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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.
The Saker >>
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
Public Inquiry >>
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How Small Wins Could Save the Government Sun Oct 19, 2025 19:00 | Joanna Gray
The Government is floundering like a sulky teen, but tackling small wins ? from tidying high streets to fixing DVLA chaos ? could help rebuild its confidence, suggests Joanna Gray.
The post How Small Wins Could Save the Government appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
No Kings, No Thrones, No Crowns? No Problem Sun Oct 19, 2025 17:00 | Dr Roger Watson
The US may be shut down, but in DC the National Guard outnumbers protesters, and as Dr Roger Watson notes, streets once full of tents and beggars prove Trump actually gets things done.
The post No Kings, No Thrones, No Crowns… No Problem appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Jewish Lawyer is Questioned by Police Over Wearing a Star of David Necklace That ?Antagonised? Pro-P... Sun Oct 19, 2025 15:16 | Richard Eldred
The Met Police are embroiled in yet another two-tier policing row after a Jewish lawyer was held for nearly 10 hours over alleged Public Order breaches for wearing a Star of David necklace at a Kensington protest.
The post Jewish Lawyer is Questioned by Police Over Wearing a Star of David Necklace That ?Antagonised? Pro-Palestinian Protesters During Demo appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans Must be Allowed to Attend the Aston Villa Game on November 6th Sun Oct 19, 2025 13:00 | Jack Watson
Aston Villa's ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans reeks of anti-Israel politics, not concerns over safety, argues Jack Watson, who says Birmingham officials and an MP with pro-Gaza ties have let prejudice trump fair play.
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Labour ?Tears Up Islamophobia Definition? Amid Free Speech Concerns Sun Oct 19, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
Labour has ditched its old Islamophobia definition after concerns it could curb free speech. The party now prefers "anti-Muslim hate".
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7The leglistation in Ireland stems from this
http://www.laquadrature.net/acta
ACTA and SOPA directly affects YOU.
Bascically just watch the video..and you'll know everything!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAkpsRLESWk
Further information on ACTA http://www.stopacta.info/about
Petition & information on SOPA Ireland http://stopsopaireland.com/
Meet at the garden of remberence (top of O connell street) at one o clock, we will then march to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation and make ourselves heard! WE cannot let Ireland or Europe get away with this. I REPEAT GARDEN OF REMEMBERENCE AT ONE PM.
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If Everyone could have some sort of a tape over your mouth to symbolize no freedom of speech,it would be great :)
It appears that the Irish labour Party have found that playing with the big boys involves dumping the grass-root and becoming industry-hacks. Certainly this is what the Greens did also, and everyone can see what happened there, even if if was behind closed doors.
In short their budgets have been unfair, they have cut the NWCI, they have targetted the poor in budget-arrangements with FG and now they wish to destroy communication and sharing. Whatever Viagra is in the Dáil water is not worth burning the ship and dancing on the burning deck. Seán Sherlock T.D did not engage in consultation, and published the wording within one hour of attempting to use RTÉ to get people 'on message' regarding his willingness to disgrace both Office and party.
This is not policy , it is simple censorship.
http://stopsopaireland.com/breaking-news-sean-sherlock-...line/
I'd be using contact.ie and lobbying those eejits whose inflexibility makes a mockery of an electoral system that is in the hand , pocket and ball-space on IBEC, EMI,Éircom and IMRO (The circle-jerk of the 'entertainment industry)
This is the level of debate of the vested interest who in close cooperation with government control the whack that passes for news in Ireland : http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0206/media.html
Yep, we are consumers of crap and tat: failed celebrities and the latest fashion is far more important than debate, which in Seán Sherlock's tiny little head amounts to taking consultation from a tiny pool of interests and launching ill-advised ad hominen attacks on the 80,000 people who signed against 'his' SI.
The Labour Party have failed already.
One of the best torrent sites closes...
RIP btjunkie.org :-(
http://btjunkie.org/goodbye.html
Irony is not dead.
Sound of irony: Copyright firm fined after stealing music for anti-piracy ad
http://www.rt.com/news/netherlands-copyright-court-fine...-440/
Published: 18 July, 2012, 13:23
A music royalty collection agency in the Netherlands got trapped by the very copyright rules it was intended to protect. The company has been fined for stealing music from its client, using it without his permission and failing to pay royalties.
Music royalty collection agency Buma/Stemra now owes at least 164,974 euro to the Dutch musician Melchior Rietveldt, a sum calculated by the recording artist himself.
Back in 2006, Buma/Stemra approached Melchior Rietveldt with a request to create a composition that would be used in an anti-piracy advertisement. At that time the group claimed it would be shown exclusively at a local film festival.
But to the composer’s amusement, one year later he purchased a Harry Potter DVD only to find that his piece was being used in the anti-piracy ad without his permission.
In fact, it had been used on dozens of DVDs both in the Netherlands and overseas.
Rietveldt then went to the music royalty collecting agency to ask for financial compensation. Eventually Buma/Stemra sent him “an advance” of 15,000 euro along with a promise to forward a list of all the other DVDs that the composer’s music had been used on.
That list never arrived, but according to the Amsterdam Court, it amounted to at least 71 commercial DVDs.
Despite much wrangling, by 2011 Buma/Stemra still hadn’t provided Rietveldt with the necessary data, but did pay another 10,000 euro ‘advance’.
In June, Buma/Stemra paid Rietveld another 31,000 euro. But this week the Amsterdam District Court ruled that Buma/Stemra had indeed been negligent in their handling of the case.
They were fined 20,000 euro, ordered to pay Rietveldt’s legal costs, and told to continue efforts to pay a
As we all know Eircom caved into the copyright police awhile block and they now happily act to block websites on orders from the music and media industry, And as predicted would happen It appears the music industry is aiming its sights on all the other ISPs as they have filed High Court papers against UPC Communications Ireland Ltd, Vodafone Ireland Ltd, Imagine Telecommunications Ltd, Digiweb Ltd and Hutchinson 3 G Ltd
This was brought to attention here: http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2012/12/07/emi-records-i...isps/ and details can be found there.
But it also points out:
.....On the 5th December 2011 representatives of EMI and the other music companies met with Minister of State Sean Sherlock. They said they intended to seek the implementation of the SOPA-like Statutory Instrument so that they could seek injunctive relief against ISPs. You can read the memorandum of that meeting. They told the Minister “the wording of the SI as published is ideal” .
On the last day of February this year, the Government gave them their ideal law. See http://stopsopaireland.com/response-to-signing-of-sopa-...d-si/