Squaredy
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Yes and even when they ’fix’ The problem what actually happens is someone comes up with a workaround which sometimes just kicks the problem down the road, and sometimes creates a whole series of other problems. I clearly remember my reaction when I first worked in IT support that no-one tried to actually understand the cause of the bug - they just attempted to alleviate the symptom. And that was thirty years ago; I guess it is way more complex now.
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But to add to my answer just now, even though it was not AI, it highlights the importance of any system, machine or indeed AI having proper oversight by actual humans with the right skills.
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No it was a system designed in the nineties that had a flaw. All IT systems have flaws -bugs- often thousands. Usually when a roll-out happens the developers work with the end users and gradually work through them and you hopefully eventually get a functional system. What seems to have happened with Horizon is the state’s natural instinct to deflect any blame kicked in and therefore the only possible reason for all the errors was that suddenly hundreds of hard working sub-postmasters had become thieves. It is quite a scary scenario and no doubt not unique.
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Where I see lots of benefit in AI is beuracracy. If you think of civil servants who work for HMRC, DWP, D of E, and many others, replace these with far fewer humans (presumably AI will need oversight for a long time, maybe always) and use the money saved to actually improve public services. Get rid of 1000 people at D of E and employ 1000 extra teachers for example.
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Remember that automation started around 200 years ago. Far less time globally is taken up with providing food and shelter than it was then. But our expectations have evolved. You might think that car manufacturing (as an example) would employ less people due to robots and automation. Wrong. More people work in car manufacture today than in 1960. Our needs and expectations have changed. We don’t yet know how things will evolve due to AI; but the fact that millions of jobs will be lost does not mean there will be millions unemployed!
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At least spelling errors tell me these posts are not AI. I wonder if you can tell AI to mis-spell random words to make it look human produced?! I have all the original Tom & Jerry on one DVD, with all the proper characters, such as the large black woman before she was replaced by a woke alternative. I actually bought it for my kids before they discovered YouTube.
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I wish I could disagree with you, but I think the reality is more and more people are waking up the reality. Look what happened in Germany. In 2015 crowds applauded the new immigrants arriving. Now in 2025 all recent polling shows majority think it has gone too far and not been managed. Sounds familiar. By the way anybody who bothers to actually read Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech from 1968 will see he was not a racist but a very wise man. Yes the language is now dated, but he actually undertsated the case. In many ways it is far worse than he foresaw.
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Fair play, that looks awesome.
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So what you are saying is you only tested the outside. If it has been kilned quickly the outside will be dry and the middle sopping wet. You need to split a large piece and test the centre. All wood will burn well if dry.
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A photo of the cut end would help. And how did you test the moisture? In the middle or the edge? It makes a massive difference.
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You need to attach the photo. But also when you tested the moisture did you split a piece and test the middle?
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Yes very true. He even seems an elder statesman of politics now. Apparently he has quite a strong influence over the current Labour Party.
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I haven’t seen the recent series about it but I have followed this for over thirty years. It is still not over; a suspect will be coming to trial next year in the US I believe. Incredible that the UK and US governments have known from day one the truth, and still the farce of investigation continues. It is the most incredible waste of public money. Can you imagine any other person found guilty of murdering 270 people being released after just 8 years?
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That is a very good point. Reform certainly are influential, but only because they keep talking sense about issues which are of grave concern. EG they keep banging on about immigration, but if none of the public thought it was a concern they would get no more airtime than the Monster Raving Luny party.
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LOL... to be fair I said I would not go to Pillgwenlly in Newport after dark....but thanks for the mention!
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And perhaps because they are getting a fair bit of support!
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Israel have a history of defending themselves and prioritising their country's safety. Horrible things happen in war it is true. But can you imagine if they hadn't responded strongly to the 7 October massacre? Palestinians have a habit of committing acts of terror throughout the world in collaboration with Iran. The biggest terrorist act in the UK was carried out by palestinians. I know which lot I would rather disappear.
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To be fair Reform are setting the agenda despite having only a handful of seats, so they do indeed get a lot of airtime as they have huge influence.
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Bear in mind you will never get both sides from the BBC. They are highly pro-Palestine.
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Yes. 100% oak.
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If anyone still thinks our judiciary and tribunal process are sane they need to look at the tribunal decision for the nurse in Fife (Sandie Peggy). If you don’t know the case she was disciplined for objecting to a man in the female changing rooms at work. The judgement stated that there is no evidence that a man in a woman’s only space is any more of a threat to a woman than a woman would be. Here is a verbatim quote “In our view, having read all the documents, there is very far from sufficient reliable evidence to establish as a fact that a trans woman who is legally and biologically male is a greater risk to any person assigned female at birth within a changing-room environment at a workplace than another woman assigned female at birth” What planet do they live on?
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Alder, any market other than biomass?
Squaredy replied to Johnpl315's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Anybody got any decent alder near South Wales? I am not super fussy: most alder logs are good as long as they are the first and second lengths. I could use a lorry load or a mixture with other hardwoods such as ash sycamore, cherry or most things really. -
It sure does. I do love a hot dog.
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Here it is this evening.
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It is good. But don’t underestimate how much firewood it burns. Probably getting on for a ton of properly dry firewood per month when it is cold. So don’t even think about it unless you have the energy, space and time to process a whole lot of firewood. If you have to buy it in you will save no money.
