Columns

What’s all this about ChatGPT?

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I briefly touched on ChatGPT in my column from Jan. 3, 2023. It’s been in the news a lot recently so I thought I’d revisit the topic with and discuss what it can and can’t do in a bit more detail.

A good year for Ohio, Hillsboro

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The U.S. Labor Department reported that the nation’s jobs surged by 467,000 in the month of January. Pretty incredible, yet some say it’s possible that the U.S. might slip into a slight recession. Who knows anymore what’s economically promising and what isn’t. Machine trading on Wall Street isn’t always very rational.

That was not the worst thing

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“The worst thing,” I told my mother, “was when you made us eat venison sausages for lunch. That sausage lasted forever!”

What past lessons can teach us

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“What is past is prologue.” Those words are engraved on the National Archives building in Washington, D.C., just a few minutes’ walk from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument and the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall. Each of these landmarks reminds us of the decisive role that history plays in shaping our lives today, tomorrow and well into the future.

Showdown between man and machine

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In Greek mythology, the “Sirens” were three enchanting sisters who lured men with their songs to their death. An interesting preface to this story is that the god Zeus created these friendly Sirens to be playmates for his daughter. But as the myth narrative advances and Hades kidnaps Zeus’s daughter the Sirens eventually become evil; the progression from promise to fear.

Walking through the snow

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It was snowing hard, the way it almost never does anymore, and I decided I needed to go for my walk, heedless of the weather.

Living in Portland, Oregon

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I was having lunch with a friend and she asked me why I moved back to Hillsboro after living all around the world. I hesitated, since we’d been talking about various dog breeds before she suddenly threw out that query, and in that hesitant moment she went on, “What’s your favorite place that you’ve lived?”

Coupons for Amazon Prime members

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Here’s a quick one to start us off. Amazon has a page of coupons just for Prime members. It’s at Amazon.com/coupons. You’re not gonna find anything surprising here. It’s just a page of all the coupons that are currently available at Amazon. If you went directly to one of the products you would see the same coupon you see on the coupons page. This page just gathers them all together in one place. You can search by brand or view the coupons available in a given category by selecting the category on the left side of the page.

Teacher quality is a security issue

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Editor’s note — This following column is an updated article originally written by contributing columnist Bill Sims and published by Education Week on April 2, 2014.

Everyone likes a compliment

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“I have to say, that is a very nice hat!” I told the man as he passed me on the sidewalk.