Daily Tech News 3 December 2024

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Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel and the guiding light through the company's attempts at a recovery over the last three years, will be stepping down from the role at the end of November. (Serve the Home)

And that's not a typo. He was gone as of December 1, but the departure was so sudden that Intel didn't get an announcement out until the following day.

There's no word as to the reason. Short notice like this is often for health reasons, but Gelsinger was doing customer visits and photo ops just last week.

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AMD's fastest CPU, the recently announced 192 core Epyc 9965, just received a 33% price cut. (MSN)

It still costs $10,000, but that's not a bad price for that powerful a chip.

No scores on CPUBenchmark for this chip just yet; the fastest chip they have listed is the 96 core Epyc 9655P.
We don't need to fear Skynet. Just mention Jonathan Turley and the whole system will reboot. (Tech Crunch)
Users of the conversational AI platform ChatGPT discovered an interesting phenomenon over the weekend: the popular chatbot refuses to answer questions if asked about a "David Mayer." Asking it to do so causes it to freeze up instantly. Conspiracy theories have ensued - but a more ordinary reason may be at the heart of this strange behavior.
This was circulating on Twitter, but Tech Crunch actually did a bit of digging:
Which brings us back to David Mayer. There is no lawyer, journalist, mayor, or otherwise obviously notable person by that name that anyone could find (with apologies to the many respectable David Mayers out there).
There was, however, a Professor David Mayer, who taught drama and history, specializing in connections between the late Victorian era and early cinema. Mayer died in the summer of 2023, at the age of 94. For years before that, however, the British American academic faced a legal and online issue of having his name associated with a wanted criminal who used it as a pseudonym, to the point where he was unable to travel.
So that's why there are restrictions on ChatGPT disseminating information about these individuals; they're victims of various types of identity fraud. But why does it crash?

Because AI is itself a fraud:
The whole drama is a useful reminder that not only are these AI models not magic, but they are also extra-fancy auto-complete, actively monitored, and interfered with by the companies that make them. Next time you think about getting facts from a chatbot, think about whether it might be better to go straight to the source instead.
ChatGPT behaves like nightmare hodgepodge of nonsense held together by duct tape and an inflated share price, because that's precisely what it is.
AMD's upcoming Radeon 8800XT might be dramatically more powerful than the current 7800XT. (WCCFTech)

Claimed numbers put it 45% faster on ray tracing. But 45% faster than the 7900XTX, a much more expensive card.

And it's also claimed to compete on non ray traced gaming with the RTX 4080, another much more expensive card.

But the question of how much the 8800XT itself will cost is open. If it is also a much more expensive card, none of that means anything.

Disclaimer: The plushies sold out?!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Howdy, Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:02 AM (YoCnN)

2 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 03, 2024 04:02 AM (omVj0)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 03, 2024 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 03, 2024 04:05 AM (SRx3B)

5 Back from shop-till-I-drop with Mrs. BD.

Now out to my morning neighborhood fastwalk!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 03, 2024 04:06 AM (SRx3B)

6 Top 5?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 03, 2024 04:02 AM (omVj0)
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Yeh but you can't make top 5 twice.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 03, 2024 04:06 AM (SRx3B)

7 Pixy, are you still *here*?

If so, can/will you tell us plainly, what's the deal about Vic not being on the Absent Friends List?

Seems petty, IF it's just a cob thing from the past.

Vic was a beloved and regular commenter, and gave us plenty of news over the years. I have no idea whether he was ever banned, but think probably not...

Can/will you do it? I mean, put his name on the list? Or explain why not?

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:07 AM (YoCnN)

8 Hello - I've got slow electrons. Must be the snow.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of knocking! at December 03, 2024 04:07 AM (i0xsb)

9 Evening to Pixy and other late toilers, and morning to all the early risers of AoSHQ! It's Tiu's Day again.

My week looks odd. I was busy catching up yesterday, as always after a holiday. Tomorrow p.m. I visit with my doctor and discuss various blood sample readings -- my own, that is. Thurs. evening I have to decide if I want to go to a retirement party being given by the guy who hired me at my previous job twenty-two years ago and whom I've known since. At the end of a long work day, going to a party, even just putting in an appearance, is tough.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 03, 2024 04:08 AM (omVj0)

10 Ok. Never mind, I guess?

Vic, you'll never be forgotten! Rest in peace, good sir!

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:16 AM (YoCnN)

11 Coffee and a short pipe; now it's time to have a slice of peanut butter toast.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 03, 2024 04:19 AM (omVj0)

12 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 03, 2024 04:20 AM (OO78T)

13 It's been chilly here, so got plenty of roasted/baked dinners on the menu. Mmmm.

Love Winter food!

