Random Thoughts 7

[WWGD]

At the salad bar.
" Peas?".
" Yes, peas , brother".

 

[WWGD]

An obstacle in the Spanish-speaking world to have a female pope : The name " La Papa" translates directly to " The Potato"( Include an e at the end if you wish).

 

[skyshrimp]

This drone is only £9 on Aliexpress. It’s equipment with front and rear 4K cameras.

 

[skyshrimp]

I just upgraded to ChatGPT+

I figured £5 a week is worth it for what it can do.

 

[WWGD]

Kind of embarrassing, I had seen the name ' Eswatini' and thought it was the name of a web-based company. It turns out it's the name of the recently-renamed African country of Swaziland.

 

[DaveC426913]

I just upgraded to ChatGPT+

I figured £5 a week is worth it for what it can do.

And what, specifically, can it do?

 

[skyshrimp]

And what, specifically, can it do?

I use it several times a day. In fact, I would not like to live in a world without it. It’s just the little things.

I was cycling recently and saw a flower I wanted in someone’s garden. I took a photo and asked AI what it was. It answered instantly with the correct ID and how to care for it.

It has helped me immensely regarding the care of my tropical seedlings. It’s brilliant. Like having your own Data from Star Trek. I love it!

My mother asked me to evaluate her antiques she wanted to sell. I uploaded photos to AI and it told me exactly what it was and what it was worth within seconds. After uploading several images or using it too long, it downgrades to an older model for hours unless you upgrade.

I know it makes mistakes, but it points you to the right direction. I also now have access to the Sora AI model so I can generate realistic AI videos.

It’s literally God for atheists. All hail the AI Singularity.

All that for £5 a week?

 

[WWGD]

What can I see of companies that send emails where they give you the option to unsubscribe, which...requires you enter your email? Scams or just poorly designed? Both?

 

[Tom.G]

Scams or just poorly designed? Both?

...amateur programmers,
or all of the above!

 

[fresh_42]

Future archaeologists will learn nothing from us. Nothing at all. Grave goods are completely out of fashion.

 

[Mayhem]

Funding in science be like: The world is on fire, here's an idea how to make it burn less. Give me 1 million dollars.

or

Cancer is bad. Here is thing that kills cancer
^{and also a bunch of other things in your body but that's not the point} can I have 5 gazillion dollars?

 

[Borg]

Funding in AI be like...

 

[fresh_42]

I hate my autocorrect. I type "surjective" without re-reading it and it makes "subjective" out of it. But that damn thing has no problem accepting comtraproductive or geberator when I miss the "n".

 

[Mayhem]

I hate my autocorrect. I type "surjective" without re-reading it and it makes "subjective" out of it. But that damn thing has no problem accepting comtraproductive or geberator when I miss the "n".

That's because you would not want it to autocorrect "bigger"!

 

[WWGD]

Change your name to increase the odds of getting funding. Before: Katerina. After: Ekaterina ( E-katerina).

 

[WWGD]

Wow, overheard a conversation.(Paraphrase) "her face looked like a Picasso. But made in his abstract period"

 

[WWGD]

Ok, so you told me you would charge me unless I said I didn't want a renewal. So I'll go to your offices and spit in your face, kick you, etc., unless you explicitly tell me not to.

 

[Mayhem]

Nosy people will scrutinize your privacy by asking what you are hiding, but if you explain then the matter is no longer private.

 

[Borg]

I had a rough product demo yesterday that left me a bit down because one person wouldn't stop asking questions and sidetracked everything. After that, my mentor texted me something that made me laugh.

When the wise man pointed at the moon, the fools looked at his finger.

 

[BillTre]

 

[WWGD]

. Make up changes people.

 

[WWGD]

I heard today of someone called Lola Getz. Curious if she's related to Lola Wants.

 

[BillTre]

 

[WWGD]

Someone gave my mom a small statue of an owl to put on her bedside table. After waking up groggy in the a.m a few times and getting startled at those eyes, it ended up in the dumpster.

 

[Mayhem]

I wish sig figs were also used rigorously in synthetic chemistry. The analytical crowd knows how to report values, but synthetic chemists will write "Then [reagent] (40 wt%, 6.23 ml, 5 mmol) was added" like there isnt a host of issues with listing those numbers as dependent of each other.

In reality, their calculators probably calculate 5.000 mmol (or something) but moreover they use a precise ml volume that they measured... How? Most graduated cylinders only allow precision of the first decimal and thats usually with an explicit uncertainty. Micropipette maybe? Also most commercially bought solutions that are listed in wt% are usually not as precise as you'd think.

 

[WWGD]

I wish sig figs were also used rigorously in synthetic chemistry. The analytical crowd knows how to report values, but synthetic chemists will write "Then [reagent] (40 wt%, 6.23 ml, 5 mmol) was added" like there isnt a host of issues with listing those numbers as dependent of each other.

In reality, their calculators probably calculate 5.000 mmol (or something) but moreover they use a precise ml volume that they measured... How? Most graduated cylinders only allow precision of the first decimal and thats usually with an explicit uncertainty. Micropipette maybe? Also most commercially bought solutions that are listed in wt% are usually not as precise as you'd think.

Your school is so good even the cylinders graduated.

 

[Borg]

After watching several threads go off on a tangent, I'm thinking that this might be a useful icon.

 

[fresh_42]

After watching several threads go off on a tangent, I'm thinking that this might be a useful icon.
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Let's hope there are no topologists or differential geometers present.

 

[fresh_42]

I hate English. Autocorrect wants me to write webserver as web server, but if I apply it to web sites, it insists on one word, <grrrr>. Why is vector space two words and eigenspace only one?

And what is it with the hyphenation? Are there rules, or is it an on-the-spot decision?

 

[DaveC426913]

Do I need to put an insulating barrier between my pressure-treated woods and my natural woods to prevent galvanic corrosion?