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I can only imagine what Musk must feel like, having his federal funding for critical work ripped away by someone who doesn't even really understand what he does.
"The process of coding with an “agentic” LLM appears to be the process of carefully distilling all the worst parts of code review, and removing and discarding all of its benefits."
I have never used LLMs in software development. But I have a family member who pushes them for other uses: so far, handwriting recognition, contract law, medical diagnosis etc. In each case the research process is something I would normally enjoy, but the LLM turns it into an exercise in debugging, which I do not enjoy. Telling the LLM its output was wrong leads to even worse results. The one exception so far is long translations, where the LLM often works like a good thesaurus for word choice, but still needs extremely close inspection for plausible but wrong 'translations'.
I read a strongly pro-parrot-programming article recently that boiled down to "the computer does the hard work, all you have to do is review the code!" and that was the moment I lost all respect for the author's ideas and opinions forever. Very few people like doing code review, and even fewer people do it well, so "now you're *just* doing code review" seems like a terrible job that will be overwhelmingly done badly. Great outcome. No notes.
@glyph thank you for sharing this. I am not surprised given that, at the foundation, an LLM is just a large linear correlation machine with randomeness sprinkled on top (some intentional, some not). Reading the article did help locate my own negative response to the technology as adjacent to that of reading a particular fantasy book series where the plots were gamed out using D&D. The first book was fresh as an early spring morning, but each succesive volume asymptotically approach an imagination killing level of ineffable sameness.
Why is there more info on how to cultivate it than remove it? The AI bloat is not helping me sort through actual risk in touching it to rip it out.
I assume it should not be composted, am I incorrect? If drinking the water from a vase of foxglove can kill a small child, it would follow that you shouldn't put it in your compost, right?
I get that it's pretty, but why would anyone want to have digitalis growing in their yards? It's a literal heart stopper. Used in heart medications.
NOT SURE THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, but I have a friend who has a vendetta against jimson weed. Every time he sees it, he layers up a bunch of plastic bags, and rips it out using said bags to cover his hands. Then he uses the bags as a receptacle and just throws it in the trash.
EDIT: Now that I've typed that in and submitted, it sounds like a bad idea, and I think I'm going to check on my friend.
Sounds like that could actually work though. Digitalis can be absorbed through the skin (not super likely, but with my history of reacting to plants, I take no chances with poisonous ones), and I don't think it's like a pineapple that will eat through plastic.
Wrong, this is a lie. Discord still fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software. Do not let them scam you.
The best way you can combat Discord is to expose their scam, like this, to those around you. Then, teach them how to explain it. Make them a better teacher than you.
Not every single thing that's non-FOSS is enshittified, sometimes things cost A Lot of money to develop and those involved deserve to be paid. A good example of such software is Arturia's V Collection, a music/synthesiser program that requires access to original synths to recreate them. You own your license and can deregister it and sell your key to someone else.
I believe they'd prefer it to be free and open source software (FOSS). I'm not completely familiar with the terminology they used, but that's what I gathered.
was it worth 2 days of suffering and about $300 in parts and tools? absolutely cause the other day i realized how scorching hot the all black interior of that thing is going to get after parking it outside in the sun for a short time.
as a bonus i ended up with some new sets of snap ring pliers, and a dedicated serpentine belt tensioner tool and some stubby sockets. also fixed that last ugly little bumper sag in the front, cleaned some gunk off the alternator and the engine block, and mitigated a bit of rust in the frame while i was in there.
all in all not a bad result. just really glad i didn't screw something up and have to take stuff apart again which has definitely happened before
i figure that would have cost over $1k at the dealer since a lot of stuff has to come out to access the AC compressor, and i had to raise the engine slightly.
feeling pretty chuffed though after a test drive. this is gona make my summer suck a lot less driving to and from the property with AC
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@Lady MountainJay Good video, only a tiny amount of observation is required to see that this whole global warming farce is really a wealth and power transfer agenda.
Der Shitter-Kindergarten zwischen dem Milliardär mit den nuke-codes und dem Milliardär mit dem Privatsatellitennetzwerk & dem Zugang zu allen Daten ist jetzt ernsthaft bei "Er hat angefangen - Nein, er hat angefangen!" angekommen,
und jetzt wäre mal wieder ein prima Zeitpunkt darüber nachzudenken, ob man solche Typen oder sonst irgendwen mit so viel Macht & Geld ausstatten sollte.
