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So its now 404'ing?

I have to steal part of the discussion at the Guardian for this - I have read neither translation but this is illuminating and unhelpfully makes me want to read both: Compare the o…

"It's honestly perplexing how major powers seem incapable of learning from history." I think you mean it is perplexing how the leaders of certain major powers seem incapable of lea…

fair enough, but what else have the Romans done for us?

Can we just have a new little flag for "AI Shite"?

this is genius... and call shop stewards 'agents'... and call the act of unionising an org "agentifying a node flock"...

100% - have always loved Mr Pollan's pithy summary. I also like Alan Goldhamer's (I am paraphrasing): "There are two types of cardiologist; vegans, and the ones who haven't studied…

Good shout - particularly for learning, I assume, rather than getting the most productive reply from a SOTA model.

I accept you have to invest in your skills occasionally, but there are so many providers to choose from. Anyway, thanks a lot for the suggestions - I am now looking into these.

I am an engineer at a small organisation - there is no question of budget being available to buy us accounts with any of the major model providers. How are other folks in my positi…

Much appreciated - living in the UK, I have heard of Doggerland and should have expected there would be plenty of similar areas worldwide - this is interesting stuff.

Use that internet thing to pop them on a 'website' and we can all take a look, no?

It's increasingly accepted that a large portion of human history is 100M underwater on the continental shelves, estuaries, and other coastal areas where humans would have liked to …

I came here to say something like "This is a joke, right?" Not to be snarky, but because I just assume everyone throws the Inevitable Looming Tool at docs, especially where resourc…

much appreciated!

Oh hey - the TLA/milspeak guy (gal?). I wouldn't wish more typing upon you but I would love if you could do a bit more 'longhand' so I could have a better grasp of some of the stuf…

I have been lusting after a decent visual interpretation of Ringworld ever since I read it decades ago... I was thrilled to hear Halo was set on a ringworld and - because I am dieh…

For genuine, believable oddness - although the SF pigeonhole seems restrictive - I would recommend the utterly unique M. John Harrison, specifically the later Kefahuchi Tract trilo…

It's not that you weren't thinking. It's that you weren't thinking /right/...?

Interesting.. Minor point: it would be good to know what each of the default panels is? not entirely clear to me? Intrigued by spiderfoot, but seeing that the last release - from t…

whereas i heard it was POHM (Prisoner of Her Majesty) stencilled on clothing and articles of folks who had been "transported"..

I find the free version of plex - once I config out all their own streaming junk - is perfectly good.. (and it runs acceptably on my ancient synology) Are there any compelling reas…

Checks out - for a while there, the future seemed appealing.. right now, I would guess most folks would prefer to escape into the past.

you think?!? doesn't read like it at all to me...

Meh.. Needs ios18.. But thank you - I salute the effort!