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[Uncle Gizmo]

In the UK do you have to get approval from your neighborhood or government for things as simple as a totally interior repair??

Well my initial reaction was no... But then I thought, hold on, there are certain building regs which have to be adhered to....

It's not like someone would come knocking on your door, saying stop that you're breaking the law! It's more like you can't get a mortgage to sell your house because you have not followed the approved methods....

For instance some people have had lofts insulated with foam insulation spray, and are now unable to get a mortgage because the foam covers up a multitude of sins! Making it difficult to inspect the structure for rot etc....

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

This is very interesting!

My basic approach is that many people condemn the idea of natural selection and use it to prove god does not exist...

But if I were God I would use natural selection In other words, I say natural selection comes from God....

Does LLM come from God?

Does LLM become God?

You see in many places in the Bible they relate words to God "in the beginning there was the word" there was God of some such phrase similar to that....

You see, humans and human intellect is based on words...

The genesis chapter the garden of Eden, is an attempt to show that as man developed intellect, words then he was not allowed in the garden of Eden...

So words are important and large language models are basically words linked together in sophisticated ways....

And top that with the fact that they don't really understand how large language models can think!!!

 

[Cotswold]

This probably isn't the type of engagement you are looking for from your last post, but it stood out to me that you mentioned paperwork about laying carpet. In the UK do you have to get approval from your neighborhood or government for things as simple as a totally interior repair??

You do for certain types of building.
Here we have Grade1 and Grade2 designations that are allocated to older buildings, or in particular locations like National Parks. In some cases even paint colours inside and out can be dictated.

Making unauthorised changes inside and out can result in out of proportion fines. Personally, I'd never consider a graded property because work has to be completed in particular ways, or to specifications that don't totally make sense. Plus the type people providing approval would irritate me and are simply not people I'd want to meet. (Nor them me I suppose) A couple of for-instances: you must replace all existing doors and windows exactly as original. So even if beneficial you cannot replace wood with plastic double-glazing. Even if they are difficult to distinguish between. Modern plaster cannot be used, it must be the old lime based material. Some tradesmen specialise in grade1&2 and clearly charge a huge premium. A friend of mine bought a derelict building out in a national park with excellent views. He renovated it totally, then near the end mentioned that he'd like to drop the window ledge to the lounge to be able to see out when sat down. That was refused because "it wasn't his view" . That unfortunately a typical example of the people in charge. Avarice plays a big part in their decision.

 

[Isaac]

Well my initial reaction was no... But then I thought, hold on, there are certain building regs which have to be adhered to....

It's not like someone would come knocking on your door, saying stop that you're breaking the law! It's more like you can't get a mortgage to sell your house because you have not followed the approved methods....

For instance some people have had lofts insulated with foam insulation spray, and are now unable to get a mortgage because the foam covers up a multitude of sins! Making it difficult to inspect the structure for rot etc....

Very interesting.
Is it also true that the UK is one of those countries - or am I thinking of another one - where you can "take your mortgage loan with you" as you sell a house and buy a new house? When I read that it sounded like the best system in the world - (well, for everyone except the mortgage lender)

 

[CJ_London]

depends on the lender, some offer the facility and some don't. If they do, the new property needs to meet or exceed the original requirements with regards type of property (i.e. meets their survey requirements) and loan to value ratio, and clearly you still need a good credit rating and still have sufficient income to continue to pay the mortgage. I also suspect market conditions will come into play. If you are on a very low interest rate and given that current rates are maybe 5 times higher than they were 5 years ago, then may not honour the lower rate - but at least you have a mortgage to proceed.