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by lexandstuff 30 days ago
~$200 doesn't go as far as you'd expect for good used laptop, even in Uganda. We did look into our options.

However, there's definitely a sunk cost aspect to the operation. After the first failure to send it through Australia Post, I became determined that Django was going to have that MacBook.
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oefrha 30 days ago
Wait, how the hell can Australia Post charge you the full AUD 111.60 for a failed shipment when it seems to be the fault of the clerk who approved the shipment against their own rules? And sounds like the package didn’t even leave Australia so even if you should pay for the full mileage it would be 20% at most?
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sofixa 30 days ago
Nah, it's the fault of the sender, all the ruled for what you can send are listed and it's up to you to check and respect them.
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IshKebab 30 days ago
Seems like it's the fault of the author for blindly trusting AI...
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Aachen 29 days ago
I couldn't tell if the screenshot was from an LLM or the post office's website. It sure looks like what a post office would say so I'm inclined to think that's not autogenerated. A total ban on anything containing lithium batteries, as the company claimed when returning the shipment, seems wrong as well. We receive laptops from customers for doing pentests all the time, for example. Australians could never order a phone or earbuds that didn't already make it into Australia via another shipping company. Etc. Why'd they forego all that custom? How many electronics nowadays don't have such a battery? This doesn't sound to me like it was only GPT spewing nonsense

But yeah I had the same question: OP said that ChatGPT initially produced words that turned out to be sensible, but not where that later screenshot came from

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oefrha 30 days ago
Not really, it this is too be believed

> At the post office, a friendly staff member confirmed it could be sent, helped me package it up securely

It's actually at least half a case of not blindly trusting AI, and pressing until a positive answer is given:

> I asked ChatGPT how to send the laptop, and it gave me a spiel about finding a reliable freight service or courier.

> (Later) I should have listened to ChatGPT.

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