monkeysarefun Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) 2 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: She also delivered a packet of Tim Tams, they just look like UK Penguin biscuits, but I haven't had a nibble of one yet. The ultimate taste test ( a kind of taste test Ashes) would be to compare this with the Marmite Penguin. Edited April 19 by monkeysarefun 1 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 19 Popular Post Share Posted April 19 (edited) Haircut this morning. Thought it impolite not to pop into the local model ----way shop which is nearby. Outside said shop was a large skip - they were having a spring clear-out. Help yourself, they say... Came away with lots of old cab ride videos (social history now), PC Pressfix transfers (luckily for the LMS...), and some card buildings I can alter for my Aston-on-Trent lay---. I also did buy something too: £5 for an LMS coach which I thought was a bargain. My wife was none too pleased to see all the videos though... Edited April 19 by Peter Kazmierczak 18 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19 I've heard it said that criticising Tim tams is al.ost as bad as criticising meat pies😲🤣 2 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said: The ultimate taste test ( a kind of taste test Ashes) would be to compare this with the Marmite Penguin. Wouldn't touch such stuff with yours, let alone a bargepole! Marmite chocolate* has been tried here. Once tasted** 🤢 , never again... 🤮 * A waste of good chocolate, though I expect TimTam is covered in "chocolate flavoured" confectionery, so thats ok. ** It took a lot of frantic toothbrushing with strong mint toothpaste plus a number of rinses with Corsodyl to get the taste out of my mouth! 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Wheeeeee!!!!!! Found the oven instruction book and set its clock to BST! 7 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Gwiwer Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 19 1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said: 4 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: She also delivered a packet of Tim Tams, they just look like UK Penguin biscuits, but I haven't had a nibble of one yet. The ultimate taste test ( a kind of taste test Ashes) would be to compare this with the Marmite Penguin. Tim Tams and Penguins are similar in the same way that Marmite and Vegemite are similar. Only more so. They are closely similar where the two brown spreadable substances are not. Aussies will of course argue that Time Tams are better; the Brits will argue for Penguins. The formulation of the chocolate is different because for Tim Tams it has to sit on shop shelves in somewhat higher ambient temperatures than would normally be expected in British shops. Far from all are air-conditioned supermarkets; a good many local shops have a ceiling fan at best but might reach the high 40s Celsius inside. British-formulation chocolate melts in such temperatures; Tim Tams don't. Not until you hold them in a sweaty hand for some time by which time they should have been enjoyed anyway and not left warming up in your grubby mitt! I'm a Penguin person. And Marmite. You can take the boy out of Marmitia but you can't take Marmitia out of the boy. 17 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19 53 minutes ago, jjb1970 said: I've heard it said that criticising Tim tams is al.ost as bad as criticising meat pies😲🤣 It is. And in some states it remains a capital offence. Same as barracking for supporting Collingwood 😉🤣 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19 2 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: The ultimate taste test ( a kind of taste test Ashes) would be to compare this with the Marmite Penguin. 🤮 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, jjb1970 said: I've heard it said that criticising Tim tams is al.ost as bad as criticising meat pies😲🤣 Anyone can criticise all they like, its not like we are going to listen or anything...... Edited April 19 by monkeysarefun 2 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19 I don't eat biscuits, being diabetic, but will have a nibble of the TimTam to see. As I don't much like Penguins anyway (from pre-diabetes days) I can't see it as a life changing experience! I do like Marmite and can suffer Vegemite if I have to, but not by choice - we have family in New Zealand and they won't buy Marmite. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19 The king of biscuits (other than the Carr's water biscuit and orange club obviously) is the Lotte Binch, if you see Lotte Binch on sale I recommend them. 2 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 34 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said: 🤮 I guess the Cheese one is out of the question then! 5 6 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 36 minutes ago, Gwiwer said: Same as barracking for supporting Collingwood 😉🤣 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19 12 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said: I guess the Cheese one is out of the question then! 