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Claude’s dirty secrets and… Grok would kill for money!

May 30, 2025 Claude’s dirty secrets and… Grok would kill for money!2025-06-16T04:30:01+01:00 2 Comments AI, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Hallusions, Mistral, puzzles, Qwen

A couple of days ago, in Ars Technica: Hidden AI instructions reveal how Anthropic controls Claude 4. This is about the independent AI researcher Simon Willison having published a detailed…

Nu, Nicușor Dan nu a rezolvat problema de clasa a patra! Actualizare: ba da!

September 6, 2024 Nu, Nicușor Dan nu a rezolvat problema de clasa a patra! Actualizare: ba da!2024-09-07T13:36:19+01:00 2 Comments longread, pe românește, puzzles

Am crezut că îmi scot creierii din mucezeală, dar de fapt mă enervai întrucâtva urmărind o așa-zisă provocare a unei profe de mate pe care Prelipceanu i-a prezentat-o lui Nicușor…

The extra information meant he didn’t know she didn’t know…

September 6, 2021 The extra information meant he didn’t know she didn’t know…2021-09-06T20:41:57+01:00 No Comment puzzles

Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle in The Guardian online is something I once used to follow for a while, until the entire thing pissed me off too much. He's no such…

The day the Chinese puzzles took over

February 22, 2019 The day the Chinese puzzles took over2019-07-29T19:08:39+01:00 longread, puzzles

I'm really furious when people don't bother to look for the original source of whatever they're posting on the Internet (I feel I have a duty). I'm also angry at…

Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “De ce DOOM3 a schimbat „caramelă” în „caramea”, deși Al. Graur, în Dicționar al greșelilor de limbă (1982), justifica astfel:…” Jul 13, 13:18
Béranger on The Great AI Leap Forward: To panic or not to panic?: ““After completing the study, developers estimate that allowing AI reduced completion time by 20 percent,” the study says. “Surprisingly, we…” Jul 12, 16:50
Béranger on Thoughts about BRICS+, China, and Europe—and the US: “The EU and Mexico will face a 30% tariff from the US, starting on August 1. With such an ally…” Jul 12, 14:07
Béranger on The Great AI Leap Forward: To panic or not to panic?: “Guido Saracco: 🤖 Cosa manca all’IA per essere cosciente L’intelligenza artificiale (IA) si fonda su un paradigma molto diverso dalla…” Jul 12, 13:39
Béranger on Thoughts about BRICS+, China, and Europe—and the US: “OK, so from August 1, tariffs on Canada will be 35%. Trump is much worse than Putin. He’s senile.” Jul 11, 11:11
Béranger on Trying to understand the stupid Chinese AI censorship: “I made DeepSeek censor one of its long answers again! In the context of the UK’s Royal Mail shrinking its…” Jul 10, 14:51
Béranger on Thoughts about BRICS+, China, and Europe—and the US: “Oh, my, BRICS and the entire world are again under Trump’s attack! ● In a letter to Brazil’s president Lula…” Jul 10, 10:56
J.L.Mc12 on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “Hey ludditus I also first came across GRIM via the video on how to deal with bullies as you did,…” Jul 10, 02:23
Béranger on There is still hope in England: “Chez des autres aussi.” Jul 8, 12:17
zugu on There is still hope in England: “But xir, you are wrong! https://i.ibb.co/Hp93Tm3N/mortal-kombat-in-2024-v0-efkp2kj5fmod1.webp” Jul 8, 12:15
Béranger on Thoughts about BRICS+, China, and Europe—and the US: “❶ Trump extended the July 9 deadline to August 1 for the 50% tariffs to be imposed on the European…” Jul 8, 00:14
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Some people don’t believe in the authenticity of the Graystones. Look at the comments by FeloniousPunk1. While the mixing seems…” Jul 7, 17:51
Béranger on So-called neuroscientist: we don’t have visual memories but reconstruct them à la ChatGPT: “OMFG, we can all become ChatGPT!!! Mind Wandering during Implicit Learning Is Associated with Increased Periodic EEG Activity and Improved…” Jul 6, 22:02
Béranger on 🤖 Gemini CLI is a hit-and-miss: “Regarding the translations made by Gemini, a friend translated the same text, in chunks, with ChatGPT (I don’t know what…” Jul 6, 21:58
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “I added to the list the latest cover by the kids at The Graystones: Billy Joel, “My Life”. It should…” Jul 5, 02:21
Béranger on Language Learning Apps, Revisited: 34 Products + Bonus Links: “I wanted to add a note to this post regarding the YT channel Joy of Languages. Italian, because Katie Harris…” Jul 2, 00:04
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “● Prim-ministrului îi va fi greu; primul secretar județean; prim-solistul Operei Naționale: când nu este hipercorectitudine, este hipernormare. O discuție…” Jun 30, 17:28
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Added a new radio: Pop Culture by Cultures Co.” Jun 29, 13:36
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Nu mă uit la un căcat de video vertical cu text scris peste. Dacă pizda are ceva de spus, SĂ…” Jun 25, 23:03
Aldus on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Deficitul bugetar și modul extrem de simplu în care NU se va rezolva (pentru că nimeni n-o să facă ce…” Jun 25, 23:01
Béranger on Comentarii grafomaniace pe alt blog: “Discuțiile continuă pe blogul lui Aldus; adaug link-uri când este cazul.” Jun 24, 23:11
Béranger on Bypass Paywalls will never die: “A “piracy” note: SLUM: The Shadow Library Uptime Monitor tracks the availability of popular shadow libraries in real time from…” Jun 24, 21:24
Béranger on Understanding Israel, Trump, and the “negotiations with Iran”: “Antony Blinken: Trump’s Iran Strike Was a Mistake. I Hope It Succeeds. (June 24, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET) First, it…” Jun 24, 17:19
Béranger on Thoughts about BRICS+, China, and Europe—and the US: “Look, Ma, China won. Trump, on Truth Social (Jun 24, 2025, 1:14 PM GMT): China can now continue to purchase…” Jun 24, 16:59
Béranger on Understanding Israel, Trump, and the “negotiations with Iran”: “There is an explanation for the actions of the master strategist, the 4D chess player. Prof. Phillips O’Brien, on X:…” Jun 24, 14:01
Béranger on Understanding Israel, Trump, and the “negotiations with Iran”: “Minor updates from social media… the united states is not at war with iran. it’s more of a special military…” Jun 23, 14:13
Béranger on Comentarii grafomaniace pe alt blog: “Danke. Detto fatto!” Jun 23, 13:28
Aldus on Comentarii grafomaniace pe alt blog: “Am scris un articol cu comentariul lui Sapolsky, ca să avem loc de bârfe la subsol, că se tot comenta…” Jun 23, 13:23
Béranger on Thoughts about BRICS+, China, and Europe—and the US: “İhsan Aktaş’s Iran-Israel war shifts global balances, tests China’s power inspired me to add a comment on China, too. The…” Jun 22, 19:27
Béranger on Understanding Israel, Trump, and the “negotiations with Iran”: “UPDATE: The Nobel Peace Prize goes to Trump. He shares it with Netanyahu and Putin. Fordow is gone.— Open Source…” Jun 22, 09:46
