May 14, 2024

Chapter 7: Is a UV filter needed?

The Leica Q2 Monochrom journal.

There’s much discussion over whether the Leica Q2M should have a UV filter permanently on front the lens or not. This article will help you with your decision.

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May 6, 2024

Chapter 24: The Rabbit test.

The Rabbit R1 chronicles.

For those looking for a place to start with their Rabbit, here are some commands to try out. The following are all native commands any Rabbit R1 will do. Hooking up to the Large Action Model for Uber, Door Dash, Midjourney is not required, so these are basically the AI capabilities. Much thanks to the Rabbit Discord community for discovering or confirming some of these.

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May 3, 2024

Chapter 23: “It’s not done.” Fear not, it never will be.

The Rabbit R1 chronicles.

There’s criticism that the Rabbit R1 (and all AI devices released to date for that matter) were released too soon and that if they had just waited a few more months it would have been perfect. Well, that’s pre-AI thinking. Anyone who bought this device for $200 and expected to press the button and unicorn spit to pour out of the speaker was mistakenly optimistic. It’s amazing how many things people swear Jesse promised on launch in the keynote back in January that flat out weren’t.

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April 28, 2024
Example of a table Rabbit R1 can convert into a CSV file


Chapter 22: How to create and copy spreadsheets.

The Rabbit R1 chronicles.

Spreadsheets are Rabbit R1’s best parlor trick. And actually very useful. You can jot down the data on paper or capture a screen with the Eye and Rabbit will convert it into a .csv file and email it to you. No need to type. Once in your email, you can open the file in any spreadsheet app and work with it.

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April 26, 2024

Chapter 21: Don’t turn it into a phone, dammit.

The Rabbit R1 chronicles.

On Rabbit’s Discord, I’m hearing a lot of people say they want Rabbit R1 to be able to take nice pictures. And shoot great video. And store files. And send email. And send texts. And make phone calls. But this is what human beings always do: We’re short-sighted enough that we don’t realize what we already have.

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