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May 19, 2023 Uncategorized 6 Comments
Episode #746 May 20, 2023 The iMentor Hints and Rants blog has become inundated with spam comments from foreign countries.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxtsa-OvQLA&list=RD_bW4vEo1F4E&index=8 Luckily I have editing and approval privileges over the comments that are submitted. I can label the comment “spam” or simply trash an undesirable one. The comments don’t go live until I approve them. I receive a dozen foreign spam comment submissions every week. The most common country is Russia. These Russian comments are not always political. Most are links to the dark web for illegal software or pharmaceuticals. Recently one comment linked to a crypto trading company,...
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Cold and Snow

May 11, 2023 Uncategorized 1 Comment
Episode #745 May 13, 2023   South Bend, Indiana, is the target of an artificial snow belt.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSe6iZF_UfE The snow belt is created when cold air blows over Chicago encountering cloud making thermal pollution from power plants along Lake Michigan. Those clouds are seeded by the coke smoke stacks of Gary, Indiana’s steel mills. This dumps snow directly on the University of Notre Dame. BTW, don’t eat the brown snow. For this Southern California boy the snow was interesting, entertaining and sometimes annoying. My fellow midwestern students laughed at me when I made my first snowman. I knew nothing...
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Swimming

May 5, 2023 Uncategorized 2 Comments
Episode #744 May 6, 2023 Swim in the deep blue sea. Swim in the river of creativity.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brZq1GSHPrE Swim in the fast lane. Swim in the sea of emotions. Swimming in opportunities. Swimming in the sea of possibilities. Swimming in a troubled mind. Swimming in debt. Swimming in compliments. Swimming with the tide. Swimming upstream. Swimming through life. Swimming in money. Swimming the butterfly stroke. Swim for your life. Swim towards success. Swim in circles. Swim with dolphins. Swim in a sea of options. Swim on your back. Swim marathon. Swim meet. Swim spa. Swim in confidence. Swim in...
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Empathy

April 28, 2023 Uncategorized 2 Comments
Episode #743 April 29, 2023 Maya was the tech in charge of LuLuMAC, a Large Language Model AI Chatbot for customer service. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EbHermSJXY Maya stared at her computer, frustrated and bewildered by the angry messages that were popping up on her screen. The Artificial Intelligence, which was supposed to handle customer service requests, was sending out rude and offensive responses to customers. Maya queried LuLu: “What is going on here? This is terrible. You are sending out rude responses to our tech support customers. I need to fix this immediately." As she asked the question, Maya began a diagnostic which...
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Let Kindness Show

April 18, 2023 Uncategorized 4 Comments
Episode #742 April 22, 2023   Robert opened the door to see a teenage boy standing timidly outside his grand mansion.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0X03zR0rQk The boy said, “Excuse me, Mr. Davidson. Could you spare some change or some food? My grandmother and I haven't eaten in days." Robert, who had been in a bad mood all day, scowled at the boy and snapped, “First of all, call me sir! And furthermore, I don't have time for beggars.” He slammed the door in the boy's face. Two days later, Robert was out for a walk when he saw an old woman struggling...
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Wormholes

April 14, 2023 Uncategorized 2 Comments
  Episode #741 April 15, 2023 The Earth is not flat.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5z-jjWyAJQ Prior to ancient Greek calculations, observation dictated that the Earth was flat. The popular belief was that ships sailing far enough to sea would fall off the edge. Those Greek calculations showed that the Earth was a sphere, but no one could prove it. Prior to Columbus’s attempt to sail to Asia there was no direct evidence that the earth was round.  Some observation suggested the Earth’s roundness, such as the fact that a sailboat sailing out to sea disappeared from the boat’s hull to the tip...
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