Vyvyan Basterd

@neurobashing
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doer of computer maths on the Internet. Numerate redneck, edgy teen
@poundquerydotinfo yeah I think the original systemd mandate of “modern init system” has been left in the rear-view. It seems like it wants to be the NT Executive now. But what’s his name did work at MS so I guess it tracks
@poundquerydotinfo the amount of "comply in advance!" people in tech is just depressing, yet another thing that makes me want to leave.
I’m always a little disappointed in our local Nextdoor feed bc everyone else seems to get this feed of people too weird to post on Twitter but ours is just “what was that loud boom!?!?” And it’s always demolition bc building data centers
I love how no one gives 2 shits about Grok except Nazis https://dynomight.net/coffee/
LLMs predict my coffee

Why not benchmark with physical experiments?

DYNOMIGHT
started my taxes today. I'm still afraid enough of the gov't to actually file and pay. I wish I wasn't.
@Quasit the HDMI I get, it's for cable management/mounting but USB should have at least 1 port on the front

kinda wild to think that we need to ally with the Catholics on some of this, but it's p clear that the Lego bricks approach to religion favored by American Protestantism is too cozy with all the bad isms; but Holy Mother Church is the hard-to-steer ship, and accidentally harder to fall for this bullshit

https://www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiels-antichrist-circus-smacked-down-in-rome/

Vatican Rebukes Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures in Rome

A papal adviser calls Peter Thiel a heretic after his secret Rome lectures on the Antichrist draw global attention and a Vatican rebuke

The Nerd Reich
metaverse wasn't inevitable
ar glasses weren't inevitable
blockchain wasn't inevitable
nfts we'rent inevitable
ai isn't inevitable
nothing is inevitable!!!!
the ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make
and could just as easily make differently
make choices
make choices
make choices

an example of not outsourcing your brain: I refuse to allow code that violates certain idioms that we relied on before the machines took over. I harangue the lads that their specs only contain the what, not the how, and that you cannot omit the how since 1, you are responsible but also 2, you might leave and now I'm responsible.

This makes everyone angry at me

I again point out that I do in fact use AI. My complaint, more than anything, is that no one will even listen to the concept of an idea that maybe, just maybe, a tool or technology might not be perfect in every way with absolutely no downsides ever, under any possible circumstances, and that we should approach it with care and caution and not outsource our fucking brains at the drop of a hat