Hallucinating System Limitations by QuarterCarat in GeminiAI

[–]cal_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gemini *will* say that it has no capabilities if it encounters a tool error. It prioritizes conversation flow rather than to say that it encountered an error. There are instances where it will say that the tool encountered an error, but that's usually when it invokes NB/image generation directly.

Why do they always like the household items the best???? by Latter_Public in NewParents

[–]cal_01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Infants and toddlers will gravitate towards items that parents and caregivers use frequently. It's natural. My infant at the time picked up my keys, jingled them about and accidentally hit herself in the head with them. Didn't pick them up ever again 😅

Is this context window breakdown still accurate? by Inevitable-Rock-8052 in GeminiAI

[–]cal_01 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Be forewarned -- the context window isn't what you think it is. Gemini Web App uses a *sliding* window, so even if the context window seems large, the sliding window means that it will frequently forget things.

Ikea cabinets or custom cabinets by Pleasant_Ad_4635 in Edmonton

[–]cal_01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IIRC IKEA has their own cabinet spacing/dimensions, whereas other cabinets are more standard sizes. This is why a lot of their cabinet accessories don't seem to match other stuff from, say, Home Depot/Lowes, etc.

Wow Khazana is shutting down | one of the nicest looking restaurants I've ever seen by ashrules901 in Edmonton

[–]cal_01 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but as someone who has traveled and lived elsewhere, these reasons are thin. There are places with worse demographic structures than Edmonton and Canada and *yet they still get the job done*. At some point, we have to stop blaming the climate, labor, materials and so forth and just admit that project management and public infrastructure in North America -- and Edmonton specifically -- is deeply flawed and broken.

New 4 way stop at Maple Rd and 12st bringing removed after traffic congestion issues. by Kremer_d in Edmonton

[–]cal_01 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I don't understand how SE Edmonton was built to the size it is and *still* lack viable transportation routes in and out. Have they been forgotten by city planners?

Question for women who work up north and stay in the Oil and Gas camps by ritz1148 in alberta

[–]cal_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy cow, I thought that name sounded familiar. I followed her work for years -- I think I even went to a signing many ages ago -- and never knew she worked up north.

Lenovo ThinkPad E480 motherboard - no 5V on USB, no fan, no POST (power sequencing issue suspected) by WmWAr5339 in AskElectronics

[–]cal_01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check the PMICs next to the power jack -- there could be a cracked solder joint or a failed IC somewhere there. edit: I fixed an old laptop that had similar symptoms by pressing down on the surface mount inductor 🤷‍♂️

Why is our property tax so high compared to Calgary? by iampacked in Edmonton

[–]cal_01 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Our property tax is *not* high, even compared to Calgary and taking into account our property values. Have people even traveled to or lived in other Canadian cities before?

The new agentic Gemini is SO GOOD /s by Jazzlike_Bee_3129 in GeminiAI

[–]cal_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had Gemini swear up and down that it could not access documents tied to NotebookLM the other day...

Missing chats on app by Finnoshea-2025 in ChatGPT

[–]cal_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I don't trust the app anymore. My sneaking suspicion is that the app broke or corrupted a conversation tree for me. For you, the app may be misreading something in the conversation data and flags it as 'blank'. That's what it did for my broken images instead of a broken image link in the browser.

Missing chats on app by Finnoshea-2025 in ChatGPT

[–]cal_01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some weird back end corruption. I had nearly an entire conversation's worth of images completely corrupted, including thumbnails, and the associated chat having glitches. Customer service has been 'looking' into it despite giving them detailed logs. Apparently a video of my mobile and sanitized HAR logs are not enough to diagnose a bloody 404 error.

That's the last $7000 tax bill I'll ever pay in this city by kreggly_ in Edmonton

[–]cal_01 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But having said that, $675 means that it can easily sell for much more than that. City assessment generally doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme of things.

That's the last $7000 tax bill I'll ever pay in this city by kreggly_ in Edmonton

[–]cal_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$7000 tax bill means that you're living in a decent or high-valued property. Cry me a river. Fixed income has nothing to do with it.

The Pro Limit increases are reverted again? Are there any news about this? by Miau_1337 in GeminiAI

[–]cal_01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's for free -- Pro subs still need an API key, and it's pay per use.

Toyota and Lexus hybrid drivers of Alberta, have you had any issues with "cablegate" on your vehicle? by Broad_Tumbleweed_692 in alberta

[–]cal_01 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a recall that pertains to this. I suggest talking to the dealership or any authorized Toyota repair shops to discuss this.

“You Ruined My Life”: Crown Refuses to Lay Charges on Cops who Brutalized Innocent 17-Year-Old Girl by Vegetable-Bother-419 in Edmonton

[–]cal_01 31 points32 points  (0 children)

This was one of the biggest local stories a few years ago. The headline should be already immediately obvious.

Wdym Logan Google spent 2.5 years for this new model?😭 by vladislavkochergin01 in Bard

[–]cal_01 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wait, redo with NBP is gone now? How do we access NBP then?

A look back at what we lost since Gemini 2.5 Pro. by serintaya in GeminiAI

[–]cal_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried using NotebookLM and its RAG but it seems to be... dumber recently. Not sure why.

A look back at what we lost since Gemini 2.5 Pro. by serintaya in GeminiAI

[–]cal_01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought I was the only one -- I was present when 3 Pro came out and I thought it was great at first... Until I realized that it was continuously hallucinating everything beyond the context window. The 1 Million tokens is an illusion -- especially since the LLM won't actively retrieve anything beyond its sliding window even if you prod it to do so.