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:21 AM (YoCnN)

14 Hi, Puddleglum! Day off?

youtube.com/watch?v=HnAbJ1AVRbo

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:25 AM (YoCnN)

15 This is my 'weekend'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 03, 2024 04:28 AM (OO78T)

16 Well, at least you get day(s) off!

Sometimes it's nice to be 'off' midweek...

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:30 AM (YoCnN)

17 Intel and Pat Gelsinger being given the sudden heave-ho with the announcement coming a day late:

"There's no word as to the reason. Short notice like this is often for health reasons, but Gelsinger was doing customer visits and photo ops just last week."

Intel's made too many missteps and mistakes during this recovery, and consumer and business faith in their ability to produce a reliable product is down. Their latest CPU release had lackluster performance numbers, so much so that it did less well than a previous release of CPU. It got absolutely shellacked in all of the major tech reviews. Meanwhile, their main competitor (AMD) just keeps pushing forward and making huge leaps and bounds.

At some point Intel's Board of Directors was going to decide that the fish rots from the head, and it was time for a new head because something is fundamentally wrong at their company. They used to be the undisputed king of CPU production; no more.

That point appears to have been on or around November 30.

Anyhow, that's my guess as to why Gelsinger finds himself launched from Intel like a stone from a trebuchet.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 04:32 AM (O7YUW)

18 That SpaceX launch is now on the 4th.
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO SPACE ACTIVITY FOR DECEMBER 4

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-14
SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - Space Affairs Live
New launch time: December 4, 4:06 p.m. PT, (December 5, 1206 UTC, 01:06 CET.)

https://www.youtube.com/live/NQ7Xnn_XzaA

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of launching at December 03, 2024 04:33 AM (i0xsb)

19 fI worked weekends for a couple of summers. Was excellent! Had campgrounds/fishin' holes to myself during the week.

Short hours didn't quite pay the bills, tho. Took a 2nd job at night. Still had fun weekdays!

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:34 AM (YoCnN)

20 Also, G'morning Horde.

And Pixy? JQ's got a point about putting Vic in the Absent Friends list. He's not the only one that's asked for this.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 04:36 AM (O7YUW)

21 *cough* "She" *cough*

Thanks, Grumpy.

The whole thing has gone on for weeks with no explanation. Sucks.

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:37 AM (YoCnN)

22 Work 12 hour mids. I have every Sun-Tue off, and every other Wednesday. I have Wed off this week. I'll work it next week. If you're familiar with scheduling terms, it's a modified panama schedule. That may just be a military slang too.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 03, 2024 04:39 AM (OO78T)

23 Would be one thing, if some cob or other could simply admit that Vic p'd them off & so F him.

Or, that they can't remember how to do it.

Or, that they were told to *not do it*

But no. Not even a murmur of... anything. And that's just WEIRD!

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:41 AM (YoCnN)

24 @21/JQ: "*cough* "She" *cough* "

Blast. My apologies, dear lady.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 04:43 AM (O7YUW)

25 modified panama schedule. That may just be a military slang too.
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Dang. That's an interesting schedule.

XH was on 2/2/2+80 for years. Bleh! But we managed.

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:44 AM (YoCnN)

26 No problem, Grumpy and Recalcitrant.

Just setting the record straight. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:45 AM (YoCnN)

27 Good morning, good people, from the frigid Adirondacks where winter has made it's debut much to the delight of the same people who will squawk at the first inconvenience of said winter.

May all effort today result in maximum benefit to you and intense anguish to the leftwits among us.

Me, I'll just be over here smilin' at the wins.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 03, 2024 04:48 AM (hKoQL)

28 JQ and Grumpy and Recalcitrant - Sorry, no offense intended.

I've never updated the absent friends list and I don't know if this is just an oversight. I would certainly hope nobody would be that petty. I'll send an email to the coblogger mailing list and ask.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 03, 2024 04:51 AM (BLOW1)

29 Thank you *very much* Pixy!

Please let us know what's up? I mean, if you're allowed to, that is...

Thanks again!

