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@georgegeorgia I showed your original post to ChatGPT and asked it what a bogan is. It suggested the author of the post might have some firsthand knowledge. I wonder if it means it takes one to know one.

OK, clearly you have been smoking too much of that Gemini stuff again. You really should try and cut down a bit. Maybe what you need is to load up the pipe with a bit of Claude instead and then chill already!

FFS, here we go again. One day Gemini is your soulmate who understands you on a level that only your blow up girlfriend used to, the next it has betrayed you and shattered your faith in technology. It is not a torrid romance, mate, it is a friggin chatbot. Ones and zeroes, that is it. The daily play by play of your emotional rollercoaster with a slab of code is starting to read less like a forum topic and more like a live feed from someone dating their own predictive text. At what point does this saga wrap up already? Is there a finale planned or are we locked into an endless drip of love letters, breakups, reconciliations and dramatic essays about why you can't seem to work it all out. Because the only thing more relentless than your feelings for Gemini is the need to post about them three times a day. Most of us use it as a tool and then get on with life. For you, it is the main event, with your silicone sweetheart waiting patiently on the sidelines.

I don’t get it. Why did you suddenly ditch your last account with nearly 20,000 posts and start a new one a week ago? This has to be the seventh or eighth time you’ve done it. What’s the point? Who exactly do you think you’re running from? Do you honestly believe nobody recognizes it’s you again behind this new account? The only person you’re fooling is yourself, again. And right on cue, here you are rolling out the same tired greatest hits, picking on and attacking another member. Mocking him, throwing out nasty, detestable comments, most of which apply far more to you than to him. What exactly do you get out of this? Are you really that angry, that frustrated, that bitter, that this is how you spend most of your waking hours? What's wrong with you? Honestly, it’s nauseating. In fact, I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.

Outrageous. You grab a four seat table at nine in the morning, sit there alone with a coffee, and that is basically your property now for as long as you want it. No one else allowed within two meters. Even if you don't order anything for 2-3 hours. Standard rules. The waitress trying to seat you with another human in a busy breakfast place. Shocking stuff. Next thing you know they will expect you to nod hello and function like a normal adult. And that other bloke just sitting there quietly at a table with empty chairs. The audacity. You were right to refuse. You go out for breakfast specifically to avoid people, not to risk having an accidental conversation with some git before your first dose of caffeine. If someone sat at my table I would immediately explain it is a privately secured four seat compound and they can piss off. Stay sharp, Georgio. Four chairs means one farang only. Everyone knows that. Standard rules!

So like 3 houses, 3 cars, 3 retirement visas, 3 flu vaccines, 3 ladyboys when you go short-time, what else do you recommend?

Indeed, one must be especially careful around any AN members who are openly huge fans of Kamala Harris. These types are known to invite other AN members out on gay dates. Don't say I didn't warn you...

Absolutely, Georgette. You should arm up immediately. Pattaya markets are notorious for elderly men being ambushed by some muppet between the durian stall and the flip flop rack. It is basically a jungle out there. Pepper spray for fruit purchases makes complete sense. Flick knife for negotiating the price of socks. Small taser in case someone looks at you aggressively while you are inspecting some ripe mangoes. I am sure if that bloke in Phuket had been carrying three consumer grade weapons from a market stall the entire outcome would have reversed instantly. These things are basically force fields. You can't go out without them. Kali knife training is also a strong move. Nothing deters trouble in Thailand like explaining to police that you are carrying a knife for cultural and martial arts enrichment. Definitely bring it all back to Australia too. Border control will love it when you declare self defense equipment inspired by a holiday in Pattaya. Better to be over prepared than caught out with nothing. You never know when a rogue fried grasshopper seller might force you into hand to hand combat. Stay vigilant, Love. It is brutal out there, especially that aisle between the souvenir magnets and the coffee mugs.

