rt395 in #hive-150329 • 8 days agoIt's An AI's Cyberpunk World And We're Just Living In ItAI generated content, including art, is causing massive debates. Many of the concerns are valid, like deception, but I think we will work our way through these issues, at least I…rt395 in #hive-150329 • 9 days agoAnother Creepy Robot In TokyoLike most of the industrialized countries, Japan is going full speed into automation & robotics. Actually Japan has always been involved in the two, but the push over the last…rt395 in #hive-189641 • 2 months agoCreating A Quartz Crystal MoldIn Japan there is word, "Zaka" which roughly translates to interior goods. We've wanted to expand our business beyond gems and minerals so we have been experimenting with zaka.…rt395 in #hive-163772 • 2 months agoA Night At The Ueno MuseumA friend and fellow mineral dealer is in town for the annual Tokyo Gem and Mineral show. On Tuesday he and suggested to me that we visit the National Museum of Nature & Science…rt395 in #hive-150329 • 2 months agoAI Writes Elon Musk's Suicide NoteWe really are living in interesting times. Today someone posted Open AI's suicide note for Elon Musk. ![](rt395 in #hive-150329 • 2 months agoNow I Am Become Death, Destroyer Of WorldsI have seen the future and it's more hellish than I could have imagined. Last night on a famous Japanese prank show called Dokiri Grand Prix they debuted possibly one of the…rt395 in #hive-150329 • 2 months agoThe Power Of FlowersWhile working today I stepped over these flowers and had to do a double take. The patterns on them were stunning so I stopped to take a few pictures. ![](rt395 in #hive-150329 • 3 months agoReality Vs Perception Vs The SimulationHave you seen these plants before? They're called strelitzia or birds-of-paradise flowers. I grew up around these plants because for some reason developers in Orange County, CA.…rt395 in #hive-150329 • 3 months agoMineral Mondays #76 - The Beauty Of Lead, WulfeniteLead is a toxic mineral to humans, but when lead combines with molybdenite it forms the mineral wulfenite and It's got the looks that kill 🤘🏻. ![](rt395 in #hive-196308 • 3 months agoLights, Camera, Gem Show In JapanThis #MarketFriday by @dswigle come with me to Kobe for our gem and mineral show. One thing about being a stranger in a strange land is I am expected to perform, to educate and to give peort395 in #hive-150329 • 4 months agoMineral Mondays #75 - Prospecting For The JackpotI spent the weekend once again out in the California desert collecting opals, quartz, turquoise & agates. I hit a jackpot at a new turquoise locality and it really got me…rt395 in #hive-150329 • 4 months agoMineral Mondays #74 Artichoke Quartz From The Arakawa Mina, JapanThere is a mine in Akita-ken, Northern Japan, the Arakawa mine , that produces a special kind of quartz. It's called "Artichoke Quartz" for it's resemblance to an artichort395 in #hive-150329 • 4 months agoMineral Mondays #73 - Barstow Banana AgateWhile out in the desert this past weekend I decided to do some prospecting away from the various localities I was collecting at. . Here are the first 6.…
