May Update
Today is going to be my monthly update. This normally runs on the last Friday of the month, but that's a Cadence Global Recharge Day, so we will all be off. For various other reasons, I need to run other posts on Wednesday and Thursday (not even my traditional off-topic post before a break). Let me also point out that I'm taking next week off, so Breakfast Bytes won't appear after this Thursday until Monday 6th June.
Framework Laptop
In my post,?The Framework Laptop and Right to Repair,?I wrote about a laptop that has been designed to be easy to repair and upgrade since only simple tools are required, and all the component boards are available to be ordered separately.
Framework has just come out with a new and upgraded product. So, just like any other laptop, you can purchase the new, better laptop. But, if you already own a Framework laptop, you can purchase an upgrade kit and keep all the rest of your hardware. The upgrade is quite big since it contains a new motherboard, but all your peripherals (disks, etc.) and network interfaces should just move over.
For more details, see the?company's website.
Google Episode of Stargate
I wrote a post,?DesignCon: Google on AI for Non-AI People,?about the Google keynote at DesignCon by Laurence Moroney. One thing he described was trying to write an episode of Stargate using AI. It did not go well. As he put it:
This is absolutely no threat to a professional writer
That was the first version of the script. As it says in the VentureBeat article,?Can AI write an episode of Stargate? Google AI took on the challenge:
I told Laurence (Moroney) we should probably try to really step up the game if we’re going to do this again, and he accepted that challenge,†Wright said. “That’s what blew me away because it’s not just better – it’s like, whoa… better!"
You should be able to watch it, although I think you might need to be a member of The Companion:
The Stargate AI version 2 script, as read by the original actors from Stargate – including Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, and Michael Shanks –will premiere on The Companion on May 21.
May 21st was last Saturday, but I've not been able to find a link.