Mark W. Gabby-Li 🐌

@Aradayn
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Programmer and game developer.

Added vertical writing support to the Calibre eBook reader.

My current project is working on a new, simplified approach to creating programming languages that are written without the need for traditional grammars or parsing.

GitHubhttps://github.com/mwgabby-li
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/MarkWGabbyLi
i was thinking about watching Rashomon, but everyone I asked had a different opinion about it
I am, once again, accused of being a hobby programmer. I’ve done 40+ years in 20+ languages in a half dozen different industries. I have, as they say, seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, and all this vital code you think you are writing will indeed be lost in time. All that remains is what you learned writing it. If I could go back and do my time over I would not wish to do more, I would try to do less and do it better.
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I had a very Gentoo morning. Ten minutes before a video call appointment I discovered my webcam wasn't working, and then realized my kernel didn't have webcam support configured.

A bit of frantic configuration, a build, and a reboot later, I was back in action with maybe three minutes to go. I was pretty lucky I was able to get it working on the first try!

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@OscarCunningham/116209636854780539

The second link explains what it is, the first link is documentation of a long search without finding it.

When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.

this is an interesting article about LLM generated code (an sqlite rewrite in rust) and the difference between "it works" and "it's good". also interesting database stuff :)

https://blog.katanaquant.com/p/your-llm-doesnt-write-correct-code

Your LLM Doesn't Write Correct Code. It Writes Plausible Code.

One of the simplest tests you can run on a database:

Vagabond Research

The GTK file picker Firefox wants to use by default is meh. I'm not sure why it doesn't use the one provided by the OS when it's just one about:config tweak away. Change widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker from 2 to 1 and you get the much, much better KDE file picker. Assuming you're using @kde of course.

It's been a problem for ages on multiple operating systems, not a new thing. At least now you don't have to set environment variables and change startup scripts.

#Linux #KDE

Who called it "prompt injection" and not "Escape from Markov"