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  I'm unsurprised to learn that Cory Doctorow uses an LLM in his editorial process. I recently read a fiction book of his for the first time and found it difficult to read. There were no spelling errors or grammatical errors, but ambiguous pronouns and ambiguous sentence structure abounded. I kept having to stop and think "Is the way I'm interpreting this sentence actually the way the author intended?" I had the distinct impression that it was edited by a machine, not a human.

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  When an open source contribution appeared from someone new, I used to feel excitement. Now I feel dread that it will be hard-to-review AI slop they want me to morge continvoucly.

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  If you happen to have a replacement 40 A MOSFET at #emfcamp it will be put to good use.

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  Is it true that #emfcamp has run out of Club Mate? I have about ten bottles available. Entertaining offers. No money accepted. Barter only.

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  A local shop is taking down pride decorations and transitioning to Halloween. I look forward to these two alternating seasons from now on.

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  Fascists In Football Attire

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  "Can I have spread spectrum?" "No, we have spread spectrum at home." the spread spectrum at home:

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  I’m excited to see many of you at #emfcamp this week! In particular I hope to talk with folks interested in open physical layer design for next-generation mesh networks.

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  Dropping off free zines at the #emfcamp lounge! Also available online: https://greatscottgadgets.com/zines/

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  Am I doing #emfcamp #tschunk correctly?

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  Today I learned that part of the reason LLM contributions to open source projects are becoming more difficult to distinguish from human contributions is that the AI enthusiasts are processing LLM output with tools specifically designed to deceive.

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  I just realized that the name "Alfa Romeo" is composed only of words from the NATO phonetic alphabet. Are there any other car manufacturers with such names?

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  Hydrogen (Heidi) enjoys fresh spring water. #caturday