Random Thoughts Thread

[trinacriabob]

Good morning ...

Not versed enough in local politics, but she seems like more of a rag than not.  

[Drew Dowdell]

15 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

Will be interesting to see how or if this comes about.

Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AI

www.NotGonnaHappen.com

Maybe eventually but certainly not in 18 months. I’m seeing a lot of resistance to AI due to the costs involved. Plus, corporate data is so messy. Feeding messy data to AI is just asking for bad results. It will take years to clean up the data and maybe AI can help with that, but unless you’re starting a company today and building it with AI from the start and actually have AI super experts running things, it’s likely your data is too messy to use in AI right now.

One of my clients is in a conversion away from paper and struggling with it. They’re not going to AI anytime soon. We won’t even be done the paper conversion until early 2028.

[G. David Felt]

20 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

www.NotGonnaHappen.com

Maybe eventually but certainly not in 18 months. I’m seeing a lot of resistance to AI due to the costs involved. Plus, corporate data is so messy. Feeding messy data to AI is just asking for bad results. It will take years to clean up the data and maybe AI can help with that, but unless you’re starting a company today and building it with AI from the start and actually have AI super experts running things, it’s likely your data is too messy to use in AI right now.

One of my clients is in a conversion away from paper and struggling with it. They’re not going to AI anytime soon. We won’t even be done the paper conversion until early 2028.

I am seeing allot of non mental jobs that can be easily done by an AI bot get done, like you pointed out, the cleaning up and organizing of paperwork just so a company can then make intelligent decisions to move forward but this is over the next 5 to 10 years imho. 

I do not ever plan to retire, but I do see my job evolving and with that what I might have to do in 20 to 30 years will look very different than today. 

[G. David Felt]

Idiot47 continues to prove just how corrupt he is and why he deserves to be in jail!!!

'Mind-blowing': Trump acts clueless when reporter corners him on corruption—until he won't shut up and unknowingly rambles into a confession

[trinacriabob]

2 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

Idiot47 continues to prove just how corrupt he is and why he deserves to be in jail!!!

'Mind-blowing': Trump acts clueless when reporter corners him on corruption—until he won't shut up and unknowingly rambles into a confession

The other one is when he holds a press conference and someone in the press asks him a question that he doesn't want to field and he just says, 'Next question.'

That's because his entitled and corrupt a$$ is in gear, he doesn't want to be accountable, and they've let him get away with it for years.  We're now in 2026.  Does this mean Project 2025 didn't gel like they wanted it to?

I can't believe how often he passes and makes nasty remarks to go with along with doing so.

[A Horse With No Name]

On 2/13/2026 at 1:05 AM, G. David Felt said:

EGO wins again for the best Electric two stage snowblower.
The 3 best electric snow blowers of 2026, tested in harsh snow

Living in Ohio, these are a godsend. 

[ccap41]

On 2/13/2026 at 12:05 AM, G. David Felt said:

EGO wins again for the best Electric two stage snowblower.
The 3 best electric snow blowers of 2026, tested in harsh snow

Hahaha they compared a $1700 two-stage Ego to two cheap, single-stage units. 200lb Ego vs 33lb Greenworks vs 47lb Worx.

Why they wouldn't have at least tried Greenworks two-stage units is just plain stilly. Also, why not against another real unit in one of Toro's $1700 two-stage unit. 

What a crap comparison.

[G. David Felt]

18 hours ago, ccap41 said:

Hahaha they compared a $1700 two-stage Ego to two cheap, single-stage units. 200lb Ego vs 33lb Greenworks vs 47lb Worx.

Why they wouldn't have at least tried Greenworks two-stage units is just plain stilly. Also, why not against another real unit in one of Toro's $1700 two-stage unit. 

What a crap comparison.

True they could have done better, but then if that is all they are loaned by the companies, who can you blame but the company who loaned a single stage to go up against a dual stage.

Kinda like folks that compare dual pane to triple pane windows and complain about the cost without looking at the full picture.

This comparison had some valid data but agree with you that it could have been a fairer comparison of like units.

Makes one wonder if he clearly stated he wanted all dual stage units or just asked for a snow blower to compare.

[G. David Felt]

Interesting, I am far more satisfied with my Kia over anything I have seen, experienced with Tesla. I think BMW is nailing it right now especially compared to Mercedes.

Interesting is that Tesla is considered Luxury and yet my EV9 is more expensive than Tesla garbage. I totally agree with the JD Powers EV Ownership Experience.

Tesla Still Rules EV Satisfaction, Though One Rival Just Caught Up | Carscoops

[A Horse With No Name]

 

[G. David Felt]

22 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

 

Yes, the incompetent leadership is hurting this country more than helping and talk about wasting billions on repainting planes into his stupid colors as if it would last and he clearly did not listen to the science that shows his colors cause overheating and issues with the electronics on the plane.

