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“When ChatGPT summarises, it actually does nothing of the kind. – R&A IT Strategy & Architecture”

ea.rna.nl/2024/05/27/when-chat

> No really: ChatGPT doesn’t summarise. When you ask ChatGPT to summarise this text, it instead shortens the text. And there is a fundamental difference between the two. To summarise, you need to understand what the paper is saying.

This is why LLMs frequently make subtle but devastating errors while summarising

ASK SYBIL (&co) #18: "best/worst". so often in my life i find myself thinking "you know, i'd be a lot better off if only i had a retractable bulletproof parasol forearm"

(thanks to Clegg for the question and to Grace for the Modemoiselle cameo! subscribe: patreon.com/distressedegg)

A wonderful drawing I got from Ram the Dragon (ramdragon.wix.com/ramarts).

Mild-artisitic nudity, goblin mode 

Oooooh, I had forgotten I'd done a timelapse of this pic!
I really should just bite the bullet and try drawing again. I need to get over this whole "worry about how much I suck" bullshit. Really, who cares?

Thought this was a neat because I know so many people that live in Europe and the UK here, butt putting yhe size of these lakes into perspective as "inland seas".

"The Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River superimposed onto a map of Europe"

I am for sale! This is your opportunity to buy MastCar, an Ex BBC outside broadcast vehicle professionally converted with a 9m Clark Mast, perfect for Amateur Radio, Surveying etc

£2500 ONO

#WeirdCarMastodon
#HamRadio
#HamR
#AmateurRadio

"All software has bugs 🤷" is the "boys will be boys 🤷" of the IT industry.

#InfoSec

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AAARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Channel 4 News, in talking about today's #Microsoft #CrowdStrike fuckup, stated that the expected Y2K effect was imaginary.

No! No! NO!

We did a massive amount of work to update and ensure systems would keep on working. And more importantly WE TESTED EVERYTHING FULLY BEFORE GOING LIVE.

A bright and beautiful sunrise to start the #amateurradio #hamradio #pota #parksontheair Support Your Parks Weekend. Catch me with #qrp #morsecode & #FT8 from US-7956 in Kentucky

Happy Plural Pride day!!!
Currently we're celebrating by having gummie snakes for breakfast, but this is neither required nor recomended.

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