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dekkzz76

@dekkzz76@emacs.ch

Profile Pic: Random internet drawing of an anime trance DJ with headphones

Tech: #Thinkpads #Emacs #Lisp #OrgMode #Ruby #60sCars

TV: #Babylon5 #StarTrek #ScandiNoir #House #PersonOfInterest

Sport: #LGRW #EdinburghMonarchs #DirtTrack #RaiseIt #PittsburghPirates

Other Interests: #Vanlife #DivebombersWW2 #VotingRights

#nobots #noindex

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RT ≠ endorsement, etc. Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I don't respect you.

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kakafarm, to fediverse
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The Balkanised Activitypub Federation (BAF…?) is a great source of frustration. I have a friend, @kolev , and he's having a hard time following me. I know the answer is probably "technical limitations", but why do server owners have any say on what their users may or may not read? That's abhorrent.

Eventually I would have to copy my Nostr keypair here and find a good piece of software with which to use it.

dekkzz76,
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@kakafarm

babka.social and emacs.ch had a spat a while back and afaik blocked each other

dekkzz76,
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@kakafarm

anything is possible ;)

mms, to random
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Btw, I heavily invite you to . Join the revolution!

dekkzz76,
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@dartov utter crap & too much noise not enough signal

ramin_hal9001, to linux
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I just switched to Linux Mint

Wow! This is so much nicer than Ubuntu! The default theming, appearance, color schemes, icon themes, all of it is much more beautiful. And their "Welcome to Mint" screen that you get on the first boot-up is really helpful.

dekkzz76,
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@ramin_hal9001

hope their attitude & ability to keep up with security patches has improved since i last looked at it.

pizzatorque, to tech
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for all the in the fediverse, what is your best choice of carry on bag if you have to carry gadgets and equipment?

dekkzz76,
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@pizzatorque

which gadgets & equipment

dekkzz76,
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@pizzatorque

laptops, cameras etc need to be in suitcases in the hold wrapped in clothes or bubble wrap

mms, to SmallWeb
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Internet is healing :)

(found on https://jdd.freeshell.org/index.shtml)

#SmallWeb #indieweb #lynx #dillo

lynx friendly web button

dekkzz76,
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@mms

because its social media & the cats want it like that

dekkzz76,
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@mms

like it or not social media is about showing pics & a lot of people dont know or care to downsizing phone images

dekkzz76,
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@mms

plus even if you downsize your orange cat knows how to rest your phone to raw image size

ellane, to ai
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I am trying ever so hard to cultivate a positive attitude around AI. It’s hard!

Despite the avalanche of graphic monstrosities, the confident misinformation, the collapse of essay-based assessments in schools (not actually a bad thing, if it leads to more on-site, project-based learning).

I’m trying to see it as a tool that can complement (not replace) good design and knowledge management.

(1/2) 🧵

dekkzz76,
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@ellane

because atm 99% of people pushing it are just playing buzzword bingo & have little knowledge of what it is & what it's weaknesses are.

Is it just me are the majority of its proponents ex bitcoin / web 3,0 inflencers?

rasur, to random
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See a thing saying "we need 70% less developers when we use AI" and grind teeth while muttering "fewer. 70% fewer developers.." <shakes fist at sky>

dekkzz76,
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@rasur

70% less to generate code - but 50% more for QA depts due to legal liability issues

dekkzz76,
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@screwtape

OK re-phased for Professor Screwtape ;)

You'll need just as many more QA resources for the headcount as the number you lose by using AI for coding. Could be more or less depending on how your codebase is impacted by copyright and/or "safety critical" requirements

@rasur

dekkzz76,
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@screwtape

care to expain your take on it?

@rasur

dekkzz76,
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@screwtape

That post is pretty much what i see.

AI also generates inefficient code, un-commented code as it doesn't know why the code it generated applies to the problem

@rasur

dekkzz76,
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@screwtape

academy around those AI???

From talking to 1 group of coders whose work relies on optimized code on one very low powered chipset family their take on AI code is

1 - it's a mix of correct & wildly incorrect/poor quality code - often mixed up

1A - Seems to take code/method from one lang & tries bolt it into another

1B - needs experienced dev or QC dev to triage

2 - Poorly optimized wrt chipsets even if specified.

2A - Needs commenting in many cases

3 - In some cases clearly taken from GPL & non-free codebases

4 - You need to learn what to ask

5 - No case law on legal liability, whose code is it? Should AI code be accepted into safety critical systems

@rasur

dekkzz76,
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@screwtape

Another point one made was - AI could be good for low level drudge work, but most management will aim it at removing the devs with the highest wages ie what should be your top talent.

@rasur

dekkzz76,
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@rasur

in safety critical, which i know most about, yes

dekkzz76,
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@rasur

no truck stops at 30,000 ft

dekkzz76,
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@rasur

an old acquaintance who was restoring an old Aussie Beaufighter, said, spare parts don't just fall from the sky, when they do you worry ;)

dekkzz76,
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@mapcar

because its being driven by marketing not engineering

@screwtape @rasur

duncan_bayne, to random
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https://x.com/Nikos_17/status/1794641890769252720

The one good thing about the promised draft is that there is zero chance it'll come to pass, because it would require the Tories to win.

dekkzz76,
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@duncan_bayne

if they do win, it'll cause a mass migration of our best young talent to the EU. Can you see the EU refusing them?

screwtape, to random
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My proudest moment as a lispuser

https://itch.io/t/3788148/i-draw-an-electric-guitar-or-something

#springlispgamejam2024 #lll #atLeastOneUserOnce

dekkzz76,
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@screwtape

sudo apt install racket ;)

its common on most distros

dekkzz76,
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@screwtape

racket is quite popular in academia & has a reasonable eco-system

i've run it on a pentium-m at reasonable speeds

dekkzz76, to emacs
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Are many people running the emacs 30 apk on android?

dekkzz76,
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@nickanderson

yes any gui program is an issue using pen/touch input but ive been using pen input since the days of the Thinkpad X61

GNOME is a good OS for trying touch out, but i "found" a 10in android tablet which i want to set up just emacs on explicitly for org-mode & basic denote setup

@hajovonta @evgandr

oatmeal, to israel
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must be recognised as an international crime

The massive, arbitrary destruction of civilian housing in violent conflict should be recognised as a crime under international law, the UN’s independent housing rights expert told the General Assembly today [28 October 2022].

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/10/domicide-must-be-recognised-international-crime-un-expert

@israel
@palestine

dekkzz76,
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@oatmeal

what do make of the guy taking israeli leaders & hamas leaders to hague for war crimes?

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