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Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.
Joined Nov 2022
@eclectech snoozy elephant
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Day 15 of #photOctober2023 and the themes are breakfast and mountain. I'm ignoring breakfast (other than eating it as I looked through my photos) because I have an absolute favourite mountain photo & I don't really know why I bothered looking through any others.
This is the largest mountain in the UK, Ben Nevis, looking like an elephant.
I mean. Really. 🐘
@jerry good luck, it'll be fine. maybe after a few reboots and some dns propagation, but it'll be fine :)
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I *really* dislike the use of "hallucination" as a way to describe the behavior of LLMs. Not because it anthropomorphizes them, but because hallucinations are disorders of sensory perception. They don't make you spew out plausibly-sounding bullshit.
If you need a familiar term, "confabulation" is probably a better pick.
@lcamtuf "salesmanship" is closer for me: overhears/half-reads something and makes up utter bollocks about it, but it reads well and is plausible enough to be believed
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Day 14 of #photOctober2023 and the themes are blurred and street sign.
I took this as I walked up a hill on the narrow road on the St Abbs Nature Reserve. As I slowly approached the sign, and paused to take in the view and a deep breath, I thought to myself "rude!"
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@jonty Pretty Large Online Platform was right there...
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having a body sucks. why does my mind have to be attached to a big tamagotchi
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Stlex 
Vincent Price: bisexual gourmet
Peter Cushing: Warhammer and bird enthusiast
Christopher Lee: real-life spy who very likely assassinated one or more people
Old horror movie icons were a wild bunch.
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In computer security it is always spooky season :(
@eclectech it was still good, and I got to have beans on toast at the Pitlochry boating station while watching ducklings :)
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- Hey, you know how salmon jump up waterfalls on their way to spawn? I managed to catch one on video.
- Nice. You haven't done anything stupid to this amazing, strong, determined, creature have you?
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- I said...
- I heard what you said.
@35millimetre that looks roughly handluggage in size... do they travel well, and what are they like with cats? ;)
@eclectech Dunnett was a bit blowy but the whole week was downpouring rain. Originally intended to camp but ended up in a b&b in Inverness to dry out a little.
@eclectech ooh nice. Ardamurchan is on my list of Places To Go but my nearest chance so far was during an extra-stormy west coast week while I was on my motorbike. Managed to splosh up to Dunnett Head and John O'Groats instead though.
@stavvers big hugs, and raise a glass with her
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Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.
Joined Nov 2022
