David Wilkins
dwilkinstcd.bsky.social
David Wilkins
@dwilkinstcd.bsky.social
Formerly Lecturer (latterly denominated Assistant Professor) in Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin from 1986 to September 2024. Now retired, and in process of settling in at Sidmouth, Devon.
To see an example of Google's AI excelling itself, try searching on "naming storm Éowyn". A glorious mishmash of nonsensical, mutually contradictory and misleading twaddle, purporting to answer the questions that the AI thinks might be asked. Beyond hallucinationary.
January 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
How does the sequence continue?

Storm Frodo, Storm Galadriel, Storm Hamfast, Storm loreth,...?
January 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Yesterday the Irish tricolour was flying over Regent House, the main entrance to Trinity College Dublin.

Presumably some official visit was about to take place.

The College flag was flying from the flagpole at the southern end of the West Front, and the flag of Vietnam from the northern end.

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October 2, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Good to see the EFF publishing on Bluesky accounts of the features of and differences between Mastodon, Bluesky and Threads!

(Also good for practice in reading Portuguese!)
Olá, Brazil! Qual é a diferença entre Mastodon, Bluesky e Threads? Para evitar tentativas e erros, descrevemos algumas diferenças entre estas opções e o que isso pode significar para elas no futuro.
Qual é a diferença entre Mastodon, Bluesky e Threads?
O atual êxodo do Twitter deu vida a uma nova forma de utilizar as redes sociais. Em vez de poucas plataformas que tentam controlar a sua vida em linha, as pessoas estão a recuperar o controle através
www.eff.org
September 4, 2024 at 6:36 PM