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Try to make sure fear is always preceded by curiosity.Links:(1) AI Generated Ad - Synthetic Summer. No real people featured - By Private Island - YouTubeAmazon.com: Netatmo Weather Station Indoor Outdoor with Wireless Outdoor Sensor - Compatible with Amazon Alexa & Apple HomeKit : Patio, Lawn & GardenSöhne Mono fonts · Klim Type Foundry

Merlin has a lot of thoughts about AI stuff.Links:The Nice Guys (2016) - IMDb

Dan's house continues to get smarter, and Merlin has some very good media picks.Links:boygenius - the film - YouTubeAncient Warfare Expert Rates 10 Battle Tactics In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? - YouTubeWatch DAVE Streaming Online | Hulu (Free Trial)Amazon.com: Google Nest Doorbell - (Wired, 2nd Gen) - Video Security Camera - Ash : Tools & Home ImprovementBram Stoker's Original Dracula Penguin Classic Books - EtsyRicky Jay 52 assistants medium - YouTubeThe Day Today - Peter O'Hanra-Hanrahan - YouTubeAmazon.com : Ajinomoto Ajipanda bottle 70g : Grocery & Gourmet Food

Dan has big updates about his smart home setup, and Merlin is getting intimate with a robot. Links:The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse - YouTubeFolding Ideas - YouTubeDreyfus model of skill acquisition - Wikipedia — The Dreyfus model of skill acquisition is a model of how learners acquire skills through formal instruction and practicing, used in the fields of education and operations research. Brothers Stuart and Hubert Dreyfus proposed the model in 1980 in an 18-page report on their research at the University of California, Berkeley, Operations Research Center for the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research.[1] The model proposes that a student passes through five distinct stages and was originally determined as: novice, competence, proficiency, expertise, and mastery.

DISCUSSED: Steve Buscemi is celebrated, and The Big Lebowski is congratulated; the guys continue their dive into the state of smart home hardware with a focus on switches. Links:Michael Warburton on Twitter: "STEVE BUSCEMI served from 1980-1984 on Engine Co. 55 in Manhattan’s Little Italy. He donned the uniform once more when he voluntarily returned to his Station the day after 9/11 and spent a week of 12hr shifts digging through the rubble with his former FDNY colleagues. https://t.co/Z2xEtqecw1" / TwitterArena Brains (1987) - RARE 80's VIDEO - Starring Ray Liota, Steve Buscemi And Michael Stipe - YouTubeHow Many Acoustic Panels do I Need? | AudimuteHoney Nut Cheerios - WikipediaBig Lebowski on Twitter: "[Walter]: Has the whole world GONE CRAZY?! AM I THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES?! MARK IT ZERO! https://t.co/3mg9NfINH8" / TwitterAurora Smart Bulb Dimmer Switch | LutronEve Energy | evehome.comEve Button– All FAQs | evehome.comEve Room | evehome.comWelcome to Bunch - Bunch.app — Bunch is a macOS automation tool that takes a folder of plain text files containing lists of apps and commands to launch and provides an easy-to-use menu for triggering them. HomeControl Menu for HomeKit on the Mac App Store

Dan is curious about AI voice transcription, and Merlin has yet more smart home advice for a new homeowner.Links:How an 18th Century Sailing Battleship Works - YouTubeGitHub - openai/whisper: Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision

DISCUSSED: Merlin has some been analyzing a very misleading song about beaches, and Dan has been visiting more with ChadGPT. Links:You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you - The OatmealKokomo, Indiana - Wikipedia — the ornriest town on earthgragland/chatgpt-chrome-extension: A ChatGPT Chrome extension. Integrates ChatGPT into every text box on the internet.wong2/chatgpt-google-extension: A browser extension that enhance search engines with ChatGPTliady/ChatGPT-pdf: A Chrome extension for downloading your ChatGPT history to PNG, PDF or a sharable link

DISCUSSED: Dan has a new iPad keyboard, and Merlin is intrigued by ChatGPT. Also, Merlin almost tunes his guitar. Links:OpenAII tried using AI. It scared me. - YouTubeFixing Gmail labels to attach to messages, not threads « Tom ScottWhat Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?ChatGPT writes Merlin some codeChatGPT shows Merlin some `sed`ChatGPT sells Merlin on tabs vs. spacesChatGPT tells Merlin the best seasons of "Survivor"VS Code ThemesAmazon.com: Logitech Combo Touch iPad Pro 11-inch (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th gen - 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022) Keyboard Case - Detachable Backlit Keyboard, Click-Anywhere Trackpad - Oxford Gray; USA Layout : ElectronicsShareGPT: Share your wildest ChatGPT conversations with one click.

DISCUSSED: Dan's takes some smart baby steps into home automation, and Merlin has a lot to say about everything.Links:Obsidian — Obsidian is a powerful and extensible knowledge base that works on top of your local folder of plain text files.Obsidian Canvas - Obsidian — An infinite space to visualize and make sense of your ideas.

DISCUSSED: Dan begins a new journey into smart home living, and Merlin is excited about common misconceptions. Links:List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia — Each entry on this list of common misconceptions is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. (via Sam Enright)The Cabinet of Wikipedian Curiosities – Sam Enright — Carl Sagan was involved in this plan to nuke the moon for unclear reasons, including “a possible boosting of domestic morale”.Pluralistic: Tiktok’s enshittification (21 Jan 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowThe Food Expiration Dates You Should Actually Follow - The New York TimesThe Thoughts of a Spiderweb | Quanta Magazine — Spiders appear to offload cognitive tasks to their webs, making them one of a number of species with a mind that isn’t fully confined within the head.Reconcilable Differences #200: The Genius Who Keeps Retiring - Relay FMHome Assistant“Monorail!” How Conan O’Brien Came Up With an Iconic ‘Simpsons’ Episode - The RingerAn Oral History of 'Marge vs The Monorail', the Episode That Changed 'The Simpsons'Home | Archive of Our Own — A fan-created, fan-run, nonprofit, noncommercial archive for transformative fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fan videos, and podfic