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John Larkin
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-is-reviving-san-francisco-s-tech-scene-welcome-to-cerebral-valley/ar-AA18Eg9C
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bitrex
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On 3/21/2023 2:50 PM, John Larkin wrote:
Here\'s my AI start-up idea, I\'m gonna design an AI that can monitor the
snack machine rack and know when your Twix is stuck in the little
spinny-doos and then automatically give it an extra nudge, saving the
trouble of the customer rocking the machine and potentially being
crushed by said machine.
Here\'s my AI start-up idea, I\'m gonna design an AI that can monitor the
snack machine rack and know when your Twix is stuck in the little
spinny-doos and then automatically give it an extra nudge, saving the
trouble of the customer rocking the machine and potentially being
crushed by said machine.
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Dennis
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On 3/21/23 15:24, bitrex wrote:
My idea is to use AI to insert spelling and grammatical errors into AI
generated papers. This will make it harder to tell you used AI to do
your paper. Should be a big seller with the high school and college
crowd. ;-)
My idea is to use AI to insert spelling and grammatical errors into AI
generated papers. This will make it harder to tell you used AI to do
your paper. Should be a big seller with the high school and college
crowd. ;-)
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John Larkin
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:24:45 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
I remember snack machines, way back in my youth. Nowadays we just
order mass quantities of junk food from Amazon.
We do have a direct account with Lundt.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y4gbytrfv7b3jlj/Eng_Choc.jpg?raw=1
I remember snack machines, way back in my youth. Nowadays we just
order mass quantities of junk food from Amazon.
We do have a direct account with Lundt.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y4gbytrfv7b3jlj/Eng_Choc.jpg?raw=1
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Phil Hobbs
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On 2023-03-21 17:49, John Larkin wrote:
At one point I was $2 up on the snack machine at the end of my corridor
at Watson. It had a slightly wonky dollar bill handler that would get
jammed.
I discovered that part of its power-on sequence was to run the handler
backwards for a bit, so it produced an indescribably crinkled dollar
bill, and started working again.
Saved them a truck roll, so everybody\'s happy.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
At one point I was $2 up on the snack machine at the end of my corridor
at Watson. It had a slightly wonky dollar bill handler that would get
jammed.
I discovered that part of its power-on sequence was to run the handler
backwards for a bit, so it produced an indescribably crinkled dollar
bill, and started working again.
Saved them a truck roll, so everybody\'s happy.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
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Dean Hoffman
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 4:49:55â¯PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
Do you remember the old cigarette machines? My dad smoked Pall Malls.
Do you remember the old cigarette machines? My dad smoked Pall Malls.
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bitrex
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On 3/21/2023 5:49 PM, John Larkin wrote:
I\'m just old enough to be nostalgic for this type of soda machine:
<https://youtu.be/yHuJj7JGPgQ>
Which by the time I was old enough to tie my own shoelaces (mid 1980s)
seemed to have disappeared from most everywhere except candlepin bowling
alleys (it\'s a New England thing), which always seemed to be a decade or
three behind the times on decor & technology.
The drinks always seemed to taste the best out of those, when they
worked right at least.
The Web 2.0 21st century business model is instead of just running a
vending machine business, you make YouTube videos about running a
vending machine business. Averaging millions of views likely brings in
significantly more money than the modest profit from sales, which as
someone mentions in the comments is likely going to require a couple
hours work a day just to break even.
<https://youtu.be/srDL2Py2JYo>
I\'m just old enough to be nostalgic for this type of soda machine:
<https://youtu.be/yHuJj7JGPgQ>
Which by the time I was old enough to tie my own shoelaces (mid 1980s)
seemed to have disappeared from most everywhere except candlepin bowling
alleys (it\'s a New England thing), which always seemed to be a decade or
three behind the times on decor & technology.
The drinks always seemed to taste the best out of those, when they
worked right at least.
The Web 2.0 21st century business model is instead of just running a
vending machine business, you make YouTube videos about running a
vending machine business. Averaging millions of views likely brings in
significantly more money than the modest profit from sales, which as
someone mentions in the comments is likely going to require a couple
hours work a day just to break even.
<https://youtu.be/srDL2Py2JYo>
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John Larkin
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:00:46 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
At work we just stock whatever people request and give it away free.
At work we just stock whatever people request and give it away free.
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Fred Bloggs
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 7:22:51â¯PM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote:
It\'s been said, and quite accurately, the bill readers only work flawlessy on crinkled bills. So you always want to bunch up and crinkle a bill before you put it in the reader.
It\'s been said, and quite accurately, the bill readers only work flawlessy on crinkled bills. So you always want to bunch up and crinkle a bill before you put it in the reader.
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Fred Bloggs
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 7:51:53â¯PM UTC-4, Dean Hoffman wrote:
These days a cigarette machine has to make change for a 20.
These days a cigarette machine has to make change for a 20.
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Fred Bloggs
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 8:00:54â¯PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
There\'s a reason why the drinks taste \"different\" anyway. If you ever saw what they looked like open, it\'s a miracle people didn\'t keel over dead after ingesting that toxic brew. The coffee/ cocoa machines were probably the worst, soft drinks not much better.
He\'s giving hope to dreamers- not the immigration kind- the kind who want out of their present circumstance, and this fits the bill for a lot of people, So this kind of show will always be popular.
