What Irked You Today?

[John M.]

The GM texted all drivers this morning to let us know that school will be out for tomorrow due to the state and local elections here in Massachusetts. We won't get paid but one of my personal days will make up the difference. For tomorrow though, I'll sleep in some. 

Edited Monday at 10:28 PM by John M.

[Ace-Garageguy]

I've run several things through Googli's AI, phrased slightly differently, but all the exact same topic.

And I got responses all over the board, some entirely contradictory.

Just more proof that consumer-level AI doesn't understand context and will say anything that sounds remotely plausible.

Which is pretty much the definition of LLM-based AI.

Yet more and more people are depending on these inane gibberish-generators for 'information'.

And interestingly, I just ran this assertion through Googli, and it says I'm wrong...even though the self-same AI just gave me a load of contradictory responses.

I sure wish I could get paid the big bucks for making stuff that doesn't really work.

EDIT: I just rephrased the above assertion slightly differently, and Googli says I'm right this time.

Boy howdy. Ain't technology grand?

Edited Tuesday at 12:36 AM by Ace-Garageguy

[johnyrotten]

2 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

sure wish I could get paid the big bucks for making stuff that doesn't really work

That would be great. I seriously believe the consumer is now the last step in R&D, and we aren't paid for it. We actually pay to finish their work for them.

[michelle]

I am irked /mad/angry I broke the motherboard on my elegoo Saturn 3 ultra resin printer following the offical elegoo instruction video on how to replace the lcd print screen cause the video failed to mention they glue a couple clip style plugs in and they also do not need to be unplugged as they are for the fans not the print screen and they apparently lie about how long the print screens last before they start dying via dead spots so now I am out 200 dollars I paid for the printer a few months ago in july and the 97 dollars I paid for the new print screen last month  which I never even got to install cause that was a later step in the how to video and the warranty does not cover this so yeah now I have to buy another resin printer in December 


 

[Ace-Garageguy]

I'm irked today by seeing stupid sheeple in action, en masse, and then all patting each other on the back because they think they're so smart.

Edited 10 hours ago by Ace-Garageguy

[Ace-Garageguy]

Long time ago, I lived in the city. When I was young I liked the energy, the nightlife, all that stuff. I never encountered any serious crime, but I thought I was pretty much invincible anyway, as some young men used to do.

As I grew up though, I began to appreciate calm and quiet more and more.

First I moved to an upscale suburb called Buckhead. City energy and nightlife, more laid back than intown. But as it became more heavily populated and full of constant traffic and noise, I moved to a rural county about 30 miles out of the city. Still had easy access to Buckhead, but could also enjoy quiet.

It was quiet out here, "safe", still the kind of area where you could leave your car doors unlocked and there was a very good chance nobody would steal your stuff, or mug you in a parking lot.

But the "demographics" have changed significantly over just the past few years. Trash is everywhere now. All the farms were bulldozed 20 years ago for ticky-tacky housing developments full of quarter-million-dollar-and-up McMansions on tiny lots where you look into your neighbor's bathroom window because the houses are so close together.

And recently I've noticed that what used to be still quiet at night here is now broken hourly by sirens, just like it used to be in the heart of downtown.

This is supposed to be "progress"?

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Ace-Garageguy

[Trainwreck]

12 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

 

This is supposed to be "progress"?

 

I've lived in my neighborhood for 40 odd years, it was pretty quiet when I moved in but now I've got cherries flashing once every couple weeks, progress?!?!, Not so much.

[Ace-Garageguy]

29 minutes ago, Trainwreck said:

I've lived in my neighborhood for 40 odd years, it was pretty quiet when I moved in but now I've got cherries flashing once every couple weeks, progress?!?!, Not so much.

Half an hour ago when I posted, the sirens had just stopped.

Just now, there's something else going on.

It's getting to be quite often at night.

Maybe time to buy an actual emergency-frequency scanner.

Edited 6 hours ago by Ace-Garageguy
punctiliousness

[Trainwreck]

1 minute ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Half an hour ago when I posted, the sirens had just stopped.

Just now, there's something else going on.

It's getting to be very often.

Maybe time to buy an actual emergency-frequency scanner.

Just waiting for my son to move and I'm getting out of dodge.