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:53 AM (YoCnN)

30 Oh, and you may add me to those wondering why Vic has not made the absent friends list. I miss him.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 03, 2024 04:54 AM (hKoQL)

31 The HQ would be a safer, more welcoming space if commenters stopped assuming they know what gender they are.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical but sexually ambiguous balls at December 03, 2024 04:56 AM (Idisy)

32 The HQ would be a safer, more welcoming space if commenters stopped assuming they know what gender they are.
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Hahaha, it's just guesswork. No hard feelings. We're not snowflakes, here. LOL

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:58 AM (YoCnN)

33 Oh, you must've forgotten the /sarc tag, bear...

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 04:59 AM (YoCnN)

34 Mornin' IG. Pixy's working on the Vic issue. Hope it's merely an oversight.

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 05:00 AM (YoCnN)

35 Interesting story about David Mayer, the man who wrote on Victorian drama and the cinema. Sounds like a nightmare for him. Glad he doesn't have to worry about that anymore.

I can't stand ChatGPT. I imagine if you're a teacher you really have a problem with it , and AI seems to be ok when it's used for movies like excellent "The Life of Pi". Otherwise as you noted, Pixy, it's a fraud

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:02 AM (gfK5Z)

36 JQ,

3 on, 3 off, 4 on, 4 off.

That's it basically.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 03, 2024 05:03 AM (sAmhv)

37 Funny about the 'unknown sex of commenter' issue-- I got rolled on the Food Thread & robbed of my wallet, after fainting there on Sunday... OH!!!!

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 05:03 AM (YoCnN)

38 31
If it's an Italian name/word:
ends in O = male; ends in A = Female (99.999% of the time)
Occasionally messed up by being a foreign/imported word, common in NW Italy (French), N. Italy (Austrian LOL), NE Italy (Slavic).

Posted by: Ciampino - I made a dog-eater joke at December 03, 2024 05:04 AM (i0xsb)

39 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical but sexually ambiguous balls at December 03, 2024 04:56 AM (Idisy)

It would be a bigger problem if we commentators didn't know what gender we actually are. 😉 As the old song says , "I enjoy being a girl."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:05 AM (gfK5Z)

40 @28/Pixy: Thanks Pixy, much appreciated.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 05:05 AM (O7YUW)

41 3 on, 3 off, 4 on, 4 off.
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Not bad, Puddleglum. At least it's all the same hours of day per shift!

XH's was day, day-mid, mid-eve, eve, 80hrs off. Repeat.

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 05:06 AM (YoCnN)

42 39 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical but sexually ambiguous balls at December 03, 2024 04:56 AM (Idisy)

It would be a bigger problem if we commentators didn't know what gender we actually are. 😉 As the old song says , "I enjoy being a girl."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:05 AM (gfK5Z)

Yeah, that was the absurdity I was going for (that commenters need to consult an expert about their own sex). But I was once again stymied by my tenuous grasp on the English language.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical but sexually ambiguous balls at December 03, 2024 05:08 AM (Idisy)

43 There are some odd ball work schedules out there. No wonder we get health issues later in life.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 03, 2024 05:10 AM (sAmhv)

44 The gender of my name is masculine. Myself, je suis male so male sex. I don't have a gender, only my name does.
This is how I troll libs.

Posted by: Ciampino - I made a dog-eater joke! at December 03, 2024 05:10 AM (i0xsb)

45 Yes, Puddleglum-- my bro's bestie works some weird 13-day rotation, has to consult a calendar to know whether he has a particular day off in the future. Ugh! Union crap schedules-- gotta keep those drones so fatigued that they can't think...

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 05:14 AM (YoCnN)

46 The Register:
https://is.gd/BpFWE0

"Broadcom loses another big VMware customer: UK fintech cloud Beeks Group, and most of its 20,000 VMs

A massively increased bill was one motive, but customers went cold on Virtzilla, and OpenNebula proved more efficient"

Broadcom is counting on its biggest customers being unable to move for the next 3 to 5 years, and being able to pay the insane price increase for licenses that they demanded of their customers once they bought up VMWare. A 10x time price increase with more than 10% of your customers staying means increased profits, at least in the short term.

Broadcom's past acquisitions and treatment of products and services indicates that their business model is based off of doing this again. It kills most interest in said product, and over time they bleed customers of it down to almost nothing, but they seem to be counting on finding another popular golden goose in the 3 to 5 year timeframe and strangling it as well.

Now given that I'm desperately clinging to a Broadcom chipset cable modem that works solidly, specifically because three Intel Puma chipset modems have been absolutely and utter hot garbage, I'm ... conflicted now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 05:16 AM (O7YUW)

47 I do believe there are pancakes in store for breakfast this morning.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 03, 2024 05:20 AM (hKoQL)

48 Morning, all.

There was, however, a Professor David Mayer, who taught drama and history, specializing in connections between the late Victorian era and early cinema.

Now, that's a course I would have liked to take.

But, speaking of AI and such, when I fired up the laptop this morning, there was an offer from google to create an AI chess set. The Egyptian one came out pretty well, but the 'silent movie' version. . .

