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Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite
UCC has paid huge sums to a criminal professor
This story is not for republication. I bear responsibility for the things I write. I have read the guidelines and understand that I must not write anything untrue, and I won't.
This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.
Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent
Socratic Dialog Between ChatGPT-5 and Mind Agent Reveals Fatal and Deliberate 'Design by Construction' Flaw
This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!
This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".
According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.
People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.
AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent
Evaluating Semantic Reasoning Capability of AI Chatbot on Ontologically Deep Abstract (bias neutral) Thought
I have been evaluating AI Chatbot agents for their epistemic limits over the past two months, and have tested all major AI Agents, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Perplexity, and DeepSeek, for their epistemic limits and their negative impact as information gate-keepers.... Today I decided to test for how AI could be the boon for humanity in other positive areas, such as in completely abstract realms, such as metaphysical thought. Meaning, I wanted to test the LLMs for Positives beyond what most researchers benchmark these for, or have expressed in the approx. 2500 Turing tests in Humanity?s Last Exam.. And I chose as my first candidate, Google DeepMind's Gemini as I had not evaluated it before on anything.
Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Fri Aug 01, 2025 23:54 | 1 of indy
We have all known it for over 2 years that it is a genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has finally admitted what everyone else outside Israel has known for two years is that the Israeli state is carrying out a genocide in Gaza
Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support
With the release of this report titled: Our Genocide -there is a good chance this will make it okay for more people within Israel itself to speak out and do something about it despite the fact that many there are actually in support of the Gaza
China?s CITY WIDE CASH SEIZURES Begin ? ATMs Frozen, Digital Yuan FORCED Overnight Wed Jul 30, 2025 21:40 | 1 of indy
This story is unverified but it is very instructive of what will happen when cash is removed
THIS STORY IS UNVERIFIED BUT PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OR READ THE TRANSCRIPT AS IT GIVES AN VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT A CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL LOOK LIKE. And it ain't pretty
A single video report has come out of China claiming China's biggest cities are now cashless, not by choice, but by force. The report goes on to claim ATMs have gone dark, vaults are being emptied. And overnight (July 20 into 21), the digital yuan is the only currency allowed.
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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
Waiting for SIPO Anthony
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?Britain Can?t Deport Me?: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel Sat Sep 20, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Migrants in Calais have vowed to cross the Channel "again and again", saying "Britain can't deport me", as Keir Starmer's 'one in, one out' deal?with France faces a wave of legal challenges.
The post “Britain Can’t Deport Me”: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist Sat Sep 20, 2025 09:00 | Hannes Sarv
It's not CO2 that drives the climate, says astrophysicist Dr Henrik Svensmark. Its the Sun and cosmic rays. But you won't hear about this because only one viewpoint is now allowed in the pseudo-science of climate.
The post Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The ?Far Left? Finally Gets Its Comeuppance Sat Sep 20, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
For years the Left has smeared its opponents as 'far Right'. Now, the spike in Leftist political violence has led to a turning of the tables. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the Guardian, says Prof James Alexander.
The post The ‘Far Left’ Finally Gets Its Comeuppance appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
News Round-Up Sat Sep 20, 2025 01:09 | Toby Young
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Labour Sinks to Lowest Ever Poll Rating ? as Andy Burnham Fuels Starmer Challenge Rumours Fri Sep 19, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Labour has sunk to its lowest ever poll rating as Andy Burnham fuels rumours he is preparing to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership by refusing to commit to serving a full term as Greater Manchester Mayor.
The post Labour Sinks to Lowest Ever Poll Rating ? as Andy Burnham Fuels Starmer Challenge Rumours appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11furthermore , where have all the wino's gone.
I remember as a child being greeted by their smiling ruddy faces. Ok yeah they may have smelled of piss, but they were part of castle street just as the flower sellers are today.. But now the only vagrants are mostly of east european origin and i presume herion addicts as well..
At least wino's could'nt spread aids through sharing meths bottles.
Why o why? is the city centre poliferated with the dispossed: slackers: morose; and just plain sad. And no i'm not talking about winos, i mean the kids that hang about the art college and city hall. Its a beautiful day birds are singing. and the walking dead (not the orangemen) are stomping about the city centre.
