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Sedges

Out of sheer frustration trying to keep my fish pond/pot going, I intro’ed a couple of baby sedges after most of the so-called water plants died, and even the duckweed gave up.

Sedges will grow half in water, and in my past life, when I had a frog pond going for years, swamp plants were a strong feature. These often have their roots and soil substrate in the water, and their leaves above. s

I suspect they somehow condition the water, enabling other plants to grow. I certainly never had any problem keeping either Azolla water fern or duck weed alive and used to raise dozens of tadpoles to frog-dom.

If I knew anyone with karamat I’d go and beg a cutting but haven’t seen it since leaving the Byron Shire. Both these sedges are usually quite weedy though the little one at the back as far as I know is native to Australia.

‘Weeded’ them both from the local verges while out walking. One of them from the creek overflow. About ten days in their new position they don’t look like they’re dying.

The pebbles are to provide an island for bees and other insects to drink. (Though I need to top up the water.) And if I pour the water onto the pebbles there is hardly any disturbance in the water.

There’s one lone Pacific Blue Eye remaining of the seven fish I got for my birthday 10 months ago.

Cat Diary 32

This is the fifth day training with a piece of paper. I don’t know the aim, but I aim to please. More kibbles that way.

I know there’s someting under there …

Ah! Got it. A kibble of course! Yum.

I can’t see it. She’s trying to trick me …

Well, of course I see it now. To see is to eat.

What? Where is it?

Oh! OK! Got it! Oh no, it slipped.

I’m learning ‘under’ …

Algorithm Researches

Yesterday I ‘interacted’ with two sites by Liking them, sites that are apparently being used by Zberg’s AI bots to learn their trade on. So I get this in my Messages this morning … this is a screenshot, there are ‘six’ pages of it …

I didn’t ask for it and I resent the bot using my interaction, electricity, internet plan, adding to my carbon footprint unasked. those are my feelings about the matter. It’s good to have informed opinions, though.

These are the facts …

As well as the full instructions on how to solve a Rubrik cube, of about six pages, there were a further four pages with an explanation of an astronomical event I’d taken an interest in. Talk about information overload!

This is an example of a summary composed after ‘scraping’ knowledge requisite to the topic from around the internet. It’s not even the first time that we’ve been training bots. Remember teaching GoogleSpelling?

You have to accept this is a far more accurate process than the primitive efforts of the spelling bot.

But it is not yet a sentient bot. Doing a light edit, I discovered a lot of unnecessary repetitions, unseen by the bot. Lama 3.2 cannot think for itself.

Below the copy-and-paste about my comet inquiry. Interestingly, I googled my inquiry and this reply came by way of one of Zberg’s platforms.

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) has been visible in the Southern Hemisphere’s evening sky since early 2025, and its visibility has improved as it moves farther from the Sun. Although it’s currently dimmer than it was at perihelion on January 13, 2025, it’s still a great target for binoculars or cameras ¹.

Here are some key visibility dates for Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) and other comets in 2025:

  • Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS): Visible in the Southern Hemisphere’s evening sky since early 2025, with improved visibility as it moves farther from the Sun. Its brightness peaked at magnitude -3.4 on January 13, 2025 ¹.
  • 210P/Christensen: Expected to be visible via large binoculars in November 2025, with its closest approach to Earth on November 8, 2025 ².
  • 24P/Schaussman: Will reach its brightest point in early 2026, with its closest approach to Earth on January 4, 2026. It may be visible with large binoculars ².
  • C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos): May become visible through small telescopes or large binoculars in the autumn of 2025, with its closest approach to Earth on February 17, 2026 ².

Then there are the facts of what it all costs … more research needed.