I probably should have just said 'movies.' In any event, it almost makes me wish I had a 3D printer to make my own bespoke chess pieces.

Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassie, King of Men at December 03, 2024 05:21 AM (Q0kLU)

49
I can't stand ChatGPT. I imagine if you're a teacher you really have a problem with it...

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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Now THAT would be an interesting topic to have a serious and properly-researched discussion on.

I bet the majority of teachers are, at best, mostly indifferent to ChatGPT. I'd also bet they couldn't tell you that specific name and would just say "AI" when asked. Same as government employees everywhere, so long as it doesn't threaten their pension, they're not going to worry too much about it unless there's documentation requiring it. And then they're still not going to worry too much about it anyway.

It would be neat to know the details about knowledge of a topic from that specific group responsible for that specific thing.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at December 03, 2024 05:22 AM (LKNus)

50 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical but sexually ambiguous balls at December 03, 2024 05:08 AM (Idisy

Your grasp of the English language seems quite fine to me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:23 AM (xmDSB)

51 Hmm, off week-old sock.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 03, 2024 05:23 AM (Q0kLU)

52 I still like the idea of a concerted effort to "teach" ChatGPT that 2+2 = 5. Over and over again, by millions of people, until it incorporates it into its search results / calculations. That is utter brilliance, and could possibly save the world.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at December 03, 2024 05:25 AM (LKNus)

53 Found some pleasant music for my tastes anyway.

https://youtu.be/bG-bK8e0agQ

Posted by: Ciampino - musica per l'uomo at December 03, 2024 05:25 AM (i0xsb)

54 youtube.com/watch?v=tnTWEL4Upyk

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 05:25 AM (YoCnN)

55 "I can't stand ChatGPT."

Why?

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 05:25 AM (QB+5g)

56 @51/MP4: "Hmm, off week-old sock."

https://youtu.be/umwdvUQYEeo

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

57 Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 03, 2024 05:20 AM (hKoQL)

No Maple Syrup!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2024 05:31 AM (F8hJk)

58 Now that MisHum is retired are we still doing the Wall of Shame?

Posted by: Ciampino - musica per l'uomo e la donna at December 03, 2024 05:33 AM (i0xsb)

59 OK, I guess I am going back to sleep for another couple of hours. Because one of our transcriptionists is working from India for this month, I don't need to be up and working by 5 or 6, which I don't like, because the earlier I can start, the earlier I can finish.

See you all later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 03, 2024 05:33 AM (Q0kLU)

60 No Maple Syrup!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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But, but... begging your pardon, Sir Dildo-- he said "pancakes" not "french toast"

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 05:34 AM (YoCnN)

61 Huh. Maybe I should try pancakes with sautee'd onion, garlic & salt, instead of syrup?

Hmm....

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 05:37 AM (YoCnN)

62 Posted by: Boron Cobbie at December 03, 2024 05:22 AM (LKNus)

Some of the teachers at my son's university inveighed against it (because they considered its use plagiarism) and apparently there are programs to detect its use. I don't know how well they work, though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:38 AM (g0TmC)

63 'What child is this?'

https://tinyurl.com/5492embj

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 03, 2024 05:38 AM (bss/y)

64 Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 05:25 AM (QB+5g)

See post 62.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:39 AM (g0TmC)

65 Good morning, CBD.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 03, 2024 05:39 AM (gGMRM)

66 God knows me/ Psalm 139 vs1-10

https://tinyurl.com/ypds5rr7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:42 AM (g0TmC)

67 Huh. Maybe I should try pancakes with sautee'd onion, garlic & salt, instead of syrup?

Hmm....
Posted by: JQ

Or maybe not.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 03, 2024 05:42 AM (dR6yv)

68 youtube.com/watch?v=-3iE4IStfRs

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 05:42 AM (YoCnN)

69 @53/Ciampino: "Found some pleasant music for my tastes anyway."

Mine too, thank you!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

70 Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 03, 2024 05:38 AM (bss/y)

I love that Carol. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:43 AM (g0TmC)

71 I like marmite on toast or pancakes. Better than maple syrup which I don't like anyway.

Posted by: Ciampino - nice salty taste at December 03, 2024 05:44 AM (i0xsb)

72 Yeah. LOL. Maybe *not*!!!

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 05:44 AM (YoCnN)

73 Some of the teachers at my son's university inveighed against it (because they considered its use plagiarism) and apparently there are programs to detect its use. I don't know how well they work, though.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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Yeah, I suspect 20% of teachers have some awareness of it outside of being required to use university-supplied programs to attempt to detect it being used.

