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January 27, 2023March 19, 2023

Chat GPT

This is a conversation. Open disclosure, both stories here were composed by ChatGPT. This was a test. Both stories were composed, less than a minute apart using the exact same question, “I need a story about the RMS Titanic.” The point being decent writing, zero research, and semi-unique stories written by a program within minutes…

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February 16, 2022March 11, 2022

Hail Noble Captain, It Is Done Again

Hail Noble Captain, It Is Done Again This lady is a first. She is the USS Triton, perhaps my favorite submarine. She is the only submarine the United States ever built with two nuclear reactors. Nuclear reactors are the source of power aboard the ship; the heat they provide is used to provide  propulsion and electricity. In 1960,…

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February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

SS United States

In the spirit of peace and beauty, I am highlighting an ocean liner, and this is the greatest liner built in the United States. She is the SS United States, designed by one of our preeminent Naval architects, Francis Gibbs. She is also, in my opinion, one of the five greatest liners ever built. The…

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February 2, 2022March 14, 2022

Graduation from Marine Corps Boot Camp and kindness

In the summer of 1981, I joined the Marine Corps and was sent to Marine Corps boot camp, Parris Island, South Carolina where they turn young people into Marines. The way the Corps worked it at that time, before you graduated, your family was allowed to visit on the day before graduation. It was the…

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January 11, 2022February 3, 2022

Engineers make a difference

Every engineer with whom I have worked has prided themselves on being a problem solver. Very pragmatic, very practical. Years ago on a missions trip we went to Reynosa Mexico. The work site was a Colonia which is a poor community where utilities and resources can be quite limited. This community we were assisting had…

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