Ever wonder why some computers feel lightning-fast while others struggle to open a simple web page? The secret lies in the tiny but powerful chip inside your device—the CPU. I touched on CPUs in this article on computer internals. Think of it as the brain of your computer, processing everything from emails to Netflix streams….
ChatGPT was released to the public in November 2022. Within six months, it landed an attorney in hot water with a judge. The attorney submitted a brief to the judge that ChatGPT had written in its entirety. As impressive as that sounds, it contained six fictitious citations to other cases and precedents. The judge was…
When I’m publishing a photo at one of my sites, I like to tell the story of the shot – where it was, when I took it, and sometimes how I did it. The problem is that I’m often publishing several months after I took the photo, and I can’t always remember those details. As…
You’ve heard them before when you’ve dialed a customer service number. “Please give a brief statement of the reason for your call.” Or something like “I’m sorry, I didn’t understand you. Would you like Sales, Parts, or to make an appointment?” Maybe you’ve gotten a call from a number where the voice was just a…
“The evidence demands a verdict.” What a great phrase! I hear it quite often on one of the podcasts I follow. The words “evidence” and “verdict” imply an association with legal texts, but it also applies to many other situations. Let’s Define the Phrase and Discuss its Meaning In its simplest form, “The evidence demands…
History remembers those who played by the rules—but it doesn’t always do justice to those who shattered them. I introduced the section Radicals, Renegades, and Rebels to tell the stories of the people who pushed boundaries, broke molds, and defied convention, whether for better or worse. These are the figures who refused to blend in,…
I’ve been fascinated by the concept of lens compression for about six months. I wanted to learn not just what it is and how it works. More importantly, I wanted to learn how I might use it in my photography. My biggest challenge was finding the time and location to demonstrate of it with my…
My church places a strong value on family history. Not just genealogy, but the stories of our family. Writing them, telling them, reading them, remembering them. A study conducted by psychologists Robyn Fivush and Marshall Duke at Emory University showed that children who were familiar with the stories of their families demonstrated greater resilience than…
Imagine you’re scrolling through your email and notice that most of the junk mail—those too-good-to-be-true lottery winnings and suspicious “urgent” messages—never even reach your inbox. You don’t think twice about it, but behind the scenes, something powerful is at work: supervised learning.Your email provider has been trained on countless examples of real emails versus spam,…
I know you use computers, because whatever type of device you’re reading this on, it’s some type of computer. We’ve gotten so accustomed to them that we have stopped being amazed by them. I have several friends — of varying ages — who prefer not to use digital devices anymore than absolutely necessary, and let…
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