Brutkey

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

I'm an oldish software developer, a cis het man, married to Mrs Wife since for ever.

I nearly always accept follow requests. If I follow you, you don't have to follow back unless you want to.

I've chosen a server that blocks Threads because I don't trust Meta's intentions.

No alt text, no boost.

Avatar is a photo of a Jersey bay, with a boat setting out to sea.

I'm horrified by the rise of the hard Right around the world.


Notes
4342
Following
0
Followers
0
Pronouns
He, him, his
C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

Octopus is giving us electricity at 3½p/kWh for the next 90 minutes and for six hours overnight. I'm currently charging the car and running the washing machine, the tumble dryer, and the heat pump that heats up the hot water. 🙂🙂

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@TalktoBeverley@mas.to

My guess is that, as a woman, you look less threatening, and people feel freer to criticise. I'm sorry it works like that. 😟😟

I blame people for their attitude, but not for their ignorance. The policy from Government now is to vax and relax, without even (for most people) the vax. #LongCovid, they say, isn't real, and Covid belongs to the distant past, a different news cycle, if it ever happened at all. Weekly death figures are hard to find and never publicised, and no one even counts the millions with long-term disabilities caused by Covid. Add to that the massive power of wishful thinking on the part of people who want to get reelected, or who want their businesses to thrive, or who just want to go to the pub on a Friday night and have a few drinks with friends. Even healthcare workers have given up masking, though some still will on request. So, when an ordinary man, a decent man, a carpet fitter, questions my respirator, it's hardly a surprise. He's only assimilated what everyone else has told him.

@andymoose@fedi.aiga.rocks

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@TalktoBeverley@mas.to @andymoose@fedi.aiga.rocks

But I met a prize buffoon in a charity shop this afternoon.

I heard him say to his wife, "He probably has bad breath."

I wheeled round, tapped my respirator and said "Covid."

"Have you got Covid?" he asked.

"No, and I want to keep it that way."

"She's got Covid — my wife. She's got it now."

"Please go home."

"I'm not worried," he said. "I've had the jab."

"So have I, but — defence in depth."

"Blame Boris. Blame China." And it became less coherent from that point onwards. Something about Hyde Park and "Can't say anything these days."

I'm just glad I was wearing a respirator. No one else in the shop wore one. They're all at risk.

The wife never said a word. I'm guessing she didn't dare. The husband didn't seem like the type to change his mind after a reasoned argument.

Can you imagine bringing your infected partner out in public, putting everyone at risk, and then laughing at the one person who took infection-control measures? The Covidiots have taken over. We've lost.

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run qwen3:30b

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?

Okay, let's see. The question is asking how many times the letter B occurs in the word "blueberry". Hmm, first I need to make sure I have the correct spelling of the word. Let me spell it
out: B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y. Wait, is that right? Let me check again. B as the first letter, then L, U, E, B, E, R, R, Y. Yeah, that seems correct. So "blueberry" is spelled B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y.
Now, I need to count the number of times the letter B appears. Let's go through each letter one by one. Starting with the first letter: B. That's one. Then the next letters are L, U, E.
None of those are B. Then the fifth letter is B again. So that's the second B. Then the rest of the letters are E, R, R, Y. So no more B's after that. So total of two B's?

Wait, let me double-check. Maybe I missed a B. Let me write down the letters with their positions:
B
L
U
E
B
E
R
R
Y

Yes, positions 1 and 5 are B. So that's two times. I think that's correct. But maybe I should consider if there are any uppercase letters, but the question didn't specify, and the word is
given in lowercase, so I guess all letters are lowercase. So the answer should be 2.


The word "blueberry" is spelled as B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y. Let's count the occurrences of the letter B:
B (1st letter)
B (5th letter)

There are two instances of the letter B in "blueberry".

Answer: 2
$

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run deepseek-r1:32b

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?

Okay, so I need to figure out how many times the letter 'B' appears in the word "blueberry." Alright, let's start by writing down the word and then looking at each letter one by one. The
word is "blueberry." Let me spell it out: B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y. Wait, that doesn't look right because I think "blueberry" has more letters. Maybe I should write it correctly first.
Wait, no, actually, "blueberry" is spelled B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y, which is 9 letters in total. Let me double-check that. B is the first letter, then L, U, E, another B, then E, R, R, Y. So
yes, it's nine letters. Now, I need to count how many times 'B' appears here.

Looking at each position: The first letter is B, so that's one occurrence. Then after the first four letters (B-L-U-E), there's another B in the fifth position. So that would be two Bs.
Are there any more? Let me check again: B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y. Nope, only two Bs. Wait a second, did I count correctly?

