Posts by Angle@anticapitalist.party
(DIR) Post #AvwLBALVcTK8UvEruy by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-06-27T23:31:41Z
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Okay, tried a different system, found something much more reliable. Now have a fairly simple combination of technologies that's effectively a programmer slightly dumber than me but with vastly more experience - which overall, makes it a better programmer. And all this on my $2600 gaming PC. :/
(DIR) Post #AvwLBBaR0SrCLVEIoy by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-06-27T23:32:55Z
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So, uh, what now? This is, like, apocalyptic, in terms of my job prospects, isn't it? I've spent 15+ years learning to code, and now a $2600 computer + anybody with a handful of technical brain cells can outperform me? I mean, sure, I can use the thing too, probably better than a lot of them, but still... :/
(DIR) Post #AvwLBCmAaJq22BjBke by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-06-27T23:34:17Z
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Though I suppose that's missing the forest for the trees - the existing job market is the least of our worries. This going to completely reshape the economy. Like, technical expertise is going to get a thousand times cheaper overall... I have no idea what that does. Opens a lot of doors and wildly destabilizes existing structures, I guess? I dunno. It's terrifying. :X
(DIR) Post #AvwLBDSi29rkA7dA3c by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-06-27T23:35:11Z
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On the other hand, one upside! I don't ever expect to be truly bored, in my entire life, ever again. XD
(DIR) Post #AvwLBESkJVUPGWehkm by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-06-27T23:38:56Z
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I guess there are some positives - if there was a technical problem you had that you struggled to solve because of a lack of expertise, good news! That problem will probably go away. On the other hand, uh, this will also remove a lot of barriers between people and the dangerous toys you don't want them to have, potentially? I dunno. And again, if you were hoping things would get less interesting, like, at any point, too bad lol. XD
(DIR) Post #AvwLBFWgMMESZ1VMWm by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-06-27T23:53:14Z
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Oh, and that's to say nothing of further developments in the field. If this is what I can do now, imagine what other people with more resources can do, or what will be possible later...?
(DIR) Post #AvwLBGVehf0Nc823ZA by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-07-08T21:29:31Z
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Another note, running my local AI has caused me to indirectly learn a LOT about terminal commands, the linux filesystem, process management, test management, and all sorts of stuff. Like being able to sit and watch over the shoulder of another programmer who's not as smart as me, but *way*, *way* more experienced. And I've only been at it for a couple few weeks... :/
(DIR) Post #AvwLBHoTr9epenqbY0 by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-07-08T22:01:10Z
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@purple I'm using Unsloths version of Devstral Q8_0, via LM Studio and Cline, and it's... Okay? Like, imagine someone who's genuinely a fair bit dumber than average, and not much good at anything besides coding... But has spent, like, 1000 years coding, and has gone through and used an inconceivably vast quantity of different tools and libraries. So, useful mainly for the stuff it knows, and less for its ability to apply it, but still quite useful.
(DIR) Post #AvwLBIg0e8TYKotLyy by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-07-08T22:01:55Z
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@purple I've never used any of the GPTs much, so I can't compare it, but if you have the hardware (~20GB VRAM) I'd definitely say give Devstral a shot and see how it works for you. :/
(DIR) Post #AvwLBJuw280cBOsmsy by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-07-08T22:10:40Z
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@purple Also note, from what I've heard OpenAI actually takes care to make sure that nothing they offer is particularly powerful - they don't turn a profit off of the models they make available and don't ever plan to, they just offer them so they can gather data on how they perform and use that to build bigger and better models. So, if you want to actually get your hands on something powerful and suited for your use case, you need to look elsewhere. :/
(DIR) Post #AvwLBLtag67cJoGk4G by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-07-08T22:31:17Z
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@purple Just use LM Studio? Should be a matter of minutes to get it set up and running, if you're got the hardware. Well, I guess you'll need to download the models, but that can be done quite comfortably in the background. :/
(DIR) Post #AxGagVoDliCqFkiELI by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-08-08T22:17:46Z
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Dunno if I see this one catching on, but okay, I sympathize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ
(DIR) Post #AxGagXBee4XqWigSVU by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-08-14T20:50:23Z
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More from Louis:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkL9vzW7nY0
(DIR) Post #AxGagXyZiBg0yRZWl6 by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-08-14T20:54:46Z
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To continue on this, I remain generally positive... But IMO, if we really want to not have this problem anywhere, we gotta smash capitalism. Otherwise, we're just gonna fighting this battle forever. -_-
(DIR) Post #AxGagYxY3URw1Y6DnU by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-08-16T04:28:05Z
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More from Louis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAgghxUw4kc
(DIR) Post #AxGagZbxdEmA2t0Umu by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-08-17T16:32:36Z
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And here we have even more from Louis. I swear, every time you turn around there's more bullshit. -_-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NyUgv6dpJc
(DIR) Post #AxGagkH5z9cb7MKUIC by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-08-17T16:38:56Z
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And, separate, but related issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI
(DIR) Post #AziTat28O76TfW8OFU by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-10-29T22:55:32Z
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This guy is onto something, IMO, or at least approaching the base of the problem - the ruling class want to keep wages low and rent high and squeeze everyone else for everything they're worth. Don't agree with him on everything, but at least he's starting to get at the problem.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0WQIBf5qBQ
(DIR) Post #AziTauUAzL82AmGIb2 by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2025-10-29T22:58:42Z
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Same as it ever was...
(DIR) Post #B2UmCKNddLI5ZcXNUe by Angle@anticapitalist.party
2026-01-21T02:05:58Z
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So my dad, who is a musty old conservative, but like, not in a stupid way, says he thinks the only way out of our current political mess is a civil war, most likely with ~100,000 dead. So, uh, that's fun. :/