Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.

Tara ,'Empty Places'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


JenP - Mar 03, 2026 6:13:47 am PST #11810 of 12302

It makes me tired. I don't want to be a forensic teacher.

I'll bet. A whole added layer. Thanks, "AI."


Jessica - Mar 03, 2026 7:10:06 am PST #11811 of 12302
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Did anyone see the lunar eclipse? I meant to wake up early but by the time I went outside the moon had already set.


Steph L. - Mar 03, 2026 7:32:50 am PST #11812 of 12302
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

found other challenges in the home front: [link]

The cat is posting the same picture on Cat Facebook, or whatever they use.

Did anyone see the lunar eclipse?

It's cloudy and drizzly here, so the eclipse was only a rumor in these parts.


-t - Mar 03, 2026 8:10:29 am PST #11813 of 12302
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I woke up too late for it


DavidS - Mar 03, 2026 8:40:31 am PST #11814 of 12302
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I didn't see the eclipse but the full moon was quite bright in the SF sky.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 03, 2026 8:51:03 am PST #11815 of 12302
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.

I briefly woke up a little before 5 am and considered moon watching, but we had cloud cover here.


msbelle - Mar 03, 2026 10:55:21 am PST #11816 of 12302
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Shir, Nilly - thank you for posting. I’m think of you often.

Kat, so nice to see you here. Mac is taking English 101 this semester and I have warned him to not depend on AI, but he will he? Who knows. I still refuse to use anything at work.


-t - Mar 03, 2026 11:12:14 am PST #11817 of 12302
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I do use the Zoom AI note taker for my meeting recaps (we use to use the term "minutes" but have not for a long time) but it needs a lot of editing to make sense and be relevant. It's pretty good at capturing all the random chitchat and small talk we inevitably get up to, I'll give it that. It's bad at just stupid stuff like getting the acronyms we all use right and will occasionally summarize a discussion with, like, the opposite conclusion we all agreed to. Is going through it to pull an actual recap together better than relying on my own handwritten notes? Slightly, maybe? I still take my own notes, but I don't have the pressure of realizing I didn't write anything down while we were talking something out and maybe I will remember it wrong, I guess - if the AI gets it wrong it's still an issue but it's less my fault...


kat - Mar 03, 2026 1:28:54 pm PST #11818 of 12302
"The thing about dorks is we stick together. Mostly for gaming purposes but also because it wards off jocks, gutter clowns and other Stephen King-like threats." - Lauren Okie

Interesting. I have it installed and often take the suggestions, and well, often ignore it too. But it does catch stupid type stuff quite efficiently. (it had a bunch of suggestions on the pasted comment)

Grammarly definitely catches the stupid stuff, which means most of what I'm writing. The issue is that basically beiges everyone's voice so we all sound the same. Kids with beige writing voices already (meaning they write in the academic voice that is correct, but dull), do sound like AI. So for them to prove they aren't AI is a lot of work. Of course most voices are created by writing quirks (like my love a semi-colon).

I do use AI. Less now than last year. I spend a fair amount working through an idea with AI, but my urge to have it make me more efficient has waned. I actually am less concerned about being increasingly productive for a system that just wants to grind me up and spit me out for as cheap as possible.

msbelle, Grace took English 101. I created a GPT for her to use to help her think through her long paper but it wouldn't give her answers or write anything for her. Would ask her leading questions though.


kat - Mar 03, 2026 1:31:47 pm PST #11819 of 12302
"The thing about dorks is we stick together. Mostly for gaming purposes but also because it wards off jocks, gutter clowns and other Stephen King-like threats." - Lauren Okie

I definitely didn't see the lunar eclipse, but the Griffith Observatory's video of it is kinda cool. [link]