Asheville Charlie<p>I just ate so much beefaroni.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a></p>
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Asheville Charlie<p>Its a scam</p><p>What?</p><p>(sweeping arm gesture)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>I wonder sometimes if the emergent properties of large groups of people naturally lead to asshattery.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/almostdeepthought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>almostdeepthought</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>LOL if you ask ChatGPT for random numbers, more likely than not it will pick 42 (Thanks to Douglas Adams)</p><p>And funny enough, 73 is extremely popular, which I will blame on all of us ham radio folks out here. (73 is a traditional number code for saying goodbye on ham radio). <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> </p><p>Someone, somewhere, is going to win a lottery or drawing somewhere by picking the numbers most likely to be picked by an LLM, soon. Somebody is going to get the (dumb) idea to use one of the LLMs to pick winning numbers for their drawing, and it's going to be the most frequent choices due to the weighting towards specific numbers within the training material. (42 and 73 will be in there, LOL).</p><p>h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rrmutt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rrmutt</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.leniolabs.com/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/04/42-GPTs-answer-to-Life-the-Universe-and-Everything/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">leniolabs.com/artificial-intel</span><span class="invisible">ligence/2023/10/04/42-GPTs-answer-to-Life-the-Universe-and-Everything/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/numbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>numbers</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/lottery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lottery</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>Researchers Create World's First Completely Verifiable Random Number Generator</p><p><a href="https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/1656252/researchers-create-worlds-first-completely-verifiable-random-number-generator" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.slashdot.org/story/25/</span><span class="invisible">06/16/1656252/researchers-create-worlds-first-completely-verifiable-random-number-generator</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>Ya ever look back at your life, especially those with a few years under your belt, and think.. ya know.. it's a miracle I'm alive.. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>Here's some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p><p>Who likes playing the change game.. like.. you're at the store and your bill is $15.37 and you hand the cashier $21 or it's $4.26 and you give $5.01</p><p>Yes, I'm easily amused..lol</p>
Asheville Charlie<p>I was just reading something about ghosts and it dawned on me that.. ya never see people finding ghosts that speak other languages.. and.. statistically speaking.. that's pretty unlikely..</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deepthoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deepthoughts</span></a></p>
Jake in the desert<p>Fellow agnostics and freaks rejoice, loving uncertainty can have psychological benefits. Open-mindedness, trying weird shit, etc. Things I'm a big fan of</p><p><a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/learning-to-love-uncertainty-may-have-psychological-benefits" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">discovermagazine.com/mind/lear</span><span class="invisible">ning-to-love-uncertainty-may-have-psychological-benefits</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/BeAlgorithmicallyIncoherent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeAlgorithmicallyIncoherent</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uncertainty</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/weirdness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weirdness</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a></p>
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@CptSuperlative" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CptSuperlative</span></a></span> On randomness, <em>still</em> my favourite article of the past two decades, "If you can't choose wisely, choose randomly", by Michael Schulson:</p><blockquote><p>As moderns, we take it for granted that the best decisions stem from a process of empirical analysis and informed choice, with a clear goal in mind. That kind of decision-making, at least in theory, undergirds the ways that we choose political leaders, play the stock market, and select candidates for schools and jobs. It also shapes the way in which we critique the rituals and superstitions of others. But, as the Kantu’ illustrate, there are plenty of situations when random chance really is your best option.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/if-you-can-t-choose-wisely-choose-randomly" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/if-you-can-t-ch</span><span class="invisible">oose-wisely-choose-randomly</span></a></p><p>Much more, and apparently heavy reliance on a couple of books I'd still like to read, by Michael Dove, Michael Stone's <em>The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making</em>, Robert Finlay's <em>Politics in Renaissance Venice</em>, and a few others. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fire.asta.lgbt/@aud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aud</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/MichaelSchulson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSchulson</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>So I'm watching the original Japanese Iron Chef and at the beginning of each show is a quote..</p><p>You've heard, <br>"You are what you eat" <br>but that's not really the original quote.. it's this.. beginning every episode.</p><p>"Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are"<br>Brillat-Savarin</p><p>What a completely different thought.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>Ya ever think about pets from their perspective? </p><p>Like randomly somebody grabs you and starts rubbing you all over all the time. And do you really think there would ever be a time you would wander over to some creature 10 times your size and snuggle up to go to sleep? </p><p>It's pretty weird if you look at it from their perspective.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
Alec Muffett<p>Don’t use an LLM to generate a random number or to generate passwords<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/111084" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/111084</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
