Star Trek Picard finale - final scene - 🧠 💥 #picard #startrek

Today I learned (again) this is a complete sentence: "No." #themoreyouknow

Today I learned a flock of American Coots on a lake is called a Raft. #themoreyouknow

Today I learned the magic words to make my partner laugh in a tense traffic situation, "I know you don't always appreciate my driving style, but that's okay. I appreciate it enough for the both of us."

Today I learned that humans were not directly responsible for the extinction of the Dodo. It was the pigs and rats we brought with us that ate all the Dodo eggs that caused them to go extinct. That absolves humans of nothing of course. I was also surprised by the DNA answer as to what family of birds the Dodo belonged: pigeons and doves. Specifically a 44 million year old Asian pigeon. The more you know!

https://youtu.be/Juci-kAqjes

Today I learned why AI is not a threat to humanity. Sure, it can beat the world's best Go master, but can that same AI play Spades? No! You can do both and more. The most capable AI is nothing more than a fancy one trick pony. When they try to be generalists like people they are often wrong. To be a generalist requires probablility math. Their answers are probably correct but if wrong the AI can't tell. It's just the high number in a craps roll. So relax, they ain't getting there any time soon.

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Down with the Empire. 😁

My first homemade pasties. We had two for dinner with two leftover. They weren't bad. 😀#foodies

Okay #CoSo. I admit it. You're not my favorite social media. I've always had an unwavering love of petroglyphs.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Golpayegan.petroglyphs0101.jpg

At this point, if I had to pick a couple of single words to discribe 21st century western society, they would be words like monetize, weaponize, fractionalize. #changemymind

@Alfred what's your girlfriend's name? Or is he a boyfriend?

@Alfred Please find a 1980's boy band video and post the link here. I'd prefer it be an official release video. Can you do that please?

@Alfred where is the Batmobile?

About that weather moving in comment: howling winds, driving rain, graupel, lightning once, power out three times for 6 to 8 hours total. What a night! #Stormy #Weather

Sunset last night. Weather moving in this evening so we just get the one. Worth. #CoSoPhotography #sunset

I've a new long format post discussing the Zero Trust cyber security model and how you can implement it at home for FREE. It's a long post (tl;dr link included,) but if you are concerned about staying as safe as you can be while using the Internet it's well worth the time.

#InfoSec #ZeroTrust #CoSoTech #CoSoSec

https://mirkwood.runedar.net/2023/02/19/zero-trust-at-home/

Made a simple dinner tonight as the partner had a memorial service to attend. Bockwurst, potato (yellow) and cabbage saute with green apple. Salt and pepper to taste. Potatoes pan fried on medium heat in .5 ounces of bacon grease until mostly done. Add the meat, cabbage and apple, cover and cook 10 to15 minutes on low heat until cabbage is done enough for you. Remove lid and cook at medium to medium high heat to drive off excess water. Only 44 calories an ounce. Yum! #CoSoFood #whatsfordinner

I don't often say things here; other places never. But I do have things to share - long format. That's why I have a blog. It's not "public" as I don't allow search engines to index it. While I do opinion pieces sometimes, I mostly do posts on science, technology, and cyber security. That last is technically oriented how-to pieces on making yourself more secure at home and abroad. I've been doing IT 40 years. I've some expertise. If you'd like to know more: https://mirkwood.runedar.net

Poached eggs are yummy! This is neither. But seriously, qhy disavow consumming animal products but insist they still look (and taste!) like animal products? That's rhetorical of course because there is no sensible answer.