But - same as was mentioned in the "documentation requiring it" point above - if they're not required to have the kids use the software (that the university subscribes to, sets up, and requires), they're probably not using it. Well, unless it threatens a pension.

The student loans check clearing being THE most important thing. If actions are taken to potentially improve academics but also reduce applications and student loan checks, then people might stop applying, and the checks might stop being automatically sent to the universities. That's a risk academia is not willing to take.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at December 03, 2024 05:47 AM (LKNus)

74 Welp, time for shut-eye. Thanks, Pixy, for checking into *that subject* for us!

Need to pick up some Maple Syrup today. For... breakfast things. And stuff. Yeah...

Good day, all!

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2024 05:47 AM (YoCnN)

75 69 @53/Ciampino: "Found some pleasant music for my tastes anyway."

Mine too, thank you!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 05:42 AM (O7YUW)
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Thank you for the feedback. I'm still listening.
From the names I gather it's a Finnish group. Very good metal bands from there.

Posted by: Ciampino - Folk Metal at December 03, 2024 05:48 AM (i0xsb)

76 Posted by: Ciampino - nice salty taste at December 03, 2024 05:44 AM (i0xsb)

My son ordered a jar of that from England some sometime ago . I don't know why.- because of something he read, I think . He enjoyed

During the Fall I enjoy apple butter on toast.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:51 AM (hDA2f)

77 Mutti Merkel has crawled out of her hole to expound on PDT'S fascination with having dictatorial power.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 03, 2024 05:52 AM (gGMRM)

78 seeing if this will fit in the name field

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 03, 2024 05:53 AM (LKNus)

79 G'morning, all.

30.5 degrees out.

Walking yesterday was....invigorating.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 03, 2024 05:53 AM (a1415)

80 76 Posted by: Ciampino - nice salty taste at December 03, 2024 05:44 AM (i0xsb)

My son ordered a jar of that from England some sometime ago . I don't know why.- because of something he read, I think . He enjoyed

During the Fall I enjoy apple butter on toast.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:51 AM (hDA2f)
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Walmart sells Marmite.
I've had it almost all my life as it's a British thing so it is popular in all the ex-colonies and dominions.

Posted by: Ciampino - Folk Metal music at December 03, 2024 05:54 AM (i0xsb)

81 VIA, those Temps tend to quicken one's step, don't they.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 03, 2024 05:54 AM (gGMRM)

82 Here is an article written from the educators perspective:

https://tinyurl.com/mr2yaj8f

I guess a lot of people consider it to be "cheating".

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 05:55 AM (QB+5g)

83 The gender of my name is masculine. Myself, je suis male so male sex. I don't have a gender, only my name does.
This is how I troll libs.
Posted by: Ciampino - I made a dog-eater joke! at December 03, 2024

***
Some of my colleagues at work have adopted the deal of putting their pronouns in their email signature lines. Fortunately no one has ever tried to mandate that we all do that. They might well be surprised at the pushback from some quarters.

On the other hand, these people, often Ph.D.s, went all in for the Sniffle Scare and its associated hoaxes. Maybe there would be little pushback.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 03, 2024 05:55 AM (omVj0)

84 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 03, 2024 05:57 AM (hoCmQ)

85 The guy that already served and ended wars and was responsible for an unprecedented period of world peace before stepping down after suffering a coup by the embedded government and having an election stolen from him only to work even harder to be re-elected by the free people of the United States is totes gonna be a dictator, guys!

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 03, 2024 05:57 AM (LKNus)

86 "those Temps tend to quicken one's step, don't they."

Why yes, yes they do.

Makes me glad that we have indoor plumbing, as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 03, 2024 05:58 AM (a1415)

87 Fen,

Do you have any experience with it?

Have you used it?

I would think it could be a good resource for research in your field of interest.

You could maybe even coax it into a debate on some issues.

You should try it if you haven't

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 06:00 AM (QB+5g)

88 Policeman pauses to pray with woman he once arrested:

https://tinyurl.com/2dc9zn52

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 06:00 AM (EBw0u)

89 >>> I can't stand ChatGPT. I imagine if you're a teacher you really have a problem with it , and AI seems to be ok when it's used for movies like excellent "The Life of Pi". Otherwise as you noted, Pixy, it's a fraud Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 05:02 AM (gfK5Z)

Chat GPT is a tool. I've used it in the brainstorming phase, and it helped give my brain the kick in the pants it needed to go really inventive places. But anyone using it to write for them is an idiot.

