Boy am I glad I had the foresight to vacate and relocate from what I then perceived to be an eventual graveyard some 44 years ago. Where I moved to - Australia - is not in much better shape of course, having botched its only chance to escape the colonialist hell in a failed (built... Continue Reading →
Arctic Sea Ice Extent November 2025
Time for another month-end update and again 2025 has led us in a merry dance with a somewhat disappointing ending. Not seriously so, but we might have expected better. Below is a chart of NSIDC data plucked from the Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph, showing just this part of the current year (blue) plus last... Continue Reading →
Open Mind; Closed Mind. Open System; Closed System. Is There an Advantage? How About in AI?
I am no expert in AI, let me state that up front. Although it has been around in rudimentary form in the gaming arena (my favourite passtime*), and possibly in other places, for years. And whatever your views on the subject of AI, its benefits and inherent dangers, it is not going to go away... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 