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\nKidding.
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","summary":"Discovering that perhaps time doesn’t heal all wounds, or thirty-seven years is not enough time.","url":"https://blog.vzqz.io/2026/07/28/july.html","date_published":"2026-07-29T03:35:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Luis Vazquez","url":"https://blog.vzqz.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F11%2F1356725.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"vazquez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 03:35","date_timestamp":1785296107,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.party/@luis/117001166051203300","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nntoykoy65odnmpdgfapb4sm/post/3mrqymeihjm27"]}},{"id":"94828482","content_html":"@bloftin2 It does! I find that very appealing. Like a relic of it’s time.
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\nThey were they upset that GPT stopped emulating specific authors for a book they are “writing” and paid for an advanced model.
\nThis will never be me. EVER.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/101479/2026/5aec071699-m.jpg\")
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