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Bill Bennett
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· Jul 30
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I’ve found the MacOS voice to text works best for me… but I really need to be able to edit without using the keyboard and trackpad. Are you aware of any workarounds?
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I’ve found the MacOS voice to text works best for me… but I really need to be able to edit without using the keyboard and trackpad. Are you aware of any workarounds?
Using voice to text on the computer because my arm is in a sling. Voice recognition works up to a point, but far from perfect, and the redo-undo-delete function barely ever works which means a lot of the touchpad gestures that I was hoping to avoid.
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Using voice to text on the computer because my arm is in a sling. Voice recognition works up to a point, but far from perfect, and the redo-undo-delete function barely ever works which means a lot of the touchpad gestures that I was hoping to avoid.
Busy going through my timeline deleting all the accounts exhorting me to spend money on Black Friday sales.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Busy going through my timeline deleting all the accounts exhorting me to spend money on Black Friday sales.
As prescribed I’ve taken a couple of Tramadols for my shoulder pain and feel like I should now be heading out to a rave.
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
As prescribed I’ve taken a couple of Tramadols for my shoulder pain and feel like I should now be heading out to a rave.
The only things I’m planning to buy on Black Friday are a long black, some kind of muffin and a pint or two of Guinness.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The only things I’m planning to buy on Black Friday are a long black, some kind of muffin and a pint or two of Guinness.
Bishop is clearly more competent and gives less embarrassing interviews, but would voters warm to him more than Luxon?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Chris Bishop says he's not plotting to roll Christopher Luxon
He's not the only MP who has been asked about a leadership challenge.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Bishop is clearly more competent and gives less embarrassing interviews, but would voters warm to him more than Luxon?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Reposted by Bill Bennett
“Mum, Dad... I’m a homo sapien”
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 865, Feb 1995.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 865, Feb 1995.
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“Mum, Dad... I’m a homo sapien”
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 865, Feb 1995.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 865, Feb 1995.
“The great irony here is that everyone wants to use AI, but pretty much nobody wants to consume its output”.
Good work from @adders.blog
onemanandhisblog.com/2025/11/gett...
Good work from @adders.blog
onemanandhisblog.com/2025/11/gett...
Getting AI in perspective
Yes, AI matters to journalism – but can we talk about other things, too, please?
onemanandhisblog.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“The great irony here is that everyone wants to use AI, but pretty much nobody wants to consume its output”.
Good work from @adders.blog
onemanandhisblog.com/2025/11/gett...
Good work from @adders.blog
onemanandhisblog.com/2025/11/gett...
A movie that takes place where you're from?
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from?
Optimistic scam.
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Optimistic scam.
Suddenly I have RSI like you wouldn’t believe. Much worse than any previous cases. And busy exploring the non-typing options on all my devices. Good news is we are heading into the quiet work period. But I’m going to need medical treatment. And if you read something weird, it’s not my typing.
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Suddenly I have RSI like you wouldn’t believe. Much worse than any previous cases. And busy exploring the non-typing options on all my devices. Good news is we are heading into the quiet work period. But I’m going to need medical treatment. And if you read something weird, it’s not my typing.
Off the top of your head, is one of these better than the other?
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Off the top of your head, is one of these better than the other?
Friday's newsletter, for people who have more reading time on a Sunday:
billbennett.co.nz/private-5g-s...
billbennett.co.nz/private-5g-s...
Private 5G, satellites and TDL - this week's NZ telecom news
CentrePort’s new private 5G network, telcos turn to satellites for resilience, the final TDL allocation.
billbennett.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Friday's newsletter, for people who have more reading time on a Sunday:
billbennett.co.nz/private-5g-s...
billbennett.co.nz/private-5g-s...
Private 5G, satellite resilience and final TDL: https://billbennett.co.nz/private-5g-satellites-tdl-nz-telecoms/
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Private 5G, satellite resilience and final TDL: https://billbennett.co.nz/private-5g-satellites-tdl-nz-telecoms/
Is Microsoft Co-Pilot still embarrassingly bad?
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Is Microsoft Co-Pilot still embarrassingly bad?
Reposted by Bill Bennett
I have resolved to purge AI from my life. There may still be a stray AI image on my main site that I’ll pick up at some point, but otherwise it’s always been clean. About 90% of the record covers on my Soundcloud site are AI generated. I can clean them up over the summer.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I have resolved to purge AI from my life. There may still be a stray AI image on my main site that I’ll pick up at some point, but otherwise it’s always been clean. About 90% of the record covers on my Soundcloud site are AI generated. I can clean them up over the summer.
My only claim to special knowledge about AI is that I wrote an awful lot about it 35 years ago and talked to dozens of experts, especially in Japan.
Instinct tells me China is rapidly pulling ahead of America on AI. It has a lot to do with an open source approach, but that's not the whole story.
Instinct tells me China is rapidly pulling ahead of America on AI. It has a lot to do with an open source approach, but that's not the whole story.
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
My only claim to special knowledge about AI is that I wrote an awful lot about it 35 years ago and talked to dozens of experts, especially in Japan.
Instinct tells me China is rapidly pulling ahead of America on AI. It has a lot to do with an open source approach, but that's not the whole story.
Instinct tells me China is rapidly pulling ahead of America on AI. It has a lot to do with an open source approach, but that's not the whole story.
Is it possible to be addicted to Vegemite?
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Is it possible to be addicted to Vegemite?
Tonight I’m reading about American politics
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Tonight I’m reading about American politics
It’s great that BlueSky has a Gift Links/Gift Articles feature, but every single one of them is from the US. How about some antipodean gift links?
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It’s great that BlueSky has a Gift Links/Gift Articles feature, but every single one of them is from the US. How about some antipodean gift links?
Up to a point I find it comforting that the AI chatbots sometimes still struggle with te reo (Māori) words, but they appear to be getting much better at New Zealand-style switching between Engilsh and te reo. Spellcheckers and audio AI are way behind.
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Up to a point I find it comforting that the AI chatbots sometimes still struggle with te reo (Māori) words, but they appear to be getting much better at New Zealand-style switching between Engilsh and te reo. Spellcheckers and audio AI are way behind.