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I’m a UK teacher. I have built a custom GPT that marks essays for the subject I teach in a repeatable and reliable way. It gives actionable feedback to students. I use it, and have…

I am a ChatGPT plus user in the UK. I believe this should work for me as I am outside the EU (!), but every time I have tried it I get ‘Currently Unavailable - please try again lat…

I’m 41 and my body is nicer to be in than when I was 25. Like you, I have much less youthful buffer that shrugs off poor sleep or overindulgence, but I have much more knowledge and…

I don't like it because, after upgrading from Windows 10, my computer can no longer go to sleep and I can no longer connect to Minecraft servers. These things did not happen straig…

I think that’s because the change wasn’t between TOS and TNG. It was between TOS series and TOS films; new style Klingons were in Star Trek 3 (1984) and Star Trek 4 (1986) before T…

There has just been some economic 'good news' released that inflation has fallen to 2.3%. If there is a risk of bad news later, it's best to go after some good news. For example th…

Yes and no. I used to have a regional accent that was a soft mix of Lancashire and Yorkshire accents. I now work in south Worcestershire, and the local accent is pretty much modern…

My parents' Casio calculator is 40 years old, and still on its original battery. It does not have solar power. It is still used weekly or so!

Fair point about the gums. But my Huel Unflavoured and Unsweetened powder does not have any artificial sweetener in it. It’s not very palatable on its own, but half a banana and a …

Very true. Though he must have personally known Slobodan Milošević, who died after 6 years of UN detention.

My favourite fact about it comes from https://phys.org/news/2016-02-plasma-physicist-discusses-wen... “…the supporting structure can only withstand the forces if the interfaces bet…

It may be worse than that if this Sony patent is any guide... https://www.techradar.com/news/sony-patent-would-have-you-ye...

I think there is a distinction between a charitable donation pop-up that forces the user to round up, donate, or actively select 'no donation' is a dark pattern. Whereas having the…

To those who don't know, Juicero's juice pressing machines were notoriously complex and expensive due to extensive use of custom components. https://blog.bolt.io/juicero/

I played Doom, Doom 2 and Final Doom all the way through about 20 years ago - I can’t recall a single instance of this kind of level design. Doors stayed open once opened. Maybe it…

I buy them in bulk from a factory outlet nearby, so the price is reasonable given my income. Furthermore I find they can withstand the hilly and muddy half marathons that I run, wh…

I’m glad that works for you, but it doesn’t for me. The one ‘life hack’ that’s ever worked for me is to own a single type of sock (white, cotton, Nike). The entire batch of 30 pair…

You mean like ASML already is? They are the only manufacturer of EUV lithography equipment for fabs. https://analyticsindiamag.com/is-asml-the-most-important-tec...

Maybe. I’d like to see the research that says this effect is greater than the impact of consumers switching elsewhere in frustration. Especially in the current age of increasing av…

I don’t view it as my role as a consumer to prejudge the business model of the websites I visit. If a website does not want my view, they can block me or use a paywall. That’s fine…

I disagree. There are forms of adverts that my browser extensions will not block - simple images for example. It’s not my fault that sites choose not to use these any more, and ins…

I believe the comment is a reference to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS

Thank you! The searches are trying to allocate groups of teachers to time slots, subject to the inputted constraints e.g. their students aren’t elsewhere, changing rooms are availa…

I’m a teacher without a tech background. My role is to schedule a high school timetable. To do this I have been given software that is single threaded and will only run a single in…

It’s an interesting comment, and a nice line about Coca Cola that I’ll definitely steal! But the conspiracy theory part is obviously untrue. A less educated population is a less pr…