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For those interested, you can play with this little program for printing Gregorian calendars on screen.
https://github.com/chlewey/MyCalendar
It allows to choose year, prints holidays (so far US, SE, MX, CO, PE), you can choose language, preference for first day of the week, column arrangement, and a few other params.
You can also help adding more countries and languages.
And then one day you realize that “breakfast” and «desayuno» are calqued etymologies. To break or end the fast, the ayuno.
Asking ChatGPT to rewrite some given description as a children's rhyme:
She's a lady fair, in her thirties late,
With a glowing complexion, freckles ornate.
Her straight blonde hair, cascades down her back,
Bangs frame her face, she's got quite the knack.
Her eyes, a blend of gray and green,
Sparkle and twinkle, a magical scene.
Her eyebrows, a bit unruly and fun,
Add a playful touch when all is said and done.
Her nose, it hooks and gently drops,
Her lips are thin, wide, and never flops.
Round ears complete her charming face,
Showing off her beauty and her grace.
She stands tall, a height that's great,
With a body that's toned, she feels just right.
Her figure's like a rectangle, simple and neat,
A touch of allure, a sight hard to beat.
Tattoos adorn her with an artistic flair,
Arabic words and butterflies, oh how rare!
A rose and tribal designs make a stunning sight,
An om symbol shows her spiritual light.
Pendants, rings, and earrings too,
Add a touch of style, something new.
She's unique, she's bold, she's got her own flair,
A lady like her is truly quite rare.
Is ChatGPT down?
Making detailed descriptions of the characters in your story and falling in love of the female characters.
That's probably a sign that I'm writing fantasy.
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(proofreaders needed. This task is getting too complex for ChatGPT.)
Me:
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So Sarah Carl (né Cruz) is a Miami born lawyer who works in the Palm Beach branch of a Miami law firm. She lives in Palm Beach with her husband John and daughter Lilith. Occasionally she has to show up at the HQ offices in Miami. John Carl, a former special ops, works in a Palm Beach based security firm, specializing in electronic surveillance. During the fatidic week, Sarah was regularly commuting to Miami, and that Thursday evening she had to meet some witness in the parking lot outside the law firm HQ. Earlier in the Afternoon Lilith was feeling sick at school. They couldn't reach John, so Sarah went to Palm Beach to pick Lilith, and back to Miami for her meeting.
(Context: we have already been talking on an event in the Miami parking lot, where in a drug-related shootout John Carl's wife and daughter were killed. This is the first time I mention the names Sarah, Lillith, and I have never said anything on some Mr. Smith. The last two previous questions were about commutes in southern Florida.)
Chat GPT:
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That setup for Sarah Carl, her job, and her family's situation creates a believable scenario for her regular commuting between Palm Beach and Miami. It also establishes a chain of events that leads to the fatal incident in the parking lot outside the law firm HQ. Here's a breakdown of the sequence:
Sarah's Work: Sarah Carl works as a lawyer in the Palm Beach branch of a Miami law firm. It is common for lawyers to have to travel between different offices, especially if the main headquarters are located in another city. Her occasional visits to the HQ in Miami provide a legitimate reason for her to commute.
John's Occupation: John Carl's job in a Palm Beach-based security firm, specializing in electronic surveillance, aligns with his background in special operations. This occupation adds depth to his character and sets the stage for his involvement in the story's events.
Lilith's Illness: When Lilith falls sick at school, it creates a sense of urgency for Sarah to leave work and pick her up. The inability to reach John adds to the tension and reinforces the idea that Sarah must handle the situation on her own.
Sarah's Decision: Sarah, concerned about her daughter's well-being, makes the decision to prioritize her family and leaves work to pick up Lilith. This decision sets the stage for their journey back to Miami later in the evening.
Fatal Incident: Unfortunately, the meeting with the witness in the parking lot outside the law firm HQ becomes the location of the fatal incident that changes the course of the story. The convergence of Sarah's work obligations, Lilith's illness, and the unforeseen events in the parking lot creates a compelling and tragic turning point.
By incorporating these elements, you establish a believable sequence of events and motivations for the characters. It adds complexity to their lives, introduces potential conflicts, and provides a foundation for the plot to unfold.
Bard:
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Sarah Carl is a busy woman. She works as a lawyer in Miami, but her office is in Palm Beach. This means that she has to commute between the two cities every day. On Thursday, she had a meeting with a witness in the parking lot outside her office.