🤮🤮🤮 3 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19 21 minutes ago, jjb1970 said: The king of biscuits (other than the Carr's water biscuit and orange club obviously) is the Lotte Binch, if you see Lotte Binch on sale I recommend them. Nah- either Choco-Leibnitz, or M&S Extremely Chocolatey Rings. All verboten now 😇 3 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19 The one thing in Kiwi that was way better than the UK version (weather too, but foodstuffs at the moment!) is the Moro bar - like a Mars bar, but maltier and very yummy. #sigh# 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanged Wheel Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 I’ve developed quite a taste for the matcha KitKat bars. Not sure how available they are in the UK, but they are all over the place in south east Asia. My go-to biscuit at the moment. I’m afraid that I am an evil Marmite hater… 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) 8 hours ago, Hroth said: echoing the mills of the Industrial Revolution That bit I understood - I missed the other inference. Thank you. I'm not sure "Theist" is the most complete description for Blake. Perhaps "Deist"? He seems tricky to define taxonomically. "Not a fan of organized religion" is apt. The Wikipedia page leads to Marcionite. That's new to me. Edited April 19 by Ozexpatriate 3 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19 (edited) Bear here..... A bits n' pieces day; I did manage to gather together all the bits (that I can find.....) for Harry the Honda - there's a cabinet in the shed that may have one or two odd bits as well. The last MoT is being elusive though - but as it expired 20-odd years ago I'm none too worried. Getting the Exhaust System out of the loft was "interesting" - but it's now in the muddlin' room awaiting a polish; I think I'll postpone getting Harry out of the shed again until Sunday and concentrate on the Exhaust instead - I also need to hacksaw the old Silencers off the downpipes at some point as well 😱, ready to clamp the new and rather shiny replacement Silencers on in their place. It'll definitely be a case of "Measure fifty times, stop, ponder, measure again and then pray to The Great Cake Bear before going for it" - screw that job up and Bear will be in Poo soooooo deep that not even the bravest Hippo could rescue me. I've been expecting a delivery this afternoon - a new Battery** for Harry; I just knew the guy would appear just as soon as I went up into the Loft - and I wasn't wrong. Fortunately I heard the sound of screeching DPD Van tyres followed by the sound of the front gate being opened so I was on the way as the doorbell rang. (**Note to Fraggles - it's yellow..... 😉) ION........ Marmite flavour choccy bikkies? No thanks - that's just weird (and that comes from a Bear that has pretty much lived his life on Toast & Marmite - and will continue to do so until I'm in a box. Vegemite? Never tried it. As for Penguins, well I'd rather have a minty flavour Yo-Yo choccy bikky anyday. Bear gone.... Edited April 19 by polybear 12 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 4 hours ago, woodenhead said: Large Language Model - what AI is apparently. No - Large Language Models are one branch of Artificial Intelligence. The terms are not equivalent. Large Language Models are used to comprehend natural language input. They are also part of generative AI that can compose in natural language such that it is not gibberish. Is the ability to lean to read and speak a foreign language a measure of intelligence? It is more than syntax and rules and the state of contemporary LLMs have surpassed that. Is what LLM-based, generative AI creates derivative? Yes. Arguably so is every time we wish someone "Good Morning". It is something we were taught. 10 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 4 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: The ultimate taste test I like Tim Tams (dark chocolate mint please). I like Vegemite - actually had some this morning. Vegemite Tim Tams look disgusting. 4 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 2 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: No - Large Language Models are one branch of Artificial Intelligence. The terms are not equivalent. I didn't call LLM AI, I made a statement and followed it up with why an LLM is not AI. They are a sophisticated guess the next word model, that is very good at what it does, but it is not sentient. 2 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted April 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19 10 minutes ago, polybear said: It'll definitely be a case of "Measure fifty times, stop, ponder, measure again and then pray to The Great Cake Bear before going for it" - screw that job up and Bear will be in Poo soooooo deep that not even the bravest Hippo could rescue me. Note from Fraggite long term multiple motorcycle owner - don't cut them to accurate (allegedly) length off the bike , cut them down maybe, but mount the pipes up and hang the silencers and see where bolt holes come - the newies will NOT be in the same place, guaranteed! 7 2 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) 6 minutes ago, woodenhead said: They are a sophisticated guess the next word model, that is very good at what it does, but it is not sentient. No - it's not "sentient". And LLM generative AI is much more capable than "guessing the next word". Generative AI programs have passed the bar exam. Now of course passing the bar exam requires a lot of rote learning and somewhat formulaic responses based on learning precedent. LLM-based generative AI is good at that sort of thing. "Artificial Intelligence" does not have to be sentient. That may be your definition, but it is not how the term is used. The "Turing Test" aka Imitation Game (essentially the "duck" test*) was the "standard" for Artificial Intelligence. I would suggest the state of the technology is pretty close to that. * If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. Edited April 19 by Ozexpatriate 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19 (edited) 24 minutes ago, polybear said: Yo-Yo choccy bikky I don’t think I have seen a Yo-Yo biscuit for about half a century. Edited April 19 by Tony_S 8 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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