merridew

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[–] merridew@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Naff off mate.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 30 points 2 years ago

If you are talking about ChatGPT: please do not do this.

ChatGPT guesses which words should come next in a sequence, based on its training data and your prompt. It is not intelligent, and it has no concept of what is real and what is not. It will cheerfully make things up.

I sympathise with your frustration at having to pay money to see a doctor. I can't imagine how stressful life would be without the NHS.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The population of the USA is c. 332 million people.

200,000 people in 332,000,000 is

1 person in 1660.

I think you may have misplaced a zero?

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Average wages haven't gone up by 25% since 2020, and I doubt people have been getting 25% returns on cash held over that period.

Housing affordability is lower than at any time pre-2020.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housingaffordabilityinenglandandwales/2022

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

That was an interesting & informative video that was not nearly as terrible as the thumbnail might suggest.

Not a fan of current trends in YouTube thumbnails.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In medicine, "rare" is usually defined as affecting fewer than 1 in 2000 people.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There are some people engaging in heterosexual sex who can be quite keen on not using condoms.

ETA: fixed perplexing autocorrect of final word.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know if this is the same thread or a different thread with a similar outcome:

https://lemmings.world/post/912466

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Mate, you clearly don't know your history if you think that TwoXX on Reddit was happy about being made default.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 17 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Although for context, as of June this year

UK average house prices have increased by 24.2% (£55,880) since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.twindig.com/market-views/latest-average-uk-regional-house-prices

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Well regarded.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Return of the Obra Dinn.

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