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If I were teaching a writing class, I'd assign a James Bond novel, one of the earlier ones before Fleming's drinking got in the way of his writing. He could weave a great tale in 175-200 pages with noteworthy precision and economy of language. (So says a guy who's written a 786-page novel.)

Sean Connery was the perfect 007 actor, but I am more like Q (not the new one, but the one who supplied all the gadgets).

Unlike the recent woke movies, 007 is not a nearly castrated wimp slave to women in the books.

I've watched all the Bond movies, but I haven't read the books.

If you have time and haven't already read them, Ian Fleming's 007 books are a great distraction from typical work reading.
Coincidentally, I am reading Goldfinger now. As you might have guessed, the books are more engaging than the movies were.
(Unlike AS, they are about 200 pages each.)
Goldfinger was right about one thing: gold is better protection for wealth than any currency.

In that case, it will indeed be time to leave.

The basic enabling legislation for Stablecoins, the GENIUS Act, is already law, signed by Trump. Once Digital IDs become mandatory, it's downhill all the way for the technototalitarians. They can flick the switch and presto, stablecoins will be the only legal means of exchange.

Most especially when it is the good who are doing good.
Perhaps such misfits should find a way to get into extra-galactical space exploration.
There may be a far better world out there.

Thank our eye sight that Orange Man Bad was not as scandalously bare as Miley Cyrus when she wrecking-balled her little miss goody two-shoes Disney childhood connection.
Sorry Trump. Those of us without glasses would need a pair Those with a pair would need a new prescription.

The premise is that we will all be forced to use the stablecoins or the dollar, rather than other investments. If that were the case, then it truly would be technototalitarian. While such stablecoin legislation may indeed pass, I don't see that as being the only store of value.

I'll give this edition a +1 because any reference to Goldfinger deserves that much. Goldfinger was such a great villain.

Now THAT is priceless, LMAO!

Thanks OUC! Trump on a golden wrecking ball is priceless!

The haters don't have to dance in it, but I bet they will just to be seen as important.

Ah yes, "Let no good deed go unpunished."

Oh yes, "Landru, guide us!". I should have remembered that one! Thanks.

Trump and Israel has something in common.
Their enemies will find something wrong with anything good they do.
Trump's enemies suffer from TDS. Israel's enemies suffer from IDS.

Me dino as do all allosaurs blows our collective snouts at goofy T-Rexes. Not only do we have better looking arms, we are far more dignified about why and how we run.
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview...

Laughing their heads off !!!

https://youtu.be/h59lUTbuE1I?si=R0_qA...

Yes, Nomad. "Nomad, you are imperfect. Perform your prime directive."
I also recall the Landru episode, *Return of the Archons."
"You are the evil!"
Anyone who knows how to program a computer would understand this very well. GIGO-IGO-GO-Oooooooo......

Value for value!

sounds good.
I have a design for a chassis used for an integrated amplifier/multichannel amplifier/preamplifier and I'd like to get a CAD made.
Thank you, jb. 👍👍

Meshy.ai has a text to CAD drawing and an image to CAD drawing functionality. As with any AI, the key is how good your prompt is.

I clicked the link and it looks like something I'll need more than 5 minutes (all I have now) to wrap my mind around. Thanks, it looks like it can be a lot of fun to play with.

Excellent article! I sincerely hope the readers of it fully understand the meaning of AI's feedback loop on its own garbage. Decades ago in my early programming days I was told computers are very fast idiots and the slightest mistake can have dire consequences very quickly. As a process programmer I can truly understand how a very fast idiot can get entangled in its own garbage. The initial garbage may be a minuscule piece of false information when fed back on the loop amplifies and multiplies until the whole thing is out of control - very fast! This form of AI doesn't even know it is in error. Boom. [Note: this was covered a long time ago in an original Star Trek episode called "The Changeling" and repeated in the movie "Star Trek: The Motion Picture".]

For a cool, positive use of AI, check out meshy.ai
It will definitely be worth your time if you deal with either CAD drawing or animation.