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\date{2026-03-15}
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\import{table-macros}
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\def\percent{\startverb%\stopverb
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\title{Fourth Sunday of Lent 2026}
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\tag{cmc}
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\author{liamoc}
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\quote{Lætáre Ierúsalem: et convéntum fácite omnes qui dilígitis eam: gaudéte cum lætítia, qui in tristítia fuístis: ut exultétis, et satiémini ab ubéribus consolatiónis vestræ.
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\p{This was a fairly routine Sunday at [All Saints Ainslie](https://allsaintsainslie.org.au), where we sang Gibbons' [Drop, Drop Slow Tears](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZTFLZiZUSo):}
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\line{Drop, drop slow tears}
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\line{And bathe those beauteous feet,}
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\line{Which brought from heav'n the news and Prince of Peace.\br}
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\line{Cease not, wet eyes,}
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\line{His mercies to entreat,}
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\line{To cry for vengeance, sin doth never cease.\br}
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\line{In your deep floods}
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\line{Drown all my faults and fears,}
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\line{Nor let His eye see sin, but through my tears.}
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\p{Next week is Evensong (I'll cantor for the morning mass) and the following week is our concert, [In The Midst of Life](https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1554834). Please do come along!}
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\title{Some more anti-AI articles}
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\date{2026-03-15}
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\author{liamoc}
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\p{Perhaps I should consolodate all of my previous posts linking to articles discussing various aspects of why LLMs are so unconscionable to me:}
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\li{[[loc-001H]]}
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\li{[[loc-0020]]}
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\p{This post is adding to their number. [[wilbowma]] recently wrote up [this excellent article](https://www.williamjbowman.com/blog/2026/03/05/against-vibes-when-is-a-generative-model-useful/) which really delves into whether LLMs could actually be considered useful. A great point he made is that as the models get "better", they actually require \em{more} work to be useful, as finding the problems in their output becomes harder and harder.}
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\p{I was also relieved to see that [AI is even less popular than ICE in the US](https://gizmodo.com/people-hate-ai-even-more-than-they-hate-ice-poll-finds-2000731438) (although I was slightly annoyed by the headline of the article, which claims that people hate AI more than ICE, a claim not supported by the poll, which does not measure intensity of dislike).}
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\p{Also Anthony Moser wrote [this excellent piece](https://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html) that was very cathartic for me to read. }
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\p{Finally, I was glad to see [this list of software that has pledged not to accept AI contributions and not to integrate generative AI features](https://noai.starlightnet.work/list.html). While most of the software on this list is not useful to me at present, I hope it takes off and grows. I do have a very brutal approach: if any software I use tries to integrate AI features, I immediately cut it out of my workflow, no matter how essential. And, if a project accepts AI-authored contributions, I'm on high alert for any possible replacement. This is, for example, why I stopped using ghostty.}
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\import{table-macros}
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\title{Weeknotes 2026-W11}
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\author{liamoc}
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\date{2026-03-18}
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\p{These weeknotes are a few days late because I was swamped by preparing, running, and marking the first mid-term test for [[COMP1110]].}
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\figcaption{Some sights from my walking commute.}
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