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10 Nov 2025 18:58:47 EST (-0500)
  Re: What does the 'mod' operator do?  
From: Kenneth
Date: 10 Nov 2025 15:15:00
Message: <web.6912476d1bdd4431e83955656e066e29@news.povray.org>
Thorsten <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
>
> Well, have you considered that "AI" in the sense of large language
> models is the equivalent of a parrot? ;-)
>
> Maybe a real source of information edited by humans might help? Apart
> from a good math book, try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo , which
> is reasonably complete and free human-made information.

Currently, I have a very skeptical response to AI-generated answers -- when I
even pay attention to them; I wish Google would place those summaries at the
*bottom* of the search page, instead of at the top where they are the first
things we see. But of course, that would negate the entire purpose of why they
are there: using all of us as guinea pigs to help the AI engine 'learn', if only
by clicking on the 'Like' or 'Don't like' buttons that are so conveniently
placed-- which I never respond to, as MY silent protest.

Here's one AI answer/example that I saw while searching for 'modulo'-- it
quickly came and went, but I swear that I'm not making it up, honest!

"72 mod 10: The result is 2, because 10 goes into 70 three times, with a
remainder of 2."

So 10 X 3 = 70? I didn't know that!


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