Ada Worcester 🏳️‍⚧️

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disabled queer computer geek
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Meow?meow!
having a lot of joint pain really sucks, but it's nicer than some of the other stuff i deal with from time to time. drugs help!
the need for the inclusion of the graphic is a sad reminder of the shockingly low literacy rate among geese
It’s weird how much I feel better if I go outside and do something. Maybe I need to *shudder* touch grass more
okay maybe i woke up grumpy for extremely physical-health-related reasons and should see what i can do about that actually

this LLM issue is so exhausting and depressing

on one side, i feel like a cog in a machine, which is just doing fantastic things for my mental health

on the other side, it is the most binary issue i have seen in a long time, i have long-time friends mutually "fuck off and die"-ing at each other, which is also just doing fantastic things for my mental health

one thing the rsync thing is revealing is that the whole “rely on the sense of responsibility of some clever guys from decades ago” model of open source software maintenance is crumbling under load, and some people are seeing LLMs as an out
I'm the opposite of AI, it takes me 2 hours to write a simple email and I don't consume any water at all
for everyone who's been suffering from impostor syndrome, take some solace: as it turns out some of the greats in the field are impostors (even if they weren't they have decided to become impostors)! if you're still trying, you're doing fine
stunning update: i got access to my password manager and have discovered the reason i couldn't access my work computer is that... the password inexplicably stopped working