Earlier in the afternoon, Lilith, Sarah's daughter, had gotten sick at school. Sarah tried to reach John, her husband, but he didn't answer his phone. So Sarah had to leave her meeting early and go pick up Lilith.
Sarah drove back to Miami as quickly as she could. She was worried about Lilith and she didn't want to be late for her meeting. She finally arrived at her office just as the witness was walking up.
Sarah apologized for being late and introduced herself. The witness was a man named Mr. Smith. He told Sarah that he had seen something important on the night of her husband's death.
Sarah was eager to hear what Mr. Smith had to say. She had been trying to find out what happened to her husband for years. She had hired private investigators, but they had never been able to find anything.
Mr. Smith told Sarah that he had seen her husband's car on the night of his death. He said that he had seen the car pull into an alleyway and then he had heard gunshots.
Sarah was shocked by what Mr. Smith had said. She had always thought that her husband had been killed in a drug deal gone wrong. But now she was starting to think that there was more to the story.
Sarah asked Mr. Smith if he could identify the people who had been in the car with her husband. Mr. Smith said that he couldn't remember. He said that it had been dark and he had only seen the car for a few seconds.
Sarah was disappointed, but she was grateful to Mr. Smith for coming forward. She knew that this was a big break in the case.
Sarah thanked Mr. Smith and then she went back to her office. She had a lot to think about. She had to figure out who had killed her husband and why.
Sarah knew that it wouldn't be easy. But she was determined to find out the truth.
Exploring both Chat GPT and Bard on trying to solve some issues in one of my never to be written novels. One that involve plot twists and shady motivations. GPT 4 is better in understanding context and references to several questions behind.
Realizing that procrastination is a numbing drug that help coping with the anxiety of functional adult livehood, anxiety that is exacerbated by failing at it due to procrastination.
I'm just an alcoholic without alcohol.
All heraldically correct triband flags, and all heralducally correct triband flags if purple is included.
Only one country has once used a heraldically correct triband with purple.
Shade of yellow, red, blue or green are not important. Orange is not a heraldic color.
Can you identifie how many of theses flags have actually been used?
Marital status:
Too this-didn't-work for wifey.
Too still-married for dating.
Too old for playing around.
Too broke for sugar daddy.
Cine Colombia premier (theaters):
19th Jan: Babylon
26th Jan: The Fabelmans
2nd Feb: The Whale, The Banshees of Inisherin.
Procinal.
Same dates plus
23rd Feb: Tár
Award season watch list:
* The whale
* The Banshees of Inisherin
* Tár
* The Fabelmans
* Babylon
Which of these are/will be available in theaters in Colombia? Which in streaming?
TG:M, A:TWotW, EEAaO, Elvis, RRR, checked.
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Finland ranked No. 1 of 41 European countries on resilience against misinformation for the fifth time in a row in a survey published in October by the Open Society Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Officials say Finland’s success is not just the result of its strong education system, which is one of the best in the world, but also because of a concerted effort to teach students about fake news. Media literacy is part of the national core curriculum starting in preschool.
#Misinformation #Disinfo
My fourth most upvoted answer was a nice trivia.
«Paris (France), Brasilia (Brazil): 8,735 km (5,427 mi)
Second place (and just in case you refuse to consider French Guiana as main French territory):
Moscow (Russia), Pyongyang (DPRK): 6,420 km (3,989 mi)
[Edit: Actually third after Paris-Paramaribo, still largest distance for continuous land territories. Thank to Colin Myrick for noticing.]»
In third place, I was commenting on why “white” and “Caucasian” meant, on a question about if Mediterraneans such as the Portuguese (sic) where white.
«Do you know why whites in the US are also called Caucasian?
Where does the word “Caucasian” originates?
It refers to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, currently under the recognized countries of Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey; as well as several de facto countries.
The word was used by German physiologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, one of the first people who attempted a scientific study of human races. »
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The second most upvoted answer is related to New World monkeys and vegetation rafts.
It might be the most upvoted, if we add that it was shared in another space, and combined they got more upvotes than the China one, in a lesser time.
«The split between Old World monkeys and New World monkeys happened nearly 40 million years ago. By this time South America and Africa were already separated by the Atlantic Ocean. The gap was shorter than today, but it was already an ocean. Other non-simian primates only live in the Old World (Eurasia and Africa). It is reasonable to think, and so far the fossil record confirms it, that primates originated in the old world and at some point they migrated to the Americas.»
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«The explanation is much more reasonable than assuming that New World monkeys walked to South America from the Ararat mountain where Noah's ark stranded.»
These are the stats