Wenn der ganze Planetenbums am Ende über den b-fight der toupierten Orange und Ketamin Ken in die Luft fliegt, wär ja schon irgendwie konsequenter Abgang einer Zivilisation, die sich top-down erfolgreich hat einreden lassen, Kapitalakkumulation mit "gesellschaftstragender Leistung" und "Genie" zu verwechseln....
Wisst ihr noch, wie sie uns vor der Twitterfehde und dem großen Krieg zwischen dem durchgeknallten Milliardär mit den Atomwaffencodes und dem durchgeknallten Multimilliardär mit dem Privatsatellitennetzwerk erzählt haben, dass wir alle sicherer werden, weil sie kleine Mädchen aus Turnhallen deportieren?
There is a judicial coup underway in this country. The presidency cannot remain functional — and the Republic cannot remain sovereign — if its core powers are subject to the whims of rogue, lawless judges. thefederalist.com/2025/06/05/h…
We speak to Franck Magennis, a barrister with Garden Court Chambers and a member of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers. His work focuses on challenging...
»Da laut RIAS etwa 80 % der erfassten "antisemitischen Vorfälle" im Jahr 2024 keine unmittelbar betroffenen Einzelpersonen haben, ist die Weigerung, die meisten Fälle aus Opferschutzgründen zu veröffentlichen, schwer nachvollziehbar.« bsky.app/profile/yossibartal.b…
»Ein gutes Beispiel aus dem RIAS-Jahresbericht 2024, wie die Beschreibung realer Äußerungen in Israel als antisemitischer Vorfall in Deutschland gilt. Es gibt mehrere Aufrufe von Rabinnern, die religiös begründet Gaza mitsamt der gesamten Bevölkerung vernichten wollen.«
»Der Fall von Rabbi Mali aus Jaffa wurde auch international berichtet - er wurde für seine Äußerungen, IDF sollte alle Kinder und Frauen in Gaza töten, auch nicht angeklagt.« bsky.app/profile/yossibartal.b…
Boiling distilled water in my new borosilicate glass stove-to-fridge pitcher. Sometimes I live on the edge and do nasal lavage with distilled water STRAIGHT FROM THE GALLON JUG!!! But if I wanna be really anal like other people trying to stay on top of their bronchiectasis, I gotta boil it for 11 minutes first, because technically even bottled distilled water isn't sterile.
Bronchiectasis makes one vulnerable to infections of otherwise "friendly" bacteria in the air, soil, and water, so we're supposed to sterilize everything all the time. It's of course impossible to sterilize one's environment and I wonder how hard I should try. It's like acquired OCD. Trying to balance mental health with physical.
Anyway I got this pitcher you can boil water in on the stove, which is weird and fascinating and I keep imagining it shattering but so far so good.
@ninapaleyI don't know what they are called, but you just plug them in and they heat themselves, you keep it filled and it's always ready. Not sure it would do for sterilization though
@polariseraYeah that's not for sterilizing. You're supposed to boil water, even bottled distilled water, for 10 minutes at sea level plus another minute for very thousand feet above sea level. Then you can store it for up to 48 hours in the fridge. Then you do it agin. I will probably use it beyond 48 hours. I live on the edge, high risk. I'm doing this mostly to see if I can stand it, make it part of my daily routine. If not, I'll just use distilled water straight from the grocery store jug and hope for the best. I figured I should at least try. This borosilicate pitcher at least simplifies the process as you don't need to pour from vessel to vessel. But it is very weird to heat it on the stove! It makes strange sounds, different from stainless steel pots.
Erst seit Ende März ist Julia Klöckner (#CDU) Präsidentin des Deutschen Bundestags. In dieser Zeit hat sie sich aber schon eine stattliche Anzahl an Fehltritten geleistet. Eine Auflistung.
Sie ist erst wenige Wochen im Amt – und jetzt schon das: «Ist Julia Klöckner ihrer neuen, überparteilichen Rolle als Bundestagspräsidentin nicht gewachsen?», fragte die Tageszeitung «Welt» vor zwei Tagen – und diese Frage kann nur ein Medium formulie…
Weil ein Münchner Richter den Haftbefehl der Staatsanwaltschaft außer Kraft gesetzt hatte, konnte ein Iraker, der zwei Frauen vergewaltigt hatte, fliehen. Nun wurde er in Abwesenheit zu viereinhalb Jahren Haft verurteilt.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Earlier in the day, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said that it had recognized the activities of UK international organization British Council as undesirable in the country.
