liampomfret

liampomfret, 9 hours ago to random

So I presume all these search engines being down (all of which rely on the Bing backend) is because people are jumping ship from Google's AI nightmare in enough numbers that it's causing problems for whatever system that allows them to grab those results from Bing?

liampomfret, 9 hours ago to random

Well, that's one company I don't think will be hiring me as a consultant.

Based on the questions they were asking me to comment on in their initial communications, I don't think they're going to appreciate me informing them that AI is simply not fit for purpose for them. Very much got the impression they weren't looking for an actual recommendation, but rather for an opinion that already agreed with whatever they were already proposing to do.

liampomfret, 1 day ago to random

Either retailers are way more desperate than I thought, or this company has made a hell of a typo in sending out this email!
(The amount also appears in the email subject, so that's 3 separate places with this figure.)

liampomfret, 2 days ago to random

I think this might be my last semester doing any teaching or marking. I just don't think I can bring myself to continue here, not when I'm constantly being pressured to pass students who should be failing.

If a student never attends class, if the LMS analytics show they never even listened to the lecture recordings, their failure cannot and should not be placed on the teaching staff.

liampomfret, 2 days ago to random

Really not impressed with the current EOFY sale offers for tech products. Was hoping I'd be able to get myself a few decent discounts on the NAS I want to set up, plus a new SSD for the laptop, but nothing so far is catching my eye.

liampomfret, 2 days ago to random

As soon as I finish marking student assignments and exams this semester, I'm going to properly complete my switchover to Linux. At this point, there's only a few programs I don't have a direct equivalent for, and most of those I'm finding I'm just not using on a daily basis. Everything else just needs me to block out some time to get it set up properly.

lawprofblawg, 2 days ago to random

"When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I want to think about is Rudy in my cup," said no one ever.

liampomfret, 2 days ago to random

So glad that the first thing I did on getting the new laptop was to remove Windows 11. Only a shame that I had to install Windows 10 rather than Linux. Hoping EOFY will see some nice SSD’s with DRAM cache for sale, so I can rectify that.

liampomfret, 5 days ago to random

What kind of idiot taunts process servers on social media? Did Rudy think that, just because his boss has the same complexion as the Gingerbread Man, that he'd be able to dodge them forever?

liampomfret, 6 days ago to random

Is it just me, or would Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire have worked better as something like a TV series on Netflix or Amazon Prime? Something to just allow for a little extra character development and on-screen ghost catching.

Honestly, it feels like a TV series would be better for the franchise as a whole, going forward. Let us have some episodic stories to develop the characters and the world, while building up a threat in the background over the course of the season, Dr. Who style.