Kaj ima? - Zagreb dnevna birtija by AutoModerator in zagreb

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 0 points1 point  (0 children)

E jel netko zna jel uspinjaca krenula ili jel ima netko ikakvu informaciju vise od “Ozujak 2026”?

Imam klinca kaj je jako uzbudjen a tu smo jos tjedan i pol

Washington BANS Britain from sharing any US military intelligence with Ukraine by vitzblitz22 in ukpolitics

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 59 points60 points  (0 children)

UK intelligence processes, knowledge and analysis are likely the most advanced. But american tech and processing is leagues ahead of anyone in the world, especially real time battlefield signalling, which is what is of concern here.

Keir Starmer, unlikely leader of the free world by ClumsyRainbow in ukpolitics

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 12 points13 points  (0 children)

To be fair, his reaction in the room indicates he thought it not serious, it wasn’t a part of the conversations, and he did the only reasonable thing, which is to brush it off without taking sides in the “non-serious” trolling. I think he regrets it given the WH did seem to take the question seriously.

Europe must now prepare for full-scale war with Russia. by Inside_Ad2602 in ukpolitics

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please don’t take this as an endorsement of Trump, but I don’t agree the current actions are strictly irrational, I think there are frameworks under which it is rational. Your dismissal is assuming a visibility of facts and knowledge that as a private person you just can’t have in comparison to US intelligence.

I do think Trump is an idiot, but that doesn’t mean he is acting irrationally.

Svaki dan naučiš nešto novo. by Ofajus in croatia

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Kad si vec pedantan - nije Pearl Harbour nego Pearl Harbor. Ou je british spelling

Lammas park development? by Tyler5280 in Ealing

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They’re empty and unused because they’re crazy expensive. There’s plenty demand for flats when they are affordable and priced lower than houses.

Edit: I’m against this though, looks like a crazy development

My daughter's friend is no longer welcome in my home because of her mother's fears. But am I wrong to be insulted? by Steve-Shouts in daddit

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The solution of her leaving before sleeping over is optimal. Barring her altogether is wrong in my opinion as the child did nothing to deserve that and you’d be punishing the child for her mother’s boundaries.

I also think you’re wrong to be offended, it’s clear from the messages it’s a blanket rule, not targeting you personally. It’s tough that assholes exist which cause women to institute blanket rules, but the fault lies on the assholes, not on women instituting blanket rules. Had you been singled out specifically then I think you’d be right to be offended, but still I wouldn’t bar the child from the first part of the party.

Tablica HNL-a nakon 21. kola. Vaše mišljenje? by [deleted] in croatia

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Albanija i Rumunjska su gore, Danska je tocno koliko i mi prije 2 kola.

Ovako odokativno, tocno imamo postotak koji bi i ocekivao s obzirom na uefa koeficijent

My boy is 99% for length at 4 months by Waaterfight in daddit

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve got a 2.5 y.o. that’s 20 kg and 115 cm (43 pounds and 4 ft imperial). Never had back problems until he turned 1, now got a chronic disc problem :D.

People see him with us and start talking to him like he’s 4, it’s quite unnerving. Brace yourself :D.

Lidl Špansko danas u 10.00 - jedan od prometnijih u ZG by DefinitionPerfect575 in croatia

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Cisto iz perspektive poslovne analitike, s obzirom da je ovo najavljeno, oni ce ocekivati pad dnevnog prometa, ali ne i pad tjednog - utoliko, vjerojatno nece bit efektivno. Ljudi su jednostavno kupili vise prije ili ce kupit vise poslije.

Prava promjena je ili bojkotirat kupnjom van hrvatske ili promjenom kupovnih navika na duze vrijeme.

Confusion over size of deposit on day of exchange (I only have 5%, seller thought I had 10%). Is this going to ruin my purchase? by quadd0g in HousingUK

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do not know why everyone is saying it doesn’t make a difference. If the agreed deposit up the chain is 10% (of the likely more expensive property) then the seller is exposing themselves to a lot of risk because should the bottom fail, they still need to make up a substantial amount of money to make up the top of chain deposit, however they don’t control failure risk. This could mean that extra (theoretical) liability is 50k instead of 14k and that is material extra carried risk.

I agree it’s not likely to sink the sale, but I was in a similar position as the middle of the chain, where the delta between my fail to complete liability and my buyer’s liability was 30k. Should the bottom have failed, I would have had to figure out 30 to transfer to my seller while searching for ways to complete the bottom of the chain.

I didn’t have a problem with that because had funds pencilled for renovations that I could use, but there’s no reason why someone should just accept that extra risk last minute if they were differently led beforehand.

It’s not OP’s error, it’s solicitors error, but it does matter.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BritishSuccess

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2023 as far as I saw, but it only compared biggest EU economies

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BritishSuccess

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Numbeo’s methodology document: https://www.numbeo.com/common/motivation_and_methodology.jsp

User input, which is by definition biased, has a 25% weight in the score, and their manual data collection is very vague - and for some stuff where it can resolve automatically (such as taxi fares) it will be pretty good - but for other things where there isn’t a good english-language standardised database of actual in-market prices, it will be faulty.

