The Major Astronomical Events of 2025
After reading an article by Geopop listing the astronomical events visible in 2025,…
Ancestors – Reflections After Reading Giorgio Manzi’s Book
Ancestors – Lucy and Other Stories from Deep Time These days I have read the latest book by Prof. Giorgio Manzi,…
2024 US Elections: Lichtman’s Predictions
On November 5, the United States will hold elections to choose the 47th president. This article discusses the predictions…
The Man of Flores Island
This post discusses Flores Island, in the Philippines, located on the border of the Wallace Line and the remains,…
Plugin and First Theme Released for the Author Site Project
It has been two years since the kickoff of the project to redesign the Michelebattaglino.it website. The plan was to…
Trip to Aliano
This year, the annual trip to discover the places and towns of Basilicata took place in Aliano, the village…
Our Ancestors: When Man Became Human
Ancestors Over the past few years, I have read several books for pleasure about the history of human evolution. It is a fascinating topic…
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): How to Use Specialized Domain Data with LLMs
Most commercial LLM (Large Language Model) systems provide paid APIs that allow…
Kant’s Chick: Evolution Is Not Improvement, But Adaptation
These days I read a very interesting book by Prof. Giorgio Vallortigara, Kant’s Chick [1]. It is a…
From Windows to Linux, the Second Life of a Laptop
After a few years, the performance of a computer running the Windows operating system begins to deteriorate until…
What Is Life?
“What is life!” my elderly aunt often sighed, referring to its fleeting nature, the chance that often…
Microservices: Architecture, Components, and Interoperability
For some time now, when developing complex applications such as management software or an operating program, the…
Considerations on the Palestinian Issue
After summarizing in the post: “Whose is Palestine? The Origins of the Palestinian Issue”, the key events that have…
Who Owns Palestine? The Origins of the Palestinian Question.
The Hamas attack on Saturday, October 7, 2023, brought back to our attention the “Palestinian question” which recent events…
Querying Google Bard / PaLM with Python
Some time ago in a post [6] I talked about the tests done to query ChatGPT [3] using a library provided…
The Daffodils of Monte Pignone
Despite the bad weather, yesterday I took part in the hike organized by GSCR: “The daffodils of Monte Pignone”. It was a hike…
ChatGPT: some considerations
ChatGPT: Some Considerations
Some considerations after using ChatGPT for a few days. 1) Addictive: after a while, you get used to asking it anything…
How to use Git with multiple remote repositories
Sometimes I need to connect my local code with two remote copies of the same repository to upload the changes…
The Branching Tree of Human Evolution
These days I am reading the book “Latest News on Human Evolution” [1] by Professor Giorgio Manzi, which narrates…