I certainly enjoy talking to LLMs about work for example, asking things like “was my boss an arse to say x, y, z” as the LLM always seems to be on my side… Now it could be my boss is an arse, or it could be the LLM sucking up to me. Either way, because of the many examples I’ve read online, I take it with a pinch of salt.

Interesting explanation of the psychology and I don’t necessarily doubt it, But I also offered a solution. The solution I’ve offered fixes the problem, the salesman’s solution sounds like it solves the problem but does not.

Yes exactly this. I try and explain a computer thing to someone and get ignored. That same person talks to some sales rep in the electronics store and comes away “ohh they said I need to buy super expensive antivirus, that’ll solve my issue with my screen resolution being too low”. 🤦

I hate reddits new UI. Shows a few comments, hides sub-comments, then a block of ads, then a useless automoderator comment and finally a ‘click for more comments’ button.

Thanks!

Does the article neither list the products or a link to the original paper?

Someone literally copy and pasted a whole ChatGPT comment in an email reply to some questions I’d asked them. I was somewhat insulted.

I’m not in favour of any of the age restriction stuff UK government is doing.

Good argument, but:

Phones in the UK can be bought without a contract and untied to any network.

Pay as you go SIM cards can be bought without a contract.

Credit cards used to make purchases online require users to be 18 or over. Debit cards on the other hand can be issued to those under 18 (but a bank account will require evidence of ID, address, age). https://www.gohenry.com/uk/blog/financial-education/what-age-can-you-get-a-debit-card-in-the-uk

People can change and opinions can change :) the brain does a lot of processing itself.https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=processing+painful+memories&oq=processing+painful+mem#d=gs_qabs&t=1772031476416&u=%23p%3DhKK6MlHuq8QJ

Thanks for the reply, I will checkout Wallabag.

It’s a legal requirement in the UK. Mobile number is used in so many places it’s effectively acting as an ID.

This fosters consumer choice and supports effective competition by removing barriers to switching – being able to keep your number may impact your decision to change provider.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/phone-numbers/number-portability-info

How do you download articles in advance? I used to use pocket but it’s been discontinued.

I WFH so between 3 - 4gb per month on mobile network. If I’m on holiday or have to head to the office more for some reason it’ll go up.

Most of it is audio, either music or podcasts, so with a bit of planning I could pre-download stuff on WiFi if I needed to cut down.

I’m in the UK and totally agree the packages are just ridiculous in price and data limits, I get by on £5 a month rolling - Lebara, Lyca - seem to offer the best small deals.

For comparison I use 30-40gb on WiFi.

You’ll have to rent a starlink from Elon, so he can keep an eye on your habits too.

Just think of the marketing potential, dynamic pricing …

(Sounds like hell to me)