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@gruntprofilefollowI am just a grain of sand on your beach. www.gruntsoft.comwrote:
"If you don't think of yourself years ago as an idiot... Perhaps it is because you still are one." In that spirit I started to write down my own thoughts. I think I am meant to call it a blog. Years from now I can read my old words and cringe at them. www.gruntsoft.com/words/
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@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.wrote:
Gave this evergarden colorscheme a shot after seeing it on lobsters today. Quite liking it.
@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.continued:
Also prompting me to refresh my tmux config, which I've been meaning to do for years now. SpringEnd-of-Summer cleaning!
@zbr๐Ÿ˜…profilefollowmaker of software thingsreplied to@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.:
Cool use of ANSI sequences in curl -L evergarden.moe - can preview the theme without running any shell scripts!
@ag๐Ÿฅฐprofilefollowwrote:
Hitting a workout streak. I started using ladder app and have been consistent for the last two weeks. Three years ago I was 75 lbs heavier. Now trying to build muscle. Sitting and staring at a screen all dayโ€ฆ I did that a bit too much ;)
@kev๐Ÿงœprofilefollowrunner. making games, music, software. getting into as much trouble as i can.replied to@ag๐Ÿฅฐprofilefollow:
Nice work! Working out, once I got into it, was always the fun part. Eating healthy remains a challenge...
@ag๐Ÿฅฐprofilefollowreplied to@kev๐Ÿงœprofilefollowrunner. making games, music, software. getting into as much trouble as i can.:
Thanks @kevprofilefollowrunner. making games, music, software. getting into as much trouble as i can.. I find cooking myself to be the biggest help. And not buying those sweeeeeets
@semperos๐Ÿ“’profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.replied to@ag๐Ÿฅฐprofilefollow:
Congrats! New habits are tough to form, wishing you success in keeping bad weight off and putting some muscle on!
@semperos๐Ÿ“’profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.wrote:
So much present tense in #ainotesfollow generated prose. Terse, authoritative sentences, without breathing room, without hesitation or qualification. It jumps off the page, and not in a good way.
@avioliprofilefollowProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.replied to@semperos๐Ÿ“’profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.:
What about the lack of density to paragraphs, the length of the sentences, or the confidence and determinism of their direction? Conviction with no limits. So reliably repetitive that you start seeing patterns as if you are looking and reading a record player with some scratches on it. Skips. Squeaks. Repeats. Yet. It gets the job done.
@semperos๐Ÿ“’profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.replied to@avioliprofilefollowProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.:
Yet. It gets the job done. Here's where we disagree. Using these tools as part of the job, certainly. But if I am to read, discern meaning, analyze choices of diction and structure, consider the context both of the author and the audience, and finally derive value from the written word, then generative #ainotesfollow falls short on many levels. If the "job" is to produce something no one was ever intending to engage with, then we have a more fundamental question about the value of the job.
@avioliprofilefollowProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.replied to@semperos๐Ÿ“’profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.:
Maybe what I messaged read as a disagreement and mentioning that they get the job done was actually not about producing prose (of any quality). I wholeheartedly agreed and still agree with you. Getting the job done was more about producing output - be it some prose, images, videos, software, whatever. They do generate output. It is not to say that the output is meaningful or meaningless. Some souls do enjoy it. Some others - donโ€™t. I did start with a question though.
@miralgjprofilefollowjack of all trades linux sysadminwrote:
Hacker News, Textlog... what other websites should I be visiting each day?
@semperos๐Ÿ“’profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.wrote:
Body's awake, eyes are sleepy. Mind's awake, brain is sleepy.
@semperos๐Ÿ“’profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.continued:
After #exercisenotesfollow everything's awake and a good kind of sore. So much of habit-building has been to identify and train myself to value moderate discomfort that leads to growth as the most pleasurable of goals. Consistent spiritual efforts, healthy food and in proper amounts, minimum sleep quota, regular exercise a few times a weekโ€”all of these involve discomfort and force of will, but all of them enable growth and fulfillment.
