@phoneboy Ah, gotcha—now I understand the context. Nothing beats human podcasts!
// @matigo
@phoneboy In what way? I don’t think I’ve heard the full album, just the title song.
@matigo Yes, and it also wasn't a big-ticket artist's exhibit either, which explained why people weren't coming in droves. I thought it was worthwhile, though. I like how they included English translations for the descriptive plaques for each work, the exhibit introductory text and also the artist timeline that covered at least a 10-meter wide section of the wall. Very considerate of them.
Took the Meitetsu train down to Toyota-shi this morning and visited the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, where I checked out the exhibit “Anti-Action (アンチ・アクション 彼女たち、それぞれの応答と挑戦)”, a feature of paintings and artworks from women in the post-war era in Japan.
The weather was good and the pollen must have been negligible, as I didn’t have any hay fever symptoms like violent sneezing or runny nose while I was out, fortunately. The trip from my place is a bit long (about an hour and a half), but it’s broken up into two segments: Iwakura to Chiryu, and Chiryu to Uwagoromo, and finally an 18-minute walk or so to the art museum, which didn’t seem as long as that after all. The museum area was very quiet and peaceful, and there were not many people visiting the museum today.
@matigo Do you have a plan for how long you will continue the application process before you decide to switch to plan B?
// @sumudu
@matigo Perhaps an hour-long nap is a bit much for you. For many years, I endeavored to keep my naps down to around 20 minutes, and that seemed to have been enough for the most part to help me feel refreshed during the midday.
I know the feeling about wanting to take a long nap, though. For some reason, I couldn't get to sleep until late last night, but I woke up at 7:00 as usual… so I thought I'd "catch up" with a slightly longer nap today. Unfortunately, there is some demolition work going on a few houses down, which was shaking the house a few times a minute and causing a ruckus that made it impossible to sleep, even with all the windows closed. Demolition work can really be frustrating for the neighbors in Japan, and especially in areas where the houses are built on less than solid ground…
@matigo Ah, I just found that it has been around for a while now, but my Android tablet only just now informed me of the "new" feature.
Gemini has this new AI feature that lets you quickly create a podcast… between two AI hosts.
Huh? It's bad enough that the Internet is replete with AI-generated content, but now… this?
While I use LLMs sparingly, the idea that people would actually enjoy a podcast with two AI hosts chatting with each other just seems… bizarre.
@phoneboy Definitely a peaceful place, and I'm glad you could have time to reflect.
@phoneboy Thanks for the info. Hopefully she'll be back to elaborate on that ;-)
// @joanna @sumudu @hazardwarning @matigo @peemee