‘Explain it to a rubber duck’, is a piece of advice that I understand computer people use to break down complex problems, which is a cargo-cult version of a writer working with an editor, who unlike the duck, can respond and give good advice

[liamvhogan@aus.social]

@Kels_316 @daedalus yes, when what’s actually being asked for is simply to add more meaning

[futzle@old.mermaid.town]

@liamvhogan @Kels_316 @daedalus Thinking out loud here. Is there utility in LLM summaries as a kind of measure of entropy, to give the writer an idea of how overpadded their writing is?

[daedalus@eigenmagic.net]

@futzle @liamvhogan @Kels_316 that's one use case I've seen described, and yeah, I think it could be useful for writers who care about such things. Like a linter for your writing, similar to spelling and grammar checkers. You can ignore them whenever you want, if you want to break 'rules' on purpose.

[kauer@aus.social]

@Kels_316 @daedalus @liamvhogan "minima" is more concise and more correct than "minimums"...

[liamvhogan@aus.social]

@daedalus @futzle @Kels_316 the thing is though sometimes lengthiness is appropriate and called for, ask Proust. An LLM can never possibly assess how much meaning is there

[kels_316@aus.social]

@kauer @daedalus @liamvhogan one thing I cannot abide is Latin plurals. Drives me mad.

[neoluddite@aus.social]

@liamvhogan @jackeric with the right people, it's pretty fun

[thermitebegiants@aus.social]

@liamvhogan @jackeric pair programming where there’s any sort of power differential (ie manager-managed, senior-junior) is indistinguishable from micromanagement

[kauer@aus.social]

@liamvhogan not cargo cult; nobody thinks the duck will answer or has any powers.

[kauer@aus.social]

@Kels_316 @daedalus @liamvhogan What's your position on "phenomena"?

That one's from Greek AND Latin

[hugh@ausglam.space]

@kauer @Kels_316 @daedalus @liamvhogan

Phenomena
Doo doo de doo doo
Phenomena
Doo doo de do

[liamvhogan@aus.social]

@hugh @kauer @Kels_316 @daedalus