@grammargirl
Cool!
Cool!
yeliaBdE
@yeliab
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Lurking for the moment until my tusks grow in...
@mcdanlj
I see what you mean about those bat-handle toggles; a bit of rough handling and they'd be in mortal peril.
Perhaps you know someone with some metalworking skills who could whip up some of those "anti-bump" switch protectors you see on aircraft control panels? 😉
It'd sure be cool to learn about countries that (due to tradition or their language not being written using Latin characters) use something other than lorem ipsum for their filler text... 
People in the future may well refer to "gifts" given by questionable "friends" as being a real "Qatari Boeing".
@mcdanlj
As I started reading your post, I thought you were getting yourself into a "vise of Theseus" scenario, but was reassured by your ending graf...
As I started reading your post, I thought you were getting yourself into a "vise of Theseus" scenario, but was reassured by your ending graf...
@msw
Heh -- I feel seen...
Heh -- I feel seen...
In general, I view LLMs as being similar to knives: Highly useful in some situations, questionably useful in others, and likely to cut you if wielded thoughtlessly.
@grammargirl I was so disappointed to hear an egregious error on your latest podcast that I felt compelled to set the record straight. And so, riffing on an evergreen opening line of a timeless novel, I can only state:
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the cardboard tube at the centers of rolls of paper products have always been, and will always be, known as a "der-der".
I trust you will set the record straight in light of this fact.
😉
@mcdanlj
I imagine you're probably already aware of it, but if not, Keith Rucker has a bunch of scanned docs for all sorts of machine tool goodies:
@grammargirl
Insurance company calls are closet calls in our house; time for a new family tradition for y'all?
Insurance company calls are closet calls in our house; time for a new family tradition for y'all?