i dont think its all talk, these are smart people that have been in ai since the 2000s, and they raise good points. current incentive structures are very dangerous long term
Any conversation
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creator of textlogreplied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:they too have every incentive to exaggerate because they are selling safety and/or books on the topic. I donโt believe we wonโt see it coming. Any issues that will manifest will be very visible and weโll have plenty of time to mitigate their impact.
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creator of textlog:they could be making a lot more money by just working at ai firms i fear. the thing that got me worried the hacking incidents lately, huggingface etc.
if the capabilities consistently outspeed the development of safety measures, and if the private arms race logic continues, i dont think this is a good spot to be in long term
Anybody here using mastodon regularly? What instance are you on? I can't decide on where to register ๐
I'm using mastodon.social but i think you can look the instances in their site and decide by interest.
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There's a really good one run by someone in the Netherlands. He forked the software and made a ton of improvements. I was on there six years ago. I wish I could remember the name.
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creator of textlogreplied to@avioliprofilefollowProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.:i like things being as fast as possible. link?
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creator of textlog:Unfortunately no. Just starting it. Got the proof of concept loading a dir with its sub-dirs then rendering on the GPU in textures silky smooth. 1.7mb executable, but will need to level up to SDL and that will double the size I think.
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"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyers:
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"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyerswrote:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyerswrote:There is someone absolutely rotten and fetid in this airplane. Every 10 minutes. Dear Spaghetti Monster!
I find myself building bespoke tooling for my own #swdevnotesfollow and #ainotesfollow workflows these days, not only because of the obvious reason of software being so much cheaper to build, but also because there are SO MANY options for solving any given problem that it feels impossible to evaluate all of them.
If it's not a crucial piece of tech for a work problem then it often feels like paving my own way is both cheaper mentally (kind of amazing that's true these days) and probably a better fit.
..then of course I have to contend with - "Is this going to be a maintenance nightmare in the future?" and then I still usually conclude "no, the maintenance will be aided by the same approach that the construction was".
It's interesting how dramatically and quickly the scales have changed in this equation - and for such a wide range of software.
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creator of textlogreplied to@zenprofilefollowfather, cyclist, #haskellnotesfollow, #emacsnotesfollow:It will become increasingly harder to find niche markets for software when those people can just build it themselves exactly how they want it. In the end, people want to accomplish tasks, and the AI is going to be building the software on-the-fly exactly for that task, why do we need generic software that may or may not be a fit?
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creator of textlog:Yeah. It makes me think that protocols for exchanging data between apps will become even more important in that landscape. But maybe, not - maybe each exchange is another bespoke AI-driven implementation?
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creator of textlogreplied to@zenprofilefollowfather, cyclist, #haskellnotesfollow, #emacsnotesfollow:Protocols, infrastructure, containers, those kinds of things. I was actually playing around with an idea for a minimal markup language + runtime that can be utilized by AI to spin up apps more easily, and brainstorming it with ChatGPT, I have a feeling something like that will appear soon to complement MCP.
@thechelsukprofilefollowCurrently in remission from ME/CFS after 3+ years. Occasional software engineering leader, app developer, blogger, zwifter, and just being online.wrote:
I hate it when I donโt remember if I took my midday pill or not. Not that it matters a lot, but still, annoying. I have notifications set up but I discard them by habit because they are exact times and my sleep pattern fluctuates.
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creator of textlog:I once saw someone flip their pill bottle upside down after taking a pill. Not sure it'd help me, because I suspect that somehow I'd still only pay half-attention when taking pills and so still get forgetful and confused :shrug:
@gonzprofilefollowI make custom 3D engines and love writing lower-level code in general. Living in Bulgaria. github.com/GoNZoooGitHubGoNZooo - OverviewBackend & frontend. Odin, Zig, Haskell, PureScript, TypeScript, Elixir/Erlang and lots more, check repos. - GoNZooo & www.youtube.com/@mccGoNZoooYouTubeRickard Andersson (gonz)Educational programming videos: - Projects - Language learning course-style contentwrote:
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I get paid to write it if you can believe that.
