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If I have a to-do list of, say, ten items I pick the easiest one first and do that. Just making a dent in the list makes further progression easier. Never start with a task that you’re unlikely to complete.

“Lying” in computer-generated texts: hallucinations and omissions (blog.oup.com)

There is huge excitement about ChatGPT and other large generative language models that produce fluent and human-like texts in English and other human languages. But these models have one big drawback, which is that their texts can be factually incorrect (hallucination) and also leave out key information (omission)....

Apple joins the opposition to encryption-bypassing 'spy clause' in UK internet law (www.theregister.com)

Apple has joined the rapidly growing chorus of tech organizations calling on British lawmakers to revise the nation’s Online Safety Bill – which for now is in the hands of the House of Lords – so that it safeguards strong end-to-end encryption.

First misinformation susceptibility test finds 'very online' Gen Z and millennials are most vulnerable to fake news (phys.org)

Researchers want the public to test themselves: https://yourmist.streamlit.app/. Selecting true or false against 20 headlines gives the user a set of scores and a "resilience" ranking that compares them to the wider U.S. population. It takes less than two minutes to complete.

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I recall reading something about fake news and propaganda some decades ago. Can’t recall the source book but it goes like this:

If one person tells you something absolutely outrageous you won’t believe it. If a second person tells you the same story you will stop and wonder. If a third person, preferably someone you respect, tells you the same you will have no doubts about the story at all.

I have no idea how true this is but if two more people tell you the same thing…

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That’s the problem with families. Despite your best efforts at teaching them to have a healthy level of cynicism they can end up believing any old crap they read online. You have to watch out for the warning signs.

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Anyone that buys anything from Amazon is also part of the problem. Support your local bookshop while you still can.

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Don’t worry, your utopian vision of streets full of closed shops and associated tumbleweed will be here soon enough.

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  1. Make four slices of doorstep toast under the grill.
  2. Simultaneously nuke a tin of Heinz English Recipe baked beans in the microwave.
  3. Tip the hot beans onto the toast.
  4. Add a layer of mature cheddar.
  5. Optional splash of Worcester sauce
  6. Grill until the cheese browns and bubbles.

Serves two.

Et voilà, Cheese Beanos. You’re most welcome.

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That sucks :(

We have a mum cat and her three babies. She’s 15 now and the babies will be 15 in December. I have a feeling we may lose them close together. On the bright side, we have two more to keep us going :)

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Only you know that.

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Everything is economically unviable until the day that it is. Years ago someone I knew used to collect used photographic developer/fix from film labs for no charge. He had a warehouse full of it. One day it became viable to recover the silver from the dev fluid and he was set up for life.

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The way they treat animals. There is the obvious exception…

Touching moment chimp sees outdoors for the first time (www.bbc.com)

Vanilla, a 28-year-old chimpanzee, had never been outside of a cage or enclosure. She is one of the surviving chimps from the New York-based Laboratory for Experimental Medicine & Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP). Vanilla and her sister, Shake, have a new island home at Save the Chimps in Fort Pierce, Florida....

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Zoos are often a lot more enlightened these days and many do some valuable species conservation work but I know what you mean.

And yes, I can’t recall seeing a display of happiness like that other than a waggy dog when they see their owner.

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Pas de problem :)

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Er, yes, that was the story.

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Nup. You?

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Don’t worry, it’s the Internet; home of misunderstandings.

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Calm down, mate, it was a humorous exercise.

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