Daily Archives: December 30, 2022

Coca þola

Posted on December 30, 2022 by JE

I was looking up þola in Cleasby & Vigfusson this afternoon even though I was pretty sure I knew what it meant, which is a totally normal thing to do. They said it meant “endure”, as I expected, and connected … Continue reading →

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With humans like these, who needs chatbots?

Posted on December 30, 2022 by JE

An epic explosion of plagiarism and academic fraud–good to the last drop. (If the last drop has in fact dripped.)

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In Moria, in Khazad-dûm…

Posted on December 30, 2022 by JE

The Bridge of Khazad-dûm from Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings movie. If only the film had been as great as its background art.

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I Think, Therefore I Chat?

Posted on December 30, 2022 by JE

This brilliantly sums up my lack of wow at the Invasion of the Chatbots. [edited to add:] Here’s the discussion out of which the phrase arose. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33841672 It’s more narrowly directed at the chatbots’ inability to deal with actual fact … Continue reading →

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