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Chat history You said: Once while discussing saving money with a former student, he mentioned that as hard as he tried, he could never save any money. He had a good paying job so that wasn’t the issue. Between his spouse, children, and his own buying habits, there never was anything left to save even…
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You said: Is planned obsolescence on the radar screen of environmentalists? It seems like it should be. ChatGPT said: Yes — very much so, and your intuition is right: planned obsolescence is squarely on the radar of environmentalists, though it doesn’t always get as much public attention as climate change or plastics. What has happened is that the issue…
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Chat history You said: Could you perhaps give me a list of the products that have built in obsolescence that typically equals the length of their warranties? ChatGPT said: Here’s a practical list of product categories and specific examples where built-in/“planned” obsolescence often results in the effective lifespan being about the same as (or just beyond) the length of the…
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Chat History You said: The old-world map (Asia, Europe, Mideast, Africa) seems to change frequently yet the western hemisphere has remained relatively constant during my lifetime of 70+ years. Any ideas why this might be? ChatGPT said: That’s a perceptive observation — and you’re right. Since WWII, the “Old World” has seen shifting borders, new…
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Chat history You said: To me, finding the right amount to feed the animals on the farm is simple. You feed them until there is some leftover and then you cut back. My animals are fat and happy. It reminds me of the preacher who drafted his best sermon ever only to have a blizzard…
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Rube Goldberg machine. Source: Wikipedia.org Chat history You said: Here’s a hypothetical for you. If one had just the right chemicals, temperature, energy, et cetera lying in a pile, how long would it take for them to morph into an iPhone? ChatGPT said: Effectively: never. Even if you had “the right chemicals” (all the atoms you’d…
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Chat history You said: Here’s my take on AI. There was a time when a single person could know and comprehend the sum total of human knowledge available (at least within his immediate culture and as a generalization). Then libraries became very large and education splintered into a relatively few silos. Learning just one silo…
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Chat history You said: I was sitting comfortably in our easy chair in the living room when Elaine entered and asked me, “How many times are we supposed to forgive?” I told her that Jesus said, “Seventy times seven” to which she replied, “That would be 490; right?” I said, “Yes.” Elaine said, “Then you…
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Chat history You said: I once read of a couple that instead of giving each other valentine cards, they went to the store together and searched until each found a card that best expressed their feelings. They then shared the cards with the other person before returning the cards to the display. For almost 50…
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Note: In a previous conversation, I told ChatGPT “It seems like the news has become more chaotic across several areas including wars and war mongering, politics both domestic and foreign, social confrontations and issues, and natural events both across the earth and in space over just the last recent months. I cannot tell if this…
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