“A tear may be so near…life is still worthwhile, if you just smile”: Tony Bennett (1926-2023), World War II veteran and music legend spanning 7 decades

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Tony Bennett, legendary singer and master of the American songbook, dies at 96 “I’ve never worked a day in my life,” Tony Bennett told USA TODAY in 2011, “because I love what I do.” The great singer cited that bit of Confucian wisdom often. In a career spanning more than six decades, Bennett conveyed that joy and
Inventor of the kindergarten passed away today in 1852: learn by play. “Let us educate them to stand with their feet rooted in God’s earth, but with their heads reaching even into heaven, there to behold truth.”

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“Let us protect our children; and let us not allow them to grow up into emptiness and nothingness, to the avoidance of good hard work, to introspection and analysis without deeds, or to mechanical actions without thought and consideration. Let us steer them away from the harmful chase after material things and the damaging passion for distractions… Let us educate them to stand with their feet rooted in God’s earth, but with their heads reaching even into heaven,
69-year-old man saves bank and jobless would-be robber with kind words and a hug

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When a struggling Californian attempted to alleviate his financial stress by robbing a bank, Michael Armus Sr. recognized it was out of sadness and not malice. Stepping in with words, and eventually a hug, 69-year-old Michael diffused a situation potentially explosive situation, as the bank robber claimed he was carrying a bomb.
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Lawyer suing airline cites six non-existent cases in court based on ChatGPT: “bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations”

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A lawyer used ChatGPT and now has to answer for its ‘bogus’ citations
A filing in a case against Colombian airline Avianca cited six cases that don’t exist, but a lawyer working for the plaintiff told the court ChatGPT said they were real.
Lawyers suing the Colombian airline Avianca submitted a brief full of previous cases that were just made up by
Back to origins. Simple or fancy: which is reliable in high-speed traffic? in the split second of saving a life? More Automakers bringing back buttons over touchscreens

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The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature – Automakers are starting to admit that drivers hate touch screens. Buttons are back!
Unlike in most peer countries, American roadway deaths surged during the pandemic and have barely receded since. Pedestrian and cyclist fatalities recently hit their highest levels in 40 years… A growing number of automakers are
2009 “Spend wise, Guardian to Purse”… 2021 “Visit My Confidant” (p46-49 “Train of Morrow”) by LuCxeed
“Godfather of artificial intelligence” Geoffrey Hinton quits Google and “blows the whistle” on AI advancement: “very few examples of a more intelligent thing being controlled by a less intelligent thing”

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Why the ‘Godfather of AI’ decided he had to ‘blow the whistle’ on the technology
“I’m just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are getting smarter than us,” Hinton told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview on Tuesday. “I want to sort of blow the whistle and say we should worry seriously about how we stop these things getting control over us.”
Hinton’s
94-year-old former Motorola engineer Martin Cooper remembers inventing the cellphone 50 years ago

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“Hi, Joel? It’s Marty Cooper.” Engineer Martin Cooper cradled a bulky object to his ear, listening. The gray device had two rows of numbered buttons between the ear and mouthpiece. An antenna poked from the top, reaching skyward to pick up invisible signals from the city’s jangling atmosphere. Next to the sidewalk, cars and taxis zipped down
Gordon Moore (1929-2023) – Intel co-founder and philanthropist who predicted rise of personal computing in “Moore’s Law” 20 years before PC and 40 years before iPhone

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SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 (Reuters) – Intel Corp (INTC.O) co-founder Gordon Moore
, a pioneer in the semiconductor industry whose “Moore’s Law” predicted a steady rise in computing power for decades, died Friday at the age of 94, the company announced. Intel and Moore’s family philanthropic foundation said he died surrounded by family at his home in
“Well Well” – Quest and Design ii. Exclusive. Debut. new book release: “Design talkings? Oh yes! Design Sense?”

“Well Well
– Quest and Design ii”
by Astron Hues
Debut. Original. Exclusive.
Dedicated to Friends.
Brief beginning: “Design talkings? Oh, yes!
Design Sense?”
Conversational top class art images,
more than 20, stand alone or as background –
“Howdy”
“Oh yeah?”
“Salud”
Blending
Back to basics: “Scanners and copy machines are complicated” – older workers help Gen-Z who grew up on smartphone apps learn office tech

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They may be digital natives, but young workers were raised on user-friendly apps – and office devices are far less intuitive
Garrett Bemiller, a 25-year-old New Yorker, has spent his entire life online. He grew up in front of screens, swiping from one app to the next. But there’s one skill set Bemiller admits he’s less comfortable with: the humble office printer.
“Things
Future in Fashion of Haste: “More rush hours in daily doings rather than rush hours in traffic”

Future in Fashion of Haste.
New book “As You Wish”, philosophical
Slow down, possible?
“More rush hours in daily doings rather than rush hours in traffic.”
Unfit, unfortunate. Fortune shifts its tone …now wears hat with “Health”

Fortune wears hat with “Health”.
Facemasks are daily norm, like runaways from hospitals.
(new title: “As You Wish”) conversational
Unwell, unfortunate.
Fortune shifts its tone.
“Life is short… Forgive quickly… Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile.”
Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile.
Mark Twain







