Posts by KalenXI@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #Alxo4GosuruvuR4rQG by KalenXI@mastodon.social
       2024-09-13T14:40:15Z
       
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       @stux The next time someone gets annoyed with me when I ask them to describe everything they've done or tried before contacting me for help I'll just send them this.
       
 (DIR) Post #AmIoeKFLjUx7HXo65I by KalenXI@mastodon.social
       2024-09-23T17:55:50Z
       
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       @futurebird Wonder how much of this is search algorithms vs keyword spam polluting the results.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnmenOLRB6Ft1gQQm8 by KalenXI@mastodon.social
       2024-11-07T01:18:55Z
       
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       @futurebird When I was in school we were only required to write in cursive until 3rd grade and I don't think it occurred to me until college that my signature didn't need to look like a 3rd grader wrote it at which point I designed a new one based on the angles in my initials, KV.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxcxHnoyEeZnIgMsJU by KalenXI@mastodon.social
       2025-08-28T11:39:58Z
       
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       @futurebird There’s also the trouble of getting people to not want validation machines.When OpenAI made a version of ChatGPT that was more analytical and less sycophantic which programmers like myself preferred there was such an uproar from the people who were using it as a conversation partner that they ended up reinstating the older version.
       
 (DIR) Post #Axcy2Avme5IiIMfPaC by KalenXI@mastodon.social
       2025-08-28T11:47:59Z
       
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       @futurebird Though I do wonder where the ratio sits between people who realize that this is effectively a machine designed to lie to them by pretending to be human but use it anyway and those who genuinely think this is some sort of human-like “intelligence” that they’re engaging with.And if that second group realized that this is just fancy autocomplete how many would still want to use it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0nya4CHaF0svYtlEO by KalenXI@mastodon.social
       2025-12-01T12:52:36Z
       
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       @futurebird There’s also a weird superiority complex people often have in those sorts of places.When someone says “RTFM” they’re not just saying “That information is there if you search for it.” They’re also saying “I know the answer, but I’d rather take the time I could be using to spread that knowledge and instead use it to make you feel dumb and me feel superior.” It’s more effort to give an unhelpful answer than it is to give no answer at all.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0qlGunHbXDMKdcdm4 by KalenXI@mastodon.social
       2025-12-02T21:07:35Z
       
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       @futurebird As best I can tell they're probably there because they were carried over from TI-Basic which was made for the TI-83 and 89 series.Apparently they're useful for compressing integer and floating point data in arrays: http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/compression