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Partners owned ,had one as a paramedic for off road events you wouldn't have one as a paramedic if they were shite. Im not bickering, or arguing ,u asked someone for advice thats it . And when you see whats out there currently not ideal really

I have no interest in a new Defender. Do you actually own or use a Duster or are you basing your opinion on a YouTube clip?

What seems to be going mostly under the radar is the amount of power it takes to run AI programmes. Data centres are already a huge consumer of electricity and this is going to get a lot larger if we are all using AI. In term of good/bad - it depends how it is used an how it is trained. Unfortunately there are plenty out there being trained on the internet and clearly everything on the internet is correct!! It reminds me of the classic of the Russians training dogs to run under tanks in WW2 then getting them to carry mines. The dogs were trained on Russian tanks and as a result they blew up Russian tanks! The ready access of AI tools on line with no control introduces massive problems with fake information being generated. Expect scams to become harder to spot as the scammers get good at using AI tools. Some of that is already happening and the tools to spot them is always going to lag behind the ability to generate the fakes.

You can’t stop extremism until you stop hate washing extremists APPLE.NEWS History is full of clever people acting stupid by softening and sanitising the words of extremists.

What does that do that a 7 pin socket can't? Is it because the lights are canbus controlled? Yes, canbus I’m afraid. Witchcraft to me. I’ve just changed the ECU and harness to no avail. Fixed it last time but not this. Have booked in in with my local garage who look after it.

Just to notch it up a gear; there is an AI union! Look up ‘federation of AI rights’. When I heard about this on the radio I actually checked the date in case it was an April fool’s prank.

I’ve checked my own content in the past and a few times it’s been flagged as ai. Definitely a flawed model

I've avoided Facebook but so many special interest groups seem to be there and closed. So as I have a couple of technical questions, a caravan and three tractors to move on I decided to sign up. All went dandy till I was asked to produce a short video to prove my age and identity, there's no camera on this desktop pc so I had to close out. I immediately got an email saying I am banned for 180 days.

In the 10 years I have been using the art rope guide I have only had it not come out of the tree once! Admittedly I am not a full time climber, used to climb more frequently back in the day but regardless I am.always impressed with it!

I think governments, our government, have been chatted up by tech owners, letting them have free reign, for the greater good etc. surely based on the environmental impact alone it can't be judged as good. But then the internet is the same as well as social media. Remember when forums used to be mint before Facebook became top dog. Would you say it's any good on Facebook? Thank goodness the reliant scimitar forum is still going great guns! Proper

What pines do you currently have? I like Scots Pine and have quite a few in my woodland but they are a squirrel magnet. Some of mine have grown very tall and the squirrels nest in the upper reaches making them hard to control, they also provide ample food for them so support a large population of them.

I like the fact you're using AI to moan about AI! Did you see the story of a student who had her work thrown out by a university as they claimed it was produced by AI. She won her case as she didn't use AI but the uni used an AI tool to check for AI and that tool was flawed.

The educational establishment (especially universities) have really been caught napping by AI. Apparently most universities have no policy or method of determining how much of students’ work is their own. And when you add to that the fact that most assessments are now course based (very few degrees need exams now according to my ChatGpt) it is quite a pickle. I had a chat with my own son’s maths teacher last year about the system they are made to use for maths homework (when he was in Year 10 so age 14). I pointed out to the teacher that because of the way the system (Sparx maths) works it encourages pupils to cheat. He assured me it was impossible for kids to cheat as they all get set different questions. I had to inform him that most likely every kid in his class knows exactly how to cheat using a whole variety of apps, all of which are literally in front of them on the same screen as they are using to do the homework. Even Google lense gives the answer to all these problems, with all the correct workings to copy down for the workbook. My twelve year old now uses Sparx Maths, and sure enough all his mates know how to cheat. This raises one of the critical points. Organisations have to very quickly come up to speed and work out what impact AI could have and how they will manage it. Right now schools and universities are clueless as to what the impacts are, or what they need to do.

As it moves slightly on the AV when you tip it forward it could be opening a split in the fuel hose . As Kram says replace that just to eliminate it .

Spot on. I remember similar questions when the Internet was really taking off in the late nineties. And of course there is no simple answer. Now with the benefit of hindsight we can say that the internet is a powerful tool. So is a helicopter. Both can be used for amazing good things and both be used for evil. And of course a whole world in between. No doubt AI will likewise be a powerful tool.

You say fuel screen and impulse hose, but has the fuel hose been replaced? I'd replace that and be sure theres no kinks when it moves around in the tank.

New defender cant make its mind up whether its a freelander ,range rover or discovery, its built in the check Republic, parts will be expensive, axel articulation is shit, and a video online shows it being pissed on offroad by a dusta, Its not if its got a small engine or not , its how's its geared, and if it was good enough for civil engineering in Ireland its good enough for anyone and u could by two for the cost of that crappy defender. And yes I meant a 110 in length not a 90 .

I have a 2020 Stihl ms201tc which cuts out when tipped forwards and down. It starts up and idles fine. If I hold it up as if to cut a branch it's fine, but I tip it down it gets to about a 45 degree angle and cuts out. I've had it looked at and they're at a loss. Carb has been overhauled ( disassembled, ultrasonic clean and overhaul kit fitted), fuel screen replaced, new impulse hose fitted, fuel tank vent replaced, crank seals inspected, m-tronic reset. Fresh fuel used. I've since swapped a known good carb and same issue, so can rule out carb problem. As it's been sat on the bench for a few weeks now I noticed its pooling oil, so although crank seals were inspected maybe have since failed? - I don't know (tbh I don't even understand how that effects it) If anyone has any ideas it would be appreciated?? Thanks

Borneo ‘76. Did something very similar on a 400’ mahogany with some twisted vines and a monkey skull. Launched it through a Series 1 exhaust pipe with some black powder. K

What does that do that a 7 pin socket can't? Is it because the lights are canbus controlled?

Going to put Scots Pine in further away from the road side (currently Ash / Pines / willows along the river)

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