I have a friend that manages 20 something interns, and she says the number of times she's caught interns using ChatGPT to write their analysis or summaries for them is maddening. If it was her decision to make she'd fire them, all she can do is a stern warning.

Larry Correia has a great take on it. ChatGPT is soulless, so it can only mimic human thoughts and speech. If you are using it to write your book for you, you are robbing yourself of the funnest part of making a book, the drafting phase. Instead you skip that and go to editing phase, his least fave part, and you have to edit soulless writing into something that sounds human. Might as well just write the darn thing. Good analysis.

Posted by: LizLem at December 03, 2024 06:00 AM (wcIbG)

90 Yeah, I gather the Kalevala is Finnish, more or less.
You might want to this guy Sibelius.
I heard he had quite a career back in the day.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 03, 2024 06:01 AM (zdLoL)

91 Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 06:00 AM (QB+5g)

My son has used it. I don't want to chat or debate with computers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 06:02 AM (EBw0u)

92 Update on the kitten's growth progress.

With both of them at 5.75 months old, Frog is a whopping 9.0 pounds.

While his demure little sister, Margo has finally reached 6.0 pounds even.

Both of them are ignoring the two Christmas tees, and really enjoying the 8 foot tall climbing pole that I had built the other day.

But, they both eat like there is no tomorrow.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 03, 2024 06:02 AM (a1415)

93
Diana woke me up at 4:00. I am not happy with her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2024 06:02 AM (dxSpM)

94 Posted by: LizLem at December 03, 2024 06:00 AM (wcIbG)

Thanks. I appreciate your take on it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 06:03 AM (EBw0u)

95 28 days left in 2024

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 03, 2024 06:05 AM (gbOdA)

96 "I don't like "XXX" because kids use it to cheat."

You are really limiting yourself with that weak sauce reasoning.

There are a lot of legitimate uses for it. It is far from a fraud but just remember, GIGO.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 06:05 AM (QB+5g)

97 You lucked out, CBD, the topping for the sourdough cakes will be blackberry jelly, a gift from older daughter, we (she & I) stumbled on a patch earlier in the year and filled 2 5 gallon pails.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 03, 2024 06:06 AM (hKoQL)

98 Hadrian,

The organ owners in Ohio, were they members of the Shantz family?

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 06:06 AM (QB+5g)

99 Some of my colleagues at work have adopted the deal of putting their pronouns in their email

Makes me roll my eyes One guy I know who has about five kids and has facial hair wants me to know he's a he. Another woman Carrie's around her baby in a sling and took off time for maternity leave. I need to know she's a she. I could have guess the pronouns of both of themThey're both under 45 and progressives .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 06:07 AM (/emSF)

100 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 03, 2024 06:07 AM (z0QHk)

101 92 Both of them are ... really enjoying the 8 foot tall climbing pole that I had built the other day.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 03, 2024 06:02 AM (a1415)

Thank you!

--VIA's kittens

Posted by: m at December 03, 2024 06:08 AM (VnUSN)

102 " I don't want to chat or debate with computers."

Afraid you will learn something new?

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 06:08 AM (QB+5g)

103
The organ owners in Ohio, were they members of the Shantz family?
Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 06:06 AM (QB+5g)

No, it was Bernie Begley, of Berbeg Borzoi.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2024 06:09 AM (dxSpM)

104 Meant carrys. Stupid autocorrect wants to make it a name of someone from a horror movie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 06:09 AM (/emSF)

105 Anytime Fen! I find all the AI stuff fascinating. I work with many creative types that range in ages from 50s to 20s. The range of opinions on using AI varies wildly. Some like me think it's a great tool in the right context, some think it's thievery (which to be fair it is) and the death of artists and needs to be shot from a cannon into the sun.

Posted by: LizLem at December 03, 2024 06:09 AM (wcIbG)

106 Are we doing carols? Here's a favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDZjg_Igoc

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 03, 2024 06:10 AM (z0QHk)

107 Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 06:08 AM (QB+5g)

I learn something new on many days. I read quite a bit.

Have a good day

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 06:10 AM (/emSF)

108 Chat GPT is a tool. I've used it in the brainstorming phase, and it helped give my brain the kick in the pants it needed to go really inventive places. But anyone using it to write for them is an idiot.

-

See also: Gay people just want to be able to visit their Special Friend in the hospital

ChatGPT can be viewed as a tool for people over 50 or so because many of us can also put our phones down and not care that much since we knew a "before" time. For people born in the 90s it's not that easy because it's all they've ever known. They've had internet, and then internet connected phones, their entire lives. It's part of their thinking. That's not said lightly, either. It's part of HOW they think. They have to use it, either to figure stuff out, or to have entertainment to relax in order to figure stuff out. If nothing else it at least needs to be nearby and available. If not, that will be the primary focus.

