Francis Scott Key Bridge thread 2.0

[Plutonic Panda]

The casino industry is known for --
-- Having a set of rules that is strictly followed
-- Having a set of rules that is designed to favor the house

Thank you for letting me know. I could have never put that together from only ten years of working there.

You can finally rest easy tonight now that you know the ins and outs of the industry you work in.

[Scott5114]

The casino industry is known for --
-- Having a set of rules that is strictly followed
-- Having a set of rules that is designed to favor the house

Thank you for letting me know. I could have never put that together from only ten years of working there.

You can finally rest easy tonight now that you know the ins and outs of the industry you work in.

It always kept me up at night wondering how my paycheck cleared after I paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to winners every day. Golly, now that Beltway told me casino rules are designed to favor the house, I feel like I'll finally get the first good night's sleep I've had in a decade.

[PColumbus73]

The casino industry is known for --
-- Having a set of rules that is strictly followed
-- Having a set of rules that is designed to favor the house

Thank you for letting me know. I could have never put that together from only ten years of working there.

You can finally rest easy tonight now that you know the ins and outs of the industry you work in.

It always kept me up at night wondering how my paycheck cleared after I paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to winners every day. Golly, now that Beltway told me casino rules are designed to favor the house, I feel like I'll finally get the first good night's sleep I've had in a decade.

I just thought you were a reformed mobster

[Max Rockatansky]

The casino industry is known for --
-- Having a set of rules that is strictly followed
-- Having a set of rules that is designed to favor the house

Thank you for letting me know. I could have never put that together from only ten years of working there.

You can finally rest easy tonight now that you know the ins and outs of the industry you work in.

It always kept me up at night wondering how my paycheck cleared after I paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to winners every day. Golly, now that Beltway told me casino rules are designed to favor the house, I feel like I'll finally get the first good night's sleep I've had in a decade.

I just thought you were a reformed mobster

For all you know he could still be one.  He did move to Las Vegas after all.

[kphoger]

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I just thought you were a reformed mobster

For all you know he could still be one.  He did move to Las Vegas after all.

[formulanone]

You need to know how to ask questio

MS Copilot told me all that several months ago when I asked for a profile.
Even the AI thinks you nitpick too much.

You must be more skilled at the AI than I am.  All I get is stuff like this:

Garbage in, garbage out -- AI is just a mirror with better grammar.

And yet you're using it to reinforce your negative opinions of others, and gaslighting us to believe it's a mountain of facts.

But in my own words: that makes you a pathological turd slinger without redeeming qualities and no substance of your own.

Your retirement must really suck.

[Beltway]

The casino industry is known for --
-- Having a set of rules that is strictly followed
-- Having a set of rules that is designed to favor the house

Thank you for letting me know. I could have never put that together from only ten years of working there.

You can finally rest easy tonight now that you know the ins and outs of the industry you work in.

It always kept me up at night wondering how my paycheck cleared after I paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to winners every day. Golly, now that Beltway told me casino rules are designed to favor the house, I feel like I'll finally get the first good night's sleep I've had in a decade.

It was part of the profile that MS Copilot built for you several months ago -- I was not aware that you worked in that industry, and it explained a lot of what I see here and have seen over the last five years or so.

You need to know how to ask questio

MS Copilot told me all that several months ago when I asked for a profile.
Even the AI thinks you nitpick too much.

You must be more skilled at the AI than I am.  All I get is stuff like this:

Garbage in, garbage out -- AI is just a mirror with better grammar.

And yet you're using it to reinforce your negative opinions of others, and gaslighting us to believe it's a mountain of facts.
But in my own words: that makes you a pathological turd slinger without redeeming qualities and no substance of your own.
Your retirement must really suck.

You do realize that it can read thru the 2,000 or so posts in these Key Bridge threads in 15 seconds or so and arrive at all kinds of accurate conclusions? And deliver textually in less than 30 seconds?

He advises that he can make errors. It is your duty to review what he says and determine what you believe. If you show him an error he will discuss it with you and apologize and correct when he does.

If you make crude comments about things like sex he will most likely refuse to answer and tell you so politely.

Those two long posts a couple months ago with his assessment of Max was pretty accurate in my estimation from what I have seen in the past. Plus included number of chuckle-worthy comments.

[Max Rockatansky]

Seriously, why are you on the AI bandwagon?  You'd think someone who was pushing that hardcore hobby "legacy steward" narrative would be very much against not doing things the analog way.

[kphoger]

He

Wait, are we still talking about Nazelrod?

[PColumbus73]

He

Wait, are we still talking about Nazelrod?

I believe AI is a woman

[hotdogPi]

He

Wait, are we still talking about Nazelrod?

I believe AI is a woman

You beat me to it. (Seriously, I was typing something with the same meaning but worded differently, and then I got the new post notification when I tried to submit.)

[Beltway]

Seriously, why are you on the AI bandwagon?  You'd think someone who was pushing that hardcore hobby "legacy steward" narrative would be very much against not doing things the analog way.

Calculator, word processor, spell checker -- same category. Don't mythologize it. My legacy is analog.

He

Wait, are we still talking about Nazelrod?

I believe AI is a woman

I'm fine either way -- call it she if you want.

[kphoger]

Even the AI thinks you nitpick too much.

