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Tying ChatGPT up in knots

September 21, 2023

do you exist? Me I exist as a computer program running on servers, and I generate responses based on the input I receive. However, my existence is quite different from that of a physical entity. I don’t have consciousness, self-awareness, or physical form. Instead, I process and generate text based on patterns in the data…
It looks like you are using an ad blocker

September 18, 2023

How to remove stupid “It looks like you’re using an ad blocker” message from websites, and why they’re a stupid idea in the first place.
September Solar Usage

September 16, 2023

Looking at how my home solar battery installation is performing now the weather is less sunny.
Solar battery usage

August 24, 2023

Some observations about my whole house solar installation and how it performs under different weather conditions.
DIY VGA Serial Terminal

June 8, 2023

I use a Raspberry Pi Pico and turn it into a serial terminal for my RC2014.
Shut up you noisy inverter

June 7, 2023

The inverter I have for my DIY Solar setup is a noisy thing. It has two little 60mm fans that come on to cool it down. And they roar like a wannabe rackmount server. Today I swapped them out for some quieter ones off Amazon. Apart from making the inverter quiet it was also a…

Tying ChatGPT up in knots