Re: What it would take...

On 12/05/2025 18:21, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

I have tired to suggest that everyone simply stop replying to PO.  He
does not want to be right, he wants the attention and after a final
flurry of insulting posts he would probably go elsewhere.

I too have tried that suggestion.  But no, every obsessive poster
here seems to think that they have a killer argument that will finally
persuade Peter that he is wrong.  Repeated claims of stupidity, lying,
and so on does nothing to lower the temperature.  You would think that
bashing ones head against a brick wall 20+ times/day would eventually
lead to enlightenment, but no, it seems instead to lead to even greater
determination not to be the poster who simply stops.
Personally, I kf articles of more than 100 lines and some of the
most prolific posters, and also don't bother to read any article which
fails to grab my attention on the first screenful [kudos to RichardH for
being one of very few posters to snip appropriately].  That, at least,
makes the group readable.  I hope someone will wake me up if there is
ever any actual progress made.  Some hope!  Sadly, it seems more likely
that two or more posters will discover the joys of AI and set their
computer to auto-reply semi-intelligently to each and every post.
[For all I know, that's how PO already operates and he is not the
sad misguided attention-seeking person that most here seem to assume, but
is instead running a vast psychological experiment to see how far he can
push his LLM before anyone (other than our resident penguin) notices.]
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