alecm<p><strong>Don’t use an LLM to generate a random number or to generate passwords</strong></p><p>Just click to read the enormity of 4 pages of biased overthinking that it ploughs into “choose a random number between 1 and 100”</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LLMDevs/comments/1ieyflc/prompted_deepseek_r1_to_choose_a_number_between_1/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/LLMDevs/comments/1ieyflc/prompted_deepseek_r1_to_choose_a_number_between_1/</a></p> <a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/copy_link?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Falecmuffett.com%2Farticle%2F111084&linkname=Don%E2%80%99t%20use%20an%20LLM%20to%20generate%20a%20random%20number%20or%20to%20generate%20passwords" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Falecmuffett.com%2Farticle%2F111084&linkname=Don%E2%80%99t%20use%20an%20LLM%20to%20generate%20a%20random%20number%20or%20to%20generate%20passwords" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/whatsapp?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Falecmuffett.com%2Farticle%2F111084&linkname=Don%E2%80%99t%20use%20an%20LLM%20to%20generate%20a%20random%20number%20or%20to%20generate%20passwords" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Falecmuffett.com%2Farticle%2F111084&linkname=Don%E2%80%99t%20use%20an%20LLM%20to%20generate%20a%20random%20number%20or%20to%20generate%20passwords" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/mastodon?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Falecmuffett.com%2Farticle%2F111084&linkname=Don%E2%80%99t%20use%20an%20LLM%20to%20generate%20a%20random%20number%20or%20to%20generate%20passwords" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/threads?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Falecmuffett.com%2Farticle%2F111084&linkname=Don%E2%80%99t%20use%20an%20LLM%20to%20generate%20a%20random%20number%20or%20to%20generate%20passwords" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Falecmuffett.com%2Farticle%2F111084&linkname=Don%E2%80%99t%20use%20an%20LLM%20to%20generate%20a%20random%20number%20or%20to%20generate%20passwords" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Falecmuffett.com%2Farticle%2F111084&linkname=Don%E2%80%99t%20use%20an%20LLM%20to%20generate%20a%20random%20number%20or%20to%20generate%20passwords" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a> ⊞ <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/ai" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/llm" target="_blank">#llm</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/randomness" target="_blank">#randomness</a></p>
Matt Hodgkinson<p>“It is not plausible that, even with improved typing speeds or an increase in chimpanzee populations, monkey labour will ever be a viable tool for developing non-trivial written works.”</p><p>♾️🐒⌨️📜⌛</p><p>A transparent attempt at an IgNobel.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c748km</span><span class="invisible">vwyv9o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shakespeare</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Statistics</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Randomness</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/InfiniteMonkeyTheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfiniteMonkeyTheorem</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/InfiniteMonkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfiniteMonkeys</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>In my recent experience I find an increasing likelihood that change tracking in Microsoft products is governed by an insidious combination of randomness and "AI" gibberish-o-mats much like what is described in my pinned toot. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/changetracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>changetracking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a></p>
Michael Piotrowski<p>How come the release notes in the App Store are suddenly in German even though I haven’t changed the system language? I wouldn’t care if I didn’t use an English UI precisely to avoid bad translations!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/iPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iPad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
🤟 Chad 💀 Riden 🤘<p>An <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>:</p><p>I'm a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comedian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comedian</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/producer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>producer</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/promoter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>promoter</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filmmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filmmaker</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamer</span></a>, & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/father" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>father</span></a> living off the grid on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Taos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taos</span></a> County, New Mexico high desert mesa where I am <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/building" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>building</span></a> a sustainable, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/offthegrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offthegrid</span></a> compound with some awesome friends.</p><p>On stage, I tell self-incriminating stories of my ridiculous deeds that embarrass my family & make everybody else think I'm a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weirdo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weirdo</span></a>.</p><p>Online I post about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> building, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cuteanimals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cuteanimals</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comedy</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nerd</span></a> stuff, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>, & silly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a>.</p>
Freya Blekman<p>As an <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> to me, and my <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> career, I highly recommend this article in <br>@PhysicsWorld<br> with an interview reflecting on particle physics <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/careers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>careers</span></a>, using mine as an example</p><p>Also featuring: <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>, <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> and <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/luck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luck</span></a>, <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collaboration</span></a>, <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>, <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/diversityequityinclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversityequityinclusion</span></a> and <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/mentoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentoring</span></a><br><a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/freya-blekman-on-the-particle-pathway-of-big-science/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">physicsworld.com/a/freya-blekm</span><span class="invisible">an-on-the-particle-pathway-of-big-science/</span></a></p>
Freya Blekman<p>Nice article in <br>@PhysicsWorld<br> with an interview reflecting on particle physics <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/careers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>careers</span></a>, including mine</p><p>Also featuring: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luck</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collaboration</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diversityequityinclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversityequityinclusion</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentoring</span></a><br><a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/freya-blekman-on-the-particle-pathway-of-big-science/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">physicsworld.com/a/freya-blekm</span><span class="invisible">an-on-the-particle-pathway-of-big-science/</span></a></p>
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