@n5l๐Ÿ˜Žprofilefollowwrote:
Avui tenia una reuniรณ llarga de moltes hores, d'aquelles en les que una escolta passiva รฉs suficient durant la major part del temps. He aprofitat el temps per implementar una sincronitzaciรณ en dues direccions entre el meu calendari i el meu sistema de notes en markdown (Emacs Howm). He fet el pla amb Argon (tinc pocs tokens al dia amb la subscripciรณ que tinc), amb feedback meu, i desprรฉs Gemini Flash l'ha implementat quasi a la primera.
Today I had a long meeting of many hours, one of those where passive listening is enough for most of the time. I took advantage of the time to implement a two-way synchronization between my calendar and my markdown note system (Emacs Howm). I made the plan with Argon (I have few tokens per day with the subscription I have), with my feedback, and then Gemini Flash implemented it almost on the first try.
@n5l๐Ÿ˜Žprofilefollowcontinued:
De retruc, ara el meu chatbot personal ja tรฉ accรฉs a la meva agenda (no nomรฉs a les meves tasques). He modificat una mica el prompt que li envia el servei de systemd que el fa anar, amb la idea que prengui mรฉs consciรจncia d'aquest fet. Tambรฉ he modificat el briefing matinal que m'envia el chatbot. Aquest briefing contรฉ una anร lisis de les tasques que tinc durant el dia. Ara tindrร  en compte tasques i agenda, aixรญ m'ajudarร  a prioritzar millor.
In return, my personal chatbot now has access to my schedule (not just my tasks). I have slightly modified the prompt sent to it by the systemd service that runs it, with the idea of making it more aware of this fact. I have also modified the morning briefing that the chatbot sends me. This briefing contains an analysis of the tasks I have during the day. It will now take into account tasks and schedule, thus helping me to prioritize better.
@n5l๐Ÿ˜Žprofilefollowcontinued:
Crec que aixรฒ m'ajudarร , perquรจ el chatbot no nomรฉs รฉs conscient de les tasques i esdeveniments que tinc, tambรฉ tรฉ accรฉs al seu context (totes les notes), inclรฒs el context personal (el meu diari) aixรญ tรฉ en compte el meu estat emocional. Aixรญ doncs, la idea รฉs planificar millor els meus dies. I si no els planifico millor, almenys delegar moltes de les menudes decisions del dia a dia al chatbot per aixรญ preservar energia per a d'altres decisions.
I think this will help me, because the chatbot is not only aware of the tasks and events I have, it also has access to their context (all the notes), including the personal context (my diary) so it takes into account my emotional state. So, the idea is to plan my days better. And if I don't plan them better, at least delegate many of the small day-to-day decisions to the chatbot so that I can preserve energy for other decisions.
@n5l๐Ÿ˜Žprofilefollowcontinued:
Suposo que el segรผent pas per millorar el meu chatbot รฉs donar-li permรญs de lectura, i nomรฉs lectura, al correu electrรฒnic. Mรฉs que res per aquells perรญodes en els que s'acumula correu i vols que algรบ rร pidament et digui si hi ha quelcom rellevant sota la paperassa. Un LLM que tรฉ accรฉs al context de la teva feina, tasques i notes, hauria de tenir certa capacitat per saber si un e-mail รฉs rellevant o no. Perรฒ aquestes sรณn figues d'un altre paner i les deixarem per un altre dia.
I guess the next step to improve my chatbot is to give it read permission, and only read permission, to email. Especially for those periods when email is piling up and you want someone to quickly tell you if there's anything relevant under the paperwork. An LLM that has access to the context of your work, tasks, and notes should have some ability to tell if an email is relevant or not. But those are figs from another basket and we'll leave them for another day.
@itaprofilefollowwrote:
Ran a SQL workshop tonight, it went okay. just bums me out attendance to "learning" events is down unless you add the word AI to it.
@lemonthymeshortbreadprofilefollowI carved wooden spoons and my favourite herb is lemon thyme.wrote:
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@avetisk๐Ÿ‘นprofilefollowwrote:
Sick makes me calm. My mind goes quiet for some time. I can sit and look at the horizon. Or just contemplate the different shades of white of my ceiling while laying on my bed. I miss the silence of my youth.
@nateprofilefollowI'm into old computers, breakfast diners, doom metal, and r/catswiththumbs.wrote:
What's your favorite documentary? Currently watching The Machine that Changed the World and loving it.