Feeling sorry for you guys

[normiss 798]

57 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi John,

I graduated in 1971 with a BS in Mech. Engr.  Where I worked for 30 yrs, we had about 600 engineers employed.  IMO the high-lighted portion above could not be more true. *

Jerry Baumchen

* And, this includes me.

 

Our IT director has started using ChatGPT for project plans, instructions for end users, reports to the executive level, and communicating from an engineering level to a more generic and easily understood level.

Some people here wouldn't understand that though. The insistence on removing education is painful to see, and yet they are then confused over the need for foreigners to be granted visas to fulfill the need in America for advanced engineering jobs.

Some Americans appear to be quite proud of their ignorance. This thread is yet more proof of that as well. 

I still cannot get ChatGPT to configure a multi-site BGP/ISIS/EIGRP network design, though it will refer me to the needed information to understanding those backbone protocols.  

[wmw999 2,439]

2 hours ago, kallend said:

Of course, I'm sure YOU know better than members of the profession. 

Of course, this could also apply to active or retired police officers, and the business of policing...

[kallend 2,026]

3 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

Of course, this could also apply to active or retired police officers, and the business of policing...

I doubt your regular cop is a professional criminologist or statistician.

[BIGUN 1,296]

1 hour ago, normiss said:

I still cannot get ChatGPT to configure a multi-site

The other day; I asked Gemini to plan a 48 state motorcyle trip where I don't go through any state twice. I think I broke it. 

[JerryBaumchen 1,354]

1 hour ago, BIGUN said:

The other day; I asked Gemini to plan a 48 state motorcyle trip where I don't go through any state twice. I think I broke it. 

Hi Keith,

Quite a few yrs ago, when the Olympics were held in the US, they had a map for carrying the torch thru all 50 states.  Just don't ask me when or how to find the map.

I don't think it went thru any state twice.  You might be able to find the map.

Jerry Baumchen

[kallend 2,026]

1 hour ago, BIGUN said:

The other day; I asked Gemini to plan a 48 state motorcyle trip where I don't go through any state twice. I think I broke it. 

Is that an NP complete problem?

[riggerrob 643]

11 hours ago, normiss said:

Our IT director has started using ChatGPT for project plans, instructions for end users, reports to the executive level, and communicating from an engineering ......

In tried ChatGPT once!

I asked it a question about acid mesh ... a problem that grumpy old grey-bearded Master Riggers learned about back during the 1980s.

ChatGPT replied that acid mesh was good for parachute fabric.

I will never trust ChatGPT again.

[BIGUN 1,296]

10 hours ago, kallend said:

Is that an NP complete problem?

Hamiltonian?

[BIGUN 1,296]

10 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Olympics were held in the US, they had a map for carrying the torch thru all 50 states

Thank you, Jerry. Google was able to find the 1996 map, but it appears they didn't hit all 50 states.

[nigel99 466]

12 hours ago, BIGUN said:

The other day; I asked Gemini to plan a 48 state motorcyle trip where I don't go through any state twice. I think I broke it. 

Ai isn’t perfect by a long shot, but it’s incredibly useful.

Not implying you’re old and technically challenged, but there is a bit of an art to using the right prompt structure - on Chatgbt.

Gemini just asks you to die if you piss it off https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-chatbot-threatening-message-human-please-die/

[BIGUN 1,296]

1 hour ago, nigel99 said:

Not implying you’re old and technically challenged

You're half right. 

[JerryBaumchen 1,354]

8 hours ago, BIGUN said:

Thank you, Jerry. Google was able to find the 1996 map, but it appears they didn't hit all 50 states.

Hi Keith,

The map I was referring did go to all 50 states.  Wish I was more computer adept so I could find it.

C'est la vie,

Jerry Baumchen

[normiss 798]

8 hours ago, BIGUN said:

Thank you, Jerry. Google was able to find the 1996 map, but it appears they didn't hit all 50 states.

Harley Davidson ride mapper can be rather rewarding.

[kallend 2,026]

11 hours ago, BIGUN said:

Hamiltonian?

More than 10^62 possibilities for a brute force search if you want the shortest route.  Would take a while unless you have a quantum computer.

