Mike Driver
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Tech stocks took a dive a couple of weeks ago on news that a new Large Language Model (AI) which was reportedly created with far less computing power than competitors required. This was a big deal because all of the leading AI models were requiring huge infrastructure costs mostly based on high end computer chips made by Nvidia. In fact, it was this dependency on Nvidia’s chips that drove the…
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The blog post that keeps getting postponed
I have a post that has been rattling around in my head about AI but I just have not forced myself to get to it. In all the talk about AI and what it is good for and what it is bad for there is a fundamental question that I don’t think gets enough attention. I’m still working on it, in my head. Daily writing promptSomething on your “to-do list” that never gets done.View all responses
I just can't today
Look, I hope I am wrong. I hope we are being overdramatic. I hope that everything works out for the best for this country. But I just don’t think that is the way this is going to play out. We need to take back Congress in 2026 with gusto and clap back on this nonsense. We need to get money out of politics, reign in the rogue SCOTUS, stand up for decency and empathy in our social and political…
Retribution in the wings
Today Trump forced his Speaker of the House lapdog (Mike Johnson) to fire the Chair of the Intelligence Committee, (Mike Turner) who is a Putin hater and Ukraine supporter. It’s just the beginning of his attempts to bring the GOP further under his control and it’s starting to look a little more like his ex-wife was right. I don’t think Trump is a great reader, but it seems like he might have got…
Max
My favorite animal is my dog Max. https://youtube.com/@maximilian-rn3pq?si=onjI0HuDQFWNKrMA Daily writing promptWhat is your favorite animal?View all responses
Social Media and Me
From the early days of the World Wide Web I have had so many of what would come to be called “social media” accounts, that most of them have faded from memory like which Hot Wheels car was my favorite. (I think it was a black ’57 Chevy with flames, but I can’t really remember.) I used BBS to post my opinions, AOL forums, Yahoo, MySpace…etc. Once I started using Facebook that became my main one. I…
Irony in the fire
I might quit using Facebook at some point. I have cut way back. I mean to leave Threads too, but that one is a little harder to quit. But I really should leave them both. They rile me up so much. For example: I just saw a post that one of my friends reposted from Fox News. Now, Fox is not and has not ever really been news, but in this case it was just about as brain dead as could be. You see,…
Irons in the Fire
On the one hand, I should have a lot of time on my hands. Even though I started driving Uber and Lyft I have a good amount of time in the middle of the day, so I should be able to keep this blog up to date. On the other hand, I am also still trying to get some YouTube videos done, look for a more lucrative job, and stay up to date on the shit show we call American Politics. Oh, and I have started…
As Expected
I guess I knew this was going to happen, but as soon as I started something resembling a real job this blog fell way behind. I even renamed it from the Daily Stravager to The Stravager because I knew it was going to be tough. But if I am being honest (and why would I lie about something like this) the Uber/Lyft driving is kicking my ass. I get up at 5:30 am and drive until 2:00 pm or sometimes…
First Day as an Uber Driver
Today was not a typical day. Not yet anyway. Back in November I got laid off from my IT job and have had a hard time finding another one. Unemployment ran out, so I decided to give driving Uber and Lyft a shot. I have been preparing my car and getting myself ready to spend some time on the road giving strangers rides and today was the first full day of doing so. Yesterday I did a trial run and…
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Amsterdam, Bruges, Paris and London
Before I got laid off from my job, my wife and I planned to join a tour via Gate 1 Travel starting in Amsterdam, then going to Brussels and Bruges Belgium, continuing on to Paris, and ending up in London. From there we were going to go up and visit a friend who lives in Liverpool. This would be our 3rd trip through Gate 1 and the first two were both wonderful experiences. Using a tour company has…
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Democracy on the docket? And how the "Enlightened Centrists" are Gaslighting us
There is a lot of talk going around about what the Democrats generally, and Biden specifically, are saying about the consequences of electing Donald Trump, and how it’s divisive because we’re saying it would be the end of Democracy as we know it. Folks on the right are poo pooing the idea and gaslighting you into thinking that the folks saying this are just alarmist and left wing kooks. There are…
Pet Peeves
Most people when they get to know me think I am pretty easy going and that not a lot bothers me. And I think that is pretty true. But I have some things that rub me the wrong way, just like everyone. And just like all those people, some of the things that bug me are trivial enough that I am almost embarrassed to say them here. But since this is something I heard called confessional blogging, or…
I am now an official Uber-Lyfter
Even though I have yet to pick up my first rider, I have received confirmation from both Uber and Lyft that I can now start picking up people and taking them where they want to go. The ease in which this happens is actually a little disconcerting. But I still have a few things I want to get nailed down before I actually start this new adventure. First, I have to call my insurance company and get…
Need a Lyft?
OK. The paperwork is done. The car has been inspected. Now I wait for Lyft to tell me I am ready to start picking people up. This will be a significant pay cut from where I was at the end of October, but it will be way more than I am making now. But a swift kick in the pants would be more than I am making now. I am hoping it will just be a temporary thing, but at the same time, I am kind of…
Creature Comforts
The last few years have been challenging. But one thing that happened because of it has been the enhancement of my comfort at home. Right at the start of Covid, our daughter moved out of the house making us empty nesters. I turned her bedroom into my man cave. For the longest time before lock down my wife had been working from home, so our purpose built room downstairs (wired and arranged as an…
The Rule of Law
I have never been the most patriotic guy. Patriotism, as it has been shown to me, as I have seen in others and as it is represented in popular culture and media has never struck me as healthy. I know that you can make a distinction between patriotism and nationalism but quite honestly, I don’t believe that most people are making that distinction when they use the word to describe themselves or…