train station. …