In his latest, Dennis E. Powell says, "If everything worked as well as the product called #EvapoRust, the world would be a much better place. That's just one of the many lessons learned during my recent — successful! — project to transform my old, nonfunctioning gasoline-powered #generator into […]

Open for Business turns 25 today! In honor of the anniversary, @trbutler writes, "Twenty-five years ago today, the lights turned on here at #OFB. We were going to help the #Linux Desktop revolution happen. We're not there yet, but it has been an interesting ride." […]

In his latest, Dennis E. Powell says, "My #grandparents, whose little #farm was next door to ours so my sisters and I grew up effectively with two houses and two very different sets of #parents, were lovely people."

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In his latest, @trbutler says, "A controversy at a #Christian publication this week gives us an unusual twist on the #AI debate. The great medieval theologian #ThomasAquinas and #SelfDriving cars now have something in common."

https://ofb.biz/safari/article/1462.html

In his latest, Dennis E. Powell says, "My friends Pat and Bobby visited briefly over the weekend. For a time it seemed as if seeing them would be difficult. We had a lot of rain here, and when a lot of rain comes."

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In his latest, @kettingerjason says, “You want less of them. That’s the reason. You may find that it’s too hard to stop people from doing the thing, literally blood, sweat, and tears trying to prosecute people, but that’s a different thing.”

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"A long time ago I was assigned the task of tracking down a guy named Guido Franch, who had some pills or pellets or something that he said would turn water into gasoline." — Dennis E. Powell
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In his latest, @trbutler says, "The twenty-fifth anniversary weekend of 9/11 was an ironic time for the Democratic Socialists and the Alt-Right to amplify their common war on #AI. We may be on the cusp of a new PATRIOT Act. If we are, it'll be as bad an idea as it was the first time." […]

I’m closer to “Inbox Zero” than I’ve been in years today. I’d like to say that’s because of Apple’s spiffy new Siri AI. It isn’t. It doesn’t do that. But Siri AI teases a future and those already accomplishing that future show what Apple needs to do next. https://reviews.ofb.biz/sa1456

#Siri […]

"The last decade, we’ve been told we have to speak — and speak loudly — or we’re the bad guys. And, of course, say what the mob says or we’re still the bad guys. But silence is often more profound." https://ofb.biz/sa1454

"The smallest #Mac, which often merely existed to be the cheapest Mac, has been warming up for this moment. Thanks to AI, it is finally a star not a concession. And with this week’s M6 chip announcement, Apple finally has embraced that. You should, too." https://reviews.ofb.biz/sa1452

#MacMini […]