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Missing BlackoutsFor the past year, I haven’t experience a power failure at home because of power backups. While extended blackouts are awful, the…Nov 29, 2024Nov 29, 2024
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Generated On The FlyAnother Two Minute Paper video came out that discussed a new AI experiment that was able to generated the game Minecraft on the fly… at 20…Nov 15, 2024Nov 15, 2024
The White Knuckle FutureOn my 16th birthday, as was a tradition in my house, I went to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation office on Walkley Road in Ottawa and…Nov 10, 2024Nov 10, 2024
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A Bit of QAfter jumping through many hoops, I was finally able to test out Amazon Q.Sep 15, 2024Sep 15, 2024