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cos dem

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12. Hey, another time nerd!

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #11)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:28 AM

Dec 21

I would agree with your assessment. Situation not ideal, but also not the end of the world. It's one reason why UTC (and TAI) are "coordinated' between multiple nations, and their respective time reference systems.

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The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed. [View all] LiberalArkie Dec 20 OP

Can't see Threads posts canetoad Dec 20 #1

There is a status monitoring system that shows them down as of 8PM MT Renew Deal Dec 20 #4

OMG !1! dweller Dec 20 #2

I asked ChatGPT if this is a big deal. Renew Deal Dec 20 #3

Please don't post chatbot answers here. That answer could be wrong in lots of ways, but you can't highplainsdem Dec 20 #9

As someone who worked in time & frequency for 25 years, the answer is pretty spot on... Wounded Bear Dec 20 #11

Hey, another time nerd! cos dem Dec 21 #12

I will continue to do it and label it when I do. Renew Deal Dec 21 #13

The only reason ChatGPT appears to work at all is the theft of the world's intellectual property, and it highplainsdem Dec 21 #15

When somebody announces that it's a chatbot answer, that is sufficient synni Dec 21 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author highplainsdem Dec 21 #18

No, that isn't sufficient, because many people are still not aware that chatbot answers can be filled highplainsdem Dec 21 #19

Speaking of illegal training data ... DU posts can be alerted on for violations of copyright law. If AIs routinely ... eppur_se_muova Dec 21 #21

I'd prefer just a clear-cut rule against posting anything AI-generated, with an exception made for highplainsdem Dec 21 #22

So would I, but some here are strangely enthusiastic about II (Imitation Intelligence, which is what AI really is) ... eppur_se_muova Dec 21 #23

It can be tempting for people to use AI if they think it saves them time, or makes them appear more highplainsdem Dec 21 #27

No worries. Permanut Dec 20 #5

We have now officially entered dweller Dec 20 #6

Does anybody really know what time it is? Orrex Dec 20 #7

(Care) does anybody really care? Ol Janx Spirit Dec 20 #10

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Music Video - Time - Phil Keaggy Jacson6 Dec 21 #16

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Love Alan Parsons. Unfortunately, he's now having to deal with AI-using frauds: highplainsdem Dec 21 #25

I've been a big fan of his since the 1970s lapfog_1 Dec 21 #28

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