Dear Linux community,
In these unpredictable and often challenging times, I feel it’s more important than ever to pause and share heartfelt wishes. Merry Christmas to each and every one of you!
Let this holiday season be a moment of peace, where you can step back, breathe, and find some calm amidst the chaos. Take the opportunity to reconnect, reflect, and perhaps even find inspiration for the year ahead.
May your days be filled with joy, your systems stay secure, and your kernels remain stable. Here’s to a festive season full of positivity and open-source spirit!
Warm wishes,
Your fellow penguin at heart.
P.S.: I had very little time, so the whole thing, was AI accelerated! Please forgive me :-)
the term “riskless grammar” perfectly puts into words how i felt about chatgpt’s texts, every human-written text has something “wrong” with it grammar-wise, except maybe example essays by english teachers.
As an example, my previous paragraph has a lowercase I, too many commas, sentences compressed by using hyphens where they probably shouldnt go and probably some other stuff i missed.
But it still read well, at least i hope.
Most authors write their sentences their own way, and in my opinion, that’s what makes reading their books interesting. Perfect grammar is boring and no fun to read.
as a fun experiment, i asked chatgpt to rewrite my first paragraph:
“The phrase “riskless grammar” accurately captures my impression of ChatGPT’s texts. Unlike human-written content, which often contains grammatical imperfections—except perhaps for example essays by English teachers—ChatGPT’s writing maintains a level of precision and correctness.”
Kind of changed the meaning to be self-complimenting, which is funny.
edit: Normally I would have rewritten parts of this comment to make my point more clearly and be better to read, but i wanted to keep my first draft to make my point a bit better.
Ty for feedback :>
Your paragraph read well. I definitely agree – grammar with risks, outside of hyper-formal sitches, is just stylized diction. ChatGPT could scarcely come up with an e.e. cummings poem (just tested now, it never gets the style about right), nor dare to abuse parentheses, nor remove cruft for conciseness (e.g. to start a sentence with “Kind of changed” instead of “This kind of changes” for compression (woot)). It’s a “wrong” but not quite “wrong”, and I’m glad that “riskless” manages to carry that feeling
And I edit a lot too :) it’s the “post-email-send clarity” effect