If i wore as much makeup as these kids i should be in a casket. When people claim to be individual and hang about dressed the same they are'nt individuals anymore they are a gang! Belfast council should ban goths from gathering in the centre. God forbid we should have to relive the notorious shootout between the crips and the bloods by the albert clock in 98
blah blah blah...uter crap. i work in belfast city center and love the place. its a gret place to shop and socalize. i got many freinds from belfast and they all feel the same as me.. they love the place 2
oh dear - all you people on indymedia complaining about your shopping experiences! - i can hardly believe it!!
instead of visitng the mass consumerism, mall style, monoculture, chainstore experience of a city centre, try supporting your local shops, search out the alternative, the truly organic, the independent. and stop whingeing!!
jesus, we can't have charity workers, goths, or market researchers spoiling the religious bliss of your unadulterated consumer experience can we? wake up you idiots! don't you realise how stupid you sound.
if you don't want the complete experience, then don't visit the capitalist belly of the beast. you can't pick and choose which bit of capitalism you like, - i'm afraid it comes complete with warts and all.
jeez, you'll be complaining the weather's hotting up soon, while driving your cars to the city centre!
a city centre is indeed a site for all people, for all tastes and interests that does not mean that we are all fools or cultural zombies if we choose not to want organic homegrown handwoven bobble hats whenever we go shopping....capitalism has indeed made it impossible to find much variety in city centres that has little to do with the right to make choices about the causes we want to support ....everyone has the right to be different but if that is true then everyone has the right to express their irritation with the life choices of others....that is not an extension of 'freedom of capitalism' whatever shakey concept that may be but it is a basic human right... it is more in keeping with these rights to be an unobtrusive participent than to be shaking tins under everyones nose....it is not about the legitimacy of the cause but of the effectiveness of the tactics....
i have to say i would be one of those "goths" if yooh actully did look everyone does were somthing diffrent and no we are not all goths or guffs and hippies as people perhaps like you that talk in high pitched tones and dont say all the words "wat da fuk leak" an example of this horrible lauguge.
and why band us we dont go around starting fights with everyone.
Right ok!! hu ever said goths should be banned from belfast city centre, should take a look in the mirror and wise up. seriously, there is a thing in this bloody country about FREEDOM OF INDIVIDUALITY!!! we are allowed to hang out were ever we want. it would basically be like taking away the bloody city hall, because believe it or not, but many people come to see us up there. for satans sake, if we werent there, a university student wood not have got her project done. (I helped as she needed photos of alternate style for her project, so i did it)
So wise the bloody hell up, and piss off to empty hole in the ground or somewhere.
here wtf?? so wee have too like stay at home or bee f**king spides now f**k sake!
are we harming anyone?? are we hurting you by having a life?
no we are not!
if you are in town we have as much right to be there to!
go and get a f**king life you d**khead.
i don;t hear anyone complaining about the spide or treandys hanging around town..is it because they all look the same??
and yes, we do wear 'simaler' clothes but dosent everyone? at least we dont try t go with the 'trend' of tracsuits
people like you should be banned from voicing their views as they are utter s**t
From what I can see the "dispossessed" are in ever greater numbers. The only alternative to being a compliant little consumer means being marginalised and thus we have the huge numbers of "goths" - I wouldn't personally class them all as goths myself, maybe some berk in the musicmeedja will coin a more popular soundbite to describe them sometime soon- in Belfast of a weekend. I think it is only a good thing. I remember the days in the late 80's when there was only a handful ( large hand mind) of us and everyone else was a spide. Stay with me here and don't mind the overweening generalisations. I for one am proud to see the hordes skittering around Belfast at the weekend, maybe they are the next generation who can see the BS for what it is. If you don't accept the kak you are being fed then this is the only alternative on offer anymore. I know who I'd side with if I was a teenager.
Is dóigh liom go bhfuil lár Bhéal Feirste an lár cathrach is fearr in Éirinn - cairdiúl, éagsúil, soranna agus an mhaith do choisithe.
Hi there it is me again, cant believe i actualy said all that stuff. in case you are wondering i am still as goth as ever....but in the form of the Cybergoth kind, with hairfalls, pvc and HUGE platforms boots. i just want to give an apology, as i was young and naive when i wrote the last comment in 2005. then you could have called me a wannabe etc, but now i have grown into what i want to be, and am finaly happy. so as i have please excuse the 'for satans sake' pun i was just being an idiot. which i can admit to.
But ne way, there are many different types of people out there, who have the same rights as everyone else. goths, chav, millies etc have all the same rights as each other, therefore if we were all to conform to one thing, belfast would be a very dull, and lifeless place to travel to. therefore belfast is given character by each individual.
So place can we all just wise up, and enjoy life. and stop starting idiotic posts like this.
Again i have apologised for my rather rude and stupid comment from 2005.