Random Thoughts

[Scott5114]

I wasn't aware of the Twitter issue. Here is the same image but from a different URL. Can you see it now?

Yep!

[kurumi]

We're working with Rouge 1, a metric for working with LLMs.

Every single time I type out that term (including in the line above) goes like this:

Route 1

backspace backspace backspace backspace

ge 1

you know you're a roadgeek when...

[Hunty2022]

Today marks one year since I converted to taking horizontal road pictures.


This is the first one.

[jlam]

Today marks one year since I converted to taking horizontal road pictures.

The only way to take road pictures. There's typically much more to look at on the sides of the road than in the sky.

[ZLoth]

After doing some work around the house, I got this evil thought... why not have a TV series where we see these highly-paid/highly-visible celebrities and business leaders do some "menial" tasks like clean a pool, change the oil, change the sheets on their bed, do simple repairs, and so on. I wonder if they even still know how to do the ordinary things, or if they are left flummoxed.

Along the same lines, I would like to see the folks who design some of the newer vehicles actually try fixing some of the simpler stuff, like replace a headland on a car, change the oil, change the battery, or even change some of the turn signal or brake lights. This was brought about a few years ago on a previous vehicle when I was replacing the headlight on my car. Right headlight... no problem, but the left headlight required that I remove some parts to get to the bolts that held that headlight.

[Big John]

^^ The first paragraph was the premise of the TV show Undercover Boss.

[formulanone]

Today marks one year since I converted to taking horizontal road pictures.

The only way to take road pictures. There's typically much more to look at on the sides of the road than in the sky.

Sometimes horizontal works out, but it's a matter of personal taste...



...but maybe 1-of-500 of my road shots are taken in portrait orientation. Roadside signage is a mix, but if I want the road an