In reply to tuwit:

tuwit said:
(personal opinions)

I very rarely follow random links posted to blogs/social media. Especailly when from an unknown.

Qualtrics.com is a commercial (US-based, with a presence in Asia?) IT-oriented survey/opinion/market research company.

They can host surveys for others. They get paid to try to get information/opinions. Therefore I am not surprised that the OP has not returned. I'd have been extremely surprised if they had.

"Qualtrics offers a cloud-based subscription software platform for experience management,"

Experience is what you get shortly after you needed it. (i've had a couple of those moments).

Sounds old school (a bit like defrags) advice, esp for those who only use one operating system, one device and don't have the skills to do system recoveries. I see you didn't take your own advice though.

Thankfully, as luck would have it, although I still use common sense with clicking on links, I'd already covered the three boxes above several decades ago.

In reply to ItisaRobbo:

I didn't click on the link.

"Taking my own advice"

I thought you mentioned something about that.

I know that some web browsers may have design features that pre-fetch links and contents. Which is a bit naughty IMO.

In reply to tuwit:

tuwit said:
I didn't click on the link.

In reply to ItisaRobbo:

I don't subscribe to the use of emticons. They are open to interpretation, depending on cultural stuff.

:J

N.B. This is definitely not aimed at you; just my experiences on how people can interpret stuff.

(tongue firmly planted in cheek in many areas, alternatively a c*ck-sucker in some circles; you can never be quite sure).

In reply to tuwit:

tuwit said:
I don't subscribe to the use of emticons. They are open to interpretation, depending on cultural stuff.

:J

A bit like words, only less so.....

Books are good to aid identification, respecting the point that not all images will be perfect and likewise, what we see isn’t always perfect. The human brain with the right mindset and encouragement, can determine very closely if not spot on, what it needs to determine an answer.

The question to ask, do we need AI to identify birds?

Are we not taking away the unique ability of the human brain to:

see,
hear,
touch/handle
process the data

to make a decision?

Photography is good to a point, but remember, it is powered by contrasts in light, which can and do vary.

regards

John

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