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Nov 16, 2024 | 
medium.com | John Alexander
Music | TechnologyPart 1: AI vs. J MascisJohn Alexander·FollowPublished inThe Riff·4 min read·--Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash“An entire universe at your fingertips,” reads the advertisement. “Unleash your creativity!” The tool promises the ultimate power to create anything, limited only by imagination. So what happens? I spend hours or days scrolling through possibilities, experiencing them all, and appreciating many great patches created by incredibly talented people.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
medium.com | John Alexander
By John Alexander Gravity Giveth, Gravity Taketh AwaySolar eclipse, as seen from space. credit: NASA Earth Observatory Like all great ultramarathons, the Gravity started with the lighting of a cigarette. I landed in Collinsboro the night before in disbelief that the race was finally happening. Before my daughter passed three years ago, she...
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May 22, 2024 | 
ai.gopubby.com | John Alexander
By John Alexander AI | SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 0x8badf00d Gets a New MeaningIn the future, I can imagine explaining to my grandchildren that I was a developer for IBM when I was young. "What do you mean you were a developer? Developers are machines!""Well, a long time ago, people developed software by hand and those people were called developers."
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May 6, 2024 | 
medium.com | John Alexander
By John Alexander POETRY | LIFE Interlocking spirals of black and white movie film. Photo by Denise Jans on Unsplash In my time-moviolaI rewind and skip, rewind and skipTo the point I made the GolemI edit with just the right splice and backcheck []And 100,000 shineCross and butt splice taped twiceThe morning shines on the sleeping I.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
thecourier.co.uk | John Alexander |Emma Crichton
As I said in my previous Courier article, the budget realities facing councils are unprecedented. They are not, in any way, particular to Dundee but rather, illustrative of the bigger and more deep-rooted issue with local government finance. Despite this, my team and I have been working over a number of months to balance the increasing costs, demands and expectations with the realities of our budget settlement.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
thecourier.co.uk | John Alexander |Emma Crichton
I am so sick of talking about just “mitigating” and “protecting” services, after 13 years of dealing with austerity and cuts in Dundee. We should, of course, be talking of expanding, improving and aspiring for greater. Our city has so much to offer and has made great progress, irrespective of your political views. But I often imagine what we could have done if we hadn’t been wrestling with the disaster of austerity over the years.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
greenbuildingelements.com | John Alexander
Have you ever seen Trump Tower either in person or on the news and thought, “Wow, there’s got to be some juicy stories behind those shiny windows!”? Well, you’re not alone! We’ve all heard the buzz about this iconic skyscraper, but there’s so much more to it than meets the eye. From celebs who’ve called it home to some sketchy construction tales, Trump Tower is like that mysterious neighbor with a treasure trove of secrets. And guess what?
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
greenbuildingelements.com | John Alexander
Have you ever seen Trump Tower either in person or on the news and thought, “Wow, there’s got to be some juicy stories behind those shiny windows!”? Well, you’re not alone! We’ve all heard the buzz about this iconic skyscraper, but there’s so much more to it than meets the eye. From celebs who’ve called…
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
forwardky.com | John Alexander
Bidenomics is transforming the economy of our nation, with good jobs and fair pay – and Andy Beshear is doing the same in the Bluegrass State. Our country has been traumatized from two things: the deadly COVID-19 pandemic that infected our physical bodies, and four years of Trump’s treasonous actions that have infected our body politic.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
forwardky.com | John Alexander
As Republicans all across the country discount and disparage the ‘woke’ influence in our everyday lives, let’s consider what some ‘woke’ folks did in the past that affect all of us today. Let’s get one thing straight …Employers and Corporations did not feel generous and decide to give you two days off every week to have a social/personal life. (We now call them weekends). Corporations did not just feel like being nice one day and give their employees paid vacations.
