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Do often think about working out of our camper but it never really happens. Cheaper and warmer to sit in the home made office I put up in 2017...

But I do envy a good van setup.

That is a bit of a paradox, as humans need QA checks (missing punctuation, double spacing, unused termbase term) far more than LLMs yet we are still transitioning and require full human oversight just like in any other field. For quality work, of course. LLMs still need correcting many times anyway, even if we feed a load of context like previous translations, terms, style guides. We try to squash the LLM-ese, much like translation-ese has been a problem historically. But thankfully when the output is tightly defined by the source text, we don't have many LLM-isms creeping in compared to free form responses or prose. Retaining voice and meaning would be the main thing. Assuming the source has one! All good translations need a good source -- you'd be surprised what some think is a good source text.

I've been working with a few test clients and have proven workflows for humans alongside the machines to handle files with millions of words, intelligently propagating similar segments, using tokens where required only, compatible with all major tools... I didn't expect to get so far in a year if I'm honest.

What I consider to be best practice AI dev has of course been the major driver. Particularly since last November. Including the ability to work in terminal on my phone from anywhere, often late into night or first thing in morning where a laptop would typically not be feasible for me.

Best practice in my case would be using a secure, batteries-included framework (you can guess which) reading, documenting, planning everything, keeping a context tree updated fwiw, running frequent performance and security audits, real life testing with a high volume, high scale translation shop working for FAANG and Fortune.

I've held out on putting a team together while testing, but I have one ready and might well be able to bring in capital if I can figure out the gap to bridge legacy agencies and new clients in terms of distribution. Or we continue to bootstrap and see how much leverage I can get from automation, pSEO, distribution channels and ads.

Please take a look at: https://languageops.com

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Sold Yaesu portable unit at the height of COVID after some fun with it. Still mess with the HTs sometimes but looking for an opportunity (time wise) to get back into it.

I'm part of a code club at the local school, and would love to show them radio too, spark that curiosity and imagination. I think it'll be out of scope for this year though.

Kids in Oz were getting around social media age restrictions by holding up celeb photos. I doubt that'll work in this case, but I'd be tempted to start thinking of ways to circumvent.

At the risk of losing the account, it's a very bad situation they are forcing people into.

Was forced to verify to get access to a new account. Like, an interstitial page that forced verification before even basic access.

Brief context for that: was being granted a salesnav licence, but to my work address with no account attached to it. Plus I had an existing salesnav trial underway on main account and didn't want to give access to that work.

So I reluctantly verified with my passport (!) and got access. Then looked at all the privacy settings to try to access what I'd given, but the full export was only sign up date and one other row in a csv. I switched off all the dark pattern ad settings that were default on, then tried to recall the name of the company. Lack of time meant I haven't been able to follow up. I was deeply uncomfortable with the whole process.

So now I've requested my info and deletion via the details in the post, from the work address.

One other concern is if my verified is ever forced to be my main, I'll be screwed for contacts and years of connections. So I'll try to shut it down soon when I'm sure we're done at work. But tbh I don't think the issues will end there either.

Why do these services have to suck so much. Why does money confer such power instead of goodwill, integrity and trust/trustless systems. Things have to change. Or, just stay off the grid. But that shouldn't have to be the choice. Where are the decentralised services. I'm increasingly serious about this.

In Britain at least we call it "braking distance" and you're supposed to leave 2 seconds at least between you and the person in front. Count it off a lamp post/sign etc.

In certain at-risk areas they use chevrons on the road and signs telling you to keep at least 2 chevrons between you and the car in front.

People definitely always get into my braking distance in slower moving traffic, so that happens here too of course. But when things are moving well I likely push the limit and am generally moving faster than most others: going by GPS speed vs speedo, pushing a little into the discretionary and unofficial +10% guidance etc. And weirdly enough I do this for safety and fuel economy.

I generally prefer to avoid other vehicles as much as possible in all situations. But I was a motorbike rider in my youth. Once a defensive driver...

From that perspective, following distance sounds way more like a gap I want to close up than braking distance does.

For: localisation departments, dev teams who want AI translation with human polish (which persists into future projects), language service providers, translation agencies and solo translators or small teams who want access to LLM work at scale.

Does: traditional CAT tool jobs - fast TM matching across millions of segments, but also full QA (think Xbench, 35+ checks), full LQA (check every segment for linguistic issues), dubbing and subbing uploaded videos or YT links, voice cloning and full timing adjustments.

Innovations: use language assets from any language to improve LLM outcomes, use condensed versions of famous style guides, custom rules per client, connectors with previews and screenshot integration, content creation studio for multilingual inspiration.

I've tried to make the tool appeal to linguists, with speed and features they'll like, as well as the corporate side with detailed analysis, scoring, and maximal use of existing use (penalties, priorities, cross language).

Ask questions to find out more, I'll be around.

I already subscribed to the idea of the self and identity being independent and constructs. A lot of reflection around that and physics in younger years maybe helped.

Many freedom-focused people without direct experience of disability, bullying or discrimination have no way to relate to that concept, and the echo chamber amplifies the intellectually dishonest takes until they take hold. Which is exactly what the angry, seething, downtrodden richest people in the world seem to want right now. I wonder why. What a sorry, hopeless state we've allowed to happen. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, sure, but the ones who've worked hardest to develop theirs should be weighted the most. Now a Russian bot has the same value on a platform as a nuclear scientist or, dare I say it, a real journalist. Because it's entertaining and tickles some dangling dopamine receptors. I'm sure people will wind their necks in when the ultimate result has finally played out and we'll cycle back to cooler heads prevailing, but I fear we'll have to go there first before we get back.

Yes I took the bait, but no regrets, I'll die on this hill. Hate bullies and liars with a passion.