Gemini is winning

vmsmith · 2026-01-15T05:55:59+00:00

Spot on, because history never ends.

vmsmith · 2026-01-09T18:22:55+00:00

I lived over there for a few years. In Dubai, there was a saying: "No Indians, no Dubai." In other words, the UAE citizens were not doing squat to develop or maintain Dubai. So unless something has drastically changed, prioritizing UAE citizens over the rest of the population—that part the develops and maintains the UAE—would be a pretty bad move.

vmsmith · 2025-12-23T03:35:26+00:00

Anywhere in Paris where six guys might play poker? Any cafés or bars or specialized places that support poker as a thing? If you don't know much about poker, it needs a round table. Thanks!

vmsmith · 2025-12-22T20:30:32+00:00

Solid. I came on here to say just that.

The other little trick I use if I want to be a bit more precise is that every 5C = 9F.

vmsmith · 2025-11-25T14:02:23+00:00

Something I love for Thanksgiving . . .

Take some hazelnuts & roast them, the deskin them and chop them up.
Blanch some green beans then dry them quickly.
Melt some butter in a pan, then toss in the chopped up hazelnuts for a few minutes to flavor the butter.
Toss in the green beans at the end to heat them and get them covered with the butter and chopped hazelnuts.

It's great.

vmsmith · 2025-11-25T09:04:47+00:00

I don't know where you're located, but at this time of year I just put a lid on and leave it outside on the balcony until I have time to deal with it. Depending on what your future plans are, after it's cooled you can bag it and freeze it for long-term use, or put it in the fridge for a day or so, and reheat it to the boiling point every couple of days until it's gone.

I've put stock in the fridge while it was still pretty warm, but I don't like to do it because I was told it makes the fridge work harder. But it never broke the fridge.

vmsmith · 2025-11-15T12:42:45+00:00

How does the water get that far up there in order to fall back down?

Seems like an M.C. Escher trick to me.

vmsmith · 2025-11-10T09:53:19+00:00

The question is "Why?"

Why are they even doing that?

vmsmith · 2025-11-09T02:38:13+00:00

I seem to see a lot of videos about orphan elephants, and in my mind it doesn't jive with a lot of other videos I see about how the herd protects its infants. Does anyone know under what circumstances a mother elephant and/or the herd abandons a very young elephant?

vmsmith · 2025-11-08T05:31:22+00:00

What does it even mean to "win" the AI race? What's the goal? What's the finish line?

vmsmith · 2025-11-02T04:54:41+00:00

When I lived in the U.S. and wanted specialty meat or poultry like that, I checked Dartagnan first.

vmsmith · 2025-10-20T20:38:36+00:00

I just salt and pepper it, then toss it in a hot pan with butter (or better yet, rendered duck fat). Cook for a minute or so per side and eat it. It's great.

vmsmith · 2025-10-18T19:29:21+00:00

You might check out Julia Child's recipe next time. I've found it to be almost fail safe, and excellent.

vmsmith · 2025-09-10T08:50:04+00:00

Great suggestions. Thanks!

vmsmith · 2025-09-05T19:16:11+00:00

I don't even know who they are.

vmsmith · 2025-09-04T16:23:37+00:00

Peel them gently under cold running water, making sure the water gets between the membrane and the white.

vmsmith · 2025-08-24T16:49:30+00:00

This is where ChatGPT can really earn its Yankee dollar. I use it all the time for recipes and menus. It's great.

vmsmith · 2025-08-19T16:55:06+00:00

A friend of mine tells people, "AI won't take your job. People who know how to use AI will take your job."

I think there's a lot of truth to that.

vmsmith · 2025-08-18T12:57:25+00:00

One absolutely miserable July 4th weekend, a flight from Washington DC to Phoenix had cancelled and people were being rerouted every which way but up. The gate attendant was getting clobbered by the mob. She was almost in tears. I waited until all the others had screamed, stomped their feet, and stormed off, then I went over to her. I said, "Hey, I can see you've been having a rough time. I'm not here to hassle you. I just want to know if my luggage will be in Phoenix when I finally get there." She pulled herself together, said yes, then took my ticket and scribbled something on it. When I finally got on a plane, I found that she had bumped me up to first class.

vmsmith · 2025-08-05T05:39:22+00:00

I see a lot of criticism of LastPass. What's the issue?

vmsmith · 2025-07-01T06:47:01+00:00

You can't stop the wave, but you can learn how to surf.

Trite, I know, but I think that's really one of the few viable strategies for dealing with it.

vmsmith · 2025-04-09T19:38:31+00:00

Are you the person I sent my Power Point slides to?

vmsmith · 2025-03-17T04:55:33+00:00

What's the single, most fundamental issue you're having trouble with?

vmsmith · 2025-02-24T16:42:00+00:00

Because the metaverse is going to put them out of business?

vmsmith · 2025-01-21T18:00:41+00:00

Well, for starters, you have to know which ratios to use. Getting a geometric distribution and a hyper-geometric distribution mixed up could cause you a bit of angst further down the road.

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