June, 2023 archive
The Party of Law and Order, Reprise 0
Thom decodes de code.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” shows politeness at the dinner table.
Base Desires 0
I think Steven M. may have decoded de code.
Who Can You Trust? 0
F. T. Rea wants to know.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Emma and the crew look behind the curtain and call out the chicanery.
Flagging Interests 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini wonders why Trump supporters persist in desecrating the United States flag. Here’s a bit from his article:
In other words, no picture of Trump.
No Mulligans To Give 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun is teed off.
QOTD 0
Robert Goldsborough:
I find it amazing hoW eager some people are to deliver news that might be found disturbing to the recipient.
Goldsborough, Robert, The Battered Badge (New York: Mysterious Press, 2018), p. 128.
Behind That (AI) Curtain 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Gleb Tsipursky offers some pointers for detecting the deception. He make three main points:
- AI-generated misinformation blurs truth, making it hard to discern fact from fiction.
- People can unmask AI content by scrutinizing it for inconsistencies and a lack of human touch.
- AI content detection tools can spot and neutralize misinformation, protecting against its spread.
Follow the link for a detailed discussion of each one.
Aside:
I will add one bit of advice:
Don’t believe stuff just because you see it on a computer screen.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” demonstrates that phrase to be an oxymoron.
No one was hit by the discharged round, but two minor injuries were reported.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
The Rule of Flaw 0
Methinks that Zandar has a point.
