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From: Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: People Are Googling Fake Sayings To See AI Overviews Explain Them
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:10:31 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-04-29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:42:26 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:
>
>> Mind you, way back in the day I saw degree student's software that
>> surely looked like the students were hullucinating when they wrote it
>> :-)
>
> I wonder how that can be, assuming the code actually works.

Who said anything about working?

> I knew someone, back in undergrad days, who was a good programmer (a few 
> years senior to me), but a lousy speller. I remember seeing one of his 
> programs reporting that the user had typed an ???illegial charector??? ...