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		<title>LLM: Only Hallucinations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Large Language Models: Only Hallucinations &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;LLM hallucinations are mentioned from time to time. And I run into this in my own usage of LLM&#8217;s. But in a sense, all LLM&#8217;s do is hallucinate. They can&#8217;t help it, it&#8217;s how they are built. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Per the definition of hallucinate, &#8216;see or hear things that do not exist &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2025/11/llm-only-hallucinations/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">LLM: Only Hallucinations</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2025%2F11%2Fllm-only-hallucinations%2F&amp;action_name=LLM%3A+Only+Hallucinations&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>PSA: PDF reader not needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Public Service Announcement: PDF reader not needed &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Your phone doesn&#8217;t need a PDF reader. It has a web browser, which can also read PDF files. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;I&#8217;m mentioning this because I&#8217;ve seen a number of people needing &#8216;PDF readers&#8217; removed from their phones. And I put that in quotes because they were really ad platforms. Pushing &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2025/11/psa-pdf-reader-not-needed/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">PSA: PDF reader not needed</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2025%2F11%2Fpsa-pdf-reader-not-needed%2F&amp;action_name=PSA%3A+PDF+reader+not+needed&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>LLM: AI &#8800; LLM</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Large Language Models: AI &#8800; LLM &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Bottom line: So called &#8216;artificial intelligence&#8217; isn&#8217;t intelligent. Don&#8217;t call it that. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard of &#8216;AI&#8217;. Or at least you think you have. What you&#8217;ve heard about is called &#8216;artificial intelligence&#8217;, but it&#8217;s really &#8216;large language models&#8216;. I think the &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2025/11/llm-ai-llm/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">LLM: AI &#8800; LLM</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2025%2F11%2Fllm-ai-llm%2F&amp;action_name=LLM%3A+AI+%26ne%3B+LLM&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>Windows 10 is fine too</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Windows 10 is fine too &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;About six years ago Windows 7 reached End of Support, and I said it was fine to continue using it. Now the time has arrived for Windows 10 to reach it&#8217;s End of Support as well. And I think it&#8217;s fine to keep using Windows 10 too. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Yes, certain qualifiers &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2025/09/windows-10-is-fine-too/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Windows 10 is fine too</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2025%2F09%2Fwindows-10-is-fine-too%2F&amp;action_name=Windows+10+is+fine+too&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>AIC: Moving to Mint</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Adventures In Computing: Moving to Mint &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Take away: If you are moving cell phone carriers, double check your phone is actually &#8216;unlocked&#8216;. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Not that long ago I switched cell phone carriers. I had been using Republic Wireless since I started using a cellphone. $10/month was hard to argue with (even if prices did rise over &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2025/06/aic-moving-to-mint/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">AIC: Moving to Mint</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2025%2F06%2Faic-moving-to-mint%2F&amp;action_name=AIC%3A+Moving+to+Mint&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>SAAB: Public Phone Numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Support As A Business: Public Phone Numbers &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Originally, when I created this website, I was hesitant to post my phone number here. I figured anyone who needed it would have enough face to face interactions that my number would spread that way. And those who didn&#8217;t need it? Well I didn&#8217;t need to make life &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2025/06/saab-public-phone-numbers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">SAAB: Public Phone Numbers</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2025%2F06%2Fsaab-public-phone-numbers%2F&amp;action_name=SAAB%3A+Public+Phone+Numbers&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thermometer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thermometer &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;As summer is wrapping up, and fall approaches, I was thinking about the thermometer. Common enough device, which has been around for a while. Even if there are some new spins on it. Case in point, mine is wireless, so I can stick the actual thermometer outside and read it while inside. Which is &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2024/08/thermometer/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Thermometer</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2024%2F08%2Fthermometer%2F&amp;action_name=Thermometer&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>SAAB: At Your Worst</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Support As A Business: At Your Worst &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve printed hundreds of documents. You&#8217;ve sent (and received) thousands of emails. You&#8217;ve used your laptop for years. But I don&#8217;t see that. I see the time you can&#8217;t print, you can&#8217;t send email, or your laptop burst into flames. Or at least the smoldering wreckage &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2024/05/saab-at-your-worst/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">SAAB: At Your Worst</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2024%2F05%2Fsaab-at-your-worst%2F&amp;action_name=SAAB%3A+At+Your+Worst&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>CFE: Smart Hostility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commentary From Elsewhere: Smart Hostility &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Recently I ran into an article about a hiccup with a particular Smart TV. Long story short, it broke Windows on the computer that shared the network. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;While the details were not how I would have expected this to happen, such an outcome should have been considered inevitable. Any device &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2024/05/cfe-smart-hostility/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFE: Smart Hostility</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2024%2F05%2Fcfe-smart-hostility%2F&amp;action_name=CFE%3A+Smart+Hostility&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>Making Electricity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Making Electricity &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;So much of the &#8216;technology&#8217; we use runs on electricity. Yet how is that electricity made? We can use people power, treadmill/bike/etc. I assume this would be rather inefficient, but it would also be exhausting. Although it does have the benefit of being good exercise, and most people I know (including myself) could &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2024/02/making-electricity/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Making Electricity</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2024%2F02%2Fmaking-electricity%2F&amp;action_name=Making+Electricity&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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