Tag archives for Gemini
The AP Stylebook is divisive, not helpful
Before commenting on something that the AP Stylebook’s Facebook account posted yesterday, I’ll show you a grammar question I recently asked Gemini because it’s relevant in this context: Ludditus: Which…
Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux
Someone commented on an old post of mine, AppImages: the worst choice in “portability” (with examples), which made me aware of this project: Anylinux AppImages. Some relevant links: Anylinux-AppImages on…
Iar e pe ulei Gemini
Întrebare: cum se chema în Franța, imediat după război, planul care hotărea ce tip de autovehicule să fabrice marii producători? Cretinul caută pe web, cugetă, după care și-o bagă singur…
I’m afraid of Gemini 3.8 Flash!
I didn’t notice that the Flash version had changed from 3.7 to 3.8 when I first asked Gemini a question earlier today. I wasn’t even aware of the announcement: Introducing…
Gemini and Qwen explained IMAX to me!
I have held a grudge against IMAX, so I put an argument “on paper” (so to speak) and fed it to Gemini and Qwen. Why the 1.43 aspect ratio? The…
attirant, attrayant, attractif: ghid pentru românii ca mine
Din sutele de interacțiuni pe care le am în fiecare lună cu Gemini, ChatGPT și Qwen, prea puține ajung să fie menționate în spațiul public (mai postez câte ceva pe…
Securitatea Wi-Fi-ului public: mituri vs. realitate
Unii cretini mă iau la pulă (în comentarii pe care nu le aprob) când postez conversații cu chatboți, dar această discuție este informativă și nu am detectat halucinații în ea.…
Amendamentele Grădinaru și Fritz în deciziile CCR: Gemini
Discuția cu Gemini se poate citi și aici. Am pus doar 3 întrebări, iar ulterior am revenit cu a patra. ❶ Eu: Există vreo țară europeană în care legislația anticorupție…
Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review
As someone wrote about it, The cast marshaled for this movie is an embarrassment of riches: Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson, John Leguizamo, Mia…
Maybe I wasn’t wrong to hate PackageKit, after all
I hated PackageKit in 2008, then I got used to it as it became omnipresent, so I just ignored it. Most people have nothing against it (it’s for your security!)…
Is there an ePub apocalypse? A case study and beyond it
A chat with Gemini, what else? ❶ Ludditus: Back in the day, when ePub readers included models from Sony (PRS-300, 350, 500, 505) and many other brands, I was rabid…
Il ne valait mieux pas que je comprenne le français 🙄
« It is not because you are / I love you because I do / C'est pas parce que you are me / Qu'I am you, qu'I am you » (Renaud). I…
AI and Linux: a bit of ranting
From the hundreds of URLs visited per week, here are a bunch of comments based on a very short selection of news from the last 3 weeks. I am unhappy…
The CCPA and the GDPR will eventually kill Linux
I don't expect people to read carefully the details that accompany the release of Debian 13.6. It's just a bunch of updates, right? Even I couldn't be bothered, but as…
File Explorer: less annoying sans Automatic Folder Type Discovery
I prefer all folders to open by default in the compact List view; some other people prefer the Detailed view by default. Either way, only morons need a folder to…
În care discut cu Gemini ciudățeniile conjunctivului în franceză și italiană
Nu voiam să discut gramatică în acest moment, dar o mică îndoială cu privire la alegerea unui verb m-a făcut să discut cu Gemini aspecte ale conjunctivului în câteva limbi…
Google’s AI Mode vs. double jeopardy in Savannah
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), with John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Jude Law, and Lady Chablis, and directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, has many differences compared…
Microsoft and Mozilla: examples of a higher intelligence
What follows is a set of two minor annoyances that, nonetheless, prove that the software issued by some of the most popular companies is ridden with stupidity. In both cases,…
Vibe-solving the Erdős 1196 problem
Ludditus: That news about how ChatGPT solved the Erdős 1196 problem in 80 minutes doesn't say how the hell someone managed to get it to think for 80 minutes. Either…
A few notes about Antigravity CLI and non-alternatives
Exactly one week ago, I had to release the bug-fix version 2.5.1 of ComicStripBrowser because Marmaduke was broken. The culprit was a typo that actually meant I inadvertently pasted a…