Arcanoraptor

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A raptor experienced in the arcane arts of computing. Ignore the bite marks on the electric fence generator. 18+
SpeciesRaptor
PronounsHe / Him
Main LangPython
Favorite LangFortran
Show threadArcanoraptor1d ago
@jiub @kirakira I think this is why TUIs have had a renaissance in the last few years. Dashboards and GUI apps are spread out and filled with empty space for aesthetic purposes. It’s a lot harder (though doable) to screw up the information density of a front-end built entirely from text.
Show threadArcanoraptor2d ago
@rowedahelicon Consider: API endpoint with up to date vending schedule :3
Show threadArcanoraptor2d ago

@derrockwolf @livingshredder Agreed, moving out of GH is probably the best option. Any public code is just going to get used to train models (since when have the AI companies cared about IP), and anything “private” on GH is still public to MS (who has heavily invested into OpenAI).

Really the only solution at this point is to host on places where it can’t be search indexed or scraped.

Show threadArcanoraptor2d ago

@soatok @RueNahcMohr A long time ago in a simpler time, I was responsible for compiling my org’s copy of a common simulation program written in Fortran. I compiled with --02, and the build tests all failed.

Compiled with --O3 (a superset of O2 with unsafe optimizations) and suddenly everything was correct and the build tests all passed. I have a few users test with known-good benchmark values, and they are happy.

To this day I still have no idea what in the world was going on. It wasn’t even a weird compiler either, it was whatever the stable version of gfortran was at that time. Can confirm, compiler optimizations are black magic.

Show threadArcanoraptorAug 9, 2025
@cendyne @soatok the world needs more sec presentations that use furry art, 10/10
Show threadArcanoraptorSep 5, 2024

@uvok There are two kinds of people in the world:

Those who use Debian Stable

Those who are still trying to make their WiFi drivers work in Arch

ArcanoraptorSep 4, 2024

I miss the days of bare-metal servers.

The cloud providers overcomplicate everything. My tinfoil hat says that this is a form of vendor lock-on, with a large exit barrier of vendor-specific knowledge required to use their tooling.

It used to be a single dev could spin up a web server, write some HTML + JS, and reach the world.
Now it takes a team of a dozen people to manage a spiderweb that the cloud providers have convinced us is more efficient, just to serve something drenched in layers of JS framework and abstraction.

ArcanoraptorSep 3, 2024

@randolphYeen The risk is they put someone in power who doesn’t just nepotism in easily-controlled officials / generals.

Similarly, England had a plan to assassinate Hitler during the Second World War, but ultimately decided against it because they feared someone who was competent would succeed him.

ArcanoraptorSep 2, 2024
Show threadjosefSep 2, 2024

anyway, with this in mind, can someone explain something to me? in C, i tend to write this:

int* x;

i write it like that because i believe i am bringing into existence x, whose type is "a pointer to an integer". it's not an int, it's an int pointer. so i write int*, because that's what type it is. it seems clearer that way. however i often see this:

int *x;

this seems less clear, but some (most?) people obviously think THAT way is the clearer way. if you do, what's your thought process?

ArcanoraptorAug 24, 2024
Tofu GolemAug 23, 2024
This "concern" echos so hollow.