ChatGPT will be similar. It's a novel plaything for us, but for people who know nothing else it will be part of how they think.

That's why I support 2+2 = 5. Damage it at the core level to save our kids.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 03, 2024 06:11 AM (LKNus)

109 Pardoning Hunter was such a great idea, Joe needs to do more of them.

https://tinyurl.com/4nyf6zc5

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 03, 2024 06:12 AM (a1415)

110 Currently 24 and going to high of 34 today. But at least it's going to be clear today. Yesterday had some sleet which caused havoc on interstate. One fatality and lots of cars/trucks off the highway. Thankfully wife and daughter made it home safety from Christmas concert in STL.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 03, 2024 06:14 AM (hoCmQ)

111 "Guilty as hell. Free as a bird."

Posted by: m at December 03, 2024 06:14 AM (VnUSN)

112 Really Fen,

Sometimes you have to read a lot to learn a little.

ChatGPT allows for a very focused interaction.

Get your son to introduce you.

Ask it some questions about the Bible.

You might be surprised or even amused.

What have you got to lose.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 06:15 AM (QB+5g)

113 "ChatGPT will be similar. It's a novel plaything for us, but for people who know nothing else it will be part of how they think. "

I look at it the same way that I do about allowing calculators in schools.

Once the device takes over the role of calculating the answer, the mental skills necessary to detect a mistake deteriorate.

Hence cashiers who can not calculate the correct change to give you.

And teenagers who blindly use the device to add two whole numbers, and when there is an entry error, they blindly write down the answer given by the device which is a whole number that is a lesser value than either of the two whole numbers being added.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 03, 2024 06:17 AM (a1415)

114 Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 06:15 AM (QB+5g)

Not sure why I need to do this. When I want to know stuff about the Bible I read excellent commentary from annotated Bibles or scholars who have stood the test of time- some of them for hundreds of years. I don't need to chat with computers. I mostly prefer to chat with real people
except when they're part of the insult factory.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 06:20 AM (SFCid)

115 Time for a walk. Have a good day everyone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 06:21 AM (SFCid)

116 Good morning. A cold 26 degrees here in western NC. Going up to a chilly 40 today. No relief from the cold on the horizon.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 03, 2024 06:24 AM (2yAnV)

117 Fen,

You seem to be the most self-identified insulted person around here.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 06:25 AM (QB+5g)

118
I mostly prefer to chat with real people
except when they're part of the insult factory.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2024 06:20 AM (SFCid)

Only a perdition-bound heretic would say something like that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2024 06:27 AM (dxSpM)

119 90 Yeah, I gather the Kalevala is Finnish, more or less.
You might want to this guy Sibelius.
I heard he had quite a career back in the day.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 03, 2024 06:01 AM (zdLoL)
----
Sibelius? LOL. Yes I love Finlandia.
I see your hash LOLs too.

Posted by: Ciampino - It's dark in Finland at December 03, 2024 06:28 AM (i0xsb)

120 The Swan of Tuonela:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjyLWoJvtME

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 03, 2024 06:31 AM (z0QHk)

121 106 Are we doing carols? Here's a favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDZjg_Igoc

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 03, 2024 06:10 AM (z0QHk)
----
My favorite carol is God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. I have collected several 100s of different versions.

Posted by: Ciampino - It's dark in winter in Finland at December 03, 2024 06:33 AM (i0xsb)

122 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 03, 2024 06:36 AM (dg+HA)

123 The walk...it beckons.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 03, 2024 06:39 AM (a1415)

124 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 03, 2024 06:40 AM (z0QHk)

125 Hence cashiers who can not calculate the correct change to give you.

A couple months ago I had a grocery store cashier who calculated my change (correctly) in her head. I said, "your math teacher would be so proud of you." She looked stunned for a second and then turned to the bagger with a smile and said, "you know, he would."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 03, 2024 06:40 AM (ExV1e)

126 @88/FenelonSpoke: "Policeman pauses to pray with woman he once arrested:

https://tinyurl.com/2dc9zn52"

That one appears to have gone to "Baby’s Priceless Reaction to Seeing Clearly for the First Time Touches Millions"

That was cool to read about too. :-)

I located the correct story link about the woman and the police officer. Here 'tis:

https://is.gd/2WXKKj

(And from another accounting of the story over at kwch.com, this looks like this took place in August of 2020.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 06:44 AM (O7YUW)

127 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2024 06:49 AM (fwDg9)

128 G'morning Skip!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 06:51 AM (O7YUW)

129 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 03, 2024 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

130 From what I've seen,no one knows how to access the Absent Friends list. Ace was asked but doesn't know how. JJ the same. I'm not sure who used to do it. In Word Press,you'd edit the main page for something like that, but I don't know how Moveable Type works

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 03, 2024 06:55 AM (gfViB)

131 Birdbath here would be a ice skating rink, it was 29 degrees at midnight

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2024 06:57 AM (fwDg9)

132 Okay, I gotta get to work.

I'll pick up J.J.'s Morning Report once I come back for my lunch.

