Tag: blogging

Moss Campion (+AI Translation Attempts)

~ Veselin ~ 2 Comments

Okay, this is a pretty little flower, but how is it called in Bulgarian?

According to ChatGPT, this is синчец, a blue flower, called literally blue in Bulgarian. According to Google’s AI, it’s смърчова звъника, a made-up subspecies of звъника, a well-known herb that I’ve collected for tea in some other centuries. When I searched again to confirm the screenshot, it suddenly turned out to be мъхова звъника, another made-up plant.

A pro tip would be that adding -ai to a Google search turns off the hallucinating AI search result and you can actually see the multiple results from meaningful websites, built with love, that know the answer.

Linden Tree

~ Veselin ~ 1 Comment

I’ve always liked linden trees and linden tea. These trees are usually massive, with wide, leafy canopies. That’s why it surprised me to see a very tall rose pushing its way up and blooming right in the branches.

The Fall of Koli by M.R. Carey

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I’m sometimes hesitant to complete book series. Some stories are better left open. We need to be thankful to M.R. Carey for closing this one even though objectively, a two-book series would’ve been even better.

The Trials of Koli left us with Koli finding a functioning ship in the ocean. In book three, he has to deal with what this ship represents, which is difficult to imagine. Whatever it is, it will be the key to solving the puzzle in some way, thankfully not as awful as in The Girl with All the Gifts.

I’d say the book is good, worth reading, and an honorable way to end the series. I’m ready for something else, where the world is thriving, and there are no ghosts.

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