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		<title>Linux Context Menu Image Manipulation (KDE)</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/05/18/linux-context-menu-image-manipulation-kde/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 12:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Having recently revived and updated my KDE Linux install, I went looking for the context menu to manipulate images. This tool makes life easier. Like when you want to toss an image into your blog post, but WordPress complains it is too large, it is nice to be able to simply right click on the &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/05/18/linux-context-menu-image-manipulation-kde/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Linux Context Menu Image Manipulation (KDE)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Solving the 4K blues: VLC on Windows 10 with a 4K monitor</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/01/05/solving-the-4k-blues-vlc-on-windows-10-with-a-4k-monitor/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[4k monitor blues]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[VLC is an OpenSource media player that runs on most (or all?) platforms. When running VLC on Windows with a 4K monitor, you can&#8217;t see the menus or any other text without a magnifying glass. That is true of a lot of software. (Don&#8217;t tell me about Windows font scaling, that is a broken feature &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/01/05/solving-the-4k-blues-vlc-on-windows-10-with-a-4k-monitor/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Solving the 4K blues: VLC on Windows 10 with a 4K monitor</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Scrivener&#8217;s Mouth to OpenSource Ears?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/10/29/from-scriveners-mouth-to-opensource-ears/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OpenSource Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scrivener]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am a Scrivener user. I like Scrivener so much that I maintain a Windows computer to run it on, because, sadly, it does not have a Linux version. There are two things that Scrivener does that I don&#8217;t think are widely adopted, and I am writing this post in the hopes that OpenSource software &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/10/29/from-scriveners-mouth-to-opensource-ears/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">From Scrivener&#8217;s Mouth to OpenSource Ears?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why we are afraid of AI</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/23/why-we-are-afraid-of-ai/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Shows and Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Western culture, at least, we have a healthy fear, or an unhealthy fear, I can&#8217;t decide, of Artificial Intelligent. That fear may be justified, but any such justification is a product of our culture, not rational discourse. I say that with certainty because that&#8217;s how everything is, as I&#8217;m sure you already know. I&#8217;m &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/23/why-we-are-afraid-of-ai/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Why we are afraid of AI</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Back to School Laptop: The Gaming Mistake</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/08/16/back-to-school-laptop-the-gaming-mistake/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 21:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laptop Advice]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reminded by a piece in Digital Trends that this is back to school laptop buying season. So, I have some advice. 1) Don&#8217;t go back to school. There is a pandemic. 2) But you still need a laptop, but don&#8217;t get suckered into buying a &#8220;gaming laptop&#8221; so you can game and oh, also, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/08/16/back-to-school-laptop-the-gaming-mistake/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Back to School Laptop: The Gaming Mistake</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can law keep up with runaway technology?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/19/can-law-keep-up-with-runaway-technology/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 20:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can the law keep up with technology? Joshua Fairfield asks that question in his new book* Runaway Technology: Can Law Keep Up?, expected out on March 1st. This is a well written and engaging academic treatment of the problem, looking at technologies as diverse as genetically engineered organisms, deep fakes, and the basic problem of &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/19/can-law-keep-up-with-runaway-technology/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Can law keep up with runaway technology?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kitchen Item as Holiday Gift? Maybe, maybe not</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/05/kitchen-item-as-holiday-gift-maybe-maybe-not/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2020 22:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Shopping guides and reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Historically, kitchen items have been iffy as holidy gifts, because the person that might like something kitchen related is probably a cooking geek, and therefore, either already has the thing or has a better idea of which one to get than you, the gift giver, does. On the other hand, Covid-19 has caused a surge &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/05/kitchen-item-as-holiday-gift-maybe-maybe-not/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Kitchen Item as Holiday Gift? Maybe, maybe not</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to save the world one gas station at a time.</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/10/28/how-to-save-the-world-one-gas-station-at-a-time/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Look at a map of your city or suburb. Search for the gas stations, you know, those places where you can buy cigarettes and petroleum products? Now imagine going to each and every one of those locations and tearing it down. We don&#8217;t need them any more anyway, because we&#8217;ve electrified transportation and nobody smokes. &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/10/28/how-to-save-the-world-one-gas-station-at-a-time/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How to save the world one gas station at a time.</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cool Minecraft Seeds: In or near a village</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/07/18/cool-minecraft-seeds-in-or-near-a-village/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 21:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1.16.1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minecraft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Villages]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t know what a Minecraft seed is, you don&#8217;t want to bother with this post. But if you do &#8230;. Spawning in or near a village provides game play opportunities that are otherwise hard to come by. If you want to materialize in such a location, and are using version 1.16.1, try one &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/07/18/cool-minecraft-seeds-in-or-near-a-village/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Cool Minecraft Seeds: In or near a village</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Make Your Own Games using Scratch</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/06/12/make-your-own-games-using-scratch/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scratch Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scratch is a computer programming language that is designed for use by children to learn programming, but that is also serving as a paradigm for STEM programming more broadly, and I suspect, for IOT programming of the future. Programs are written in scratch by assembling shapes that represent programming structures or objects. For example, look &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/06/12/make-your-own-games-using-scratch/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Make Your Own Games using Scratch</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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