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I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that their inputs to ChatGPT were quite likely vague, ambiguous, and possibly only...

I'm not sure if I've posted the link before, but this is a handy article on how these models work: What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does...

Good description! Now that I think about it I think you've hit the nail on the head: use the LLM to generate queries, pull the results...

Just realized this might have been confusing without context, as it was in reference to the VMH chart offerings. OpenCPN using charts...

From over here it looks like the cross-platform option is not OpenCPN, but only qtVlm. It would be much tidier if VMH simply offered a...

Haversines make an appearance in the 1916 edition... The 1888 version describes the Sumner method, but it had not yet advanced to the...

Indeed, and in working this out I found the error in my previous post, so everything comes together nicely, with some minor differences...

Ah, I missed that your formula was converted to take the latitude and declination directly, rather than using "90°-x". Here's your...

A laser rangefinder is a valuable tool that offers an accurate and objective measurement of distances. After spending nights in secluded...

It also helps to have a triangle involved. If you have a melon or other round object handy that you're willing to mark up, use a pen to...

'Simplified Example: Measure: You measure the sun at 45 degrees altitude at exactly noon. Almanac: The Almanac tells you at noon, the...

Yep, I will have to play with it a bit myself. For me, I consider AI useful in sieving large amounts of data to spot potential items of...

Do you know when that was introduced? Over here, I find references to it coming into play just after 1900. Along the west coast of...

I'm struggling to put my finger on the link, but some time ago I ran across a NOAA article on this topic which had a nice overlay of...

Oh... I intentionally left that off, thinking it was too much into the weeds. If you're getting charts from the HOs or an appropriate...