Scott
@scottfromcheshire.bsky.social
Northerner living in London (desperately trying to say bath correctly for fear of being ostracised).
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"Chatbots were generally bad at declining to answer questions they couldn’t answer accurately, offering incorrect or speculative answers instead.
Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts."
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
Tell your friends.
Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts."
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
Tell your friends.
March 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Chatbots were generally bad at declining to answer questions they couldn’t answer accurately, offering incorrect or speculative answers instead.
Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts."
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
Tell your friends.
Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts."
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
Tell your friends.
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Great job explaining why the economy could contract
Trade data from this morning has driven a huge drop in the Atlanta Fed GDPNow real-time tracker for Q1 GDP. Today's data took it from 2.321% to -1.477%. What's going on? Let's do a little thread explaining.
March 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Great job explaining why the economy could contract
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Starting trade wars to make it easier to take over the government was literally the plot to the Star Wars prequels.
February 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Starting trade wars to make it easier to take over the government was literally the plot to the Star Wars prequels.
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Yes, it can happen again. 👀
January 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Yes, it can happen again. 👀
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OK that’s quite funny.
January 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
OK that’s quite funny.
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Stop regulating my business, cut the tax I pay and reduce employment rights for my employees and everything will get immeasurably better.
-For everyone?
What do you mean?
-For everyone?
What do you mean?
January 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Stop regulating my business, cut the tax I pay and reduce employment rights for my employees and everything will get immeasurably better.
-For everyone?
What do you mean?
-For everyone?
What do you mean?
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“At 71, she learned she had ‘severe ADHD’, and finally began to accept herself.”
“There’s an empowerment that comes with diagnosis,” she says. “And confidence. Maybe I’m not as awful as I thought I was.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I was diagnosed with ADHD – and stopped hating myself
“There’s an empowerment that comes with diagnosis,” she says. “And confidence. Maybe I’m not as awful as I thought I was.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I was diagnosed with ADHD – and stopped hating myself
A new start after 60: I was diagnosed with ADHD – and stopped hating myself
After decades of self-doubt and depression, I’ve finally found my place in the world
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
“At 71, she learned she had ‘severe ADHD’, and finally began to accept herself.”
“There’s an empowerment that comes with diagnosis,” she says. “And confidence. Maybe I’m not as awful as I thought I was.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I was diagnosed with ADHD – and stopped hating myself
“There’s an empowerment that comes with diagnosis,” she says. “And confidence. Maybe I’m not as awful as I thought I was.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I was diagnosed with ADHD – and stopped hating myself
I've had to download X once again. This is just too good to miss.
January 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I've had to download X once again. This is just too good to miss.
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"have the ketamine-addled man-child call for Farage's resignation because he won't support Tommy Robinson"
"aren't you meant to be on holiday?"
"aren't you meant to be on holiday?"
January 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"have the ketamine-addled man-child call for Farage's resignation because he won't support Tommy Robinson"
"aren't you meant to be on holiday?"
"aren't you meant to be on holiday?"
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"Where will the money come from?" - Kate Andrews keeps asking, in order to press her attack on the NHS funding model.
Well, where will the money come from under ANY other model? Does adding a profit-making insurance layer make healthcare cheaper? No. It just makes it less fair. ~AA
Well, where will the money come from under ANY other model? Does adding a profit-making insurance layer make healthcare cheaper? No. It just makes it less fair. ~AA
December 17, 2024 at 1:33 PM
"Where will the money come from?" - Kate Andrews keeps asking, in order to press her attack on the NHS funding model.
Well, where will the money come from under ANY other model? Does adding a profit-making insurance layer make healthcare cheaper? No. It just makes it less fair. ~AA
Well, where will the money come from under ANY other model? Does adding a profit-making insurance layer make healthcare cheaper? No. It just makes it less fair. ~AA
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Yay
December 17, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Yay
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55 years ago. Still a good message.
December 16, 2024 at 11:12 PM
55 years ago. Still a good message.
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Pitch perfect satire
NEW: For those of you that missed it, here's that Kemi Badenoch Spectator article in full.
December 13, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Pitch perfect satire
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This is a good read from @jamesomalley.co.uk on the shortcomings of the Lobby system. Speaking as a member...
Lots of outlets have basically lost the plot when it comes to various govt-backed identity verification schemes, as they don't understand the tech
open.substack.com/pub/jamesoma...
Lots of outlets have basically lost the plot when it comes to various govt-backed identity verification schemes, as they don't understand the tech
open.substack.com/pub/jamesoma...
!["In other words, [govt OneLogin] will work a bit like when you sign into Spotify with your Google account, or Duolingo with Facebook. So in the not too distant future, if you create a OneLogin account to pay your taxes with HMRC, you'll also be able to use the same login to claim your benefits from DWP, or apple for a fishing licence from DEFRA.⁵
And though it is the subject of some controversy (which I'll cover in my future piece), the upshot is that it is completely unrelated to age verification in pubs or confirming your identity when opening a bank account. One is a system for the private sector - and the other is for the GOV.UK website.
Strangely the Sunday Times wasn't the only outlet to do this either - today there is similar reporting, making the exact same mistake on the Telegraph and Express.⁶
So in other words, it's another example like Peston during Covid, where non-specialist reporters have got the story half-right - but have bungled some of the key facts and context in the process. Which is bad."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6laekojw3whqu64tlaxopvgx/bafkreiakf5nxi7ftty4ijjao6jmqcqtq5lcxopkgpf73z6alnlm6h5nmfa@jpeg)
December 9, 2024 at 7:39 PM
This is a good read from @jamesomalley.co.uk on the shortcomings of the Lobby system. Speaking as a member...
Lots of outlets have basically lost the plot when it comes to various govt-backed identity verification schemes, as they don't understand the tech
open.substack.com/pub/jamesoma...
Lots of outlets have basically lost the plot when it comes to various govt-backed identity verification schemes, as they don't understand the tech
open.substack.com/pub/jamesoma...
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December 7, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
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It’s list season. A number of picks here I’ve not seen but any Belgian film making a top ten is a yes from me. (As is Furiosa, which is excellent)
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/m...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/m...
Best Movies of 2024 (Gift Article)
Our film critics rank their 10 favorites this year.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:47 AM
It’s list season. A number of picks here I’ve not seen but any Belgian film making a top ten is a yes from me. (As is Furiosa, which is excellent)
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/m...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/m...
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Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer that "we had a Budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
November 27, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer that "we had a Budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March