=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── everyone's all like "why would you spend so much effort writing that software in a distributed way when it works so well in a centralized manner" and the answer is because you never know when you're going to need to train an LLM on like, 400 raspberry pi's or calculate the velocity of an unladen swallow as it circles a black hole the size of mercury or whatever physicists do in their spare time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/6040 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── everyone's all against ai because it's big tech but it doesn't have to be that big it can be [minimized but pronounced marginalized] == stack overflow == distributed so I think the idea is that by the time you would use AI, there's been enough time to rewrite the software to work on handheld laptops in a distributed way and we'd vote on what to ask the amphora of great knowledge, the answer could always be 42. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #2 fediverse/308 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── when tech people are hurt by technology they say "how can I fix this? what do I need to install? what configuration should I use? is this company ethical, or are they going to hurt me in the future? could I make something that fixes this myself?" when non-tech people are hurt by technology they say "okay" because they don't have the bandwidth to figure it out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4296 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── @user-1655 why don't we just weaponize email and send json to each other that ends up parsed, interpreted, and presented on the end-user's computer using whatever client we want? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/6438 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── why would you gatekeep content by keeping us from easily using LLMs some people aren't technical and still need to write computer programs because that's how you enlighten a people is empower them with new tools "I've never heard of that programming language, but luckily I can fit all of it's documentation in my context window." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4056 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── teachers didn't want you not using Wikipedia as a source because it might be unreliable The knowledge they might have is good, but that's not the point they didn't want you to use Wikipedia because they didn't want there to be one single repository of information. If everyone's working with the same kind of training data, nothing new ever really gets done ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/280 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── old school programmers use short variable names because the computer monitors they would code on had a lower resolution, meaning fewer characters per line. why waste pixels being verbose? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4073 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── post until you can't anymore capitalism wants to drown your voice do not let it speak until you cannot speak then go do some pushups then find some friends then pitch a tent in the park then explain to the cops that you're not actually homeless and living there you're just trying to do this as a social statement because someone on the internet told you to then use your phone call to call your representative and complain about how much funding the police get then study law for 30 years because that's how long the government decided your life was worth by then you'll probably have figured out a better plan moving forward, so, use that one instead ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/650 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── why don't we just demand backwards compatibility of our software as a requirement? ah because that would reduce demand. Nevermind that it's more flexible, nevermind that we could accomplish so much more with it - it's expendable [expensive] because it reduced market penetration. Not because of the technology, because of the deluded and self-perpetuating mechanicosmic-mechanicommunication that designed our lives. It's name is capitalism, and it thrives where we survive, so that's good enough to maintain-em? Sure why not. Brb sleeping for 8 hours. Or playing games. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/5988 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── but I like moonmen T.T what if the ISS was untethered "send thrusters to space? why bother? just use them down on the surface to get that extra oomph!" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/4900 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── if you wanna trick systems administrators just put a bunch of sleeps in your code so your computer programs don't use up all the mainframe's resources all at once [statements dreamed up by the practically deranged] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2622 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── what kind of linux user are you if you don't even like reading terminal output? it's USEFUL and INTERESTING information! WHY ELSE WOULD THE PROGRAMMER OUTPUT IT??? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/5460 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── if you sit down to write and nothing comes to mind, then either nothing needs to be said or maybe you should spend time reading instead. ... okey dokey, time to read I guess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4664 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── @user-1725 LLMs can't do math. Duh. That's like asking an "if check" to do recursion. What he should have done is had the AI output the requested calculation as JSON or something and use a calculator function call with the specified arguments instead of trying to memorize every answer. But that requires more functionality that has no reason to exist if your only goal is to be a tech bro and build up a vacuous product that exists only to be hoovered up by Google or Microsoft. We could build such beautiful things if we just dethroned those giants. They suck the creativity out of tech. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/1202 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Do you ever ask yourself why we don't have mountaintop bazaars or expeditions to the bottom of the oceans? Why we lack tree forest cities, how we're struggling to find moss, sunlight, crystal, stone, and gold, all in the same setting? Capitalism makes it easy to think of profit as all that matters. It's not. Its nothing of it. It's a metric like any other. Optimize it or not, struggle for what you believe in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #15 fediverse/1870 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── why would I want other people using my computer? They don't know how to use my computer! They might break something or mess something up or automatically read/edit my files that are stored in standard locations through the usage of a script which automagically scans and ransomwares machines on the internet who store their files in specific standardized locations! no thank you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Wikipedia would make a lot more sense to me if they included pictures next to the names of every proper noun so that my pictorally oriented primate brain might pattern match meaning onto the visual understandings gleaned from the perceptual conceiving which were arrayed within and alongside the textual information presented to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2090 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── don't feed bread to birds, it absorbs their stomach acid and expands in their tummy and makes them feel full when they're not. Then they get confused why they don't have energy when they need it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/617 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── So much of computing is just... handling the quirks of hardware and presenting it to the user (programmer) in a way that is sane and makes sense, instead of the arcane and [nebulous/confabulous/incomprehensible] way that physical nature demands our absurdly potentialized computational endeavors be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 messages/181 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── I know you don't want to hear this, but there is a chance that there will come a time where your life depends on your ability to debug a computer without the internet. To set up an SSH server. To install Linux. To program in C. To do something else that I'm not prepared for... If StackOverflow didn't exist because network connectivity has been lost, could you remember syntax? Maybe it's a good idea to set up a local LLM that can answer basic questions about technology. Maybe it's a good idea to set up on your parents computer, just in case you have to hide out there for a couple months. Maybe it's a good idea to download wikipedia, just in case. If I need to use a mac, I'm screwed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3226 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── if your man page is longer than a list of options and their usage and a paragraph or twenty of how to use the software... then you need to abstract, and break your code into multiple purpose-built applications. do one thing, and do it right. alternatively, do one set of things, and do them concisely. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ |