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Sending Your Kids to Summer Camp

*This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. Have you just signed your kids up for summer camp?…

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Edger and Mikey “This nano-sized AI have a name?” I ask. “In fact it does,” Mikey replies, straightening. “The AI is the component InstaTron is contributing to this enterprise. We…

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    If I could have dinner with one author, living or dead, who would it be? I came upon that question the other day, and it made me think. I love a variety of books, so I wouldn't say that one author Read more [...]

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