Scripting News: Saturday, April 27, 2024
I asked ChatGPT: "Could I paste in the source code of a JS package i wrote and 1. ask you to remember it and 2. ask you questions about it later?" Short version of answer -- no. #
A use-case for ChatGPT. You get a hard-to-understand error message from MySQL, so you send the code to ChatGPT and it gives you a perfect error message, and gives you the corrected code. It also can generate SQL from an actual English language description. Quite a loop-close, since SQL was sold as programming in English, just like COBOL or AppleScript, except in ChatGPT you really are using English. It's precise English, but not "marketing" English (ie non-technical managers can be fooled by what they see). An intelligent non-programmer could actually write code, not sure of that of course since I am a programmer myself. #
I love that I can ask ChatGPT how to spell the word exposé in a literate way. Google is difficult about it. It tried to erase the word from my query, then gave me the wrong spelling. #
I was pleased to read the NYT op-ed complaining that President Biden wouldn't sit for an interview.#
I think they blew it when they ran so many stories quoting a DOJ lawyer explaining why he was not prosecuting Biden.#
"A sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."#
I didn't forget they did that, as I'm sure President Biden hasn't. #
As I understand it, the proper DOJ procedure for not charging someone is to say nothing. You might write them a letter to tell them they don't need to prepare to defend themselves. Anything more than that puts your motives in question, and should get you fired as a DOJ attorney. I never saw a NYT article that even asked this question -- who is this person and why should we care what he thinks about Biden. #
And btw, is it good journalism to raise an issue of basic competence about the sitting President of the United States without a bit more background and substance? #
How is giving credit to such a story journalism? Sounds like trash that would run in the National Enquirer. #
The NYT has a lot of nerve after covering that "story" so extensively, to demand that Biden sit for an interview. Can you imagine. They'd be reviewing anything but what he said. So disrespectful of our president. And so disrespectful of the Americans who elected him. If you want to raise an issue, come prepared with some journalism to back it up. That's what we expect from the NYT, not what we got from them.#
PS: On the other hand, thanks to the NYT for posting this on their own website. The often used Medium in the past for statements like this. #
Linkblog items for the day.
Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit. joinmastodon.org
People Are Slowly Realizing Their Auto Insurance Rates Are Skyrocketing Because Their Car Is Covertly Spying On Them. techdirt.com
Best Practices for Working with Large Language Models. thenewstack.io
According to Google the NYT ran 52 stories containing the quote: "A sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." google.com
In Race to Build A.I., Tech Plans a Big Plumbing Upgrade. nytimes.com
2024 Tesla Cybertruck vs. Rivian R1T vs. Ford F-150 Lightning. motortrend.com
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