Category: Switzerland
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Le Chemin Des Moulins
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I went for a hike from Le Day down to the Saut du Day before going up towards the Aiguilles de Baume and beyond. In the process I saw six or more wind mills. The hike is 21.71km long, took about 6hr41 1178m of ascent and 895m of descent.Moving time was…
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Walking from one Valley to Another
Reading Time: 2 minutesSometimes when we go for a hike we walk along a route that makes getting back to the car quick and easy. For tomorrow’s walking getting back to the car would take three trains and more than an hour. For Londoners this is a familiar routing situation, but for people in Switzerland…
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Swisscom MyAI as tutor
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I asked MyAI by Swisscom, which is still in Beta, if it could help me write a JavaScript app to generate passwords and it did, with ease. It provided me with the javascript code I needed so I could cut and paste it, and then use node to run it straight…
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Playing with MyAI by Swisscom
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf we use Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT or a few other AI models we are using AI that has data centres in the US. If we use Le Chat by Mistral or MyAI (Beta) by Swisscom we are using AI that is based in Europe, or Switzerland. The data stays here. The…
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Charging and Shopping
Reading Time: 2 minutesI know of two chargers that I can use when shopping. One of these costs 2 CHF just to connect, and then the cost of the charge. At the second shopping centre I can plug in for five minutes, or two and a half hours and I will only pay for the…
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The Selfish Habit of Yelling on Phones
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen some people are away it feels pleasurable. The reason for which it feels pleasant is that they are loud. They will use the phone and have a full conversation when a three sentence e-mail will be enough. They will posture and show off rather than consider that not everyone in the…
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Reading While Charging
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went to charge the car. I took this opportunity to read. Some people may think "I’m going for a walk" or "I’m going shopping" or something else. When you charge a car you have an hour or two without distractions in which to spend time reading a book. You could…
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EV Car Sharing
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I drove an EV from Nyon to Boudry and back. The journey took about 40 percent charge for each direction for a total of 80 percent charge. Keep in mind that this is a fiat 500 with a small battery rather than a large one. I routed the journey from Nyon…
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Another Electric Car Range Experiment
Reading Time: 2 minutesTomorrow I have the opportunity to do another range test with the Fiat 500. I know that if I drive at 120 kilometres per hour the range is about 100 km but if I slow down to 100 kilometres per hour then the range is theoretically doubled. The drive I want to…
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Getting AI to Write an App
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I went to a talk where Claude and Cursor were used to write a Flutter app for Android. The idea is quite simple. "Claude help me write a to-do app and a shopping list app" before following the instructions produced by AI to write the app. When I watched this I…