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22 August 2025 at 11:08 #813456
Ian Parkin
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Here is an ad i received from Temu for a portable welding table/screen

must be some blunt drill bit….
Advert

22 August 2025 at 12:00 #813461
JasonB
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Friction welding?
22 August 2025 at 12:33 #813464
Robert Atkinson 2
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I dislike the AI generated “descriptions” that have become commonplace on ebay. For technical items they vary from meaningless to outright wrong or misleading.
22 August 2025 at 12:56 #813479
parovoz
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@parovoz
It’s not AI….. It’s AS ( Artificial Stupidity ). Algorithm driven down to the lowest level of common stupidity. It’s the reason that as humans we are still ‘relatively’ safe from it…..
22 August 2025 at 13:00 #813480
jimmy b
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I love these ads.

The ones with items superimposed are my favourites

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