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|    Gary McGath to Cryptoengineer    |
|    Re: Readercon code of conduct    |
|    03 Jun 24 06:28:36    |
      From: garym@mcgath.com              On 6/1/24 11:37 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:              > Ive noticed a growing trend of people who reject formal expertise       > and rigorous, data based knowledge development, instead loudly       > espousing ill informed, unsupported positions, mostly obtained       > from social media.       ...       >       > I think it makes people feel 'smart', that they have a special handle on       > what's going on, even when it's based on demonstrable idiocies.       >              And now with post-ChatGPT AI, computers are doing it without human       intervention.              --       Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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