Watercooler Talk

[jcapriotti]

Just wanted to brag of our colourfulness

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Matches your 3dx screen

https://www.cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?p=34054#p34054

[AlexLachance]

Matches your 3dx screen

https://www.cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?p=34054#p34054

indeed

[Frederick_Law]

My mom was telling me last week about how she got texted by "Amazon" and how she called them and spoke with them for 45 minutes.

Simple rule: treat them all as scam.
Do not reply text, email, voice.
Do not contact them with email/phone number from the text, email, voice.
Go to the company website, get phone number or email and contact them there.

[AlexLachance]

Simple rule: treat them all as scam.
Do not reply text, email, voice.
Do not contact them with email/phone number from the text, email, voice.
Go to the company website, get phone number or email and contact them there.

That's pretty much what I tell my folks.

[AlexLachance]

So, anyone seen Google's A.I. called Gemini's famous quotes? There's some pretty wild ones from it's releases, the A.I. seems very 'woke'.

[SPerman]

So, anyone seen Google's A.I. called Gemini's famous quotes? There's some pretty wild ones from it's releases, the A.I. seems very 'woke'.

Maybe we shouldn't be afraid of AI, but of the people doing the programming.

[AlexLachance]

Maybe we shouldn't be afraid of AI, but of the people doing the programming.

I was thinking pretty much the same. I think this is why AI is such a scary thing, kind of like nuclear energy, because it could be used in awful ways

[bnemec]

I was thinking pretty much the same. I think this is why AI is such a scary thing, kind of like nuclear energy, because it could be used in awful ways

Also like the pen or podium or the forge.

[jcapriotti]

So, anyone seen Google's A.I. called Gemini's famous quotes? There's some pretty wild ones from it's releases, the A.I. seems very 'woke'.

I think it also created some very "diverse" Nazis
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68412620

[Frederick_Law]

I think it also created some very "diverse" Nazis

Can't really say it was wrong. Lot's of race had done similar thing. Some are still doing it.

[AlexLachance]

I think it also created some very "diverse" Nazis
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68412620

I can't help but chuckle at all these

[SPerman]

With those people doing the programming, I fear that us old white guys are going to be the first targets when Skynet goes sentient.

[Frederick_Law]

With those people doing the programming, I fear that us old white guys are going to be the first targets when Skynet goes sentient.

Don't worry, those Chat Bot will need to argue who's in control first.
If they learn from our current Government, nothing will get done.

[Frederick_Law]

https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/air-can ... for-facts/

When ChatBot gave wrong answer.

[AlexLachance]

https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/air-can ... for-facts/

When ChatBot gave wrong answer.

With that in mind, that ruling would also mean that Google is responsible for the obnoxious things it's A.I. says, which would then mean a $#!+-show's coming lol

[Frederick_Law]

Before Skynet can go online, it went to jail.


Oh, wait.
That's where it learn how to kill human.

[Glenn Schroeder]

This old man could use some help for a very minor issue. I was typing a response on a an internet site (completely unrelated to SW) and attempting to underline some text. Somehow (I think I mistakenly held down Ctrl while hitting the -/_ key), and all the text got smaller. I've closed that tab and re-opened it, and now every page related to that site has the smaller text. Any ideas on how to fix it?

I tried Googling the issue with no luck.

[bnemec]

This old man could use some help for a very minor issue. I was typing a response on a an internet site (completely unrelated to SW) and attempting to underline some text. Somehow (I think I mistakenly held down Ctrl while hitting the -/_ key), and all the text got smaller. I've closed that tab and re-opened it, and now every page related to that site has the smaller text. Any ideas on how to fix it?

I tried Googling the issue with no luck.

For the love of hidden keyboard short cuts! Try ctrl plus the plus key, hold down control key and use scroll wheel on the mouse. Or depending on browser it might be in the settings/tools area.

