Tag: AI
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On AI Coding Tools and why Freemium Apps Still Have a Future
Reading Time: 2 minutesNine to Five Mac wrote an article about "AI coding tools may be the end of freemium utility apps". If the last three weeks are any indication of whether AI written apps can replace freemium apps the answer is both yes and no. The Yes Illusion Let’s start with the illusion that…
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A discussion with Gemini about Google AI Plus
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night and this morning I have been toying with the idea of the paid tiers and whether they’re worth it. In the proces I told Gemini about my context and it went from advising me the pro tier at 170 CHF per year, to going for the "free" Google AI studio…
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Sorting Photoprism Photos With the Mistral Cat
Reading Time: 3 minutesI chose to experiment with Le Chat by Mistral, the French AI alternative to Gemini, Claude and CatIFARTED (ChatGPT). For the experiment I copied my Photoprism photos from the drive I use that is connected a Raspberry pi to a laptop before running scripts to sort and remove duplicates. It worked well,…
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Flickr Backup Automation and Video Export
Reading Time: 2 minutesLet’s begin by saying that Flickr is not intended for video. It’s meant for photographers to backup and share their photos with like-minded individuals. When you use the Flickr app for iOS and Android it automatically backs up videos, and photos. After some trial and error I was able to get the…
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Vibe Coding a Flickr Export Tool with Google Gemini
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently I decided that I would backup my Flickr library locally despite having over a year left on my pro account. In so doing, when the decision comes whether to dump, or keep using flickr, I will know that my data is safely backed up locally. Of course I decided to play…
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A Year to Experiment with Swisscom MyAI
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago I was looking at MyAI and I was going to unsubscribe from the "Pro" account before they charged me, before realising that as an early adopter I have a year to play with MyAI for "free". When I say that I can play with it for free I…
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Gemini and Mobile Telephony – A Quick discussion
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I had a chat with Google Gemini about mobile telephony. Specifically I was discussing Galaxus, Wingo and Coop Mobile. I told it that I was interested in a mobile plan in the same price range as Galaxus but using Swisscom as the mobile network rather than Sunrise. In the process of…
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AI and the Cult of the Lazy Amateur
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe are all familiar with the phrase. We learn better when we write things by hand, rather than when we type them on the keyboard. For decades people have been against typing, saying "It’s cold, it’s dead, it’s impersonal". Those same people will then say "you have awful handwriting" and yet still…
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Offloading Locomotion to Cars and the Transition to AI
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I was thinking about how some people want to offload their work to AI and it got me to think about how people already offloaded getting around to cars. When is the last time that you saw a group of people walk from Nyon to St Cergue via La Dôle, rather…
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The Importance of Trying AI
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom what I see the aim of AI companies is not to provide human beings with great tools to speed up work flows, to automate menial tasks, and to enhance our daily work lives. It is to replace us. For this reason I don’t like that there is so much hype about…