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AI’s going really well, eh?
To illustrate how well AI is going, here s a prime example of the confidently wrong phenomenon, a.k.a. mansplaining as a service… I asked free Microsoft Copilot Chat: if I rename a shared file in Google Drive, does the name change for just me or everyone? The correct answer is that in fact it does change… Read More: AI s going really well, eh?
How hard should it be to get an electric wheelchair repaired with insurance coverage?
Because one healthcare horror story per day isn t enough, I want to tell you the story of how I ve been trying for over two months to get my uncle s electric wheelchair repaired. It s still broken. It still hasn t even been picked up by the company that is supposed to repair it. First, some background information.… Read More: How hard should it be to get an electric wheelchair…
Health insurance bureaucratic hell: Healthfirst, Integra Partners, Edgepark
A case study in why Healthfirst, Integra Partners, and Edgepark all suck. More broadly, the entire American healthcare system sucks, especially for elderly people, and it's only going to get worse.
1Password problems running tally
Ride along as I document the many problems, ranging from trivial to substantial, that I've run into with 1Password.
First Manufacturing Co. selling customer email addresses in violation of its own privacy policy
I used a unique, privacy-protecting email address at their site. Over a year later a different company that sells the same type of gear spammed that address. When I complained to First Manufacturing about it, an AI answered.
Scam email I wrote about last week is part of an ongoing campaign
The scammers are getting better, but it's not clear what their end goal is.
Hilariously bad scam email obviously written by AI
This email from "Michael Nussbaum", allegedly a "Managing Partner, Executive Search Strategic Advisory", is chock-full of red flags. Either this is a scam, or Nussbaum is incompetent.
Standing up by sitting down
Near the start of our son s graduation yesterday from the Jewish high school he attended for four years, after the graduates marched in, we were asked to stand for The Star Spangled Banner and Hatikvah. My wife, my son, and I remained seated. My daughter and her boyfriend stood for the Star Spangled Banner and… Read More: Standing up by sitting down
Case study: straightforward tech question, genAI is repeatedly, confidently wrong
Without expertise, using genAI is a fool's errand, and the grifters selling us genAI are bound and determined to destroy expertise.