Posts by cda@malt.social
(DIR) Post #AcKNNvEMd87zYu57Ca by cda@malt.social
2023-11-30T09:10:29Z
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@textfiles This is hilarious. "Look buddy, it already includes blinding ethereal light! I think it's time to call it."
(DIR) Post #AczDGMwagPvvDzRVcu by cda@malt.social
2023-12-20T02:06:59Z
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@mjg59 This is hilarious. This has Jon Postel vibes, "hey can you change those text files that control everything? cool thanks."
(DIR) Post #AczE6FeP2przfAfuPQ by cda@malt.social
2023-12-20T02:16:02Z
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@mjg59 So good! He was pretty polite given the question. The flip side of it is also funny...this guy spends a lot of time "touching snow" as it were (not involved in our nerd sh**); he probably lives in a world that is 100% "I make a call and things happen." and in some strange way it makes it seem not that outrageous.
(DIR) Post #Ahr0QjgCnIiKiac3QO by cda@malt.social
2024-05-01T15:12:22Z
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Just learned of the slang 歪果仁 (crooked nuts) for 外国人 (foreigners) which is "foreigners" with the wrong tones. Hahah.
(DIR) Post #Aht6cOCTT6PBcIZAUC by cda@malt.social
2024-04-29T22:35:32Z
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I can't remember why I have this image on my phone
(DIR) Post #AhtCIdYvF5iHC81xzM by cda@malt.social
2024-03-30T19:44:54Z
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A good 🧵about foundational OSS library maintenance https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@rygorous/112186275901509504
(DIR) Post #AhyHpMkGGBCc9eYlMW by cda@malt.social
2024-04-15T17:49:03Z
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While I suspect this is true, I also suspect there's an even more immediate effect. I posit that people can generally detect low-effort.Just one example: this idea that people should have machine-agents ("AI" *gag*) writing their emails. It's currently obvious. "Why should I spend effort reading something no one took the effort to write?" ... In turn, if all sides employ it, it has the very silly outcome of email becoming this zombie infrastracture for machine-agents to chat with eachother. (maybe this is becoming an aside)https://hachyderm.io/@danilo/112272033186120383
(DIR) Post #AhyHpOFUfXmOooBDgO by cda@malt.social
2024-04-15T18:02:47Z
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That said, it does seem limited to people who pay attention.One disturbing trend is the degree to which clearly ai-generated images have been passed around unflinchingly or placed prominently on the landing web page for what is actually a high-value, high-effort product.Like very earnest product pages where if you spend two seconds looking at the details you'd notice things such as: people having two right hands, people have teeth that don't make sense, things that should be mechanical (right angles) or extremely regular, like LEGO bricks, are organic and irregular, etc.I can't tell if this stuff is passing because it's still considered cool that software can generate it, if people just aren't noticing this stuff, or if they're just under pressure to ship it anyway.
(DIR) Post #Ahze8IJPMIRg3cOFhQ by cda@malt.social
2024-03-30T06:36:15Z
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Just back from seeing The Far Country at Berkeley Rep (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) with Tommy Bo, Feodor Chin, et al. It is _soooo_ good!Was a good reminder that theatre, even about a pretty heavy subject, can be just totally enthralling.
(DIR) Post #Ai1u4qIR3DlbslENo8 by cda@malt.social
2024-04-11T17:47:05Z
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"Mechanical psychic", this is an excellent description for interacting with an LLM chatbot.https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/Adding ChatGPT to your app or website is like adding a psychic hotline. It's just shoveling statistically average statements that sound focused and specific.ChatGPT generated content has always struck me as horoscope sounding. You are right! As a gemini, I DO like information and knowledge! Which makes sense when you look into the evaluation techniques used for e.g. ChatGPT-4.
(DIR) Post #Ai1u4rMN64VfBG52a8 by cda@malt.social
2024-04-11T17:57:42Z
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Another attribute of ChatGPT (or any LLM) generated "content" is that it is inadvertantly exploiting the bullshit assymetry principle.It's like inviting an unhinged conspiracy theorist for a debate. You cannot track down, break apart, and refute all of the plausible-sounding "Well what about this <fact you never heard of>? Didn't you know about this suspicious coincidence?" in any reasonable amount of time in comparison to how quickly those statements can be generated.Now we are in a situation where we've gotten computers to do it...and computers dont get tired or need breaks. 😮💨
(DIR) Post #Ai2HDCVOeymi1bFRaa by cda@malt.social
2024-03-26T06:50:54Z
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@bunnie has a cool write-up about designing the light source for his infrared in-situ (IRIS) chip peeping camera system (to eventually do chip functionality verification) https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=7035 (the linked arXiv paper also interesting)
(DIR) Post #Ai4l23aMrwxe7G5yls by cda@malt.social
2024-04-11T23:10:57Z
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Might start an aftermarket value-add boutique service that just adds a 1 kg weight to all of your various JTAG and RS485 dongles so they sit on your bench and don't twirl and twist around from cable tension.
(DIR) Post #AlCjSNd9c8HHmZ9QSe by cda@malt.social
2024-08-21T19:33:09Z
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Physarum wires: Self-growing self-repairing smart wires made from slime mould: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.3583 a.k.a. super super gross wires. This is for sure how you end up with the backstory for the Borg.
(DIR) Post #AlPMQlB1KJkAL7jGvA by cda@malt.social
2024-08-27T22:50:52Z
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@MLE_online other than youtube links, this has such strong 1998 chaotic energy I would be psychically compelled to check this out.