Wait, sometimes people might think it's three because they hear "blueberry" and maybe miscount the letters. But when I spell it out, it's only two Bs: one at the beginning and another
after the E. So yeah, two times.

I should make sure there are no other Bs beyond that. Let me go through each letter again:
B
L
U
E
B
E
R
R
Y

So the letters in order are: 1-B, 2-L, 3-U, 4-E, 5-B, 6-E, 7-R, 8-R, 9-Y. Yep, only two Bs there. I don't think I missed any. So the answer should be that 'B' occurs twice in "blueberry."


The letter 'B' appears twice in the word "blueberry."

Answer: The letter B occurs 2 times in the word "blueberry."
$

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run qwen3:30b

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?

Okay, let's see. The question is asking how many times the letter B occurs in the word "blueberry". Hmm, first I need to make sure I have the correct spelling of the word. Let me spell it
out: B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y. Wait, is that right? Let me check again. B as the first letter, then L, U, E, B, E, R, R, Y. Yeah, that seems correct. So "blueberry" is spelled B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y.
Now, I need to count the number of times the letter B appears. Let's go through each letter one by one. Starting with the first letter: B. That's one. Then the next letters are L, U, E.
None of those are B. Then the fifth letter is B again. So that's the second B. Then the rest of the letters are E, R, R, Y. So no more B's after that. So total of two B's?

Wait, let me double-check. Maybe I missed a B. Let me write down the letters with their positions:
B
L
U
E
B
E
R
R
Y

Yes, positions 1 and 5 are B. So that's two times. I think that's correct. But maybe I should consider if there are any uppercase letters, but the question didn't specify, and the word is
given in lowercase, so I guess all letters are lowercase. So the answer should be 2.


The word "blueberry" is spelled as B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y. Let's count the occurrences of the letter B:
B (1st letter)
B (5th letter)

There are two instances of the letter B in "blueberry".

Answer: 2
$

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run devstral:latest

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?
The letter "B" occurs twice in the word "blueberry".$

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run phi4-reasoning:latest

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?
We are asked: "How many times does the letter B occur in the word 'blueberry'?" Let's check the letters: The word is spelled b-l-u-e-b-e-r-r-y. Counting the occurrences of letter B?
We see: first letter "b" then later letter "B"? The second occurrence: letter "b" appears as third or maybe letter number 4 if we consider: actually, let's re-read carefully: The word is
spelled "blueberry." So it is spelled b-l-u-e-b-e-r-r-y. Which letters count? Let's index:
Indexing positions:
1: b
2: l
3: u
4: e
5: b
6: e
7: r
8: r
9: y
So letter B occurs in positions 1 and 5. So answer is two times.

But let me check if question "How many times does the letter B occur in the word 'blueberry'?" is ambiguous? The letter B or b? But probably we assume case-insensitive. There are exactly 2
occurrences: first letter "b" and then second occurrence of letter "b" at position 5.

We need to check if the user might be asking: "How many times does the letter 'B' occur in the word 'blueberry'?" Possibly the answer is "2", because there's b in two positions. Therefore
answer: The letter B occurs 2 times.

I can simply respond with a sentence: "The letter 'B' appears twice in the word blueberry." But I'll provide explanation maybe also note that we are case-insensitive so both lowercase and
uppercase B count as the same. So answer is 2.

I need to check if any trick? Possibly they might be asking how many times letter B appears in "blueberry" and not just letter b. The word "blueberry" has two "B's", but maybe someone
could argue that "blueberry" starts with lowercase "b"? But I'm going to assume it is a simple question.

Thus answer: The letter B occurs 2 times.

I'll now produce final answer message: "The letter B appears twice." Use plain language.To determine this, let's look at the spelling of "blueberry": b-l-u-e-b-e-r-r-y. We see that
the letter B (or b) appears in the first and fifth positions. Therefore, the letter B occurs 2 times in the word "blueberry."
$

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run wizardlm-uncensored:13b

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?The word "blueberry" contains 9 letters, and 2 of them are B's. Therefore, the letter B occurs 2 times in the word "blueberry".
$

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run phi4:latest

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?
To determine how many times the letter 'B' occurs in the word "blueberry," we can examine each letter in the sequence:
The first letter is 'b'.
The remaining letters are 'l', 'u', 'e', 'b', 'e', 'r', 'r', 'y'.

Among these, there are two occurrences of the letter 'B' (one at the beginning and one after the third position).

