Innosearch is good because of the humans, not the AI

Innosearch is an accessible shopping solution, powered by AI. But it's the human support that makes it worthwhile.

If you follow me on the fediverse, you may have scene my thread about trying innosearch. They've done a lot of marketing to the blindness community, including promotions with audiogames, and events with Freedom Scientific. In trying them, I wanted to know three things:

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Some Pseudoscientific Sleep Solutions

These are some of the weapons that are working for me in my on-going battle against insomnia.

Insomnia has been a struggle for me all of my life; ever since I was young, I've struggled with shifting sleep schedules and white nights. I'm far from alone. Studies show that as many as eighty percent of blind people struggle with chronic insomnia and conditions like Non-24 hour sleep disorder. Far too often, the problem is "treated" by Zolpidem or other powerful prescription sleeping pills. Unfortunately, these pills can be addictive, require ever increasing dosages, and have side effects. After years of trying countless solutions, I've finally got a collection of strategies that keep me sleeping on schedule about three quarters of the time without prescriptions.

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Moved The Blog to Static

My adventures in continuing to fiddle with my blog.

Yes, that's right! I've become one of those tiresome middle-aged men who is constantly fiddling with their blog, and insists on telling you about it. I'm sorry.

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