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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by teiferer »

vedmed wrote: post #126
stingraycharles wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do you, but the least you can do is either not reply, or admit that you used AI to write the copy as well.

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…

Thanks for owning up.

Though you did your original message a disservice. Now we are left wondering how forthcoming, honest and friendly you were with that support staff. I'd also try to cheap out if I'd have to deal with a rude and/or dishonest customer. I'm not saying you were, but it's hard for us to know if you throw things at us like "why should I care?" You need to understand that this causes certain reactions.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by NicuCalcea »

bcraven wrote: post #93
stingraycharles wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I think this is a lazy criticism that I am _also_ growing tired of. If LLMs are trained on written information, that pattern of speech was present before they got there. It's a good way to add emphasis.

Certain patterns are much more common in LLM output than in human writing. I'm a journalist and love an em dash, for example, but I've never met/read another journalist that uses them nearly as often as LLMs. Same with the "this isn't just X, it's Y" pattern. When you have multiple of these patterns in every paragraph, it's a pretty clear indicator that the text is AI-generated.

Plus, the author admitted to using AI to write it.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by stingraycharles »

vedmed wrote: post #159
stingraycharles wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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.

You’re not being transparent. When I called you out on using AI for writing the copy, you responded with:

“I used AI to analyze the log for patterns and to make the charts.”

Which is very, very much suggesting you only used AI for that.

Later, you admitted you used AI to rewrite your article.

That’s not being very transparent at all.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by vedmed »

teiferer wrote: post #161
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…

Thanks for owning up. Though you did your original message a disservice. Now we are left wondering how forthcoming, honest and friendly you were with that support staff. I'd also try to cheap out if I'd have to deal with a rude and/or dishonest customer. I'm not saying you were, but it's hard for us to know if you throw things at us like "why should I care?" You need to understand that this causes certain reactions.

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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by stingraycharles »

vedmed wrote: post #151
stingraycharles wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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.

That’s literally what using an AI to write content is. The fact that you’re not seeing that and are resorting to these kind of ridiculous comments says enough.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by stingraycharles »

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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You don’t owe me anything, but you’re being dishonest and that deserves being called out.

Now we’re left wondering whether you were dishonest in the content of your article as well.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by cyanydeez »

vedmed wrote: post #97
ipkstef wrote: post #90

I had to step back for my own sanity when dealing with similar issues with xfinity, had multiple FCC cases open and they just lied their way through it with no impunity. OP if you're organizing let me know I have a burning fire passion for xfinity to get their just desserts

Do you have any ideas on how to leverage such organization to effectuate change? It would sure be great to have internet classified as a public utility.

Start by never voting for deregulation

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by rmoriz »

7bit wrote: post #95
rmoriz wrote: post #80

Germany/Vodafone: A couple of years ago my DOCSIS connection that worked flawlessly for years started to fail in almost the same pattern. All reporting and support communication went nowhere, had to use the procedure by German IT/Telco regulator to cancel my contract early. It sucked because VDSL is slower but Vodafone wasn’t interested in fixing. They claim something/someone in the curb is interfering but neither tr…

Fuck Vodafone Germany in particular. I had a cable-contract that was rock solid for years until it wasn't. No amount of calls and complaints was able to convince them to do anything. First, it was clearly a problem in the house. Weeks later it suddenly was a regional issue that needed massive infrastructure updates. Then it became a problem caused by a single household creating massive interference, that they need to…

Cable TV is so bad to debug as it is not following a star topology in larger houses. What’s even worse: We have FTTB by the city carrier since 2009 but no efforts have been made to provide FTTH in-house. Recently they started an offer for retrofitting but as every flat is owned by a different party and nobody knows the difference in between FTTB+g.fast and FTTH, I gave up. Boomers and digital naives own our country.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by rncode »

bmacho wrote: post #135
vedmed wrote: post #134

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I don't mean to be dismissive or rude, this question is genuine: Why should I care or bother? This is the extent to which I used AI: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46022576

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my internet has been broken for 17 months but you're more upset about me using ai to make my sentences sound professional than about comcast refusing to fix their infrastructure

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by masfuerte »

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.

Or send an actual letter in the post to the customer service department. I guess approximately nobody does this nowadays but it works very well for me.
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