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syntaxseed

@syntaxseed@phpc.social

Programming, tech, gaming & other geeky topics from Sherri Wheeler.

Occasional business, handiwork, electronics, parenting and fitness content.

🐘 PHP/JS developer with miles to go before I sleep();

All posts are my own - never AI generated.

Ally & anti-racist. Bigoted or harassing replies get blocked & reported.

Available for part-time contract work.

🇨🇦💻🎮☸️🎲🔨💪

(she/her)

#nobridge #nobot

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syntaxseed, to random
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I take comfort that soon my jovial attempts to ask real people things will no longer be met with "why didn't you just Google it?"

Asking each other directly is going to soon be the more easy & accurate path.

Also, big sheesh to those who think talking among peers is an annoyance people should try to avoid.

syntaxseed,
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@ocramius Hence why I try to ask people who I know have some expertise in the area & not randos online. 🤣

I've literally had family say this to me. Eeesh sorry I wanted to chat with you about something you know about. 🙃

syntaxseed, to OpenAI
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#OpenAI doing the thing they are building tools to facilitate everyone to do (imitate the likeness & creative output of real people)... is exactly the signal we should all be recognising it to be.

🚩Copyright & licenses don't matter. Creators don't matter. You don't matter.

We've all been told that our ability to grind out work-value is what we exist for... but even that poor measure of our worth is fair game to those big enough to steal it.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1252495087/openai-pulls-ai-voice-that-was-compared-to-scarlett-johansson-in-the-movie-her

#Chatgpt #LLM #AI

bigzaphod, to random
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I'm beginning to think this OpenAI company I've heard so much about isn't entirely on the up-and-up.

syntaxseed,
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@bigzaphod They've got the Artificial part. But the Open and the Intelligence parts are unclear.... 🙃

syntaxseed, to DnD
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Couldn't resist a #DnD session on Victoria Day (🇨🇦) with The Victorious 4 (our party name)!

We tracked a group through the forest & defeated a hill giant, 2 veteran knights & a wayward mayor who we captured to bring back to town to face justice. A job well done. 😁🎲

#TTRPG #Victorious4

syntaxseed, to diy
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🆕 New Post!

DIY Obstacle Course 'Banana' Holds.

#ANW #DIY #OCR #NinjaWarrior

https://blog.syntaxseed.com/diy-obstacle-course-banana-holds/

syntaxseed, to wordpress
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really didn't do anyone any favours by making EVERYTHING a post and stuffing everything into the Posts table.

I don't know how they talked themselves into the idea that Media uploads are 'posts' but this is really bad architecture.

(Coming from someone trying to do some fancy migrating of media.)

syntaxseed,
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Like guys... there isn't a limit on the number of SQL tables you can have. It's not DB golf where fewer tables = better. 🤦‍♀️

syntaxseed,
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Exporting a month's worth of media uploads shouldn't be this complicated and shouldn't need a plugin.

The importer should allow me to import just the DB/Meta data if I don't check the 'download & import files' box (importing huge files from a password protected staging site) and allow me to just ftp the actual files up.

Utter nonsense.

So much of #WordPress is actively hostile to the idea of having multiple environments.

syntaxseed,
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@feld I mean.... if you're approaching 4 billion tables... you got other problems than non-normalized WordPress data. 🤣

syntaxseed, to VideoGames
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Watched this great video about the feeling of "the sublime" (awe mixed with fear) in . Here they discuss it in & . Makes me realize that this is that je-ne-sais-quoi that I really look for in . 🤩

https://youtu.be/rlj0JK-CDuQ?si=1nrT0Lefi7i_kHUL

syntaxseed,
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@pierstoval A lot of ppl in the comments mentioned Outer Wilds!

syntaxseed,
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It's also something I had hoped #Icarus would have a lot of, but it doesn't at all (for me). 😓

syntaxseed,
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@pierstoval Oooh! I forgot which game Outer Wilds was. I just couldn't get into it when I realized it's a timeloop without saving. I just can't stand games like that. 😓

syntaxseed,
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@pierstoval And I was past the Steam refund timeframe. So it sits in my library, mocking me. LOL

syntaxseed,
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@pierstoval Hmm... maybe I'll give it another try now that I'm prepared to expect it!

syntaxseed, to Amazon
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I will never not be shocked at #Amazon's shipping.

Ordered #baseball uniform belts (so they can tuck in their shirts & look 'profesh' 🤣) arrived this morning.

< 15 hours. 😱

syntaxseed,
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My son's game last night (peewee + bantam boys' house league) featured a grandslam homerun followed by another homerun, both by our team.

Gonna be a GOOD season! ⚾

#baseball #parenting

syntaxseed,
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@Aaron Yeah there was a lot of complacency in those 200 years I think. But Amazon's warehouse locations & how they decide what is stocked where... is a big factor.

jasonkoebler, to random
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“Fictional and factual fembots reflect the same regressive male fantasies: sexual outlets and the promise of emotional validation and companionship. Underpinning this are masculine anxieties regarding women, and fear of technology escaping our control.”

https://www.404media.co/openais-gpt-4o-voice/

syntaxseed,
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@jasonkoebler This fear, that humanity will stop reproducing because of AI girlfriends always seems backwards to me. As critical as men think they are in the reproduction equation.... it's never come close to being difficult for a woman to find a way to become pregnant (fertility challenges aside). In fact it's often too out-of-our-control easy.

It's AI boyfriends y'all should be worrying about. 🤣

gamingonlinux, to ai
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Stellaris devs clarify "ethical" AI use in the Stellaris: The Machine Age DLC https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/stellaris-devs-clarify-ethical-ai-use-in-the-stellaris-the-machine-age-dlc/

syntaxseed,
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@gamingonlinux This is as reasonable as it gets I think. Kudos to them for being so clear & for having thought through their own internal comfort level so well. I hope all studios approach it like this.

syntaxseed, to diy
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Unlocked a new #DIY achievement today...

First time dumpster diving on a construction site & brought home a bunch of 2x4 & 2x6 odds & ends, plywood, plastic pipe & insulation foam board. 🛠️

What can we add to the ninja course next? 🤣

#carpentry #maker

A tidy stack of wood pieces. In a garage.

carnage4life, to random
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It must be really awkward hosting Q&A’s with the staff celebrating record profits to the tune of billions of dollars only for employees to ask why you’re doing layoffs every quarter then?

This is why CEOs can’t wait to replace their pesky employees with AI.

syntaxseed,
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@carnage4life "Don't worry... we'll do LESS layoffs next quarter." But still layoffs. 😈

syntaxseed, to DisneyPlus
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My 12-yr-old figured out how to bypass the parental controls on #DisneyPlus.

He couldn't find the movie Wish on the kids' profile... so he created a new profile. Which doesn't prompt for password or pin & gives you access to all the content. 😬

#security #appsec

syntaxseed,
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@appsec4one Can you?? Ooo I better find that!

syntaxseed,
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@afilina We did that too... until my oldest broke that trust (in a mild way but it was the point) so the parental controls went on. For a little while then we'll try again.

It's tough because my oldest is 12 but youngest is 8. So what's ok for my oldest is still a bit scary for the youngest.

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