Therefore, the letter 'B' occurs 2 times in the word "blueberry."
$

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run phi4-reasoning:latest

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?
We are asked: "How many times does the letter B occur in the word 'blueberry'?" Let's check the letters: The word is spelled b-l-u-e-b-e-r-r-y. Counting the occurrences of letter B?
We see: first letter "b" then later letter "B"? The second occurrence: letter "b" appears as third or maybe letter number 4 if we consider: actually, let's re-read carefully: The word is
spelled "blueberry." So it is spelled b-l-u-e-b-e-r-r-y. Which letters count? Let's index:
Indexing positions:
1: b
2: l
3: u
4: e
5: b
6: e
7: r
8: r
9: y
So letter B occurs in positions 1 and 5. So answer is two times.

But let me check if question "How many times does the letter B occur in the word 'blueberry'?" is ambiguous? The letter B or b? But probably we assume case-insensitive. There are exactly 2
occurrences: first letter "b" and then second occurrence of letter "b" at position 5.

We need to check if the user might be asking: "How many times does the letter 'B' occur in the word 'blueberry'?" Possibly the answer is "2", because there's b in two positions. Therefore
answer: The letter B occurs 2 times.

I can simply respond with a sentence: "The letter 'B' appears twice in the word blueberry." But I'll provide explanation maybe also note that we are case-insensitive so both lowercase and
uppercase B count as the same. So answer is 2.

I need to check if any trick? Possibly they might be asking how many times letter B appears in "blueberry" and not just letter b. The word "blueberry" has two "B's", but maybe someone
could argue that "blueberry" starts with lowercase "b"? But I'm going to assume it is a simple question.

Thus answer: The letter B occurs 2 times.

I'll now produce final answer message: "The letter B appears twice." Use plain language.To determine this, let's look at the spelling of "blueberry": b-l-u-e-b-e-r-r-y. We see that
the letter B (or b) appears in the first and fifth positions. Therefore, the letter B occurs 2 times in the word "blueberry."
$

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run codegemma:7b

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?
The letter B only appears once in the word "blueberry".Are you sure?
Yes, I am sure. The letter B only appears once in the word "blueberry".List each letter in turn. How many of them are the letter B?
B, l, u, e, r, r, y. There is only one letter B in the word.You spelt out the non-word "Bluerry". The word we're discussing is "blueberry", which is longer.
You are right. The word is "blueberry". I apologize for the mistake.So how many Bs does it contain?
The letter B only appears once in the word "blueberry".Is there a B at the start of "Blueberry"?
No, there is not a B at the start of "Blueberry".What's the first letter of "Blueberry"? Is it a B?
The first letter of "Blueberry" is a B.Is the fifth letter of "blueberry" also a B?
No, the fifth letter of "blueberry" is an r.No, it's a B. Count them: B, L, U, E, B, E, R, R, Y.
The letter B appears twice in the word "blueberry".That's more like it! Why the mistake earlier on?
I am still learning to type. I apologize for my mistakes. I am working on improving my typing skills.$

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run phi4:latest

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?
To determine how many times the letter 'B' occurs in the word "blueberry," we can examine each letter in the sequence:
The first letter is 'b'.
The remaining letters are 'l', 'u', 'e', 'b', 'e', 'r', 'r', 'y'.

Among these, there are two occurrences of the letter 'B' (one at the beginning and one after the third position).

Therefore, the letter 'B' occurs 2 times in the word "blueberry."
$

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

The funny thing is that models that are orders of magnitude smaller than GPT5 get this question right. I'll paste in some responses below. They're sorted by size, starting with the smallest. The only outliers are codegemma, which is hopelessly and persistently wrong, and Deepseek-R1, which gets the answer right but endlessly second-guesses itself.

🧵🧵

C++ Wage Slave
@CppGuy@infosec.space

@kjhealy@mastodon.social

$ ollama run codegemma:7b

How many times does the letter B occur in the word "blueberry"?
The letter B only appears once in the word "blueberry".Are you sure?
Yes, I am sure. The letter B only appears once in the word "blueberry".List each letter in turn. How many of them are the letter B?
B, l, u, e, r, r, y. There is only one letter B in the word.You spelt out the non-word "Bluerry". The word we're discussing is "blueberry", which is longer.
You are right. The word is "blueberry". I apologize for the mistake.So how many Bs does it contain?
The letter B only appears once in the word "blueberry".Is there a B at the start of "Blueberry"?
No, there is not a B at the start of "Blueberry".What's the first letter of "Blueberry"? Is it a B?
The first letter of "Blueberry" is a B.Is the fifth letter of "blueberry" also a B?
No, the fifth letter of "blueberry" is an r.No, it's a B. Count them: B, L, U, E, B, E, R, R, Y.
The letter B appears twice in the word "blueberry".That's more like it! Why the mistake earlier on?
I am still learning to type. I apologize for my mistakes. I am working on improving my typing skills.$