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Have I mentioned my switch from Google to Perplexity?
From Harper’s Weekly Review: A man driving in Indonesia followed Google Maps directions off an unfinished bridge.
Posted in Technology, The Facts of Life
Tagged google, Harper's, Perplexity
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Much better than Google: Perplexity
I was fine using Google until I learned about Perplexity, the search engine of dreams. It’s motto is “Where knowledge begins.” Google’s covert motto is “Where an endless column of sites which may give you an answer but will also … Continue reading
Posted in Good Things Happening, Medical care in the US, The Facts of Life
Tagged AI, Beethoven, Beethoven's string quartets, google, Kol Nidre, Perplexity
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If you have a chronic health condition, have you ever wondered where steroids came from?
I do and I did. I first began to understand the ubiquity of steroids while my father slowly went downhill due to emphysema. There was no remedy but there were two mitigating substances he took. One of them was prednisone. … Continue reading
Posted in Medical care in the US, The Facts of Life
Tagged anti-inflammatories, emphysema, google, Percy Lavon Julian, prednisone, steroids, uveitis
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