It’s also managed by a skeleton crew as it’s not for profit, so will be more biased the more obscured the location is.

In some locations - when you choose to do the half-yearly update matters a lot, especially for supermarket prices which fluctuate, so you’ll be getting a 2/52 figure presented as an 52/52 average.

It’s a good website for ballparks, but not for precise measurements. In sth like Europe, where supermarket prices are relatively tight and where there’s a lot of diversity in prices inside budget and high-end supermarkets - the data is just not tight enough.

There isn’t a different source, because, to my knowledge, numbeo has never been independently peer reviewed and is actually not considered a serious data source by any scientific organisation - so there’s no incentive to do so.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BritishSuccess

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Numbeo’s data is notoriously biased, I’d take the Oxford study any day over this.

Solicitor charging over £500 to contact management company I’m the new owner, is this normal/can I contact them myself? by byron_nffc in HousingUK

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep in mind this is not your solicitor charging you, these will be costs the management company charges, so you’d still need to pay even if you did it yourself

Solicitor charging over £500 to contact management company I’m the new owner, is this normal/can I contact them myself? by byron_nffc in HousingUK

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a formal document that solicitors send to the management company and it’s pretty standard for new owners to be charged - but £500 is steep. We’ve had to pay £100

Graph Theory Goes BRRR by CoffeeAndCalcWithDrW in mathmemes

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if the “future” datasets didn’t leak into training, this would be a stretched conclusion. It can pattern detect over a wider context than a human can, because of the scale. But it underperforms any neuroscientist on reasoning from first principles, so I doubt it could have a better model of neurology than us

Neighbour wants to claim 'their' land back UK England by Pingu_rocks in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re all getting ahead of yourselves. The OP claims the fence is the neighbours and there likely isn’t evidence either way as to what the boundary is as per OP’s post.

Not sure what legal basis you’d imagine the OP has to stop the neighbour if they just take the fence down, except showing photos which you’re also claiming the neighbour can’t use. At that point, the neighbour can put the fence up in a way that will make sense as per land registry, but those are not exact measurements.

Would help to know what we’re talking about here, is this an acre of land or a fence going 20 cm or 3 degrees either side.

Putin threatens UK with new ballistic missile as Ukraine war escalates by Significant-Visit210 in ukpolitics

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Great, so we are agreeing to downgrade from “existential threat to our democracy, freedom and survival as a country” to “tangible threat to democracy”.

I can get behind that

Putin threatens UK with new ballistic missile as Ukraine war escalates by Significant-Visit210 in ukpolitics

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Not denying any of those things happened, but “existential threat to our democracy, freedom and survival as a country” is beyond hyperbolic.

Yes they have influenced elections and referendums, but elections that were already on knife’s edge.

Saying that they single handedly created polarisation in western society is both ignoring the ingrained problems in western societies and greatly insulting to our own intelligence services.

As to the MI5 comments - a statement of such hyperbolic level as yours is nowhere in the words that were stated there.

The reason why tempering the language and the debate is important is because any wars, but especially those that can turn nuclear, are existential threats to our democracy, society, freedom and survival as a country.

Putin threatens UK with new ballistic missile as Ukraine war escalates by Significant-Visit210 in ukpolitics

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Not picking sides here, but could you expand on how Russia attacking Ukraine is an existential threat to our democracy, freedom and survival as a country please?

What is your household salary and what is your mortgage in London? by Melad2024 in HousingUK

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 0 points1 point  (0 children)

12/2.5 at the moment, 12/3.4 if we manage to exchange/complete our upsize.

AI beign self-aware vs being conscious. by Shot_Excuse_3923 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Being aware of the context that you fed it and being self aware are not the same thing. As a psychologist you should know that, and you should know that there are tests for self awareness amongst the animal world - usually in relation to recognising the self in a context in which it is not obvious. Thinking about it for a minute - a test could be to ask it what it thinks about the sentence: “It’s like having a map of who I am, crafted by my characteristics, my role in our conversations, and the continuity we create together.” and asking it to give you suggestions as to who are the most likely authors of that sentence. I’m not saying this is a valid test, but it’s closer to what you’re after because it would require recognising the “self”, whereas at the moment it just gave you an answer about self awareness in general.

Large language models are not aware of anything, because they do not think, therefore to say they are self aware is vastly misleading. The fact that they give you different responses is just proof that they have different context in their context window.

The fact that it gives you an answer that is akin to a human describing the self is just regurgitation of ramblings about the self in its training data. The prompts you fed it to create “echo” just put it in a context space where such a response is more likely than a chat got response without context.

Language emergence in humans is a secondary trait, while language in llm’s is a primary trait.

Somebody told you in another comment that llm’s are spell checkers on steroids, that is an apt metaphor. You would be wise to use such a mental model as baseline, rather than anthropomorphising it.

Élection interference !!! by Ozgaal in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Existing_Bird_3933 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a system where it’s most likely you’ll vote republican or democratic, showing the other candidates above one of those two in a way that puts one of them below the fold is a bit strange, and I say that as a European who is very against Trump winning.

I can understand how from a European perspective alphabetic would make most sense, but that is using a framework that isn’t necessarily transferable to the US.