Recent content by mageesa

You have to double-check everything. It's a good tool to make a rough draft, if you want the most mainstream result. But not worth the downside if you're thinking big picture. We'll see the fallout from this "innovation" faster than from climate change.

I've had mixed results with chatgpt and Gemini. It had suggestions of what museums in BA were free on what days... 80 percent correct, maybe 20 percent fake news. But it was better than the alternative of looking them all up individually. One time I used it to answer a question about some...

Wow, even with a guide you had more misadventures than me, flying solo in St. Petersburg (I was staying with a friend in Moscow, but I had to entertain myself the 14 hours a day he was doing his lawyer stuff, and go alone to St. Pete). I stayed in a (nearly empty, because it was October) hostel...

Haha I was on a similar train trip around the same time... my Russian was practically nonexistent but enough to answer the drunk dude who was staying in the same sleeper car when he asked where I was from. Then he made loud angry comments about the USA and the Russian woman in there with us got...

A friend of mine took a cruise down the Nile years ago, and she was a huge traveller. She said it was the best trip she'd ever taken. I need to save my pennies.

See you there! I may bring a friend who wants to practice his English, but for sure I'll be there.

I'll endeavor to be there more on time this week!

I think El Salvador is now 'Deportation Prison Mexico'

See you there!

Doh! You'll have one extra space, I can't come after all. Enjoy!

Count me in!

What's weird is I was here briefly in 1999, probably right before the end of Menem's term(?) And I specifically remember paying $5USD for a lomo sandwich, which I thought was a real bargain, because... steak! Other prices struck me as slightly below 'poor person' NYC prices (my only metric, and...

I wonder about the communication because my laundry guy in villa crespo is exactly 4000 per load.

I'll see y'all there! Maybe I'll actually get there in time this week...

I'm back in town, hope to stop by!