Discussions with Grok

[Chu]

I think an ebook would be a good idea. Many people do that nowadays with content from blogs and such. A print book is not worth it, IMO, given the size and the printing costs, and the fact that less and less people read physical books. Also, it makes searching within the kindle easy, in case people look for recurrent terms and such.

Maybe even two kindles, given the current length?

(Also, for kindle we are not limited regarding color pictures, so we can add the ones Laura used on her articles.)

 

[ramaj]

I think an ebook would be a good idea. Many people do that nowadays with content from blogs and such. A print book is not worth it, IMO, given the size and the printing costs, and the fact that less and less people read physical books. Also, it makes searching within the kindle easy, in case people look for recurrent terms and such.

Maybe even two kindles, given the current length?

(Also, for kindle we are not limited regarding color pictures, so we can add the ones Laura used on her articles.)

Maybe we can have a poll on how many people are willing to chip in on a book?

 

[whitecoast]

Ss

I think an ebook would be a good idea. Many people do that nowadays with content from blogs and such. A print book is not worth it, IMO, given the size and the printing costs, and the fact that less and less people read physical books. Also, it makes searching within the kindle easy, in case people look for recurrent terms and such.

Maybe even two kindles, given the current length?

(Also, for kindle we are not limited regarding color pictures, so we can add the ones Laura used on her articles.)

Maybe we can have a poll on how many people are willing to chip in on a book?

To my knowledge some online stores allow you to pay by donation whatever you think something is worth to you (you can set minimum/maximum payments). That would allow some flexibility for people to give what is within their means while allowing others to be more charitable.

I think most of the standard $10 on Amazon mostly goes to Amazon and not the authors. It would be good to have it there just for visibility and algorithms, but maybe a hosting somewhere else like RPP would work better if people really wanted to go with that angle.

 

[Anthony]

Related to Faust quote that Laura referenced a few times:

And we can also see how the mess this planet is in right now might have gotten this way: hyperdimensional beings that do NOT have our best interests at heart, yet their actions, based on self-serving impulses, might very well be catalysts to our learning and spiritual growth. When Mephisto was asked by Faust, "Well now, who are you then?" (“Nun gut, wer bist Du denn?”), he gave the well-known answer, "Part of that force that always wills the evil and always produces the good" (“Ein Teil von jener Kraft, die stets das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft”: Goethe, Faust, 1334-1336).

I remembered a note I made in one of Georgia Le Carre's novels, Love's Sacrifice:

...we play the part given to us by our creator. We help prepare the harvest, by separating the wheat from the chaff, for want of a more eloquent metaphor. If there were no protagonists in this world, there would be no opportunity for a human soul to choose ‘good’ over ‘evil’. The negativity we perpetuate is a tool. Everything is a tool. This conversation is a tool. Use it as such.’

Makes you wonder where the author got this information, and it sure puts things into perspective.

 

[Wandering Star]

Makes you wonder where the author got this information, and it sure puts things into perspective

Related to Faust quote that Laura referenced a few times:



I remembered a note I made in one of Georgia Le Carre's novels, Love's Sacrifice:



Makes you wonder where the author got this information, and it sure puts things into perspective.

It's a combination of several paragraphs from an exchange that took place on the Above Top Secrets forum in October 2008, as follows:

ATS: I'm still not clear on what this harvest is. A 'harvest' means reaping what has been sown—by you!

HH: Not by us. We didn't sow, our Infinite Creator did. We don't reap, our Infinite Creator does. We help prepare the Harvest, separating the wheat from the chaff, for lack of a more eloquent metaphor.

Dialogue With "Hidden Hand" - Self-Proclaimed Illuminati Insider

 

[nicklebleu]

Asked Grok a simple question recently, one that I thought would be easy for it to answer: “How many 5-letter words does English have that end in -jo”?

I can only come up with one: Banjo. Google provides a word search engine that provides 3 words: Gadjo, Shojo, Banjo.

Grok gave me a list of about six - banjo, bijou, etc - only one ended in -jo. It didn’t provide the other two. I chided it saying I only wanted word “ENDING in -jo” and told Grok to try again. It apologised and provided another list - even longer than the previous one, with more -jo combinations located anywhere and some words longer than 5 letters.

Pathetic!

 

[meadow_wind]

Asked Grok a simple question recently, one that I thought would be easy for it to answer: “How many 5-letter words does English have that end in -jo”?

That's quite a simple task! I'm surprised it was not able to achieve it, since it should be easy to "program" it to do this.

I tried it just for fun. It's able to find words ending with "o" but omits the "j"
After I scolded it, it produced a dubious list that does end with "jo".

https://x.com/i/grok/share/R7G1CXEtpvNhqJ2j1mPKvD9Si

 

[luc]

Asked Grok a simple question recently, one that I thought would be easy for it to answer: “How many 5-letter words does English have that end in -jo”?

