What do we think of Google Gemini? How does it compare with ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude?
I have two superpowers: finding the right-sized Tupperware container for leftovers and moving things around in the refrigerator until there is room for something else when the refrigerator looks full.
Adobe Got Bullied Off Of Bluesky (Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day (seventh item — scroll down) — “… this is becoming a genuine issue for Bluesky…. It’s really easy to be the cool, new anti-corporate social network up until the point where you actually need to make money.”
I’m Not An Economist, But I Don’t Think This Tariff Thing Is Working, Guys (Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day)
AI avatars are the face of emerging telcos
I found this to be a fascinating story: “Digital humans” — realistic, AI-powered avatars — are poised to revolutionize human-computer interactions in the telecom sector. These avatars provide higher customer satisfaction and increased likelihood of purchases compared with traditional interfaces, according to research. Companies such as AT&T, Amdocs and ServiceNow are leveraging AI to automate network operations and enhance customer service.
Here’s something I saw while walking the dog.
Walking the dog this morning down a residential street, a white-haired older woman pulled up in a car next to me and rolled down her window and shouted something. I could not hear what she said, so I went a little closer and asked her to repeat it.
She said, “God loves you and your baby.”
I have had people shout worse things to me from rolled-down car windows.
Today I learned if you soak your TiVo remote in salad dressing it don’t work good after.
We saw “A Complete Unknown” tonight. It paints a portrait of Dylan as a magnificently talented and charismatic asshole.
Sam Keen, Philosopher of the Men’s Movement, Is Dead at 93
Trip Gabriel / The New York Times
I did not read Keen‘s book. I had not even heard of it or him until I read this obituary. I did, however, read “Iron John,” by Robert Bly, which was published about the same time and was another touchstone of the men’s movement of the 90s.
I think there are many, many ways of being a man and I am not the type of man that the men’s movement of the 90s spoke to. And if the “manosphere” of the 2020s is anything like how I’ve seen it described, I certainly don’t want to be involved in that.