I was bored so I did the unthinkable. Well, to me it was always unthinkable as I have always been anti- #ai. But, out of curiosity I subscribed to #ChatGPT -4o and have been feeding various essays, poems, and posts from my various websites and asking for explications and such. And wow does #ChatGPT4o have a great deal of just wonderful things to say about me. I will admit getting all this truly high praise is seducing.
Okay. So I have been using #ChatGPT for a couple of hours and there is no doubt in my mind that many, many, many college students are using #ChatGPT4o to write essays. I am so, so, so sorry #AcademicChatter professors and lecturers. I am so glad this was not around when I was in school. First colleges across the country started shutting down extensive #writing courses/programs and now this. Oh, what a loss of a good #education.
@raskolnik
In der Steamfantasy-Reihe "Drúdir" von Swantje Niemann, die ich empfehlen kann, gibt es eine Demokratie. Bei den Parteien dort gibt es außerdem mehrere Anspielungen auf reale Parteien in DE.
Ich habe bisher keine anderen Fantasybücher gelesen, bei denen das der Fall ist.
Mehr über die Buchreihe auf der Seite der Autorin: https://www.swantjeniemann.de/buecher
Just sent out “Rising Resistance" to beta readers! So glad to have revisions off my plate. It's always the slowest part of writing for me. I don't dislike it, I add a ton of material, but it's a slog.
I have to say that I have mixed feelings about the Ninja Creami blender-style ice cream maker compared to a churner. But holy shit it makes perfect milkshakes with near zero effort. Makes it completely worth it.
@REdOG
I see. Well for me too, Xorg offered all the features I need and is still more well supported than Wayland in some areas, but on my system Wayland has so much better performance. On Xorg I was having mouse lags, on Wayland it's just smooth.
#booksuggestions anybody know of some novels or series with themes including the good side of humanity? I really like #StarTrek for that, where the human heart is challenged yet prevails.
Not necessarily looking for Sci-Fi but not excluding it either. Maybe something historical or steampunky would be cool. 😅
@picklejr@books@books@bookstodon I really like #TheOrville for that. I think they went really far but beware that even if it starts as a comedy, it gets really serious and deep towards the end
At the bottom in small print, it says "The owner of this form has not provided a privacy statement as to how they will use your response data. Do not provide personal or sensitive information."
I just replied to the same email they sent the survey link to me with. The one thing I wanted to give them as feedback in response to their questions about why I hadn't kept my membership.
"What has kept me from renewing with all plant science professional orgs has been the lack of accessibility & inclusion for disabled people. The ageism towards older students is also not helpful or welcoming."
Just owning it says enough about one’s personality for me to pass judgement. Same as people who wear camo, people who open-carry, and people who have a Trump sticker on their car.
Does anyone have experience of difficult conversations with geriatric parents? I could use advice on how to tackle a tricky situation. Might run to a few posts:
My mum has very limited mobility and falls a lot, together with all sorts of other ailments that are no fun. She has a history of depression (including staying in a psychiatric unit) and is going downhill again as her life is shrinking so much. This is difficult for everyone in lots of ways but on thing has risen to the top. Cont'd...
and, I might add, entirely capable of looking after her as I do very frequently and she always says I do so much blah blah. Then we have to tell her that she's asking too much of her friends - I don't want to admit how I know that - and that if she feels the need for someone in the room with her when Dad's out and me floating around the house isn't enough then it'll be a carer at £30/hr. Of course I can be around but with my @actuallyautistic hat on please don't make me sit in a cluttered room
@actuallyautistic with a very loud TV. I can do it for a few minutes but it really does my head in. So she'll feel that me being around means sitting in monastic silence. She can't really chat because she's very hard to understand. It's a shitshow of a situation. She doesn't really get that for Dad and me to look after her she needs to work with us. So fun conversation coming up and I'm not sure how to approach it without sounding brutal, which isn't my intention but often happens.
@huuishuu cool story. Still shitty. It's never okay to demand others withhold their political message for your own comfort. If you have a problem with the message, you are free to ignore the content. Nobody is forcing you to participate.