Béranger on Bibi + Donald + Iran = 💣: “Things I didn’t really know in full, but now I do: ❶ There is a fatwa by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,…” Jun 20, 00:58
Aldus on Bibi + Donald + Iran = 💣: ““God’s promise” is bullshit and bears no legal value! It’s interesting that only political leaders embrace the perspective of the…” Jun 19, 23:36
Aldus on Israel is the land of love: “Macron has forgotten his repulsion towards the massacre in Gaza and is friends again with Bibi, the ICC-indicted mass murderer.…” Jun 19, 22:53
Béranger on Bibi + Donald + Iran = 💣: “White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Trump said, “Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of…” Jun 19, 21:18
morgan on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “> 1995 was a much better year for humankind. Yes M” Jun 19, 17:32
Béranger on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “There is no future of Linux on the desktop as long as both RH/IBM and Canonical push GNOME as the…” Jun 19, 11:48
morgan on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “Might this discussion offer an answer: DNF on Opensuse? Is it possible? I just ask – I’ve been using Fedora…” Jun 19, 11:40
Béranger on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “That’s too long a story. Short version: unreliable and bad karma. Not unusable, mind you. Just not for me. Here’s…” Jun 18, 15:57
morgan on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “I’m just scratching my head about the same sort of thing, having followed you article about RH pooing – you…” Jun 18, 15:55
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Mariana Vizoli, consultant fiscal, fost responsabil TVA vreme de 18 ani în Ministerul Finanțelor, le știe binișor: Taxarea inversă generalizată…” Jun 17, 15:38
HAL on Copilot, Mistral, Gpt4All: more AI letdowns. Back to Claude?: “Je vous avais dit que vous étiez peut-être un peu trop rapide en écartant Claude si vite pour si peu……” Jun 16, 13:58
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Corina Vasile, Director Executiv al ANIS (Asociația Patronală a Industriei de Software și Servicii) mănâncă căcat cu polonicul în De…” Jun 16, 11:18
Béranger on Claude’s dirty secrets and… Grok would kill for money!: “Hallusions: Follow-up on the topic of the surgeon saying, “I can’t operate on this boy!” Remember how all chatbots but…” Jun 16, 04:14
Béranger on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “And here’s what I thought about the book.” Jun 14, 12:16
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Uite că nu toată lumea are vise erotice cu „reverse VAT”. Exemplu: Mariana Vizoli, consultant fiscal și cadru didactic asociat…” Jun 12, 18:33
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Deși CTP s-a pronunțat în mod repetat împotriva impozitării progresive, de-abia ieri a venit cu un argument care să „țină…” Jun 12, 16:53
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Ia uite-l și pe Dan Manolescu, șeful Camerei Consultanților Fiscali: „Am auzit de o creștere a impozitului pe profit de…” Jun 12, 14:57
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Nu-l înțelegi pentru că nu vrei să gândești. Atenție, a înțelege ceva nu-i totuna cu a fi de acord, sau…” Jun 12, 12:59
zugu on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Eu nu înțeleg impozitul progresiv. Dacă toți plătim 10%, nu este evident că ăia cu salarii mai mari DEJA plătesc…” Jun 12, 12:03
Béranger on Curtea Constituțională a legalizat corupția în România: “CCR a publicat online faimoasa motivare a abjecției: DECIZIA nr.297 din 29 mai 2025 referitoare la excepția de neconstituționalitate a…” Jun 11, 22:17
Béranger on Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même: “Două idei la care Theodor Paleologu ține cu furie: – Că PSD precis are oameni mai decenți decât Grindeanu -…” Jun 11, 21:12
Béranger on Student, dar nu absolvent: să înțelegem CV-ul lui Nicușor: “Theodor Paleologu, despre cum a fost admis Nicușor Dan la ENS, și despre „adevărata Sorbonă” (Paris I+IV): cam de la…” Jun 11, 21:01
Wiktor Miesok on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “Hit me an email and I’ll send you the ePub. If you like it, you can buy it on Amazon.” Jun 11, 17:05
Béranger on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “I did not spend €5 on it, mate. What’s it about?” Jun 11, 15:37
Wiktor Miesok on The Tate brothers equivalent for the intellectual type: Grim: “But is the book good or not, mate?” Jun 11, 15:36
Béranger on The zombified Claude Explains, and more Anthropic shit: “Sí señor, efectos especiales … Sí señor, una tentación … Sí señor, corona de cristales … Tú y yo a…” Jun 9, 11:54
zugu on The zombified Claude Explains, and more Anthropic shit: “Mă scuzați, dar am simțit nevoia să comentez în limba română. Cum căcat trec ăștia în masă la chatboți și…” Jun 9, 11:43
Béranger on The zombified Claude Explains, and more Anthropic shit: “I was just about to write that nobody bothered to notice that Claude Explains is no more (OK, it’s Saturday,…” Jun 7, 22:19
Béranger on This is how stupid Microsoft is: “OMFG. Microsoft shares script to restore inetpub folder you shouldn’t delete 🙂 It’s Set-InetpubFolderAcl 1.0.” Jun 7, 21:32
Chris on Claude’s dirty secrets and… Grok would kill for money!: “I don’t have any comment regarding this post in particular, but I genuinely want to thank you for producing such…” Jun 7, 08:44