There\'s a reason why the drinks taste \"different\" anyway. If you ever saw what they looked like open, it\'s a miracle people didn\'t keel over dead after ingesting that toxic brew. The coffee/ cocoa machines were probably the worst, soft drinks not much better.
He\'s giving hope to dreamers- not the immigration kind- the kind who want out of their present circumstance, and this fits the bill for a lot of people, So this kind of show will always be popular.
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Fred Bloggs
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 2:50:57â¯PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-is-reviving-san-francisco-s-tech-scene-welcome-to-cerebral-valley/ar-AA18Eg9C
Nothing will come out of that kind of organized dis-organization- maybe should be dysorganization. That word doesn\'t seem to be in the dictionary, but it damn well should be.
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-is-reviving-san-francisco-s-tech-scene-welcome-to-cerebral-valley/ar-AA18Eg9C
Nothing will come out of that kind of organized dis-organization- maybe should be dysorganization. That word doesn\'t seem to be in the dictionary, but it damn well should be.
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John Larkin
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:50:48 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
<bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:
AI is a fad, like nanotech. A money sink.
<bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:
AI is a fad, like nanotech. A money sink.
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wmartin
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On 3/22/23 09:54, John Larkin wrote:
He said, as the robot pushed him down the elevator shaft!
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Phil Hobbs
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On 2023-03-22 12:54, John Larkin wrote:
professors and defense contractors to separate granting agencies from
their money?
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
Hey, listen, man, don\'t trash all the buzzwords. How do you expect
professors and defense contractors to separate granting agencies from
their money?
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
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John Larkin
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:05:44 -0400, Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
Or VCs to separate citizens from their savings?
I should tell the story of my nanotech adventure some day. Mo and I
did get a week in Oxford for free, which was worth the degradation of
dealing with hustlers and VC parasites.
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
Or VCs to separate citizens from their savings?
I should tell the story of my nanotech adventure some day. Mo and I
did get a week in Oxford for free, which was worth the degradation of
dealing with hustlers and VC parasites.
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Anthony William Sloman
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On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 3:54:38â¯AM UTC+11, John Larkin wrote:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330866-deepminds-protein-folding-ai-cracks-biologys-biggest-problem/
John Larkin hasn\'t noticed quite how productive the \"fad\" has already been. When his business gets washed away by cheap AI based competition he will be totally baffled, but he is a bit short of natural intelligence.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330866-deepminds-protein-folding-ai-cracks-biologys-biggest-problem/
John Larkin hasn\'t noticed quite how productive the \"fad\" has already been. When his business gets washed away by cheap AI based competition he will be totally baffled, but he is a bit short of natural intelligence.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney
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John Larkin
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:20:14 -0700, wmartin <wwm@wwmartin.net> wrote:
Why go robots always have eyes that glow? That sounds like bad optics
to me.
Or for that matter, why are they most always humanoid?
On 3/22/23 09:54, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:50:48 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 2:50:57?PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-is-reviving-san-francisco-s-tech-scene-welcome-to-cerebral-valley/ar-AA18Eg9C
Nothing will come out of that kind of organized dis-organization- maybe should be dysorganization. That word doesn\'t seem to be in the dictionary, but it damn well should be.
AI is a fad, like nanotech. A money sink.
He said, as the robot pushed him down the elevator shaft!
Why go robots always have eyes that glow? That sounds like bad optics
to me.
Or for that matter, why are they most always humanoid?
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Anthony William Sloman
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On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 3:05:47â¯PM UTC+11, John Larkin wrote:
It keeps the audience happy. Most of them are even less well-inforned than you are.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney
On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:20:14 -0700, wmartin <w...@wwmartin.net> wrote:
On 3/22/23 09:54, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:50:48 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 2:50:57?PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-is-reviving-san-francisco-s-tech-scene-welcome-to-cerebral-valley/ar-AA18Eg9C
Nothing will come out of that kind of organized dis-organization- maybe should be dysorganization. That word doesn\'t seem to be in the dictionary, but it damn well should be.
AI is a fad, like nanotech. A money sink.
He said, as the robot pushed him down the elevator shaft!
Why go robots always have eyes that glow? That sounds like bad optics
to me.
Or for that matter, why are they most always humanoid?
It keeps the audience happy. Most of them are even less well-inforned than you are.
--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
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whit3rd
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On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 9:05:47â¯PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
Screen actors\' guild approves of that, though.
The original \'robots\' were Karel Capek\'s creation, for the
R.U.R. play. Modern film variants include nonhumanoids
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1971325/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1>
On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:20:14 -0700, wmartin <w...@wwmartin.net> wrote:
On 3/22/23 09:54, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:50:48 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 2:50:57?PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-is-reviving-san-francisco-s-tech-scene-welcome-to-cerebral-valley/ar-AA18Eg9C
Nothing will come out of that kind of organized dis-organization- maybe should be dysorganization. That word doesn\'t seem to be in the dictionary, but it damn well should be.
AI is a fad, like nanotech. A money sink.
He said, as the robot pushed him down the elevator shaft!
Why go robots always have eyes that glow? That sounds like bad optics
to me.
Or for that matter, why are they most always humanoid?
Screen actors\' guild approves of that, though.
The original \'robots\' were Karel Capek\'s creation, for the
R.U.R. play. Modern film variants include nonhumanoids
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1971325/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1>