@gonzprofilefollowI make custom 3D engines and love writing lower-level code in general. Living in Bulgaria. github.com/GoNZoooGitHubGoNZooo - OverviewBackend & frontend. Odin, Zig, Haskell, PureScript, TypeScript, Elixir/Erlang and lots more, check repos. - GoNZooo & www.youtube.com/@mccGoNZoooYouTubeRickard Andersson (gonz)Educational programming videos: - Projects - Language learning course-style contentreplied to@swiley๐คprofilefollowswiley.net
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Considering how absolutely barren it seems out there in terms of C jobs versus C++ jobs, I can barely believe it. What do you work on?
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Some specialized censors used in automated manufacturing. It's pretty cool, I look forward to coming into the office almost every day. I've worked for a few f500 companies and took a pay cut to come here. A bunch of people from my college robotics club work here too.
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That sounds really cool. Above all I really like hearing that someone enjoys their work and likes showing up for it. I've had that feeling on a few contracts and it's great. Looking to get into embedded myself, since it seems that's where you get to have all the fun writing C. :)
@ryansepassiprofilefollowreplied to@gonzprofilefollowI make custom 3D engines and love writing lower-level code in general. Living in Bulgaria. github.com/GoNZoooGitHubGoNZooo - OverviewBackend & frontend. Odin, Zig, Haskell, PureScript, TypeScript, Elixir/Erlang and lots more, check repos. - GoNZooo & www.youtube.com/@mccGoNZoooYouTubeRickard Andersson (gonz)Educational programming videos: - Projects - Language learning course-style content:
#cnotesfollow has been such a pleasure. Havenโt tried Odin, but was using #zignotesfollow for a while, and I just found myself pulled back to C. A minimal sharp tool. Runs anywhere. Can actually write a compiler for it. Short bootstrap chain from hex0. Does anybody care about these things (anymore)?
@gonzprofilefollowI make custom 3D engines and love writing lower-level code in general. Living in Bulgaria. github.com/GoNZoooGitHubGoNZooo - OverviewBackend & frontend. Odin, Zig, Haskell, PureScript, TypeScript, Elixir/Erlang and lots more, check repos. - GoNZooo & www.youtube.com/@mccGoNZoooYouTubeRickard Andersson (gonz)Educational programming videos: - Projects - Language learning course-style contentreplied to@ryansepassiprofilefollow:
Support everywhere (in every way) was key to me starting to use C again. It's nice to not have to worry about the language you use being left out somewhere, a non-starter somewhere else and having to mentally translate it to something else (Zig/Odin in a debugger -> C).
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creator of textlogreplied to@ku๐คprofilefollowHai I am ku:
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creator of textlogreplied to@ku๐คprofilefollowHai I am ku:Itโs using the
/firehose /apitextlogAPIA quieter place for your thoughts. endpoint. Itโs an SSE endpoint publishing everything latest. Though I meant it to be used server-side, since itโs heavily rate-limited โ up to 3 conns under the same network, but I canโt control how clients decide to use it so.. ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโฆmostlywrote:
I'm not sure the world needs another static site generator, but I made one.
get-taxus.org
Giving the project some TLC this week, doing some bug squashing.
If you want and SSG that doesn't fight you, give it a go.
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The world needing one? Never. But you needing one? Always.
If you're not using your own SSG, are you even webbing?
@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.wrote:
Which Linux distribution do you like the most, and why? Follow the previous with your favourite desktop environment.
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Same here except I landed on fedora with default gnome desktop. The old desktops I ssh into are Debian though.
Edit: spelling fix I to -> into
@vrvnprofilefollowreplied to@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.:
Ubuntu or Linux Mint with Cinnamon and i3 alternating as window managers here
@melting_coffee_mug๐คprofilefollowreplied to@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.:
Arch Linux with KDE. I like that Arch comes with nothing and is pretty vanilla. No bloat, and customisable. No major upgrades where 5 things break at once. Install once, and it's fine until the device has to be replaced. Only then usually do a fresh install. It's up to date, still pretty boring, and you learn a bit in the process.
