{"id":41034,"date":"2023-03-12T03:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=41034"},"modified":"2023-03-07T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T21:41:50","slug":"chatbot-guide-cut-a-bell-pepper-free-smithsonian-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/chatbot-guide-cut-a-bell-pepper-free-smithsonian-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatbot guide\/Cut a bell pepper\/Free Smithsonian images"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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How to use a chatbot for everything<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you take a search engine (Bing) and add a chatbot (GPT-3) you get a brand new thing bigger than search or chat. It is a universal intern. This new assistant does analytics, summaries, drafts, coding, research, queries, and more.  But you need to learn whole new methods to get the best results. This short tutorial by Ethan Mollick called \u201cPower and Weirdness<\/a>\u201d  is the best first draft I\u2019ve seen of superuser tips and techniques for harnessing the astounding power of Bing and other chatbots. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free Smithsonian images<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you need to use an image for your art, product, project, or any other reason, check out the Smithsonian’s vast collection of Open Access<\/a> images available under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license<\/a>. I searched “cat,” and it returned over 7,000 images, and every one I looked at was terrific. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to cut a bell pepper<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I used to randomly hack away at bell peppers, ending up with oddly shaped slices covered in seeds. But a few years ago, I learned the trick to cutting bell peppers<\/a>. Once you learn this method, you\u2019ll never go back. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three-Body Problem movie<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Three-Body Problem<\/em> is an original science fiction book trilogy from China. It is a major phenom in China and a huge hit in the rest of the world, sweeping the major science fiction awards in the US. Tencent, the owner of WeChat, funded a TV series version that ran on China TV. You can watch an English-subtitled version of The Three-Body Problem<\/a> on YouTube, complete with Chinese TV advertisements. Even though I read the books I found the movies hard to follow, and too arty in an effort to be cool. I would only recommend it for the most diehard fans of the books, or just to see how China does long-form TV. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite vacation sandals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Shoewear is such a personal preference that I normally wouldn\u2019t recommend any, but I was complimented on my sandals many times in Cancun \u2014 even stopped on the street \u2014 that I feel it warrants a review. These are my first pair of Birkenstocks<\/a> <\/strong>I\u2019ve ever owned and I finally get what all the hype is about. The footbed offers a lot of support and comfort for all-day walking, and the platform heel makes them cute enough to wear with dresses at night. I also took them to Egypt last year while visiting pyramids and tombs, and never had any issues walking or climbing in the rough and sandy terrain. I own a pair in pecan, but for the next trip I might have to buy them in black. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built-in background sounds on iPhone<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I recently discovered that my iPhone has built-in background sounds like rain, ocean, or stream to mask unwanted noise. This feature came in handy on a recent flight while my phone was in airplane mode. You can also play ambient noise while you play other media like music or podcasts to further drown out environmental sounds. I found it under Settings > Accessibility > Audio Visual > Background Sounds. Thanks to Recomendo reader Pedro Nobre for the heads up on this. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Kevin Kelly<\/a>,<\/a> Mark Frauenfelder<\/a>, Claudia Dawson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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