The NotebookLM AI hallucinated a few things that made me chuckle. One was working satellites by connecting your radio to your computer. I didn’t write that. The AI pulled that from some source I neither used nor named.

The other was something about requiring manufacturers to include the ST-Link v2 dongle to “democratize” electronics. Nope, I didn’t say that, either.

Nevertheless, there is some value to be had from this interpretive verbalization of my written content. If nothing else, it can be humorous to listen to the AI voices pronounce technical words incorrectly and then make leaps of logic that are invisible to the rest of us. I hope you enjoy this.

This Random Wire issue 182 podcast is AI generated for those who would rather listen than read.

Issue 117 of the Random Wire Review publishes on Friday, January 3, 2025. Contents for issue 117 include:

* ALLSTARLINK: Version upgrade of AllStarLink cloud node

* RADIO: Radios organized and stored

* RADIO: Updated homemade YSF hotspot

* COMPUTING: Added utility to bash shell

* COMPUTING: New antivirus software installed

* TECH: NVMe storage gadget with USB-C

* CATCH-ALL = little things

* CLOSING: farewell 2024, hello 2025

Find issue 117 at https://www.randomwire.us

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Credits

* Intro and outro music by RedhatMike on Pixabay

* Morse Code clips from the Morse Code Translator

* The cover art for the podcast stream is by Wallace Chuck

* The other cover: If you see a photo of a person with a headset, that is a selfie of Tom Salzer KJ7T using a Heil headset

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