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New comment by brindidrip in "EFF is leaving X"

brindidrip — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:56:53 +0000

If the reason for leaving X is a 97% drop in impressions, explain moving to Bluesky and Mastodon where you'll get even less. The numbers argument is a fig leaf. This is an ideological decision dressed up as strategy, and that's fine -- just say that instead of pretending it's about data. As for "ad hominem" -- pointing out that the person making the decision has an advocacy background, not a growth background, isn't an attack. I am providing context for why a "data-driven" post reads like a manifesto.

New comment by brindidrip in "DNA study confirms Christopher Columbus’s remains are entombed in Seville"

brindidrip — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 23:34:43 +0000

The article spun off into an op-ed piece discrediting Columbus and his achievements. What a shame.

New comment by brindidrip in "The concurrence of three climatic events"

brindidrip — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:54:07 +0000

So given this context and assuming it is accurate, where do you think would be the most viable areas to live? If I were to consider for the US, I'd say inland northern states like Wisconsin and Michigan thanks to the Great Lakes...

New comment by brindidrip in "US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada"

brindidrip — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:39:01 +0000

Foreign Ministry of Defense for Canada confirmed it was not a balloon, but a small cylindrical object.

New comment by brindidrip in "US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada"

brindidrip — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 23:13:41 +0000

I don't know why everyone is so quick to label these other objects as balloons.

New comment by brindidrip in "US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alaska coast"

brindidrip — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:39:38 +0000

I noticed some odd things while watching the press conference. Pat Ryder had a potential Freudian slip and said that it was taken down because it "posed a threat to civili..." and he enunciated the "li" as if he were going to say "civilization," but he then paused and corrected himself to say "civilian." Another odd thing was when Pat Ryder answered a question about why the President's decision to take down the object was necessary. Pat mentioned something like, "Presidents usually make decisions when certain threats in our airspace pose a danger to civilians on the ground."

It's extremely odd to me that they were able to identify the object by sending our own airmen to visually confirm it, but if that's the case, wouldn't they be able to definitively conclude that it wasn't a balloon? Pat kept it ambiguous and kept insisting that it was some sort of object.

New comment by brindidrip in "ChatGPT passes the 2022 AP Computer Science A free response section"

brindidrip — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 23:25:24 +0000

SOMEBODY KILL IT

New comment by brindidrip in "Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT"

brindidrip — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 18:31:31 +0000

Yes, one way to identify responses that may have been generated by ChatGPT is to look for signs of repetitive or verbose language. Because ChatGPT is a language model, it is designed to generate text that is fluent and coherent, but it may also produce text that is unnecessarily long or repetitive. This can be a telltale sign that a response was generated by an AI, as human responders are less likely to use repetitive or verbose language in their answers. Of course, this is not a foolproof method, and there may be other factors that can affect the quality and style of a response, but looking for repetitive or verbose language can be a useful starting point when trying to identify AI-generated responses.

New comment by brindidrip in "Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT"

brindidrip — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 18:28:00 +0000

We need to start developing software to detect AI responses.

To detect a response generated by ChatGPT, we could first analyze the content of the response to see if it contains any unnatural or repetitive language. We could also check the formatting of the response to see if it follows the typical conventions used by human responders on the platform. Additionally, we could check for any unusual patterns in the timestamps of the response, as AI-generated responses may be posted more quickly or regularly than responses written by humans. Finally, we could also use machine learning algorithms to train a model to identify responses generated by ChatGPT based on these and other characteristics.

Quick, someone ask ChatGPT to generate the stubs.

New comment by brindidrip in "Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT"

brindidrip — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 18:26:18 +0000

It seems like there are a few potential negative consequences of using AI-generated answers on Stack Overflow. For one, the quality of the answers may be lower than if they were written by a human. Additionally, if these AI-generated answers become too common, it could potentially lead to a more impersonal and less supportive community on Stack Overflow. Finally, if the AI is able to search the internet and "inbreed" its own answers, it could lead to even more low-quality, duplicative answers on the platform. Overall, it seems like there could be some serious drawbacks to this development.

Note: This answer was generated by ChatGPT after being fed this thread.

New comment by brindidrip in "Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT"

brindidrip — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 18:20:31 +0000

I am afraid for whats to come. This is truly only the beginning. Good luck everyone. See you on the other side.

New comment by brindidrip in "Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT"

brindidrip — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 17:13:30 +0000

At some point it seems like Stack Overflow will just be an archive of guided ChatGPT responses.

New comment by brindidrip in "Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT"

brindidrip — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 17:11:55 +0000

Here is an example that I noticed:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74678832/change-text-col...

Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT

brindidrip — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 17:07:21 +0000

What are the repercussions of this?

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