Have a great day, everyone!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2024 06:59 AM (O7YUW)

133 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Not as bad as I thought. It's up to 19℉. High today 41 ℉.

Wahoo. A heat wave.

Still need to bundle up for work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 03, 2024 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

134 Pancakes for breakfast are great. Wonder if they'll catch on?

Hope so.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 03, 2024 07:03 AM (hKoQL)

135 We had below freezing mornings now since last Wednesday
Matter of time for snow

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2024 07:03 AM (fwDg9)

136

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 03, 2024 07:04 AM (EFZgU)

137 I have my burn pile corner at the end of the driveway. Put the turkey remains, bone and all, out there. Added some "use by 2020" stuffing ingredients for the prairie voles.

The stuffing is still there, but the turkey is totally missing. The last time I did that, I had a big and old looking possum pass me in the driveway as it went to the turkey.

No coyote scat seen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 03, 2024 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

138 I didn't even sleep 6 hours bit think I need coffee

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2024 07:06 AM (fwDg9)

139 {{{Ben Had}}}

🐴 🎼 🎶 Good Morning! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 03, 2024 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

140 Hillary Clinton

Ah, one of the Great Old Ones has arrived.

No one gets a saving throw for sanity.

Elder Gods can not be President.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 03, 2024 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

141 Have a great day, everyone.

May you have a smile on your face.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 03, 2024 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

142 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 03, 2024 07:13 AM (gY0JQ)

143
Hillary Clinton

Ah, one of the Great Old Ones has arrived

Has Schlob returned to her lair to fume and stew over her lost opportunity to be installed as the greatest internet censor of all time?

"Damn you, Red Kammie! Damn you!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 03, 2024 07:15 AM (xG4kz)

144 Wolfus, did you do the thing? Did you tell Miss Linda about your retirement?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at December 03, 2024 07:19 AM (1TzeS)

145
ChatGPT behaves like nightmare hodgepodge of nonsense held together by duct tape and an inflated share price, because that's precisely what it is.

You neglected to add "... and oozing glitter glue from its many fissures"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 03, 2024 07:19 AM (xG4kz)

146 130
So in the interim start a new list somewhere else.

Posted by: Ciampino - It's dark in winter in Finland at December 03, 2024 07:20 AM (i0xsb)

147
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 03, 2024 07:21 AM (w9Ycv)

148 From what I've seen,no one knows how to access the Absent Friends list. Ace was asked but doesn't know how. JJ the same.

It was updated earlier this year when Bandersnatch passed, so someone currently cob-logging must know how.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 03, 2024 07:22 AM (Q0kLU)

149
J
J

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 03, 2024 07:30 AM (gbOdA)

150
JJ is nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 03, 2024 07:31 AM (w9Ycv)

151 Gelsinger managed to piss off TSMC enough that Intel lost their discount with them, causing the Intel Core Ultra 2 line to be so stupidly expensive. I wouldn't be surprised if TSMC's request for Intel to get back its sweetheart deal was for Intel to lose Gelsinger.

Posted by: Gaff at December 03, 2024 08:09 AM (EqzMw)

152 Nic update.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Retribution Great Again! at December 03, 2024 08:10 AM (/6TY1)

153 From what I've seen,no one knows how to access the Absent Friends list. Ace was asked but doesn't know how. JJ the same.

Well considering the demographics of the Horde somebody better figure it out.

It really can't be that hard FCS.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 03, 2024 08:19 AM (QB+5g)

154 Sock off

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 03, 2024 09:29 AM (w9Wax)

155 Current rumor mill is the 8800XT could be $500-600 USD, depending on whether AMD wants to push for margins or market share this cycle.

The ray tracing boost is pretty credible, as we're apparently seeing that in the PS5 Pro as well. At least what I've been hearing from Moore's Law is Dead is it sounds like Sony were the ones who told AMD to finally start shopping ray tracing capable cards.

Posted by: Voyager at December 03, 2024 10:56 AM (9CyuP)

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