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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by vedmed »

stingraycharles wrote: post #144
vedmed wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not a data analyst. Almost everything pertaining to data analysis of the log is perplexity labs. I'm also not a journalist and the article I wrote didn't sound professional and was too long. So I had AI change it to have a professional tone and structure and then edited it. I'm also not an artist and I had AI generate a picture of a bear reading a newspaper. Then I used krita to remove the background and make it…

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Do you want me to prostrate before you for using AI? Get real. I told you exactly how I used it.

And no AI did not write the article. I wrote it. Then I instructed AI to restructure it to have a professional tone.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by vedmed »

stingraycharles wrote: post #142
vedmed wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I lied?

In your comments you’re specifically avoiding answering the question, until you finally admitted to using AI to make your tone more “professional”. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46022576 Sorry, but the semantic constructs used in the article, the em-dashes, the use of ± signs that nobody ever uses, the typical bold formatting, the fact that your brother posts AI generated comments on your blog, it’s just too m…

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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by cyanydeez »

terminalshort wrote: post #38
mh- wrote: post #34

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I was merely pretty sure that the comment was AI generated as I read it. After reading it, I became a lot more confident when I noticed the username above the comment: Gemini 3 . Is this a Wordpress plugin the blog author is using?

Amazing that we now live in a world where AI can instantly an accurately diagnose a network infrastructure problem, but you are still forced to talk to CS drones who tell you again and again "have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?"

"Instantly"

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by vedmed »

bmacho wrote: post #146
vedmed wrote: post #143

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What route dude I made an article to bring attention to the issue and the attention has been brought. Why do you want me to do things your way? I do things my way just fine. There's always someone to tell you that you should do this or that. Why should I do this or that? You do this and that if that's whats important to you. And if you want me to do this and that then convince me why I should.

You shouldn't lie about your work because that harms society (if you care about us) and society also will punish you (if you care about yourself). If you don't care about yourself or the people around you, then I have no idea why you should care. I hate this aspect of HN, on other websites I can just block these types of sociopaths/trolls at their first message. But here I end up wasting my time and energy or I'll lo…

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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by [deleted] »

vedmed wrote: post #154
stingraycharles wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In your comments you’re specifically avoiding answering the question, until you finally admitted to using AI to make your tone more “professional”. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46022576 Sorry, but the semantic constructs used in the article, the em-dashes, the use of ± signs that nobody ever uses, the typical bold formatting, the fact that your brother posts AI generated comments on your blog, it’s just too m…

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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by paulnpace »

chmod775 wrote: post #55

When you need a company like that to do something, figure out what they're afraid of. The only thing monopolies like these are afraid of is the government. So if you want them to get off their asses yesterday, raise a stink with whatever arm of your government will listen: FCC, local politicians, etc. You would not believe how fast even the lowest level government workers can get these guys to take care of your probl…

They fear juries (jurors, really).

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by vedmed »

stingraycharles wrote: post #148
vedmed wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What route dude I made an article to bring attention to the issue and the attention has been brought. Why do you want me to do things your way? I do things my way just fine. There's always someone to tell you that you should do this or that. Why should I do this or that? You do this and that if that's whats important to you. And if you want me to do this and that then convince me why I should.

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You are the one with the problem, not me.

I suggest you reread, I am very transparent about how I used AI in the very thread to which you are replying claiming that I am denying using AI.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by decasia »

joezydeco wrote: post #37
tfvlrue wrote: post #17

I had a similar problem with a different ISP, Optimum, in Northern NJ. It wasn't as regular as the author's problem -- my cable modem would desync intermittently throughout the day despite the signal strength numbers being in spec. I replaced everything downstream of the drop from the street, all new wiring inside, a new modem/router/etc. All signs pointed to the problem being outside the house. I went so far as to c…

These days you get a lot better result from any company if you take a few minutes, find the email of a few VPs in the target company, and write the execs directly. Exec fowards the email to the correct underling with "WTF?" added to it. You get phone calls the next day.

This reminds me exactly of "The Art of Turboing"[1]

[1] https://www.macwhiz.com/blog/art-of-turboing/

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