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AHA, @mwichary , here is where I saw a definite "bold" font -- in your booklet #2. "LAKE LAGUNITAS TROUT REGULATIONS". Though I can't tell whether "bold" was done with a deeper v-shaped bit or a different bit entirely. Not going to look for the answer to that, but if I happen to run into someone with an operational Gorton engraving machine I might ask them to make me a couple of signs. 🤔
@mwichary Not that I'm going down a rabbit hole, but by changing "depth of cut" for a given word result in a different "width of face"? (page 41).
https://archive.org/details/GortonForm1385E/page/n41/mode/2up
Still looking for the example I saw that was clearly Gorton and clearly a "bolded" word.
Gorton Pantograph Instruction Book and Parts Catalog : George Gorton Machine Company : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Gorton Form 1385-E. An instruction book and illustrated parts catalog for Gorton pantograph engraving machines such as the model 3-U. The book's date is...

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@mwichary I've seen Gorton engraved signs with some words in bold, but I may be imagining that.
It seems like we're all getting squeezed one way or another. Sometimes that's good, sometimes not. #oracle #exadata #autonomous #26ai
https://exadatadba.blog/2026/01/03/autonomous-database-26ai-vector-compression-levels/
Autonomous Database 26ai Vector Compression Levels

Oracle’s Autonomous AI Database runs on Exadata with built-in AI functionality. For vector processing in the database, you can choose your LLM and add vector datatypes to any database table a…

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@mckra1g As in pith helmet? Is pith used for anything other than pith helmets?
I'm still skeptical that the Gemini developers will actually see my complaint, even in aggregate. But I'm definitely detecting some snark in the training data.
On holiday in Europe this week, one of the stops was in Antwerp, Belgium. I just happened to visit the Museum Plantin-Moretus, which has the two oldest surviving movable metal type printing presses in the world. Not as old as Gutenberg's, but they are the real deal, and many of them still work. The guy who demonstrated one, who looked about as old as Gutenberg, printed one page for me in real time. I wonder if @jeffjarvis has ever been there to see those.
@oraculix IK,R? It executed everything perfectly in one prompt using a real photo, but WHY did the model think the car on the left needed to be white. I think the model needs another 100,000 hours of training and a new power plant to prevent that in the future. 🤨
This marketing campaign is going to be problematic.

This is 100% accurate

#WhiteSupremacy #Trump #USpol