The Daily Peeve / Rant

[Rogar]

I was really impressed with Gov. Spencer Cox's plea this morning. So refreshing for a politician these days to play the role of peacemaker rather than provocateur.

I almost got the feeling he was speaking to Trump, although I'm not optimistic that it will do any good in that respect.

[iris lilies]

IL: Please clarify your comment by defining "reasonable poop people." I like to think I am reasonable, but I personally have never identified as a poop person.

You won’t believe this, but it was another error of my text editor. Honest to God I need to slow down and read the thing before it posts. But I swear to you, I will put in a word and it’s correct and then I hit send, and somewhere in that interim the text editor changes it.

apologies for “ poop people” the word Poop snuck in there. Sorry!!! And I definitely do not
want “poop people “anywhere near a thread about Charlie Kirk, it is not a way to honor him. He did not insult people in his discussions with them.

[Tybee]

My rant du jour is about AI and how it has affected simple searches. It seems to be adding a layer between me and the information I am seeking. I was doing a genealogical search for a historical property we are touring next week and put in some related names, and instead of giving me some hits the way it used to, it gave me a whole spiel about how to do genealogical research. I went back on Ancestry and found more information, but it used to be I could pull up interesting non-Ancestry sources really quickly and now it gives me AI garbage.

[iris lilies]

My rant du jour is about AI and how it has affected simple searches. It seems to be adding a layer between me and the information I am seeking. I was doing a genealogical search for a historical property we are touring next week and put in some related names, and instead of giving me some hits the way it used to, it gave me a whole spiel about how to do genealogical research. I went back on Ancestry and found more information, but it used to be I could pull up interesting non-Ancestry sources really quickly and now it gives me AI garbage.

That is annoying!

I use ChatGPT and sometimes I am amazed at how brilliant it is and I’m equally amazed at how stupid it can be.

[Tybee]

That is annoying!

I use ChatGPT and sometimes I am amazed at how brilliant it is and I’m equally amazed at how stupid it can be.

I know, right?

[Tradd]

My rant du jour is about AI and how it has affected simple searches. It seems to be adding a layer between me and the information I am seeking. I was doing a genealogical search for a historical property we are touring next week and put in some related names, and instead of giving me some hits the way it used to, it gave me a whole spiel about how to do genealogical research. I went back on Ancestry and found more information, but it used to be I could pull up interesting non-Ancestry sources really quickly and now it gives me AI garbage.

Here’s how to remove AI from Google searches. I definitely know what you mean. I hate it.

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-...search-results

[Tybee]

Here’s how to remove AI from Google searches. I definitely know what you mean. I hate it.

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-...search-results

Thank you, will try this!

[rosarugosa]

I have removed AI from my search results, and I found it well worth the effort.
I also have added the Fluffbuster extension on FB, and it is amazingly effective at filtering out the crap of ads, suggested posts, etc. but it only works for laptops or desktops, and I know that most people view FB on their phones. On the rare occasion that I view FB on my phone, I am amazed at how much more obnoxious the experience is. It's like night and day.

[rosarugosa]

You won’t believe this, but it was another error of my text editor. Honest to God I need to slow down and read the thing before it posts. But I swear to you, I will put in a word and it’s correct and then I hit send, and somewhere in that interim the text editor changes it.

apologies for “ poop people” the word Poop snuck in there. Sorry!!! And I definitely do not
want “poop people “anywhere near a thread about Charlie Kirk, it is not a way to honor him. He did not insult people in his discussions with them.

I totally believe it; I was really just poking fun because it was such an amusing autocorrect error that I could not let it pass unremarked!

[iris lilies]

Insideous Chinese marketers!

I pay more attention to clothes these days so I click on clothing sites. There are way too many Chinese fashion sites that display images of clothing I would like to buy, but they are have universally VERY poor customer service, shipments take forever to get here, return policy is practically nonexistent or else you have to pay to ship it back to China. And customer services never answers complaints.

So I am on the alert anymore, but this website is so slick at mimicking the kind of clothing I would buy, I had to look twice. It is called “Sarah & Kate Charleston” . The hints that caused me to check out reviews on Reddit were clothes did not give fabric content. That was the big tip off, but then everything seemed to cost $49. That is a red flag because the Chinese companies I see price their stuff at $39. I suppose this $10 increase covers tariffs?

anyway, the Chinamen are getting more clever at marketing. The ladies pictured as Sarah and Kate are fake, fake fake.

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