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Saturday, April 8, 2023

Recommendations should be a plugin that people can choose for a website.

 It would be nice if a framework could be introduced that allows recommendations to be given based on a plug-in chosen by the user.  Maybe running at a higher level than website.  

Based on a comment from a friend.

Yeah it would be cool if there was a common interface for recommendations algorithms, then third parties could develop their own and it could plugin to the various social media platforms.

Monday, April 3, 2023

Bookshelves, second look.

 Took down the bookshelves I put up on the left side as you walk in. Putting them back up with brackets, spaced apart for air circulation and to make them look better. Cut old weathered 2x4s to turn them into finishing and support boards for the fronts of the shelves.



Rhubarb is doing amazing

 



Solar cooking test

 Rigged up a solar oven with a cooler and a big sheet of glass. It was getting over 176 degrees. It heated up taco shells perfectly and the refried beans and taco mix were at 150 degrees. It did take a few hours.







Plants are sprouting.

First batch of sunflowers are ready to plant.




 

Little spring flowers in the yard.

 




M1 MacBook blows away my old Intel MacBook air running Diffusionbee.

 I knew my step dad's new M1 Macbook would be faster than my 5 year old Intel MacBook Air, but I was not expecting a 60 times speed difference.  It only takes 20 seconds for his computer to generate an HD image compared to 20 minutes for mine to produce a non hd image.  If I had loaded the non hd version his computer would have been 120 times faster than mine generating the same quality images. 

This is an insane speed difference. I was expecting him to be able to generate an image in 10 minutes, compared to 20 for my computer.  To be 2 orders of magnitude different really highlights how superior the newer MacBooks really are.

Player Portal in Mega Mappers

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