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shouldn't it be "UK threatens end to end-to-end encryption"? :-D

• LeonB 3y ago
  Reminds me of this famous sentence from puzzles/logic legend Martin Gardner: “Wouldn’t the sentence ‘I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign’ have been clearer if quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and Chips, as well as after Chips?”
  • raverbashing 3y ago
    Metalanguages examples like this are the 'ELI5' example to Gödel's incompleteness theorem
  • lnxg33k1 3y ago
    "What is this? The requirements were so clear and even written down!"
  • quickthrower2 3y ago
    ChatGPT nailed that one
    • LeonB 3y ago
      Hmmm, I’m not sure what you mean? I thought — maybe you think ChatGPT wrote the comment. But then I thought - maybe you think I used ChatGPT to recall the Martin Gardner quote. Then I was interested to see if ChatGPT would get it right… it failed badly! I asked it for the Martin Gardner quote about fish and chips… here’s the response I got: “Yes, I am familiar with the Martin Gardner quote about fish and chips. The quote is: "I am convinced that the best food in the world is prepared by English cooks, and served in English restaurants. The best example of this is fish and chips, which is nutritious, cheap, and tasty. The fish is delicate, the batter crisp, the chips are golden, and the mushy peas are the perfect accompaniment." Martin Gardner was an American writer who is best known for his work in mathematics and science, as well as his long-running "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American. However, he also wrote about a wide range of topics, including literature, philosophy, and popular culture, and was known for his wit and humor.” Nice try chatto, nice try.
      • LeonB 3y ago
        Ah wait — I realised what you meant. I pasted the quote into ChatGPT and it understood Martin perfectly — The reply was “Yes, adding quotation marks to the sentence would definitely make it clearer and easier to read. Here's how the sentence would look with quotation marks: "I want to put a hyphen between the words 'Fish' and 'And', and 'And' and 'Chips' in my 'Fish-and-Chips' sign." By using quotation marks, it becomes clear which words the hyphens should go between, and it also clarifies the intended meaning of the phrase "Fish-and-Chips." Without quotation marks, the sentence can be confusing and difficult to understand.”
• nicwest 3y ago
  then when they back down we could have "UK threats to end end-to-end encryption end"
  • gpderetta 3y ago
    UK to end ending end-to-end encryption.
  • canbus 3y ago
    unlikely to happen, I haven't seen this government U-turn on anything yet!
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• thomastjeffery 3y ago
  To what end?