[BIGUN 1,296]

6 hours ago, normiss said:

Harley Davidson ride mapper can be rather rewarding.

Thank you, but I'm beginning to think it would be easier to pencil in a route on an old-fashioned map. Wonder if Rick wants to go :) 

[nigel99 466]

7 hours ago, BIGUN said:

Thank you, but I'm beginning to think it would be easier to pencil in a route on an old-fashioned map. Wonder if Rick wants to go :) 

I used to have a screenshot from way back I put in directions to go from North Perth to South of the River (about 30 miles away) and google maps gave directions to the nearest boat ramp, said kayak to Hawaii and back and then finished the journey. 

I’m guessing either I hit a bit of test code, an irate employee who was about to be fired or just an Easter egg. 

BTW: As the clock ticks down towards the end, every post seems to be the ultimate game of “in before the lock” from the time that was a trend here

[BIGUN 1,296]

1 hour ago, nigel99 said:

google maps gave directions to the nearest boat ramp, said kayak to Hawaii and back

 

[nigel99 466]

3 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

 

Interesting, was obviously a bigger thing than I realised 

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

11 hours ago, BIGUN said:

Thank you, but I'm beginning to think it would be easier to pencil in a route on an old-fashioned map. Wonder if Rick wants to go :) 

There's a lot of really good reasons to use an 'old school' paper map.

As I travel across the country, there's a Rand McNally Motor Carrier's Road Atlas on my dash. I don't use it as much as I used to, but there are still times it's a better and easier choice than the GPS maps (truck computer, old hand held Garmin and Google on my phone.

[normiss 798]

13 hours ago, BIGUN said:

Thank you, but I'm beginning to think it would be easier to pencil in a route on an old-fashioned map. Wonder if Rick wants to go :) 

The Motorcycle Canonball run does NOT allow GPS or cell phones for mapping.

They have an established route on a scrolling map.  

[BIGUN 1,296]

41 minutes ago, normiss said:

The Motorcycle Canonball run does NOT allow GPS or cell phones for mapping.

They have an established route on a scrolling map

Hmmmm... Thank you. I hadn't thought of that in years. I may have to pass on the 50 states and do this. This is my last year for a long bike ride, so saying I did the Canonball would be like a WFFC rite of passage.  Time to give it up. Getting too painful as time goes on. 

[normiss 798]

30 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

Hmmmm... Thank you. I hadn't thought of that in years. I may have to pass on the 50 states and do this. This is my last year for a long bike ride, so saying I did the Canonball would be like a WFFC rite of passage.  Time to give it up. Getting too painful as time goes on. 

Getting old and hurting is why I sold my chopper. I just HAD to have that S&S 124".

Back on a geezer glide now, 15 Street Glide.

[wmw999 2,439]

We sold both our bikes a couple years ago. More and more we were just riding them to stay current enough to ride. Locally, I’d rather ride a bicycle (wonderful trails) or just hike.

Wendy P. 

[winsor 236]

2 hours ago, wmw999 said:

We sold both our bikes a couple years ago. More and more we were just riding them to stay current enough to ride. Locally, I’d rather ride a bicycle (wonderful trails) or just hike.

Wendy P. 

We still have a Vespa, 3 Yamahas (RD-350, IT-175, DT-100), an SSR 125, a KTM 50LC, a Suzuki RMX-250, a Moto Guzzi 850T Interceptor, a BMW R1200C Montauk and a Harley Davidson FXE.

The Moto Guzzi and the KTM are due to be sold shortly.

[turtlespeed 219]

On 12/28/2024 at 2:24 PM, normiss said:

Our IT director has started using ChatGPT for project plans, instructions for end users, reports to the executive level, and communicating from an engineering level to a more generic and easily understood level.

Some people here wouldn't understand that though. The insistence on removing education is painful to see, and yet they are then confused over the need for foreigners to be granted visas to fulfill the need in America for advanced engineering jobs.

Some Americans appear to be quite proud of their ignorance. This thread is yet more proof of that as well. 

I still cannot get ChatGPT to configure a multi-site BGP/ISIS/EIGRP network design, though it will refer me to the needed information to understanding those backbone protocols.  

Are you implying the education system here is lacking, and dumbed down?