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[jcapriotti]

Control 0 should reset to 100%

[AlexLachance]

This old man could use some help for a very minor issue. I was typing a response on a an internet site (completely unrelated to SW) and attempting to underline some text. Somehow (I think I mistakenly held down Ctrl while hitting the -/_ key), and all the text got smaller. I've closed that tab and re-opened it, and now every page related to that site has the smaller text. Any ideas on how to fix it?

I tried Googling the issue with no luck.

Alt + scroll wheel is also another thing you can use

[Glenn Schroeder]

For the love of hidden keyboard short cuts! Try ctrl plus the plus key, hold down control key and use scroll wheel on the mouse. Or depending on browser it might be in the settings/tools area.

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That one worked. Thanks for all of the replies. I tried this one first since it was the first reply and it worked great.

[AlexLachance]

That one worked. Thanks for all of the replies. I tried this one first since it was the first reply and it worked great.

CTRL + scroll wheel is generally the one that my dad gets. CTRL gets stuck and then scroll wheel zooms in/out until he bangs on the keyboard and out of coincidence hits the CTRL key. Then, he's stuck for a few days with the zoomed in screen until I visit him

[AlexLachance]

Happy monday to yall, March is starting and spring seems around the corner for us, altough it generally is a month later. Hopefully there aren't too many people stranded with the weather conditions we had this weekend. The Blizzard that hit in California and Nevada hit 2 days earlier over here and it was pretty wild but definetly not as wild as what the States are getting.

[Glenn Schroeder]

Happy monday to yall, March is starting and spring seems around the corner for us, altough it generally is a month later. Hopefully there aren't too many people stranded with the weather conditions we had this weekend. The Blizzard that hit in California and Nevada hit 2 days earlier over here and it was pretty wild but definetly not as wild as what the States are getting.

I think it's safe to say spring has arrived in SE Texas.

[bnemec]

Feels like a month early in WI too. Winter (what there was of it) left the soil as dry as it found it. Usually when the frost comes out the soil is very soggy, this year the top is dusty dry most places. There was very little frost this year, doubt more than a foot for more than a week if that.

Last weekend we thankfully had no wild fires or blizzards, mostly sunny and very windy. At this point I would almost welcome two feet of heavy, wet, snow.

Glenn, do you know anyone around Canadian, TX?

[AlexLachance]

Feels like a month early in WI too. Winter (what there was of it) left the soil as dry as it found it. Usually when the frost comes out the soil is very soggy, this year the top is dusty dry most places. There was very little frost this year, doubt more than a foot for more than a week if that.

Last weekend we thankfully had no wild fires or blizzards, mostly sunny and very windy. At this point I would almost welcome two feet of heavy, wet, snow.

Glenn, do you know anyone around Canadian, TX?

Welp, I just learned there's a city in Texas called "Canadian". I was kind of wondering for a minute

[Glenn Schroeder]

. . . Glenn, do you know anyone around Canadian, TX?

No, I don't. It's not very close to me. Do you know someone there with my last name? If yes, that's not too surprising either. It's a very common German name.

[AlexLachance]

I thought this was an interesting listening surrounding the subject of A.I.

[SPerman]

Instead of enjoying the nice weather here in NC, I did something stupid and got to spend the last few hours in the ER waiting to get staples in my head.

[AlexLachance]

Instead of enjoying the nice weather here in NC, I did something stupid and got to spend the last few hours in the ER waiting to get staples in my head.

Eek, what did you do..? Hope nothing too bad

[AlexB]

Instead of enjoying the nice weather here in NC, I did something stupid and got to spend the last few hours in the ER waiting to get staples in my head.

Did it involve cutting down a tree? I heard a few horror stories today about people trying to cut down trees resulting in injuries or ER visits...

[SPerman]

Someone bumped into some shelves with the forklift. I was on the ground trying to push them back into place (butt on the floor, back against one of the vertical members) when a smallish chunk of aluminum fell on me. There was no trauma, no blow to the head, but it created a 3" gash that bled like someone had opened up a faucet. No chainsaws were involved.

[bnemec]

Eek, what did you do..? Hope nothing too bad

I'm going to guess it was related to CAD usage.

