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Subject: Re: What it would take...
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On Mon, 2025-05-12 at 23:38 +0100, Andy Walker wrote:
> On 12/05/2025 18:21, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> > I have tired to suggest that everyone simply stop replying to PO.=C2=A0=
 He
> > does not want to be right, he wants the attention and after a final
> > flurry of insulting posts he would probably go elsewhere.
>=20
> 	I too have tried that suggestion.=C2=A0 But no, every obsessive poster
> here seems to think that they have a killer argument that will finally
> persuade Peter that he is wrong.=C2=A0 Repeated claims of stupidity, lyin=
g,
> and so on does nothing to lower the temperature.=C2=A0 You would think th=
at
> bashing ones head against a brick wall 20+ times/day would eventually
> lead to enlightenment, but no, it seems instead to lead to even greater
> determination not to be the poster who simply stops.
>=20
> 	Personally, I kf articles of more than 100 lines and some of the
> most prolific posters, and also don't bother to read any article which
> fails to grab my attention on the first screenful [kudos to RichardH for
> being one of very few posters to snip appropriately].=C2=A0 That, at leas=
t,
> makes the group readable.=C2=A0 I hope someone will wake me up if there i=
s
> ever any actual progress made.=C2=A0 Some hope!=C2=A0 Sadly, it seems mor=
e likely
> that two or more posters will discover the joys of AI and set their
> computer to auto-reply semi-intelligently to each and every post.
>=20
> 	[For all I know, that's how PO already operates and he is not the
> sad misguided attention-seeking person that most here seem to assume, but
> is instead running a vast psychological experiment to see how far he can
> push his LLM before anyone (other than our resident penguin) notices.]
>=20
=20
I would suggest keep it this way, whenever some one willing to respond.