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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Perplexity Pro AI for research and workflow, plus Comet browser in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 12 hours, 1 minute agoPopeBeanie:
The DuckDuckGo privacy-friendly browser and search engine also has DuckAI, which I’ve found is very good at answering questions I’ve had about AI and provides links to at least a couple of external primary sources.
Searching with DuckDuckGo also frequently turns up DuckAI answers at the top of the page. All free to the end user,…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Perplexity Pro AI for research and workflow, plus Comet browser in the forum
Artificial Intelligence 18 hours, 18 minutes agoI’m switching from ChatGPT to Perplexity Pro [I’ll call “PP”], because I’m confident now in reports from other techies and authors, including their satisfaction with it. Currently $20/mth, plus the option of separately paid for “credits” that can be applied to deeper research.
I like how it easily creates PDFs for any session. The PDFs (and other…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie posted an update 19 hours, 40 minutes ago
Inside-baseball trivia, for people in the habit of re-editing their posts. I’m the worst at re-editing, often tens of minutes after I’ve first posted them. I didn’t even realize until recently that only the very first post, i.e. before re-edits are made, is what shows up in list of new posts on the AZ home page.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Rechargeable battery technology in the forum Science 19 hours, 58 minutes ago
TheEncogitationer wrote:
Presumably, the ionization and/or Carbon and/or Hydrophobic additives keep the Sodium from exploding, correct?Yes, his explanation seems plausible to me.
I did some research on AI and learned that the statistics on dangerous incidents is as comprehensive as I expected, plus there’s a confounding delay of damage caused…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School May 24th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 1 day, 12 hours agoFellow Unbelievers:
Not to be outdone by anyone else, now he wrangled with a rattlesnake.
Some suspect this was set-up in advance but either way, this helps confirm my ideological prognosis of RFK Jr:
He is not a Eugenicist as some have pronounced. A Eugenicist who held his own genes as…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School May 24th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 2 days agoFellow Unbelievers:
Bobby Brainworm looks like he would be quite at home shipwrecked on Malta with the Apostle Paul or in certain churches of Appalachia:
He also hasn’t heard that even non-poisonous snakes can give Tetanus with their bites. Take care of yourself folks. The cavalry is…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Rechargeable battery technology in the forum Science 2 days ago
PopeBeanie:
Decidedly not off-topic:
Presumably, the ionization and/or Carbon and/or Hydrophobic additives keep the Sodium from exploding, correct?
They look like they have something there.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum
Politics 2 days, 19 hours agoPopeBeanie:
Fear not. My question was not a “Gotcha”. If you served, I salute your service in whatever capacity.
Members of the Armed Forces deserve our respect, regardless of the ridiculousness of foreign policies set by Congress and the Presidency.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School May 17th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 3 days, 1 hour agoThanks Enco,
Bout to be back in the woods and grateful for it.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School May 17th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 3 days, 17 hours agoJake:
I hope you’re better now.
I have yet read the Pope’s full Encyclical on AI and I’ll have to brace myself for vertigo to try. Those things get wordy and Gish Gallop-y.
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