Dave Stephens

@davestephens
19 Followers
86 Following
35 Posts
Technology, LEGO, Linux, retro gaming and beer, preferably all at the same time, and not necessarily in that order. Creator of Ansible-NAS, evangelist of all things automation, and measuring how automated the automation is. Bloody love an Oxford comma.
GitHubhttps://github.com/davestephens
Ansible-NAShttps://ansible-nas.io
Slow Cooker Clubhttps://www.slowcookerclub.com
Dave StephensJun 20, 2023
Grant Me StrengthJun 20, 2023
Often fixing the thing is more fun than using the thing.
Dave StephensMar 25, 2023
nixCraft 🐧Mar 25, 2023

GPT-5: can perfectly build any website

GPT-6: can build and run a company

GPT-7: passes Turing test

GPT-8: overthrows world governments

GPT-9: fails to understand how Jira is supposed to work, gives up, asks humans for help

From: https://twitter.com/ChrisJBakke/status/1639309536149504001

Tweet / Twitter

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Dave StephensMar 17, 2023
#virgin 500mbit #broadband vs. #BT 900mbit full fibre #fttp. Decent #latency improvement!
Dave StephensFeb 17, 2023
The Seven Voyages Of SteveFeb 15, 2023
I don’t understand the attraction of being able to talk to computers using breezy casual conversational language; I’ve been telling these little digital bastards what to do for decades using extremely precise formalised language and they still get it wrong
Dave StephensFeb 17, 2023
Show threadProf. Sam LawlerFeb 16, 2023

Oooof almost 400 more in 3 months. Fuck.

3,633 Starlinks in orbit out of 3,930 launched (failure rate still ~10%, gross)

7,312 total sats in orbit. Well fuck, Starlink is finally about to pass the 50% OF ALL SATELLITES mark.

Think about that: 50% of all satellites are owned by the same ego-maniac billionaire who most of us here on Mastodon are now extremely familiar with. This is so bad.

Dave StephensFeb 17, 2023
Spotted in Louth, UK - VAX KILLS! Seems unlikely, to be fair. #AntiVaxxNutters
Dave StephensFeb 15, 2023
luddite 🇵🇸 computerFeb 15, 2023

Using ChatGPT means you're not learning. It's effectively a smart script for copying other people's answers. You think you might understand what it's doing, but struggling and typing is what helps you learn.

In an interview you'll be asked technical questions about your knowledge, and you can't rely on ChatGPT then.

If you're a student learning #UnrealEngine, or anything really, I really advise doing it yourself.

Dave StephensFeb 4, 2023
nixCraft 🐧Feb 4, 2023
Who here remembers these two?
Dave StephensJan 29, 2023
RevK Jan 28, 2023

How it started, etc.

I'm not entirely happy with the edges - some touching up may be in order.

But even so, it looks so much better now.

[more pictures https://www.revk.uk/2023/01/a-sign-go-times.html]

A sign of the times

There is an old road sign on Belmont Road, Abergavenny. Old, and rusty, and not even that easy to read. It was worse, it was covered in ivy,...

Dave StephensJan 29, 2023
SylviaJan 29, 2023

"Why is this feature still not added? It could be done in a few hours" is one of the most annoying things you can say to an Open Source dev.

But okay, let's say you're right and it's "just a few hours" (shall we say 2?). Then there's still more than 50 other open issues, if they're all "simple" and "just a few hours" that's at least 100 hours worth of work of things. Everyone claims their request matters most.

Also, am I allowed to, you know, have a life besides my side projects? Please?