AI Advances
“Didn’t she just write about AI this month?” you might be thinking. Yes, I did write about Stable Diffusion, but already there […]
Author: Jane Shearer
Mountain meaning
We spent the last week on a glacier travel and rope practice course, part of which was at Plateau Hut, immediately below […]
Reflections
There’s a major debate in New Zealand this week about a baby whose parents don’t want to receive blood from people vaccinated […]
Democratisation or Theft?
We were discussing developments in Artificial Intelligence with our neighbours over dinner this week. The development of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is […]
Missiles and Assumptions
The news of the this week had to be the missile strike in Poland on 15 November, hitting a grain dryer and […]
Buying Values
There are many things for sale in today’s world. Here’s one of the best displays of available toilet seats I have seen […]
Solar power
Solar power – it sounds great having panels sitting quietly on your roof generating electricity, doesn’t it? You don’t have to do […]
Where’s COVID at?
Back in New Zealand from South Korea, the almost complete lack of masks is really evident. What’s funny is how one’s norm […]
The ladder of luxury
Last week I posted pictures of English used in South Korea to give the impression of luxury accommodation (or not!). What I […]
Winner
We have encountered relatively little English written or spoken on our trip round South Korea so far (for more pictures have a […]