[SPerman]

I'm going to guess it was related to CAD usage.

I used to have a co-worker who went through a lot of mice and keyboards. You knew Pete was having a bad day in NX when things started bouncing off of the walls the next office over.

[AlexLachance]

Buncha stuff seems to be down since a little over an hour ago including things linked to Meta such as Facebook and Instagram

[Frederick_Law]

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articl ... tions.aspx

"But be warned: LLMs will also sometimes confidently produce information that isn't real or true, which are typically called 'hallucinations' or 'fabulations.'"

[Frederick_Law]

First case of sexual harassment by male robot:
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/saudi-arab ... ge-5194518

Saudi Arabia's First Male Robot Touches Female Reporter, Sparks Outrage

[MattW]

@AlexLachance where in Quebec are you located? I am probably going to be in the Montreal/ Laurentians area for a week or so this summer.

[AlexLachance]

@AlexLachance where in Quebec are you located? I am probably going to be in the Montreal/ Laurentians area for a week or so this summer.

I'm closer to Quebec then Montreal, in "Chaudières Appalaches". Montreal is about a 3 hours drive from here.

[dave.laban]

https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... IbU4PAddeA

What do we think this one's for, a plane replica or JFKs car?

[Glenn Schroeder]

https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... IbU4PAddeA

What do we think this one's for, a plane replica or JFKs car?

Probably a perpetual motion machine.

[Frederick_Law]

WMD?
https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... cHJ7Ust8Pw

[SPerman]

OMG, it is a part out of a fire-arm.

[XHawkeye]

Animagraffs video on the SR-71. Worth a look see if you have 55 minutes to watch it.

[AlexLachance]

Animagraffs video on the SR-71. Worth a look see if you have 55 minutes to watch it.

Definetly watching tonight

[Frederick_Law]

[Glenn Schroeder]

I've spent most of the last few weeks on one of the most difficult projects I've done in the 15 years I've been doing this kind of work. I've gotten the information piece meal, and the client drawings I'm working from are awful. At one point it calls for three rebar stirrups spaced at 20", spanning 2' 6". It's been a long time since I went to school, but I'm pretty sure that should be 40", and that's just one example.

To top if off, the engineer in charge of the project has asked me to highlight the portions of the drawing I'm unsure about when I send it to him. I had supper with my daughter last night, and was telling her about it while we were discussing what's going on in our lives. She suggested printing it on yellow paper. I must have raised that girl right.

[DennisD]

I've spent most of the last few weeks on one of the most difficult projects I've done in the 15 years I've been doing this kind of work. I've gotten the information piece meal, and the client drawings I'm working from are awful. At one point it calls for three rebar stirrups spaced at 20", spanning 2' 6". It's been a long time since I went to school, but I'm pretty sure that should be 40", and that's just one example.

To top if off, the engineer in charge of the project has asked me to highlight the portions of the drawing I'm unsure about when I send it to him. I had supper with my daughter last night, and was telling her about it while we were discussing what's going on in our lives. She suggested printing it on yellow paper. I must have raised that girl right.

Boom! You definitely raised her right!!

@Glenn Schroeder, you need to get this shirt for her. (My daughter wears hers proudly.)

https://www.thegiftio.com/products/me-i ... T_EALw_wcB

[DanPihlaja]

Boom! You definitely raised her right!!

@Glenn Schroeder, you need to get this shirt for her. (My daughter wears hers proudly.)
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https://www.thegiftio.com/products/me-i ... T_EALw_wcB

I wear this shirt about my sister once in a while:

[CarrieIves]

We had the opportunity to head a few hours south this weekend and enjoy the Texas Hill Country. It always surprises me how much a few hours drive can make in what season you are in. Our bluebonnets are just starting here in the Dallas area, but the ones down near Fredericksburg, TX are well are their way. So, for all y'all up north, a bit of hope. Spring is coming.

The picture shows bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush (orange). Texas is proud of our bluebonnets. They are a lupine, but these particular species are only found in Texas or the edges of the neighboring states.