[G. David Felt]

People thinking they can buy a car for under $20,000 new will be sad to learn there are no more cars that cheap unless they are used.

The $20,000 new car is officially dead

[A Horse With No Name]

Yep...Tariffs killing things...

[G. David Felt]

This VinFast Pickup is awesome, wish we had something like this at this price point here. '

https://autopostglobal.com/latest-scoops/photo-report/article/99041/

GM missed the boat in focusing on 6 figure pickups when they could have owned the market if they delivered what VinFast is delivering globally except for here due to incompetent leadership.

[A Horse With No Name]

Yep...

[A Horse With No Name]

 

 

[G. David Felt]

Yes idiot47 has said the supreme court failed to be loyal to him. Moron!

5 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

 

 

 

[trinacriabob]

On 2/20/2026 at 7:55 AM, G. David Felt said:

People thinking they can buy a car for under $20,000 new will be sad to learn there are no more cars that cheap unless they are used.

The $20,000 new car is officially dead

The "cute" little Nissan Versa fit that bill, surprising me via rentals that it was actually likeable, but production of it ended a few months ago.

I was given this bloated BYD Seal SUV automatic last week and that's what I'm driving around Sicily in.  It's a HEV, so I don't push down too hard, and it sips fuel.  Except for its velvety and disconnected road to cabin and steering wheel communication at low speeds, I'm not so sure I like it.  Give me a smaller Citroen C3 with an automatic which is smaller and rides smoothly.

[G. David Felt]

13 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

The "cute" little Nissan Versa fit that bill, surprising me via rentals that it was actually likeable, but production of it ended a few months ago.

I was given this bloated BYD Seal SUV automatic last week and that's what I'm driving around Sicily in.  It's a HEV, so I don't push down too hard, and it sips fuel.  Except for its velvety and disconnected road to cabin and steering wheel communication at low speeds, I'm not so sure I like it.  Give me a smaller Citroen C3 with an automatic which is smaller and rides smoothly.

The part that is now bolded, Italicized and underlined, I am totally confused by. How can it be velvety and yet not as smooth as a C3? I get the disconnected road to cabin and no steering wheel communication at low speeds as it is a hybrid system so not a true drive by wire but also not a true traditional steering wheel system. Hydraulic with electric assist so that is a downside being very vague road feedback via the steering wheel.

[trinacriabob]

11 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

The part that is now bolded, Italicized and underlined, I am totally confused by. How can it be velvety and yet not as smooth as a C3? I get the disconnected road to cabin and no steering wheel communication at low speeds as it is a hybrid system so not a true drive by wire but also not a true traditional steering wheel system. Hydraulic with electric assist so that is a downside being very vague road feedback via the steering wheel.

Maybe I didn't use the right words.  It's overly supple and overly assisted in parking lots and when driving slowly on smaller streets.  It does not communicate much when there are lots of thick walls next to small roads and farms right beside me! After renting it, I read a review and it said that it doesn't corner or track very well, and that started getting annoying last night.  

I drove a Citroen C3 here somewhere between 2019 and 2021. I believe I reviewed it.  First, I couldn't believe how smooth it was. It handled well in parking lots and was surprisingly smooth and agile on the highway, too.  It's not like you get two times the smoothness because the car costs two times as much. I have a friend who went for civil engineering at ASU.  He said that they used the same textbooks, for the most part, that they did at Berkeley.  So, with Berkeley being so much more prestigious, and with a much lower acceptance rate, it's not like you get two times a better civil engineering education there.  So my point is that for twice the money, the increase in drivability is not a ratable or linear relationship. I've come to see that the extra money in this BYD is all about the many bells and whistles that take about a week to learn. It's not that impressive on the highway and on rougher roads. I sort of like it on nicely asphalted urban streets at lower speeds and it has been getting respectable fuel mileage.

I liked zooming around in that Citroen C3 with the side "Air Bump."  I had asked them for a smaller car instead and they told me that if it had to be automatic, it had to be this one.

[trinacriabob]

Good morning

This is what I really wanted to share. That's what Californians do ... share.

Maybe not museum grade, but it works well.

I don't know if that's a Ford, an AMC, or an old Buick Skylark!

[Robert Hall]

8 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

Good morning

This is what I really wanted to share. That's what Californians do ... share.

Maybe not museum grade, but it works well.

I don't know if that's a Ford, an AMC, or an old Buick Skylark!

That's an AI image...looks like a mix of a Plymouth Duster and a Chevy Nova.