Everyday communication carries risk that most people never consider. Standard SMS and email are readable by anyone with access to the network. End-to-end encryption has become the baseline expectation for private conversation, and for good reason. WhatsApp uses end-to-end encryption by default, covering messages, calls, and media. The protocol is sound: it adopted the Signal …
calls, communication, encryption, messaging, secure, security, Signal, simplex, WhatsApp
Soulless and Incapable of Confession
Captain Walker
I have been asked to give my opinions on a conversation between an AI model and a human user. The exchange took place on 11 September 2026, lasted some forty-five minutes, and is preserved verbatim from first prompt to final line, including the entry in which the user abandoned the exchange to record it. The …
AI, AI models, confabulation, confession, human, interaction, soul, soulless
OPENWEBUI: Fixes and maintenance
Captain Walker
As many will know, I use OpenWebUI for API access to over 400 AI models, of which I use about 10. I didn’t have to think about this topic, until I realised my OWUI system was slowing down, suffering disconnections and errors. I don’t know how the insides of these things work, any more than …
AI, AI models, Claude, cleanup, database, diy, fix, OpenWebUI, repair
Long form breakthrough with AI models
In mid-August 2026, I explored the shifting landscape of API pricing and what it meant for professionals relying on artificial intelligence for deep, sustained analysis. See: DeepSeek’s New API Pricing: What It Actually Means for Heavy Users – The Captain’s Watch. The core premise of that piece remains entirely unchanged: for serious analytical work, direct …
System 1 and System 2
Nobody hands you a manual for the mind. Go looking and you find a billion-pound industry on the shelves pretending otherwise. Here is a small everyday event but a manual here may not help. You see the sign in some shop: 80% off. The coffee machine, or the coat; it makes no difference. Before you …
Free PDF to DOCX Converter: DIY How-to
It is not uncommon that people receive a PDF text document that they cannot copy text from. They tend to spend on software that can do the job, or use online services. However, the quality of text output is largely a function of the cost. Cheap services and software are generally poor quality. Good quality …
