whitequark

fasterthanlime , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

asking LLMs to do the lord's work:

it rewrote it to 1 << 24

whitequark , vor einem Monat

@fasterthanlime huh, i got better at that in 30s

munin , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

This paper is interesting. It discusses the demographics of those who most frequently engage in disseminating disinformation, and identifies that there are three primary states in which this activity is centered, and that those who engage in that activity skew towards "older republican women who are marginally wealthier than their neighbors" - which suggests summat for me and likely for anyone else who's had to endure small-town politics and the petit aristocracy therein.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl4435

whitequark , vor einem Monat

@foone @munin sounds fun

whitequark , vor einem Monat

@foone @munin yes

whitequark , vor einem Monat

@foone @munin it's a fun activity to do with friends!

whitequark , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

VIS / LWIR

so pretty

image/jpeg

whitequark OP , vor einem Monat

now that i have both a high resolution thermal camera and a Gen3 image intensifier i have achieved the dream, which i could previously only roleplay in Arma 3

which is to walk around aimlessly with multispectral imaging eqiupment and just look at stuff

fasterthanlime , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

I often think about "computer bad" and similar defeatism — so much is fixable via training, customization + just not buying garbage (which requires money, money solves a lot of problems!).

I'll never understand folks complaining about something they have the means to fix.

whitequark , vor einem Monat

@fasterthanlime yeah

if I notice myself sliding down that path I just wipe my personality and reimage it

extremely destructive but takes care of not becoming scanlime

NanoRaptor , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

One of the smallest floppies.

whitequark , vor einem Monat

@foone @NanoRaptor hey I have a FlashPath!

whitequark , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

i want something like Microsoft's Recall thing and will probably eventually build it for myself, using different tech

whitequark OP , vor einem Monat

i need assistive technology for dissociative amnesia and what they're going for is kinda the direction i want

whitequark OP , vor einem Monat

@timotimo i want something like an https-decoding proxy

foone , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

when is GCC gonna have support for shock collars?
it might help to shock the programmer whenever the compile fails

whitequark , vor einem Monat

@foone that will just result in failing every compilation

foone , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

Here's something cool I never realized existed:

PCBs distributed through magazines!

From Radio Electronics (June 1987):

https://archive.org/details/radio_electronics_1987-06/page/n68/

whitequark , vor einem Monat

@foone you can still do this today

i worked on a DIY process for PTH metallization

whitequark , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

reverse-engineering the software for my wireless headset when suddenly, jumpscared by lisp?

whitequark OP , vor einem Monat

@foone lmfao amazing

whitequark , vor 2 Monaten an Random Englisch

one of my least favorite things in computing are progress bars that straight up lie to you until getting to the very end

just make it a puck that goes back and forth and grows bigger as you actually receive data or something

stop fucking lying to me you piece of shit

whitequark OP , vor 2 Monaten

@foone hisssssssssss

whitequark , vor 2 Monaten an Random Englisch

lol get fucked

i didn't expect to see the Hague Invasion Act be tested in my lifetime

whitequark OP , vor 2 Monaten

overgrown arms dealer with a flag upset they can't do whatever they want anymore! oh no!!

whitequark , vor 2 Monaten an Random Englisch

girl who uses "asexual" in exactly the same way and meaning as "agender"; to mean that traditional notions of sexuality do not apply, and the spectrum you might be imagining is irrelevant

whitequark OP , vor 2 Monaten

@foone @munin i have been actively researching the topic since at least 2019, and i feel like i should get a phd for it or something

it's definitely been like a phd worth of effort