April 2023

by Jeff McKamey
The Club Laptop is
MacBook Pro 2016 15 inch, 2.6 i7, 16 GB ram 256 HD It doesn’t have the security chip the newer laptops have, but it needs a new keyboard and motherboard, which is over $500. They say Apple has slowed down orders on the chips to make Mac books because they are not selling, so there are some deals to be had: https://www.macrumors.com/guide/macbook-pro-air-deals/
The M3 chip is coming to certain Laptops:
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/06/13-15-inch-macbook-air-m3-macbook-pro/ target=”_blank” Basically the M3 chip should be 50% faster than an M1, and a lot more energy efficient from the 3nm process: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3690514/apples-m3-chip-is-a-bigger-deal-than-you-might-think.html
First bank run in history created by mobiles phones…
https://fortune.com/2023/03/30/blackstone-ceo-steve-schwarzman-svb-iphones-contagion-wont-spread/?showAdminBar=true My favorite statistic is they were loosing more than 1 million an hour, which is 4.2 billion an hour; for 10 hours straight: https://www.americanactionforum.org/daily-dish/silicon-valley-bank-meltdown/
Mini Metro Game:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mini-metro/id837860959
Mobile device updating prank website:
You can pretend your waiting for your phone to update: https://fakeupdate.net/mobile/
12 foot ladder website
This will remove the paywall from some websites by simply showing you the same website google gets to see when they index the page: https://12ft.io/
Google is now matching lower airline prices if it tells you it won’t go any lower:
https://www.androidpolice.com/google-guarantees-some-flight-prices/
U.K. is heating pools with their computers:
Those computers would probably overheat in south Texas with our water temperatures:
UK Finds Novel Way To Heat Pools
US windmill map viewer
I think it’s pretty cool that it not only shows you where they windmills are, but what year they went online and how big they are: https://eerscmap.usgs.gov/uswtdb/viewer/#9.23/27.883/-97.5788
A google search while asking an AI the same question
https://gptgo.ai/?hl=en
Microsoft’s image creator:
https://www.bing.com/images/create/ https://www.bing.com/images/create/dog-wielding-a-light-saber/6420fd59a0ae49bca51b243a8bc959ae?darkschemeovr=1&FORM=GENCRE https://www.bing.com/images/create/dog-and-cat-fighting-wielding-light-sabers/6421053302104ee6a4de9ba7d3fcb662?darkschemeovr=1&FORM=GUH2CR https://www.bing.com/images/create/akita-dog-and-tortie-cat-fighting-wielding-light-s/642dd725027f4229b3454e7c8099ae96?darkschemeovr=1&FORM=GENCRE
Someone makes a windows 95 key with AI
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows_95_chatgpt_keys
Is an AI Chatbot harmful to your mental heath?
https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-736239