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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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Europe?s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered Fri Sep 19, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The delusional EU believes it can wield carbon tariffs as weapons. But its grandiloquent Net Zero scheme is destined to collapse under the weight of the bloc's utter economic irrelevance, says Tilak Doshi.
The post Europe’s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits... Fri Sep 19, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 51 of the Sceptic: Michael Murphy on Charlie Kirk, free speech and the scourge of ?anti-fascism?, and Ben Pile on how the British public are going cold on global warming.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits are Cooling on Global Warming appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
News Round-Up Fri Sep 19, 2025 01:07 | Richard Eldred
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.
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We Shouldn?t Welcome Right-Wing Cancel Culture Thu Sep 18, 2025 19:00 | Noah Carl
The Right has spent much of the last decade railing against cancel culture, and was arguably winning the debate. It would be a mistake to abandon that position now.
The post We Shouldn?t Welcome Right-Wing Cancel Culture appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Trump Tells Starmer: Use Military to Stop Small Boats, Drill in the North Sea and Uphold Free Speech Thu Sep 18, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Donald Trump?urged?Keir Starmer?to deploy the military to stop the Channel small boats crisis that is "destroying" the country, drill in the North Sea and uphold free speech at a tense joint press conference today.
The post Trump Tells Starmer: Use Military to Stop Small Boats, Drill in the North Sea and Uphold Free Speech appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13is that if you try and put in one of the newer bio-fermenting disposal units then the council planners (in Wicklow at least) won't allow it, but if you apply for a septic-tank they do.
Ireland has a very high level of contamination of drinking water with faecal coliforms because of the practice of using both well water and septic tanks.
This is another area where the introduction of increased taxes on the upper echelons of society will be necessary to fund an improvement in the living standard and environment of all.
Hopefully with the resolution of the bin-tax dispute by raising revenues by taxation of those that are in the higher brackets a model will be set in motion for the rebuilding of Irish society.
Then we can look forward to further investments in rail infrastructure, hospitals and schools based upon the same model.
300 Euro a year for what? If they don't pay, what action or non action would be taken. I don't know anything about septic tanks, but if Cullen brings in some kind of licencing system for THAT where will it all end. Some of you may be aware that centuries ago there were taxes on chimneys and windows, so why not a tax on say, doorbells? or on the number of birds in your back garden? or a tax on sunshine? or even toenails. The possibilites are endless.
Have to say though, I can't see anyone trying to run down any of Tom Parlon's crowd if they do any blockading.
we've been on the septic tank for 23 years, despite 23 years of trying to connect to the town sewage system (mid-kildare). unfortunatley survey says "fuck off, you don't matter"
and sure now they wanna build a big road thru our area - but, but, but, it means you will get on the town sewage!
FUCK OFF!
It won't happen here, because we are so wonderful. We're all superheroes here in Galway.
Galway and Greens Abu.
My folks operate on a septic tank and well system down the country. We paid for this ourselves, all of it. Dunno how much it cost to put in. We hire a guy about twice a year to come and empty the tank. The water pump goes kaput and needs expensive parts at least once a year. Not a penny for this ever comes from the council and they had no costs installing the system or maintaining it. So it is a bit of a mystery to me why we should pay the council for the honour of having a self financed sanitation system.
I do see the points about pollution, etc. But there was no option but this system. About 1974 the council started going on about extending public water supplies to our area and took up deposits from people. In 2001 they finally did put in some piped water, but not down our road. No public sewage system though. So what other option did people have for 30 years? None. Needless to say we never got the deposit back, I think it was about £50, which was a huge amount of money in the mid 1970s.
If this proposal is for real it looks very much like a re-introduction of rates for rural dwellers only.
While there is no question that the discharge from sceptic tanks is damaging to the environment, this is hardly going to solve the problem.
This would be much harder to justify than waste charges as no service is actually provided.
Is this to pay for the fines which Europe will impose on Ireland for failing to provide water of an acceptable quality to homes in rural areas. I believe that after Greece we've the worst water in Europe.
A tax on rural people only you say, you'd be amazed at the number of dublin people who arent on mains sewerage either. I live within two miles of the new pumping station in sutton with all its fancy jargon, on a road that has been built up for over a century, not a single house around is on mains sewerage. With such a high concentration of houses traditional septic tanks arent really viable as the volume is a bit high, we have a bio cycle and it works okay but as someone above noted the damn things keep needing replacement pumps and they still need to be emptied every few years, its not cheap, and it constantly eats electricity, taxing us for having to provide our own system is ridiculous. I suppose now ill have to admit i live in howth, so as to warn you, on the southside of the hill there are a lot of traditional leaky septic tanks, so when you are on your pleasant sunday walk around the cliffs and the path is all sloppy even though it hasnt been raining, id advise cleaning your shoes and washing the dog when you get home.
but I still cant figure out the 600 a year tax notion. Could the author of the original post please provide a source for this story as I cant find any evidence of it anywhere on the internet. I hope it wasnt an attempt to incite anger etc.
I didn't post it but this story was in the Connacht Tribune last Thursday.
I just checked out the site but they only have a summary of the article. Ive mailed them for a full article and Im going to mail Cullen and ask him directly. 600 for a two year certification seems illogical to me though
What I don't understand is what is it to 'certify'?? That you have a septic tank? Or that you have had it cleaned?, or what?
If you have one you must have it cleaned when it is full, I mean you can hardly go about digging new ones each time.
Clearly it is just another new tax. I liked the suggestion someone made above about a 'doorbell tax'. I can forsee problems here, we have a doorbell but it does not work due to an accident involving paint stripper. So lots of letters and argument about tax reductions for non-functioning doorbells in prospect :)
that they are working properly is the most obvious reason. The fact that 40% or more of private water supply is polluted with coliforms etc is reason enough. But the threat to public health and the billions of euro fines coming from the EU due to the pollution is another. maybe.