Category: daily drivel
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dumb and dumber
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Chatbots / AI / LLM
“Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all. “When a chatbot gets something wrong, Read.
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Vicious Head Cold from Planet Death
I am just getting over a vicious head cold that came all the way from Planet Death to murder me, but I fought it off with over-the-counter pain killers and my one superpower, naps. I’m pretty sure I caught it from somebody on the ferry coming back from Isle Royale. It’s a three and a Read.
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morning walk 4-26-2025
It was a good day for a morning walk through the UW-Madison arboretum. It started out cold, with temps in the forties, but a clear, sunny sky quickly warmed everything and by the time I left, about two hours after I arrived, temps were in the fifties. Very pleasant weather for a long, slow stroll Read.
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first thing
First thing I had to do this morning, after getting out of bed and getting dressed, was hop in the car and drive to the office building where I work. Nothing unusual about that, ordinarily, except that I was scheduled to work from home this Friday. So why was I driving to work? Because my Read.
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red to green
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bike switch
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Oshkosh Fly-In 2023
For the first time since about, I think, 1979 or 1980, I went to the Oshkosh fly-in. I don’t fly but I used to back then, so going to the Oshkosh fly-in every year was a ritual akin to going to church, and just as deeply fulfilling an experience. And although it was a fly-in Read.
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bleep
This is so stupid. “Bleep” is so stupid. Even though I played it, I still think it’s stupid. I honestly didn’t expect it to work. I played it only because I was trying to get my brain going. I needed to a word, any word, to get some momentum going and I only had one Read.
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knee bends
I went for a walk along the causeway to the arboretum last Sunday. It was a lovely warm sunny day for a walk. What I love most about walking in the arboretum is there are places where you can just about convince yourself that you’re not in the middle of a city. It’s not that Read.
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