FRENCH AND ITALIAN PORT WORKERS WILL NOT BE COMPLICIT IN THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE: BLOCK THE SHIP LOADED WITH WEAPONS FOR ISRAEL! USB Ports picks up the report of CGT colleagues from the Gulf of Fos who have mobilized to prevent the shipment of 14 t…
i see so many people being okay with and liking girldick why cant i be okay with mine why cant i like it why do i look at it feel it and feel something wrong with my body
i dont get it i feel like i should learn to be okay with it or like it maybe if i force myself enough i can think its cute or adorable and feel less bad about it
I don't care about gay marriage. I don't care about immigration. I don't care about inflation. I don't care about white genocide. I don't care about transphobia. I don't care about racism. I don't care about climate change. I don't care about Republicans. I don't care about Democrats. I don't care about libertarians. I don't care about communists. I don't care about fascists. I don't care about monarchists. I don't care about socialists. I don't care about aliens. I don't care about Christianity. I don't care about Judaism. I don't care about Islam. I don't care about Buddhism. I don't care about Hinduism. I don't care about marijuana legalization. I don't care about universal basic income. I don't care about the minimum wage. I don't care about the death penalty. I don't care about gun control. I don't care about student loan forgiveness. I don't care about corporate tax rates. I don't care about military spending. I don't care about NATO. I don't care about the United Nations. I don't care about affirmative action. I don't care about critical race theory. I don't care about reparations. I don't care about wealth inequality. I don't care about universal healthcare. I don't care about social security. I don't care about feminism. I don't care about men's rights. I don't care about LGBTQ+ rights. I don't care about election integrity. I don't care about gerrymandering. I don't care about the Electoral College. I don't care about vaccine mandates. I don't care about mask mandates. I don't care about homeschooling laws. I don't care about public school curriculums. I don't care about book bans. I don't care about artificial intelligence ethics. I don't care about genetic engineering. I don't care about corporate lobbying. I don't care about union rights. I don't care about police reform. I don't care about private prisons. I don't care about cash bail reform. I don't care about diplomatic relations with China. I don't care about diplomatic relations with Russia. I don't care about diplomatic relations with Europe. I don't care about foreign aid. I don't care about whistleblower protections. I don't care about nuclear energy. I don't care about renewable energy subsidies. I don't care about electric vehicle incentives. I don't care about space exploration funding. I don't care about defamation laws. I don't care about corporate personhood. I don't care about urban planning policies. I don't care about housing market regulations. I don't want to hear about any of this shit ever again. I wish I could never hear the name of any politician or famous figure ever again. I don't care about Trump, Biden, Elon Musk, The Clintons, or Jeffrey Epstein. I don't care about pop stars. I don't care about the television. Leave me out of every conversation about these topics. Talk to me about books or software development. I care about myself, my family, my dog, and my work.
In May 2019, the FBI received a Congressional criminal referral from Mark Meadows alleging Nellie Ohr gave knowingly false statements in her testimony before Congress regarding (1) Nellie’s testimony that she had no knowledge of the DOJ’s Trump/Russia investigation; (2) her testimony that she had no knowledge of the DOJ’s “investigations on Russia.”
The fact that Nellie Ohr, wife of senior DOJ official Bruce Ohr, lied to Congress has been essentially established for a number of years. The Congressional referral discusses emails from the DOJ asking Bruce Ohr if his wife could speak with DOJ officials regarding her Russia research. Bruce asked Nellie if she would speak to the DOJ, to which Nellie emailed “Sure!” Nellie would later provide these officials with her Russia analysis.
But the Congressional referral just scratched the surface. Nellie’s “open-source research”, compiled while employed by Fusion GPS, was passed to the FBI by Bruce Ohr on a number of occasions. Recall that the subjects of her research included Paul Manafort, Carter Page, and Michael Flynn. Based on the timing of the disclosures (December 2016, for example) and internal FBI documents, Nellie Ohr’s research was used to help corroborate the Steele Dossier. Funny how that worked: a Fusion GPS employee corroborating a Fusion GPS work product. But it gets worse - Nellie Ohr’s research also informed and contributed to the Steele Dossier.
Before the Congressional referral was released, Nellie Ohr lied to Congress about the date she received her HAM radio license. Nellie testified that she received her HAM license in 2015, stating it was “well before” her employment at Fusion GPS. Records we received via FOIA showed her HAM license was applied for, and granted on, May 23, 2016 – during her employment at Fusion GPS.
The US and EU auto industries are running out of essential magnets, and some production lines have already halted, as China’s rare earth restrictions stay firm.
This was a very good, well-rounded discussion of the telephone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, beginning with why it took so long after the Ukrainian drone attack on Russian air bases for the American President to place this call.
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