In this post, we’ll take a close look at the various ChatGPT models available, their key features, and when you should consider using each one. This will help you understand how to choose the most appropriate model for your needs, whether you’re writing content, solving complex problems, or focusing on high-speed queries.
Continue reading “Explaining ChatGPT’s GPT Models: Which One Should You Use and When?”Unlocking GodMode in Windows: The Ultimate Shortcut to All Settings
If you’re a power user or simply want quick access to all Windows settings in one place, you need to know about GodMode. This hidden feature in Windows provides an advanced control panel with a categorized list of system settings, making it easier to tweak your operating system without navigating through multiple menus.
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This post has been created using my Peter’s Visionary Debaters CustomGPT with the prompt “Debate the merits of using CamelCase vs all lowercase for hashtags/tags in social media posts and task management software.”
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Unveiling ACSE-K8: An Innovative Email List for Ontario’s K-8 Educators in Coding and Technology
Welcome to the latest addition to Ontario’s educational landscape—ACSE-K8, an interactive, private email list designed exclusively for K-8 educators. Whether you’re teaching in public or private schools, or you’re a consultant in this field, ACSE-K8 offers a unique platform to integrate coding into your classrooms.
Continue reading “Unveiling ACSE-K8: An Innovative Email List for Ontario’s K-8 Educators in Coding and Technology”New Custom GPT: Find Keywords – A Powerful Tool for Content Analysis
I’ve created a new Custom GPT that will reduce text to just the keywords. The GPT is named Find Keywords and can be found at https://chat.openai.com/g/g-mL985wIE7-find-keywords.
Note that it requires a subscription to ChatGPT Plus. Unfortunately, OpenAI does not offer trial subscriptions, and subscriptions cost $20 USD per month. Personally, I find the subscription well worth it for both personal programming projects and for personal productivity.
Continue reading “New Custom GPT: Find Keywords – A Powerful Tool for Content Analysis”Using Python To Quickly Open Multiple Websites In Your Browser
I had a problem where I was opening about a dozen bookmarks at the same time in Brave, and in doing so, it was giving me a “503 Service Temporarily Unavailable” error.
To fix this, I turned to Copilot Pro with this prompt:
Write a Python program that opens in my web browser (using Django?) that has a list of URLs that it opens in new tabs with a pause of 0.5 seconds between them. For the initial URLs, use Google and Microsoft.
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Need a quick program to encrypt or decrypt small amounts of text, such as passwords? Here’s a quick utility I wrote in Python using Google Colab, Google’s implementation of Jupyter Notebooks. You can run the program there or copy it to your own Google Drive first. Note that you’ll need a Google account to access it.
I personally use this utility to encrypt sensitive information in Google Keep, as shown in the screenshot below. I save the URL of the utility with the encrypted text so I can decrypt it quickly.
(For longer notes, I’d honestly recommend a proper password manager that can encrypt notes. I use the Premium version of Bitwarden, which I highly recommend.)
The instructions in the program should be adequate to run it on your own.
Bookmark it in your browser for quick access! (Ctrl-D on your PC or Command-D on your Mac)
Hey Bing Chat: How can I compile a Python program into an executable file?
Bing Chat is an AI alternative to Chat-GPT. I’ve been testing it quite a bit since, at least for now, it is completely free and in most cases does an excellent job.
Here is a test case that worked perfectly for me…
Prompt: How can I compile a Python program into an executable file?
There are several ways to compile Python code into an executable file. One of the most popular ways is to use PyInstaller² which can be installed using pip package manager². Once installed, you can use it to create an executable file by running the following command in your terminal:
Continue reading “Hey Bing Chat: How can I compile a Python program into an executable file?”Hey ChatGPT, When Should I Take CPP?
I’ve seen all sorts of test cases for ChatGPT, with some responses being good and some bad. Just for the heck of it, I thought I would ask it for some serious financial advice:
With $xx in an RRSP and a current pension of $yy per month, when is the best time to take CPP? I am zz years old.
The answer was amazingly insightful, and pretty much matched up with my own thoughts.
If you’re in a similar situation, why not give ChatGPT a shot and see what it recommends. Remember though that it’s free advice, and shouldn’t be acted upon without a good knowledge of your financial situation and perhaps corroborating advice from your personal banker.
Your thoughts? Would you trust this advice?
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is an artificial-intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022. It is built on top of OpenAI’s GPT-3 family of large language models and has been fine-tuned using both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques.
ChatGPT is available at https://chat.openai.com.
Justin Trudeau is Wrong About Google’s Response to Bill C-18
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized Google for removing links to Canadian news articles in search results as part of a test for a small percentage of users, stating that it is a “terrible mistake”. However, his comments mislead on several critical issues with Bill C-18, a bill that mandates payments for links to news articles.
It cannot reasonably be said that Google is preventing Canadians from accessing news, since the removal of links from search results does not remove or block the site itself nor prevent anyone from accessing it directly. Furthermore, the bill would require payments to hundreds of broadcasters without any actual journalism or original news content.
Bill C-18 is not about payment for the reproduction of journalists’ work, but payment for links, indexing, and any other mechanism that facilitates access to news. The bill threatens the free flow of information online, and if it passes in its current form, it could create a framework that would threaten the foundational principles for how information flows online.
Google is rightly taking a stand against the bill’s threat to the free flow of information online by considering not linking to Canadian news articles.
(This article has been summarized using ChatGPT from Michael Geist’s excellent article found here. Posted date: 2023-02-25)