I was nervous, but it was great. Got a bit cold at 50ft, so we turned back. It was off the Marine Room in La Jolla. The water was real choppy, so it was not an easy swim out to the canyon.

But I did it, and I’m proud. :)

We saw a shark (about two feet long), and a bunch of lobsters.

Convert your notes from Google Keep's note format to Nextcloud Notes' format, ready to upload to your Nextcloud account.

With this, I now no longer use any Google product.

• Gmail -> Port87
• Search -> DuckDuckGo
• Photos -> Immich
• Drive/Docs/Notes/Calendar/Contacts -> Nextcloud
• Gemini -> Lol, never used it. xD

Here’s the full video:

https://youtu.be/cQFJYUuw_jo

No one was hurt! :)

So a hot air balloon landed in my back yard this morning. Everyone was safe, no injuries, no damage. :)

(I didn’t know where to post this on Lemmy. If it’s not appropriate here, please let me know, or just take it down.)

There is a secret hidden trans theme in Port87 Mail. I’ve never disclosed it publicly, but for Trans Day of Visibiliy, I’m going to. You can activate it by going into your settings on desktop, opening the theme dropdown, then typing “traaaaaaaaaaaaaa” (I don’t remember how many As there are). There are other secret themes, that maybe I’ll disclose later. For now, enjoy pink, white, and blue email. The best color theme! 🙂

One has the body of a snake, but the head and legs of a lizard. I call it a snizard. The other has the body of a lizard, but the head and lack of legs of a snake. I call it a lake.

Like, every AI generated thing I’ve seen, when viewed from the eyes of someone who actually knows what they’re doing, is at best below average. Maybe some things aren’t quite as bad as the general “AI slop”, but of the things I’m actually experienced in (code and art), I just see so many amateur mistakes in everything AI.

Regarding art, AI can make really visually appealing things, but it gets the details wrong. That’s something that a below average artist does. And regarding code, it’s the same thing. Overall, it has the appearance of decent code, but it gets the details wrong, just like a below average dev. (Probably about the level of a high school senior or college freshman.)

I’m not super experienced at writing, but I can also tell that it’s not very good at that. The stories it writes just aren’t compelling, but I’m not experienced enough to tell you why. And the same with music. It’s just below average, but I couldn’t tell you why.

I’m not trying to sound elitist by saying this, but I’ve noticed people who aren’t very good at these things tend to praise how good the AI is.

So, is it just me, or are the big fans of AI just below average at whatever the AI is doing?