I can only come up with one: Banjo. Google provides a word search engine that provides 3 words: Gadjo, Shojo, Banjo.

That's quite a simple task! I'm surprised it was not able to achieve it, since it should be easy to "program" it to do this.

I keep saying this whole AI thing sacrifices genuine usefulness for a simulation of "intelligence". I just asked it to provide the menu structure of a website (gave the link), specified it should only include the visible menu items, no additional BS etc. Thought this would save me some copy-pasting. But no dice: it just spat out a fantasy structure resembling a "typical website" in that sector. Useless!

 

[KJS]

Asked Grok a simple question recently, one that I thought would be easy for it to answer: “How many 5-letter words does English have that end in -jo”?

I think it all depends on the system prompt and the tools that the model is allowed to call (this is how the model can have access to external resources). For example, Perplexity's Grok 4 seems to be better on track of what to do:

There are 6 five-letter words in English that end in "-jo," based on standard dictionary sources. These include:

- Agojo
- Atajo
- Banjo
- Brujo
- Guijo
- Shojo

The most commonly recognized among them is banjo[1]. Some of the others are loanwords or specialized terms (such as brujo, meaning a sorcerer in Latin American contexts[1], or shojo, referring to a genre of Japanese manga[1]), but they are all valid in English lexicons. Note that word counts can vary slightly across dictionaries, as some may exclude proper nouns, archaic terms, or rare borrowings—alternative sources list as few as 3[2][3]. If you're focusing on Scrabble-valid words or a specific context like word games, the count aligns more closely with 3 to 6 depending on the ruleset[4][5].

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[1] 5-Letter Words That End with JO - Merriam-Webster 5-Letter Words That End with JO
[2] 5-Letter Words Ending in JO - WordsRated 5-Letter Words Ending in JO – Word Raiders
[3] All 5-letter words ending in JO - Best Word List All 5-letter words ending in JO
[4] Top Scrabble Words That End In Jo Words Ending In Jo | Top Scrabble Words That End In Jo
[5] Words that end in 'jo' - Scrabble Word Finder Words that end in 'jo' - Scrabble Word Finder
[6] 5-letter words ending with JO - WordHippo 5-letter words ending with JO
[7] Words That End with JO - Merriam-Webster Words That End with JO
[8] Words that End in JO - Word Finder Words that End in JO
[9] 5 Letter Words ending in JO 5 Letter Words ending in JO
[10] Words that end in jo - The Free Dictionary Words that end in jo | Words ending in jo

Claude 4 seems to give a bit more nuanced answers:

Based on my search of multiple dictionary and word finder sources, there appears to be some variation in the count of 5-letter English words ending in "-jo," depending on which dictionary is consulted and whether certain specialized or borrowed terms are included.

Most Commonly Recognized Words

The words that appear most consistently across sources are:

- banjo - the musical instrument[1][2]
- gadjo - a Romani term for a non-Romani person[3][2]
- shojo - a Japanese term[4][2]

Variation Among Sources

Different sources provide different counts:

- Best Word List specifically states there are 3 five-letter words ending with "jo": banjo, gadjo, and shojo[2]
- Merriam-Webster lists 6 total words in their 5-letter category: agojo, atajo, banjo, brujo, guijo, and shojo[1]
- Word Raiders also identifies 3 words: banjo, shojo, and gadjo[4]

The discrepancy likely stems from different dictionaries having varying inclusion criteria for borrowed words, proper nouns, and specialized terminology. Some sources include additional terms like "agojo," "atajo," "brujo," and "guijo," though these may be less commonly recognized in standard English usage[1].

Answer

The most reliable count appears to be 3 to 6 five-letter English words ending in "-jo," with **banjo** being the most universally recognized standard English word, while the others represent borrowed terms from other languages that have varying degrees of acceptance in English dictionaries.

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[1] 5-Letter Words That End with JO - Merriam-Webster 5-Letter Words That End with JO
[2] All 5-letter words ending in JO - Best Word List All 5-letter words ending in JO
[3] 5-letter words ending with JO - WordHippo 5-letter words ending with JO
[4] 5-Letter Words Ending in JO - Word Raiders 5-Letter Words Ending in JO – Word Raiders
[5] Words that end in 'jo' - Scrabble Word Finder Words that end in 'jo' - Scrabble Word Finder
[6] Words that End in JO - Word Finder Words that End in JO
[7] 5 Letter Words ending in JO 5 Letter Words ending in JO
[8] Top Scrabble Words That End In Jo Words Ending In Jo | Top Scrabble Words That End In Jo
[9] Words that end in jo - The Free Dictionary Words that end in jo | Words ending in jo
[10] Words That End with JO - Merriam-Webster Words That End with JO