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Pat Phelan

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@YetAnotherSQL on Twitter @YetAnotherSQL@noc.social on Mastodon Data loving/storing/managing/manipulating geek! More than five decades as a Type 1 diabetic. Always trying to become a better person.

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I'm not sure that I'd use "bless", but I understand the point!

08.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've grown quite fond of Claude.

One thing Claude does that other LLMs don't seem to do is to learn from experience. I've called BS on Claude claiming "no knowledge" of other tools including ChatGPT. After I observed that RAG makes "no knowledge" just BS, that behavior stopped.

08.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, this might be a newsflash, everyone except for Buck and me is getting older.

06.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You have to consider what is more important to President Trump, deceased veterans or his purchase of draperies.

If you don’t remember, review:

www.newsweek.com/trumps-repor...

03.03.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course the Guardians Of Pedophiles want to blame the Democrats. If there is some kind of problem with anything at all, that problem certainly couldn’t be with the GOP!

The GOP fiercely guards the Pedophiles!

03.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pfft! You seem to have completely ignored just how thoroughly the current administration has normalized insanity.

America is now split into groups, and one group accepts that behavior as β€œnormal” just like that behavior was accepted as normal in the 1930s.

03.03.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m trying to keep a leash on my comments about the Epstein/Trump war in Iran. How many innocent civilians need to die to keep Trump in office?

Why are the Guardians Of Pedophiles allowing this to continue?

Has the Iranian or the American government killed more Iranian citizens in 2026?

02.03.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone has a different take, on just about everything. I often find when people I care about do things that I dislike that there is some fundamental underlying reason. YMMV.

My unsolicited advice: find out the WHY instead of focusing on the WHAT. Find a better answer rather than stewing on it.

02.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate to decide with spurs on, but sometimes you just gotta do whacha gotta do!

Carry on, my wayward son!

Bonus points if you recognize that phrase without doing a search. Extra bonus points if you understand why it is relevant to this conversation.

02.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did I somehow miss yesterday’s episode of #blorp ???

I’ll be on the lookout for today’s #blorp, but today I have to act more employed than I did yesterday.

I try to avoid that nasty, four letter, β€œw” word as much as possible. So β€œact employed” is the best you’ll get unless I’m swearing!

02.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed! That is a truly world class derp.

02.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

May I introduce to you, my less geeky BlueSky alter ego account.

@PatP.io, please say hello to the folks out here in BlueSky land!

02.03.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m trying to wrangle the two of them to keep my carcass intact, especially the really sensitive parts that don’t suffer en-pointe maneuvers gracefully.

This was definitely a learning experience for me.

I love my girlfriends dearly, but not when they are en-pointe, and on me!

6/6

01.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At this point I’m already in considerable pain, and worse yet there is no one in the house able to help me. My wife can’t get out of bed by herself.

The ballerina sensed that something was quite wrong, but didn’t know what that was. So she started to inspect every millimeter of my carcass.

5/n

01.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So I flopped onto the couch, the ballerina comes sailing in an arc on top of me. Landing her full 7 kg en-pointe on basically one foot making me question my logic immediately.

The couch potato toddled up the stairway to heaven, then pranced proudly across my entire body. Also en-pointe.

3/n

01.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Somehow I had the thought that getting their β€œstairway to heaven” out so they could both get up on the couch with me was a β€œgood idea”

The ballerina can jump to about anything she can see. The couch potato needs help to just get onto the couch!

2/n

01.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My wife was feeling somewhat sub-optimal today, so she decided that I needed to entertain my girlfriends instead of her doing that this afternoon. The girls were both excited, bopping like wee ones.

1/n

01.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love the idea, but I’ve been β€œout of practice” for so long that a hummingbird could probably drink me under the table. I never was a big drinker, but I can’t remember even a beer since Covid hit.

A solid glass of German beer today and I’d need someone to carry me back to my room!

01.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had no idea how many children you have.

The Dad Jokes are telling.

01.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think that you’ve played this game before!

01.03.2026 07:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve also considered a Re-Markable like what you have but that presents a few legal problems that I have not worked around yet.

I need to be hyper-aware of possible data leaks even if those leaks haven’t actually been detected yet. That’s why I don’t use Kindles anymore even though I miss them.

01.03.2026 04:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Kobo Libra Colour was best fit for my needs. I also considered one of the Elipsa readers and might eventually buy one of those too.

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01.03.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Probably. You’d still have been fascinated by the concept!

01.03.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I received my Kobo device nearly 56 hours earlier than expected.

My initial reaction is very positive.

I have the sleep cover and the Scribe 2 Stylus. They both seem to work well. The device capacity and performance seem quite good so far.

More details later. Probably in about 24 hours.

01.03.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so sorry to hear that. To many people, a pub is β€œjust a pub”. For those of us who understand what a pub is, we realize what boors those people are, and how callous they are to say that to anyone who cares.

I hope you find a new pub, even if you decide that you need to open it yourself!

01.03.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I will cheerfully inform anyone of that fact, as long as they choose to listen to me!

28.02.2026 04:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Talk to a theater/costuming friend and ask about a β€œshort arm” sewing machine.

We had at least a dozen of those at Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa in the late 1970s. They allowed us to β€œdo the impossible” several times a day.

If it fit, I would have carried one in my β€œOh $#!+ kit”

28.02.2026 03:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I read private documents on my ereaders. Medical information, pre-publication work from others, some legal documents.

Amazon asserts the prerogative to UP-load anything on a Kindle to their servers. So Kindles are useless to me now.

Calibre is my second reason for switching to a Kobo.

27.02.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll be able to report back on that in about a week.

The device order process was horrible. The book orders aren’t bad.

The Calibre integration seems good but isn’t really tested yet.

27.02.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0