Over the course of two days, I delved into “Can We Make Truth Great Again?” by François Noudelmann. This essay, rather than a full-length book, offers a unique perspective on the concept of truth and its intersection with identity and cultural commentary. Noudelmann explores how identity culture has shaped the United States and influenced the dynamics of who has the right to comment on various cultural aspects.
The essay was not what I initially expected.
The Absurdity of AI in Creative Writing I find it absurd that someone would spend billions teaching AI to do creative writing. The reason this is absurd is that reading takes time and humans already generate more content than we can consume. The result is that creative disciplines, such as writing, video making, and other forms of creativity or art, need to find an audience and people willing to pay for it.
Ebibliomedia makes it possible to borrow audiobooks. Yesterday I noticed that I can download these books via the Cantook ereader app on Android and iOS. With this freedom comes a quick and convenient way to listen to audio books without worrying about losing my place.
With the website interface I could listen to a book but my progress would be lost as soon as I refreshed the page. In such a situation it makes sense to read a book one chapter at a time, and make sure to remember which chapter you have just finished.
Yesterday I tested the Migrol Car Charging at Portes de Nyon. It’s an underground charging station that is accessible when the shopping centre is open. It has the double advantage of being close to the shops, but also of the centre oof Nyon, if you’re ready to walk for an hour or two and explore the time.
There is another charger by the same company in La Combe but La Combe is in the town, so you’re adding to traffic.
If you’ re looking for an uphill walk that is more physical than from Nyon to La Dôle and Leukerbad to Lammenhütte then the walk from Montreux to Jaman will meet your requirements.
I did this hike with a group of people from Berne, Chateau D’Oex, and Geneva. It’s meant to take three and a half to four hours but we did it in a little over 3hrs, despite snow conditions.
The default action for many is to think “I want to buy this book” and they automatically either buy a physical copy because they love physical books, or they buy an e-book. The default is almost always Kindle and Amazon because of its market dominance.
I was shopping for The Night Train to Lison and I found it for 6 CHF on the Google Play book store, around 8 CHF on the Apple Books store, 19 CHF with Payot, 20 with Buchhaus, or even more, and that’s when I find the book.
Recently it has been feeling warmer as spring is making an appearance. I noticed that buds and leaves are getting ready. Orchids are flowering and trees are ready. I also noticed that there is quite a bit of pollen in the air and it’s warmer. Warm enough to start thinking about cycling.
I went for a bike yesterday and I felt warm enough for almost the entire bike ride. This feels good.
Yesterday I tried to use a slow charger to recharge the car. After 49 minutes I had charged 8.95 watts for 5.13 CHF. I got to about 63 percent. I stopped charging. I drove somewhere and by the time I got back I was down to 30 percent. I looked to my left as I was approaching McDonald’s and saw that the GoFast chargers were free so I stopped to charge.
As Amazon no longer allows people to download e-books I would like to look at the collection of e-book readers that we could use today. We have Kindle, Nook, PocketBook, Kobo, iOS devices, Android devices, Tolino and more. In effect we could fill a book shelf with e-books if we wanted to. That’s because almost each ebook seller has their own device.
Amazon wants us to get a Kindle to read their books.
Creative Bloom wrote about the shift back to personal blogs. They wrote about how people are shifting from social media back to self-owned personal websites. This is good. People are tired of social networks they build up and enable being sold off to people with different moral codes. Twitter is one example, Instagram is a second, and WhatsApp is a third.
As each of these sites is sold, and bought, so our investment in time and effort is wasted.