Images, grammar checker and comment system

Grammar checker These days I was thinking of stopping using grammar checker. Writing skill is gained by practicing. We should make a lot of mistakes and face challenges of expressing our ideas when we are learning a language. Is it really necessary to use grammar checker when we are writing ? I guess it’s not. Why not keep the originality of my own writings. After polishments of this writings some of them even couldn’t pass the AI detection....

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Not by AI badge

Recently, many graduates have been booing speakers when they mention AI or express optimism about the future of AI. A lot of content has been generated by AI since 2022. There are even many AI-generated videos, and some TV series are being created with AI instead of being produced by human actors. This is not only happening with written content. AI already seems to be integrated into modern life, just like the Internet....

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Glacier National Park mountain and lake landscape

Local Fonts and Better Word Counts

I made two small but important improvements to this site today: I moved the Chinese web font to local files, and I rewrote the word-counting logic. The Chinese pages had been using KingHwa OldSong through an external CDN. In theory this was convenient, but in practice it was fragile. If the CDN was blocked, slow, changed domains, or returned an error, the browser would fall back to a system font. That made the site look different from what I intended....

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Harm from technology

In my opinion, the real harmful radiation is from the devices in our daily life. When we are using our smartphone or other electronic tools, it’s possible to be exposed to radiation. Some people think the radition from phone is not enough to cause negative effect to our body. I take a sceptical attitude.

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EP 14 Information quality

In my own opinion, there are three kinds of information in our life. The first one is text, the second is audio, the last one is video. Let’s talk about the first one. The content of texts is based on words. It’s the most abstract form of information. If we are literate, we can understand words, then we can understand road signs, posters, magazines, and books. It’s simplest to save texts for us....

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EP 6 Plain text

I have used a lot of software to store my notes and data. But gradually I found that although these softwares are very convenient and they offer a lot of good services. They also caused me a lot of trouble in the long run. One important reason is that you cannot export your data freely. I tried a lot of softwares after I decided to write online. Many of them don’t provide good export service....

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EP 4 AI tool for learning

I’m Qiran. Today, I would like to share with you my understanding of Artificial Intelligence. I gradually realized that AI has already entered my life. Some people may think that AI is very destructive to the lives of ordinary people. But in my opinion, the most distinct characteristic that humans possess and surpass other creatures is the ability to use tools. AI is a very useful tool now, and it would be highly beneficial if we can learn to use it effectively....

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 i cannot believe this is actually real pic.twitter.com/zo9pl0bXjU — delian (@zebulgar) <a href="https://twitter.com/zebulgar/status/1620436085376712705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2023</a>

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