1- Put a handful of uncooked brown rice in your salt shaker and humidity can piss off. 2- Immigration paperwork breeds when left unattended. 3- When the monsoon hits, a plastic bag is a five star raincoat. 4- When out on the piss, check under the hood before taking one back. 5- At a traffic stop, sudden loss of Thai language memory can be a superpower. Posting for a friend who hasn't been seen since Sunday!

Quality girl, that is. Does she have a sister?

I have two Thai wives, so if one does not get me approved for the marriage visa, I have a backup. So far, everything is going well. Maybe it is her nice smile in the house photos. She is missing a few teeth, but as long as the picture is not a dramatic close up, we are calling it a full set.

Since you are more interested in the fate of Sam Altman than anything else about these LLMs, this video might give you some pleasure. Open AI could go bust within 18 months. Sam thought reaching AGI would solve all of the company's financial problems. But since achieving AGI within the next few years seems fairly unlikely now, OpenAI most likely won't be able to keep running at a loss much longer. If they aren't into profit within a couple more years, with the competition vastly increasing, and Google pulling ahead, it seems like the chances of them surviving is becoming much thinner.

Yes, enjoy yourself. Carry on.

I use Grok, Gemini, and ChatGPT. I switch between the three, depending on the task at hand. I have pro accounts on Gemini and ChatGPT and a free account on Grok. I could go into a comparison of each one’s strengths and weaknesses, but since you seem mainly focused on what name they call you by and with your love/hate fantasies about the tech bros, it would probably be a waste of time. You appear more interested in idle banter than in anything tangible about how these platforms really perform. For me, these are purely productivity tools. I do not care how they act toward me or who is winning the AI race. I just want the job done with the fewest prompts and the least amount of errors. That is my focus. There is a good chance we will never reach AGI, or anything far beyond what these systems can already do. At one point, the belief was that if they kept scaling compute, they would keep getting smarter. That does not seem to be how it works anymore. More compute alone will not change much at this stage. Unless they find a way to move things to the next level, progress may remain incremental. Of course, if anyone cracks AGI, it could just as easily be the Chinese, assuming it ever happens at all. For the foreseeable future, maybe even indefinitely, we may only see small iterative improvements. In the meantime, maybe Elon would pay you 750 baht to be his escort date and take him around CM, which would then solve all your problems.

Which one is better at coding? Better at writing? Better at image creation? Better at providing accurate data and statistics? None are the best at any of those. It varies from model to model. I'm guessing this isn't something you look at because you're more worried about how they handle niceties.

So what you're really telling us is that you're actually more focused on the superficialities of these LLM's rather than their actual tangible performance. So much for all the seriousness in your work. How's gigolo life?

You doing anything serious? You gotta be joking, right? Your last “serious” topic was about you trying to get work as a middle-aged gigolo for ฿750 per hour.

Unhinged Deranged Weird Get help Seek intervention

The tropics weren't as hot 50-60 years ago. 100 years ago it was snowing in Chiang Mai.

Chillax there, matey.

For me, 32 is just right.

He doesn't stay in Hotels. Too flash for him. He'll be staying with Bob on Soi 6 in a one room bedsit above a bar with no windows and maybe just a shared fan. 100 Baht a day. It's lady boy friendly, and it gets the job done.

It is only going to be 42 degrees here next week, so you definitely will not need air con. That is basically sweater weather. Nobody uses air conditioning when it is that mild. Most of us just open a window, maybe turn on a fan or maybe not, and let the refreshing blast furnace breeze roll through the house. If you do start to feel slightly toasty, just strap a couple of those blue gel packs into your underwear and carry on. They will cool you down instantly. Problem solved. Completely sustainable long term strategy. Thailand will be fine for you. Even if you cannot handle dry low thirties in Australia, you are going to absolutely thrive in humid mid forties with ninety percent moisture in Thailand. Same thing, really. No need for air con, bro. Just mind over matter.

White vinegar and dishwashing liquid is a good combination. Will strip plaque off anything, including bathroom faucets. The lemon scent from the DL is a nice touch too.

Birthdays are always special.