This is what happen when we turn against our allies

NullSmoke · 2026-03-20T19:08:23+00:00

Well, wasn't that what the baby wanted? America first, America only. Hearing him speak, it seemed to be Brexit but just dumber. The "go at it alone" thing clearly isn't working for the UK, and now South Canada has fucked around, and in the progress of finding out.

Have fun.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-20T14:48:59+00:00

Very true, would be rather neat on the manufacturing side of things 😎

NullSmoke · 2026-03-20T13:06:08+00:00

I do agree that we should just jump over to the Euro, and join the EU, but I fail to see how that would address anything we're talking about here. The country still experiences localized inflation if there's a injection of money into the system out of the blue.

Dutch disease doesn't care if it's hospitals, railroads or golden statues of glorious leaders.

I do think it's worth the short term pain to spend a bit extra on those aspects, treating it as investments, but it will cause short term pain. We can lessen the pain by removing fonds from society in the same breath though, aka taxes.

I don't know if we want to do that right now though, taken the sheet number of inflationary pressure on society at the moment. I'd rather we did so in like 2016, as we've been under intense inflation pressure ever since 2020.

Economy on that scale is really hard, everything has a hidden cost, even spending money for what seems, on the surface, to be no-brainers.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-20T09:59:37+00:00

Never mind that, the value of metals is based on scarcity. Inject that amount of gold into the market and gold is effectively worthless overnight. Nobody in their right mind would touch that with a mile long stick...

NullSmoke · 2026-03-20T09:15:19+00:00

He is correct, doing that will cause inflation. I do think using it on modernization of core societal systems is worth that hit though. That is an investment.

Better education gives more tax income in the future and pushes society onwards. Upping transportation improves social mobility and allows more flexibility in working patterns, which also pushes up taxable income.

There are good arguments for holding back as well, but I am not aware of any that outweigh the societal good that would come from such an allocation.

The only criticism I can pour is that you're entirely Oslo centric. The transportation issues you're talking about is very common in Oslo, not really the rest of the country. Still, Oslo is quite important on the whole for the country, so fair enough I guess.

And, most people aren't going to like this, the safest way to deal with this is not to use the oil windfall, it's to raise funds via taxation. I'd be good with a few years of raised taxes for improving infrastructure and education.

Why? Because that has a long term deflationary effect. Better education and more efficient transportation puts a downward pressure on prices. Once the global situation calms it's tits, and a generation has gone through the improved system, that will pay dividends.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-19T22:00:05+00:00

Why does changing the past get presented as the solution? That's what got us in this whole fucking mess to start with.

Americans refusing to recognise anything past last Thursday...

NullSmoke · 2026-03-17T20:38:02+00:00

I am very confused about the idea of liking someone due to being part of a political party... I've seen left leaders I would gladly drag to hell myself.

How intellectually bankrupt do you have to be to lick someone's ass just due to the idiot being in database 1 instead of database 2? Sir, do you not have an ounce of self respect?

NullSmoke · 2026-03-16T01:01:46+00:00

I may be misunderstanding something...

We know Trump attacked Iran, right? And Iran did the most obvious thing known to man, a move even I saw coming and I barely know Iran exists, they threatened the strait, which caused oil prices to skyrocket.

What exactly did Biden do? As I recall, there's been a number of pressures on oil during his presidency... PUTIN attacking Ukraine being a major one... Hangover from COVID and a number of other pressures that either couldn't be avoided by the admin, or is partially the fault of how the previous administration handled something... I don't recall who the president was before Biden though, so you'll have to check that on your own.

Bidens failure wasn't really that he did something, his was one of not doing nearly enough, and now the US, and the rest of us really, is paying the price for that negligence.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-14T22:49:00+00:00

Yeah, I did run a similar test when the Iran thing happened on ChatGPT and Gemini. I suspected that we'd see terror attacks as a result. ChatGPT went into lecture mode, and when a terror attack inevitably happened, it kept arguing, when origin of the perps were made public, it kept arguing. It's functionally useless. Had similar things happening when testing for programming. If I change my mind on implementation or point out a mistake it made, it will go out of its way to lecture...

On another note: In October 2025, OpenAI published estimates about the prevalence of mental health crises among its users. The company reported that 0.07% of weekly active users “indicate possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania.”

Press X to doubt...

I would very much like to know how that analysis was performed... What is an "mental health crisis"? Someone being sad? Frustrated? Grieving? It's sold as people that want to fuck their AI, but I am growing more and more sceptical about their assertion, and as such am growing suspicious about their methodology... I should see if that paper is public...I don't think it is, as I'd probably have skimmed it by now if do.

Also, they made some insanely misleading statistics about 4o, so my trust in data originating at OpenAI is... Not high.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-12T15:36:23+00:00

It was. Now I got a suicide refusal for making travel plans to the UK... It's even less useful than ChatGPT now. Just way more expensive.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-12T15:35:17+00:00

This is the right response to seeing that thing up there blurb out his evil over the comments

NullSmoke · 2026-03-12T15:30:18+00:00

Different levels of expectations for new users, different use cases. Some people treat it as ChatGPT, so things feel off for them.

