Comments on: Figured out how to get the Bing AI to talk about itself. And a frightening response from Microsoft. https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:51:21 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/#comment-51909 podrock Fri, 19 May 2023 03:48:22 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=99726#comment-51909 (My master's thesis was in paleomagnetism.) (My master’s thesis was in paleomagnetism.)

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/#comment-51908 podrock Fri, 19 May 2023 03:46:20 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=99726#comment-51908 I bought mine for about $300. I bought mine for about $300.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/#comment-51907 ER Fri, 19 May 2023 03:37:56 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=99726#comment-51907 Did you know the earth's mag field has a vertical component? Compasses used in the S hemisphere are calibrated differently. Did you know the earth’s mag field has a vertical component? Compasses used in the S hemisphere are calibrated differently.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/#comment-51906 ER Fri, 19 May 2023 03:34:44 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=99726#comment-51906 That compass is gorgeous, I wish I had an excuse to get one! How much? That compass is gorgeous, I wish I had an excuse to get one!

How much?

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/#comment-51905 podrock Fri, 19 May 2023 03:30:04 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=99726#comment-51905 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFi2PNh33c <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mUFi2PNh33c" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFi2PNh33c

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/#comment-51904 ER Fri, 19 May 2023 03:25:08 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=99726#comment-51904 But all a mariner needs is a way to shoot bearings at night, <img src="https://www.starpath.com/catalog/accessories/pics/HP2.jpg" alt="" /> https://www.starpath.com/catalog/accessories/HP2.htm <img src="https://www.starpath.com/catalog/accessories/pics/HP2_in_use.jpg" alt="" /> But all a mariner needs is a way to shoot bearings at night,

https://www.starpath.com/catalog/accessories/HP2.htm

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/#comment-51903 podrock Fri, 19 May 2023 00:53:06 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=99726#comment-51903 This is the one I've owned for decades. Oops, that's a huge image! <a href="https://www.brunton.com/products/conventional-pocket-transit" rel="nofollow">https://www.brunton.com/products/conventional-pocket-transit</a> <img src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0217/7948/products/F-2001_3f66e356-a7a5-4f78-9df2-c02256d5428f.jpg?v=1551721384&width=990" alt="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0217/7948/products/F-2001_3f66e356-a7a5-4f78-9df2-c02256d5428f.jpg?v=1551721384&width=990" /> This is the one I’ve owned for decades.

Oops, that’s a huge image!
https://www.brunton.com/products/conventional-pocket-transit

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]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/#comment-51902 podrock Thu, 18 May 2023 22:32:54 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=99726#comment-51902 If you are mapping using a tape and compass, you need to use the clinometer for the slope and use the trig to adjust accordingly. AKA "Reduction to Horizontal." Field notebooks typically had a few pages of useful tables and formulas. If you are mapping using a tape and compass, you need to use the clinometer for the slope and use the trig to adjust accordingly. AKA “Reduction to Horizontal.”

Field notebooks typically had a few pages of useful tables and formulas.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/#comment-51901 ER Thu, 18 May 2023 20:27:27 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=99726#comment-51901 I can't think of a use for them in that application. I can’t think of a use for them in that application.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2023/05/17/figured-out-how-to-get-the-bing-ai-to-talk-about-itself-and-a-frightening-response-from-microsoft/#comment-51900 podrock Thu, 18 May 2023 16:16:06 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=99726#comment-51900 My trusty Brunton compass has a trig table printed on the back. But the print is so small you almost have to use your hand lense to read it. My trusty Brunton compass has a trig table printed on the back. But the print is so small you almost have to use your hand lense to read it.

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