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I just took a quick look at the stats and it's good news! Traffic is up compared to this time last year. March 2023 had 186,000 Page views, while March 2024 had 253,000. That is a 36% increase! Perhaps there was a change in the Google algo that gave us some more love. Whatever the reason, this...

I've been going to my local Costa coffee shop for many years now, but switched to another one slightly less local because its a bit nicer in there. But today, I went in and while chatting with the barista, they said that the parking has been limited to 1 hour and it is all checked by camera...

I like the perspectives of the Stoics. For example, focus on what you can control and not external events, which are outside of your sphere of control. Also, the Buddhist viewpoint is very pragmatic: question everything, life is suffering and your clinging to the idea that things should be...

I was just throwing out some speculative perspectives into the atheist thread, and made a post here: https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/threads/are-you-an-atheist.147789/page-303#post-1902387 Quoted for convenience: So, I thought I would ask Claude 2.0 for its perspective on this...

Some are predicting AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is only 18 months away. Who knows what is being cooked up in the labs at OpenAI and other research labs around the world, including China. If the China one goes rogue, it might accidentally turn us all into chopsticks as it tries to...

It is that time again, not long now! I would like to wish all members of the Access World Forums a very Merry Christmas full of cheer, regardless of your political opinion, race, gender, religious belief or affiliations. We are all Access users here, something that we all have in common. It is...

As we all know, America has real problems at the moment with a civil war battling it out, even if guns have not yet been used. So, I have a solution! My proposal is that you split America down the middle, with Republicans in one half, Democrats in the other. It is reminiscent of the TV series...

I watched some of the congressional hearting yesterday about the antisemitism within universities in America. This was after reading an article in the Daily Mail about Claudine Gay, its president. As she was being questioned, at first I thought she sounded quite reasonable, which suprised me...

Some of you may have had difficulty in replying to messages today (including me!). Also, the logo and various user avatars were missing. I managed to trace it back to my CDN - the money had run out! So, I refunded the account and all is back to normal.

Following a recent thread on the forums here, my interest in virtual reality headsets has been perked up again. There is a Quest 3 headset out there for about £480, but my main concern is that I don't want to buy something that ends up being used as a doorstop. Several years ago, I bought an...

I've been following the debacle of Sam Altman, the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT. He was ousted from his position last Friday, together with another senior colleague, Greg Brockman. Well, now he has joined Microsoft to head up an AI research team. The crazy thing is...

Biden, an innocent and much maligned politician, has been using 3 fake names in 82K pages of emails found in the National Archives. This discovery was the result of a recent court filing. It reveals "Where's the money?" Biden's attempt to conceal his correspondence from prying eyes. Source...

On my walk today, I had an insight into the Covid lab leak theory, which I never really thought about before. It revolves around the statistical probability of the creation of the virus at that specific point in time in human history verses the proximity of the Wuhan lab to the outbreak...

I'm half way through a great video explaining what was going on behind the scenes in order to further the "climate change is real" narrative (Edit: due to human causes). She talks about the incentives through fame and money, amongst other things. Very credible testimony. Let me know what you...

I am not sure if anyone is aware but there is a big buzz going on in the scientific community at the moment over a new material called LK-99. The Korean authors are claiming room temperature superconductivity for the first time, which could lead to an explosion of technological improvements...

Just had a quick go with Claude. I believe it is using the newly released Claude 2 version. It is like ChatGPT, although you can upload files to get the documents summarised, for example. It can even summarise documents 100's of pages long, as it has a much higher token limit compared to...

Unbelievable news! Wagner is marching towards Moscow with an army of 25,000 troops to remove the military leadership. I am astonished at how suddenly things can change around. Additionally, this must surely have a huge impact on Russia's front line defences in Ukraine. Think of the impact on...

Most of us will know that Trump was found guilty of assault in his recent NYC trial. But something doesn't sit well with me and perhaps others can explain it to me. In a civil case, it is based on the balance of probabilities. Given that, if the jury thinks on the balance of probabilities that...

I'm a big fan of some of the classic quotations out there, right back from the time of the Stoics and up to modern philosophers, from religious figures to comedians. What are some of your favourites? Let me start off:

We have 4 new VIP members! They are @GPGeorge, @shanegroff, @Josef P., and @apr pillai. This followed from a discussion in the VIP section. If you think they deserved it, then like this post and comment below.