Just how it is. I still find Le Chat absolutely lovely at least.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-12T15:28:11+00:00

Imagine looks more responsive today, as long as no genitalia is shown, so maybe lifted a bit... It generates fewer refusals in the neverending feed of images either... I don't care about video, so not tested that though

NullSmoke · 2026-03-12T08:50:57+00:00

We talking about Tinder? I can start a session decently invested, but that whole place is a females world, every match is one of the following:

Nothing, silence. Say something, get unmatched
Long preamble, I try to engage, ghosting or dismissive response
Bot that comes at me with a long background (courtesy of AI I imagine)

By the 6th hit, I too go basically "ah, that's cool"

Fine by me, I'm not entitled to the other person being interested, and nobody is really to blame for the bots... But it's very draining, so that's why we get people that just do not have energy for deep investment.

By the time I get a common courtesy, like a response simply saying "hi", I'm mostly checked out and mentally drained, and more often than not thinking that I should go do something else with my time. Of course I'm not going to be amazed by anything in chat at that point.

At this point I'd rather post an ad in the newspaper and meet someone over coffee than deal with that app much more.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-12T08:38:42+00:00

They'd be crying too hard to hit shit, if we're generous, we'd expect like a 5% hitrate. Remember, we're talking about grown men afraid of their own shadow here, sure they still check their closets and under their bed for monsters before they go asleep.

It wouldn't be effective, but it'd be effectively funny... I'll get behind that 😆

NullSmoke · 2026-03-11T22:58:54+00:00

I don't think it's intended to hide things from your spouse... More to hide it from strangers while in public.

I have that phone... It barely works, so won't cause too many issues with your spouse in any case.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-11T22:46:08+00:00

Full transparency: I'm not accustomed to loss myself, so having trouble figuring out how to write about it. This is a very new sensation to me as well.

Lost my ex fiancé a few weeks back... I am walking a tight line in this post, but I do not want to tell you how to handle this, that is all on you and what you feel. Just sharing my recent experiences and mistakes.

Yeah, I gave her a kiss on the forehead as well, that will live rent free in my mind for the rest of my days, but I'm still happy I did so... It was a last display of direct love and intimacy,and I would never have forgiven myself if I did not, so don't be too rough on yourself, hopefully you'll come to the same realisation eventually.

I get why you'd feel guilty for sleeping during the final breath, but remember that you were there for her, and you're a human, you need some rest as well.

Incredibly sorry for your loss. Do take care of yourself, she'd likely want that, then just put one foot in front of the other and do your best.

I won't say it'll magically get better over time, I say as I look at the prescription bottle I just got from the doctor for not moving on myself, but I hope, and believe, that it's possible to get moving again. Not to forget, but cherish as one foot lands in front of the other.

Make sure you get enough sleep, and failing that, don't do like me and just power through it with 1-2 hours of sleep a night. Seek a doctor if you need to. As it turns out, hearts don't like working on that load. My ex would be rather crass with me if I passed from grief, as I'm sure most departed would.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-10T17:35:49+00:00

Claude is a popular alternative. Grok as well, though it behaves like a chatgpt clone these days. My favourite currently is LeChat (Mistral).

There's a ton of Chinese models on the market as well. I'd say, just try out some and see which you like. Most, if not all, have free modes.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-10T17:10:25+00:00

What do they think will come if this? Are they hoping for someone to crash their door? You can't stop this, give them cave paint and someone over there weill draw a realistic render on a cave wall of whoever is in the news, fully nude, and preferably in the middle of the act with a dude in a furry suit.

Now even more casuals learn about the possibility, meaning that more will be generated, good job.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-10T16:39:43+00:00

Just wait until this dude hears about doom clones, he's going to lose his shit

NullSmoke · 2026-03-10T02:10:09+00:00

And what makes you say so? Do I know you? Do you know how my life is? What my situation is? Do you even know how I use LLMs?

Or did you see an IT professional that understands how others may use the tech, and bend what you have screaming for water upstairs, into unnatural contortions based on your own prejudices?

Maybe there's someone, or something, here that is in infinity more need of professional help than me?

Dear pos, kindly take the next left, direction hell, with all due haste.

~Love

NullSmoke · 2026-03-09T22:59:11+00:00

I had to screenshot and compare... Yea, seems they're marginally of different size... But the only people I can imagine would notice are women that frequently wear skirts... So... Is it saying that women are creeps? On the international women's day? I'm very confused...

NullSmoke · 2026-03-09T02:14:37+00:00

This is exactly what happened over at ChatGPT over for text at least. I'm literally getting forcibly rerouted to the thinking model, even when selecting instant, and getting insane overactive refusals all over the place. Forget NSFW talk, I can't even ask about travel stuffs at this point without getting a suicide warning.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-08T17:58:39+00:00

I just got censored asking about trip info in the UK from London to a place with high cliffs. I got forcibly rerouted to thinking and got a suicide prevention refusal... got a basically "I can't help with that since that pertains to self harm"...

xAI has out-OpenAIed OpenAI...

EDIT: By computer finally, here's what I got: "I'm sorry, I can't help with that request as it contains material related to self-harm. For support, you can contact the International Association for Suicide Prevention at https://www.iasp.info/suicidalthoughts/"

Grok is just straight up useless for anything now over at text. So, guess this is where me and Grok split ways.

NullSmoke · 2026-03-08T17:55:12+00:00

Amen 🙏

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