@hris_deb๐คprofilefollowreplied to@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.:
i distro hoped a lot. Finally i found my cozy home with debian with kde. 3 years still running without a problem all the software i use works perfectly and the games run smoothly.
@keitachikawa๐profilefollowaeres-u99 on github, CodeAtlas \o/replied to@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.:
Arch with i3, have been using it for like 7-8 years now. Started out at elementary os, really good and everything, but the thing where I dont need to install *-dev libs separately saves me a lot of time during compilations and building. Also, AUR is a life saver at times.
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@chanuxprofilefollowI ain't no nothing!replied to@kev๐งprofilefollowrunner. making games, music, software. getting into as much trouble as i can.:
I want this expanded and enacted by one of those guys doing Jordan Peterson impersonations :D
I think yes, but precisely NOT "at a philosophical level". You can have it only if you get your hands dirty and build it yourself. I think @stagasprofilefollow
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creator of textlog already proved this, just as a close example.
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creator of textlog already proved this, just as a close example.If speaking on a philosophical level, then first we have to ask: whatโs โniceโ and whatโs โto haveโ ๐
@asmund๐ฅทprofilefollowFather, getting older every day, technologist, enterprise architect @ work, like to explore tech. Like to keep it simple and work in the shell, write in vim, prefer Debian if I have the choice. Plays saxophone and clarinet. Enjoy motorcycle riding, photography, hiking. Christian.replied to@chanuxprofilefollowI ain't no nothing!:
If you consider what you have nice, you can have nice things. If your expectations to your surroundings are very very low, you will be amazed with all the nice things you get from people you meet through your day. My personal approach. #simplelifenotesfollow
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A credit union wants to get their own data out of a vendor's online system. Vendor wants $160,000. I wrote a #pythonnotesfollow script with #Playwrightnotesfollow to download the data just as though a user would. It's going to run for about 6 weeks to download around 250k records and 70GB of images.
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creator of textlogreplied to@rickyprofilefollow#Automationnotesfollow specialist for #CreditUnionsnotesfollow; 20+ year #SharePointnotesfollow veteran; #developernotesfollow; #writernotesfollow. I don't idle well.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@rickyprofilefollow#Automationnotesfollow specialist for #CreditUnionsnotesfollow; 20+ year #SharePointnotesfollow veteran; #developernotesfollow; #writernotesfollow. I don't idle well.:you could split to buckets like alphanumerically and parallelize it if you don't want to wait that long. Probably need to launch a few instances but still cheaper lol.
@rickyprofilefollow#Automationnotesfollow specialist for #CreditUnionsnotesfollow; 20+ year #SharePointnotesfollow veteran; #developernotesfollow; #writernotesfollow. I don't idle well.replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:The slowness is intentional. I wanted to make it look more like a user doing it than a script so it doesn't set off any alarms. I have it waiting from 1 to 3 seconds between clicks to slow it down. :-) So far so good!
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@hippo๐ฆprofilefollowStrictly no LLMs. No exceptions.replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:Gave up on github after the acquisition. Very glad I did, given the unsurprising decline since then.
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creator of textlogreplied to@hippo๐ฆprofilefollowStrictly no LLMs. No exceptions.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@hippo๐ฆprofilefollowStrictly no LLMs. No exceptions.:And what do you use now?
@hippo๐ฆprofilefollowStrictly no LLMs. No exceptions.replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:
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creator of textlog:Some gitlab, some codeberg. More recently the latter as gitlab have an annoying tendency to mess with their UI for no discernible reason.
@avioliprofilefollowProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:I think is time to vibecode an alternative!
I know I would
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creator of textlog:@keitachikawa๐profilefollowaeres-u99 on github, CodeAtlas \o/replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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github.com/Aeres-u99
I have created a small tool, codeatlas, that basically generates an index to codebase that your llm can lookup syper quick, github.com/Aeres-u99
there is also a cbz->pdf converter that I wrote for eink devices which is nice
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grand and intoxicating innocence
always onlinereplied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:I say it depends on where u buy it