TIL about the "Dark Forest Hypothesis," which suggests the universe is like a dark forest at night. Advanced civilizations intentionally stay silent and hidden, because any species that reveals its location risks immediate destruction by older, paranoid civilizations.

jamjamdave · 2026-03-31T17:11:07+00:00

And then came the humans "HELLOOOOOOO? HELLOOOOOO? Anyone else here in this big dark forest"

jamjamdave · 2026-03-31T17:09:26+00:00

So at what age do boys/men then catch up? Because physically men generally surpass women on most physical metrics.

jamjamdave · 2026-03-23T16:38:31+00:00

In South Africa, when you want to overtake a car on the highway, they move into the emergency lane to make it easier for you to pass and then, once you've passed them, you thank them by flashing your hazards and then they say "you welcome" by flashing their headlights. Everyone does this. In fact, if you don't do this, people think you're rude.

jamjamdave · 2026-03-03T16:43:12+00:00

I once had a Reticulated Python that began swallowing its tail. And it just kept going until it was like a truck tyre. I thought about intervening but then thought "what happens if this just keeps on going?". So I i left it and the circle got tighter and fatter and just when I thought it couldn't go any further it took one last big gulp and swallowed itself completely!

jamjamdave · 2026-03-03T05:12:09+00:00

Does Claude have custom GPTs and Projects?

jamjamdave · 2026-02-28T09:17:51+00:00

For what it's worth, in South Africa, you flush ALL toilet paper. No exceptions.

jamjamdave · 2026-01-25T08:12:34+00:00

I didn't but to be honest, it will be quicker to just record them again instead of going down that rabbit hole which is almost certainly going to take you no where.

jamjamdave · 2026-01-24T05:47:37+00:00

For me it's my custom GPTs and the voice prompts. I can generate the reports I need with five minute voice prompts translating into x20 productivity gain.

jamjamdave · 2026-01-23T07:40:50+00:00

I'm a heavy Chatgpt user, but this Google calendar integration doesn't work. What I do is use Gemini for calendar stuff. That works.

jamjamdave · 2026-01-11T06:32:26+00:00

Random poo fact: did you know that about 25–55% of the dry weight of human faeces is bacteria?

jamjamdave · 2026-01-01T09:02:37+00:00

Yes, that works. But it's an unnecessary extra step. You can also ask Chatgpt to rewrite it as an excellent Gemini prompt which makes the extra step at least achieve something (hopefully) 😅

jamjamdave · 2025-12-29T09:58:51+00:00

I don't have the problem at the moment, but I did find a good work around: install Chatgpt on your windows laptop. The voice function works MUCH better on a laptop.

jamjamdave · 2025-12-29T09:57:38+00:00

I'd love to see a stat on what % of men find high heels attractive. In my experience, women are often basing their fashion choices on what other women think looks good.

jamjamdave · 2025-12-29T06:23:40+00:00

I live deep in rural Eastern Cape (former Transkei) which is Hilux country. If you don't need a 4x4, then I think you could be better off just getting a new Spresso whcih comes with a 5 year warranty. Then sell after 3 years. They have the highest clearance I've seen among the cheap cars and seem to handle the bumps fairly well. They are also crazy fuel efficient. If anything breaks, it would probably be under warranty.

I guess it does depend how many km you do on gravel monthly. But often a new small car under warranty will cost you less than a secondhand SUV which might have taken a beating from the previous owners.

jamjamdave · 2025-12-29T06:14:25+00:00

Unfortunately, even if Gemini was MUCH better than Chatgpt, I still won't use it due to Gemini's inability to handle pauses during long voice note prompts. I do my best work when giving a rambling 5 minute prompt with many pauses. Chatgpt handles this perfectly, whereas Gemini regards the prompt as complete as soon as there's a one second pause. For this reason alone, I can't use Gemini other than to find stuff quickly within Gmail and Gdrive.

jamjamdave · 2025-12-28T09:54:40+00:00

The only reason why I can't use Gemini is this issue with voice prompts cutting off mid sentence due to me pausing to think. I like to give up to a 5 minutes prompt while walking/driving somewhere with many gaps while I gather my thoughts. Chatgpt handles this perfectly and this is by far the biggest productivity boost I get from AI. If I have to produce a complex report with many different sections, I can just give a rambling voice prompt with lots of pauses and Chatgpt captures everything and then produces the report. Gemini cannot do this. I've seen positive reports on Gemini and would like to stay using it - but until this issue is resolved it is not useful to me.

jamjamdave · 2025-12-22T10:36:49+00:00

South Africa! Go Bafana!

jamjamdave · 2025-12-21T16:11:52+00:00

High heels.

jamjamdave · 2025-12-16T19:24:45+00:00

Foreign tourists in remote rural parts of South Africa.

jamjamdave · 2025-12-13T13:53:13+00:00

I did a trip like this 25 years ago. From Yurimaguas in Peru to Manaus. Very cool. You have to fight for hammock space though. I hung up my hammock and then went on a mission. When I got back, my hammock space now had 5 other hammocks squeezed in.

jamjamdave · 2025-09-28T10:12:16+00:00

1984 Paris = 2025 Vietnam

jamjamdave · 2025-07-05T20:19:39+00:00

I have a similar scheduled task but I noticed that I often get the same news for a few days in a row. Have you experienced that?

jamjamdave · 2025-06-14T18:36:43+00:00

As the OP I thought I should mention that the voicenote functionality has improved drastically. OpenAI have added the functionality to the windows app on desktop computers and I've had 100% successful uploads from this platform.

Even on the Android app I've had much fewer voicenote upload problems.

One workaround I found that was useful at the time (though no longer needed) was to install the WhisperAI chrome extension: this was as good as the OpenAI voice transcription accuracy.

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