Imagine how I feel when I see the old stuff. Yes, it is cheaper and for child toys why not. But frigging filament, signs etc.? Strontiumaluminate based stuff is just a different level. just compare them, the old ZnS based stuff fades SO fast you can barely see it in a time lapse.

Is it the classical ZnS based stuff that fades within minutes or the modem strontiumaluminate (like luminova) that lasts for hours?

What exactly do you want to do and how?

“we” as in absolutely not most people.

For simple PC unlocking etc. they are perfectly fine and improve security due to their far higher usability.

The same way 10 key files on 10 different locations combined with this and that are more secure than a simple 60 character password. But the simple password is far more practical, so far more secure overall since people actually use it.

The first 2 paragraphs read a bit odd. I mean I specifically said that it is a tool that saves time and not what you put in my mouth. That is actually the whole point I made. The same way a book saves time compared to going somewhere, hearing about it and writing it down. Or using interactive programs instead of having to compile and upload code. Or using Python instead of C++ or C++ instead of assembly. Or assembly instead of straight binary or connecting wires or a punch card.

I also specifically say that someone without prior knowledge is not going to be able to do that. The same way someone who does not understand math is not going to be able to use a calculator or Excel in an effective way.

To take the oil change example, it is like a tutorial on how to do it yourself. But you still need to have a jack, lay on the floor, unscrew etc. But instead of having to go to a shop and learn it there, you learn it directly, which is more effective. Like reading a book about assembly instead of looking over the shoulder of the person inventing assembly. Errors can always happen and I have to say, given how much GPT improved over just 1.5 years, we are soon in the situation Wikipedia was back in the day. “Wikipedia can be edited by everyone, you can’t trust it” while in reality it was already more reliable than the encyclopedias it was getting compared to.

Define “without having their hand held”. Did they come up with all concepts themselves? Do they exclusively code in assembly? Wire their machines by hand? Operate the switches manually? Push the button off the Morse machine themselves? How far back should I go with the analogies before it is clear how nonsensical that is? I am a random hobbyist that is enabled to do such stuff because of GPT. I would not have been able to replace a broken BMS chip in my e-bike battery without GPT helping me digest the datasheet and get the register, programming procedure etc. etc. into code to read the old and write the new chip. I am not 15 anymore, I can not spend 50 hours learning some niche skill that I will never(!) use again just to fix something that is worth 200 $.

If you think that anyone can do that with GPT you are not only mistaken but at the same time I am shocked that you would not want that to be the case, just out of pettiness that you could not do it as easy but “had to learn it the hard way back in the day”. Disgusting.

I learn even less if the effort required is far too high to even try. GPT reduces this a whole lot, enabling me (and presumably many others) to do things they were unable to do previously.

I really do not understand how this community is so toxic regarding this.

The LLM is excellent at writing documentation… :D

Hence GPT to help. I build a fairly big GUI that way, far bigger than GPTs context window (about 3’500 lines), but as always we can break things into smaller pieces that are easy to manage.

It is far more efficient to ask specific questions instead of reading the whole documentation. Asking those with relevant knowledge of the field is usually not an option. Asking GPT is an option we now have. Why would you not like it? It is like having Excel instead of a calculator and paper.

ChatGPT will easily make you a basic GUI in Python using tkinter in my case. Can only recommend. It can also explain how those things work etc.

You would not see anything on a linear scale except for the large values near day 1 and then it goes down to essentially 0.

This is pure green washing, the guy wants to make money with his “alternative” product.

Obviously transportation as a whole emits a lot of CO2. But not so much the infrastructure, since that lasts a long time, so even high initial emissions are quickly irrelevant compared to the emissions of using the infrastructure. Rails, being electric a lot and with low friction, are the best case(?) scenario “against” this. I would still assume that due to the decades of use that the initial upfront CO2 of making railways is somewhat irrelevant.

Things like bridges have other priorities. They should last 100 years or so, the CO2 footprint is simply irrelevant. The relevant parameters are safety, longevity and a reasonable price. Stop paying attention to green washing nonsense. Focus on the important parts.

It is about CO2, one of the absolute last things relevant for a bridge. But of course there is a monetary reason for this person to do that:

Cross is also programme manager on Network Rail’s Flow Bridge project. Flow stands for fibre reinforced polymer

If there is free RAM, is there a reason not to use it?

as they’re robust

I would argue they are just what was used during development. After that, it never changes.

Why did they use it back then? Were there many alternatives? I do not know.

Not needed what…?

I agree, if the data loss is no issue and there is no need to recover anything, just start from scratch.