whataslacker: a blog about nothing much.
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The Rise of AI in Content Generation: Will Spammers and Bots Become Smarter and Harder to Spot?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized various industries, from healthcare to finance and marketing. One domain where AI has made significant strides is content generation. AI-powered tools, like chatbots and language models, have become increasingly sophisticated in producing human-like text. However, this advancement raises concerns about the potential misuse of AI in generating spam and bot…
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Beware of Scam Sites
We have all seen the fake duplicated accounts on social media. We know the tell tale signs of knowing how they are fake, but why are we all still falling victim to them and fake websites? I don’t have an easy answer. I guess we are all just so used to using the web we…
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Handiest of Handy Tools
This little screwdriver set is the best one I have ever had. Seriously. I needed to dissect a dead harddrive and needed a star shaped screwdriver. I could have gotten a just a set of those (for more money) but grabbed this set instead even though I already had the flat and the cross heads.…
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Another Book Review
This author is just reaffirming why I don’t like self published authors. I have this far read three stories from them and there were so many editing issues I couldn’t even think about the stories. The stories themselves weren’t all that appealing even if the book had had better editing. Here is what I had…
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Book Review: Progress by Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue
This is the second book from this author that I have read. At first I thought this one was heading in a better direction. I was deceived. The plot is so convoluted it begins to get tiresome. The grammar and editorial errors throughout are no better that the first book I read. Half the time…
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RGB LED Light for Video and Photography
I was recently given the opportunity to review this product and thought I would give it a shot. (see what I did there?) It comes nicely packaged and includes a velvet-like bag to protect the light. But the bag is only big enough to hold the light with the battery attached. Not the battery charger.…
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Playing Myst Again After 25 Years
This game really got under my skin back in the day. Sadly, I never finished it and as PCs became more advanced you could no longer play the old software on the new systems. Cyan tried keeping up with the times by releasing new editions and sequels to the original. Since this milestone 25th anniversary…
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Sorry But This Blog Is About to Become All About Myst.
Since I got the game on my Switch (and phone and pc) I am determined to give it my best effort. What that means for you, dear reader, is a bunch of posts about my endeavors. I know there are a ton of walk throughs out there on the web. I am not trying to…
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Book Review: Cupid’s Bow
This will be one of my last reviews for Bold Stroke Books. I would like to thank them for the ARC via Netgalley and remind you all that the following review is my own honest opinion, which has never been swayed by a free book (except for the times when I kept my mouth shut…
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Transformer
Not a huge fan of documentaries, but this one looks interesting. Writer/Director: Michael Del Monte Featuring: Janae Marie Kroczaleski Genre: Documentary; Sports; LGBTQ+ Synopsis: In the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Matt “Kroc” Kroczaleski was publicly outed as being transgender. The reaction was universal: her sponsors abandoned her, she was disowned by her parents,…
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Blue is the Warmest Color
Finally got to read the graphic novel that the graphic movie is based on. So this post will be a review of both the movie and graphic novel. Obviously, I saw the movie first, if I am just now reading the comic. While I found it okay, it wasn’t the greatest film out there. It…
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Book Review: Wayworn Lovers by Gun Brooke
Wayworn Lovers by Gun Brooke Published by Bold Stroke Books eBook Retail: $9.99 After reading some other reviews I wasn’t expecting too much from this book, but it surprised me. I liked it. I found the characters enjoyable and their romance fun (if not entirely believable, but it is fiction after all). Both Giselle and Tierney…
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