I gotchu dawg

Said Young when asked to identify the town in this line, "It's actually a couple of towns. Omemee, Ontario, is one of them."

Dan, I could get in my car and be in Omemee in 15 minutes. "North Ontario" it ain't.

Yes! Though this news report originates from the NS side, but this all suggests an alarming reliance on the digital hallucination machine, at least in Atlantic Canada if not all of planet Earth.

Has the Magic 8-Ball been consulted, CBC? What about the Oracle at Delphi?

LLMs don't know things! They spit back language soup designed to look like an answer. They have NO expertise, but the more we legitimize them by asking them to weigh in on stuff, the more trust they'll amass, and then we won't be able to discern good info from bad, and then we'll be screwed. Moreso.

The same article -- in the previous few paragraphs! -- solicits the input of Tim Webster, a geomatics researcher at Nova Scotia Community College. A human expert! An authority! Then the reporter "asked ChatGPT," which is strange, or lazy, or an act of journalistic malpractice, take your pick.

Thanks! [fist bump]

Plus, making stuff is always good.

We planned the whole thing ourselves, honed some skills, learned from a few mistakes and (I can't stress enough how big this part is) used tools together. He loves it, I love that he loves it, it's great. As long as a teenager of mine is willing to spend time with me, I'll gladly take on projects.

I long ago lost faith in the Academy to get things right. Their aversion to comedy (and rats, and puppets) also screwed Rizzo out of a supporting actor nod.

Please do!

It's very good so far. I picked it up (along with a few others) at the Cdn Hall of Fame during the Cdn Baseball History Conference a few weeks back. Stocked up for the long winter.

Livin' right.

Mounted on the wall in the tunnel between the dugout and the clubhouse.

This is from Busch Stadium in 2023.

Solid thinking.