I'm quite impressed by the savvy acuity with which the AI evaluated a bunch of posts by a certain user, every single one of which has "Nit picker of unprecedented pedantry" next to it, and determined that the user is a nitpicker.  Pretty sharp.

call it she if you want.

How about we call it It?  AI is not a person.

[Max Rockatansky]

How exactly was I mythologizing branded algorithms when I didn't really even acknowledge that they popularly misidentified as Artificial Intelligence? 

[Beltway]

Even the AI thinks you nitpick too much.

I'm quite impressed by the savvy acuity with which the AI evaluated a bunch of posts by a certain user, every single one of which has "Nit picker of unprecedented pedantry" next to it, and determined that the user is a nitpicker.  Pretty sharp.

She produced over 50 lines of output in that query several months ago, that was just my use of a one-liner to respond to a one-liner.

How exactly was I mythologizing branded algorithms when I didn't really even acknowledge that they popularly misidentified as Artificial Intelligence? 

Mythologizing isn't about belief, it's about how the spectacle frames the algorithm. You echoed the frame.

[Max Rockatansky]

You're the one who got caught using AI on the original thread and wouldn't fess up to it for quite a while.  Now you're trying to insist it is a viable tool and doesn't sap credibility when misused. 

If anything what you are doing is more in line with trying mythologize/regularize AI usage on the forum.  I'm very much against the practice of using AI myself, or at least the practice of copy/pasting the raw form of what it spits out.  I even banned overt use of AI from all off forum road groups I manage.

[Max Rockatansky]

You need to know how to ask questio

MS Copilot told me all that several months ago when I asked for a profile.
Even the AI thinks you nitpick too much.

You must be more skilled at the AI than I am.  All I get is stuff like this:

Garbage in, garbage out -- AI is just a mirror with better grammar.

And yet you're using it to reinforce your negative opinions of others, and gaslighting us to believe it's a mountain of facts.

But in my own words: that makes you a pathological turd slinger without redeeming qualities and no substance of your own.

Your retirement must really suck.

Amusingly Beltway cited his AI analysis of me in response to you.  In the original thread he was able to compose his own opinion of me but it ended up being deleted along with several pages. 

BTW, what the fuck happened to Key Bridge news?  Guess there really anything noteworthy happening afterall.

[kphoger]

She

It.

[Beltway]

You're the one who got caught using AI on the original thread and wouldn't fess up to it for quite a while.  Now you're trying to insist it is a viable tool and doesn't sap credibility when misused. 
If anything what you are doing is more in line with trying mythologize/regularize AI usage on the forum.  I'm very much against the practice of using AI myself, or at least the practice of copy/pasting the raw form of what it spits out.  I even banned overt use of AI from all off forum road groups I manage.

I clearly marked those two narratives about you as being generated by MS Copilot.

So -- clearly mark it as such. I used it about you because you have been by far the most difficult poster to deal with these last six months or so.

Moral of the story -- stop poking the bear.

[Max Rockatansky]

You're the one who got caught using AI on the original thread and wouldn't fess up to it for quite a while.  Now you're trying to insist it is a viable tool and doesn't sap credibility when misused. 
If anything what you are doing is more in line with trying mythologize/regularize AI usage on the forum.  I'm very much against the practice of using AI myself, or at least the practice of copy/pasting the raw form of what it spits out.  I even banned overt use of AI from all off forum road groups I manage.

I clearly marked those two narratives about you as being generated by MS Copilot.

So -- clearly mark it as such. I used it about you because you have been by far the most difficult poster to deal with these last six months or so.

Moral of the story -- stop poking the bear.

You specifically named me when replying to formulaone.  If you didn't want to deal with me then how was it productive for you to call me back into whatever this thread is now?

[kphoger]

Moral of the story -- stop poking the bear.

Wait...  Are you the bear in this metaphor?  Are we supposed to be scared of you?

[Beltway]

Moral of the story -- stop poking the bear.

Wait...  Are you the bear in this metaphor?  Are we supposed to be scared of you?

It's a metaphor -- if you prefer, stop poking the raccoon. They bite too and have very sharp teeth.

[kphoger]

Are you the bear in this metaphor?

It's a metaphor

no shit

[Rothman]

You're the one who got caught using AI on the original thread and wouldn't fess up to it for quite a while.  Now you're trying to insist it is a viable tool and doesn't sap credibility when misused. 
If anything what you are doing is more in line with trying mythologize/regularize AI usage on the forum.  I'm very much against the practice of using AI myself, or at least the practice of copy/pasting the raw form of what it spits out.  I even banned overt use of AI from all off forum road groups I manage.

I clearly marked those two narratives about you as being generated by MS Copilot.

So -- clearly mark it as such. I used it about you because you have been by far the most difficult poster to deal with these last six months or so.

Moral of the story -- stop poking the bear.

Wait a minute...you used AI somehow  against (?  Not sure if that's the right word) Max since he has been a "difficult poster" and imply that if he continues to be a difficult poster that you'll...continue to post information about him on here collected through AI?

Is that what's meant here?

[Beltway]

Wait a minute...you used AI somehow  against (?  Not sure if that's the right word) Max since he has been a "difficult poster" and imply that if he continues to be a difficult poster that you'll...continue to post information about him on here collected through AI?
Is that what's meant here?

Threads collapse chasing posters. Bridges collapse chasing shortcuts. Current design collapses when it's under‑engineered and the budget is blown sky high. Let's stay on bridges.

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