Ten Things that Occurred to Me #22

1. Wait -- AM radio is still a thing?

2. I don’t think that things like ChatGPT will take over Google Search, but I do think it will be disruptive.  I go to Google to ask a lot of questions, and ChatGPT seems a lot better at answering general queries. I am finding myself asking ChatGPT things I usually would have googled.  I like the conversational (and ad-free) response much better.

3. Regarding the above (and many other things…) -- I think it is an incredible time to be alive.

4. A little crypto education: An NFT is not an image, nor is it the “metadata for an image.”  NFTs themselves have nothing to do with images.  An NFT is merely a cryptographic entity that can’t be changed or duplicated.  It can represent anything (including images, but it doesn’t need to).  There are use cases far and wide beyond defining an image.

5. Do you know what is irritating?  When a website has a “keep me logged in” checkbox, and they don’t actually keep you logged in. Grr.

6. I have probably mentioned this before, but I totally do not get foldable phones.  They are utterly uninteresting to me.  I have less than zero desire to own one. I don’t understand why anyone else would want to own one.

7. Many will probably disagree with me, but I think the greatest line ever uttered in cinematic history was when Forrest Gump said “I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is.”

8. Website of the Week:  mynoise.net -- I can’t recommend this site enough.  It plays a huge variety of different sounds, soundscapes, and other things worth listening to as background. If you like it (and how can you not?), please consider making a donation to this wonderful resource.

9. I just realized that someone must know how to fold a fitted sheet because they come folded in the package.

10. My likelihood of patronizing your fast food restaurant increases if you have the following:  wireless, free refills, booth seating with electrical plugs, a garbage receptacle that I don’t have to touch, and warmth.