I was delivering freight to a customer in South Seattle when I stumbled upon this piece of roadside Americana. This hat and boots used to be part of a gas station in South Seattle. Nice to see it saved and restored!
Posted by: John McIntyre | July 6, 2021
Seattle Americana
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Posted by: John McIntyre | January 8, 2021
Hey There…
Well, it’s been a chaotic year and a half since I posted. So I, ah yeah, never mind, I’ll just share something.
I’m sure you have heard about AI (Artificial Intelligence) and facial recognition and I’m sure you have your opinions on it. I discovered a website that provides a picture of a random person. The interesting thing is these people don’t actually exist. Every time you refresh the page, a new image of a “person” is created.
To do this, AI software has been created that takes elements from pictures of real people. It combines those elements together and generates an image of a person that doesn’t really exist. Reload this page or go to ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com to see another one.
The technical details come from a sub-field in artificial intelligence named GANs (generative adversarial networks). It uses the machine to dream up new data (an image) indistinguishable to the training data. The “training data” being the elements from real people’s pictures.
I don’t think this is necessarily good or bad, but I do think people need to be aware of the AI capabilities out there. It sure looks like a real person. Feel free to leave replies below.
By the way, the post below “Or Is This Our Next Boat?”, IS our boat now. We enjoyed cruising on “Thea” last summer, a 1972 Grand Banks 32′ sedan. Yes, she is a “woodie”, no fiberglass.
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Posted by: John McIntyre | August 31, 2019
The View Today
Posted by: John McIntyre | April 13, 2019
Or, Is This Our Next Boat?
Posted by: John McIntyre | March 22, 2019
Is This Our Next Boat?
Posted by: John McIntyre | September 12, 2018
Picture of the Day
Posted by: John McIntyre | April 15, 2018
I’m Official!!
It’s the real thing, I have my USCG Merchant Mariner Credential, or Captain’s License!
Posted by: John McIntyre | February 16, 2018
Groan of the day
Three handsome male dogs are walking down the street when they see a beautiful, enticing, female Poodle.
The three male dogs fall all over themselves in an effort to be the one to reach her first, but end up arriving in front of her at the same time.
The males are speechless before her beauty, slobbering on themselves and hoping for just a glance from her in return.
Aware of her charms and her obvious effect on the three suitors, she decides to be kind and tells them, “The first one who can use the words ‘liver’ and ‘cheese’ together in an imaginative, intelligent sentence can go out with me.”
The sturdy, muscular black Lab speaks up quickly and says, “I love liver and cheese.”
“Oh, how childish,” said the Poodle. “That shows no imagination or intelligence whatsoever.”
She turns to the tall, shiny Golden Retriever and says “How well can you do?”
“Um. I HATE liver and cheese,” blurts the Golden Retriever.
“My, my,” said the Poodle. “I guess it’s hopeless. That’s just as dumb as the Lab’s sentence.”
She then turns to the last of the three dogs and says, “How about you, little guy?”
The last of the three, tiny in stature but big in fame and finesse, is the Taco Bell Chihuahua.
He gives her a smile, a sly wink, turns to the Golden Retriever and the Lab and says, “Liver alone. Cheese mine.”
Posted by: John McIntyre | January 24, 2018
Quote of the Day
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
Confucius
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Posted by: John McIntyre | January 14, 2018
And another Quote of the Day
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
E. B. White
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