Rants & Ravings
Just stuff Jay felt like writing about.
Bring out The Gimp,,,, Canva ‘s dead baby; canva is dead.
I have a mild dislike for Canva. I’ve made a couple of attempts at using it and I’m not really impressed. 97% of the stuff that I do that’s graphics I can do in GIMP. I generally can do it faster’cause I’m not waiting for an Internet connection. And when I’m done no I’ll be
AI slop, Clanker Glop, None of it’s appealing.
I’ve done a bit of experimenting with generative AI. Haven’t generated a story or create a video clip yet. Honestly I’m not sure I’d want too. And I’m definitely not going to generate blog posts. Most of what I’ve been doing is image generation. I’ll admit it’s fun, it’s a great way to pass some
Mass Surveillance of the American People, and what to do about it.
FIGHT BACK AGAINST AI-POWERED MASS GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE! 1. Call your representatives at 202-224-3121 Sample Script: Hello, my name is [NAME] and I am your constituent in [CITY, STATE]. I’m calling to urge you to vote NO on FISA. In its current form, the bill has data broker loopholes that allow the government to ignore the
the hard truth of Facebook.
I was having login problems with Facebook, again. I found myself in a situation where to log in to Facebook I needed to verify that who I said I was by confirming it on another device that I was already logged into. Problem was the password had been reset and forgotten or not properly recorded,


