Posts by chrisg@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #AafFxPNICYDgqV6CZM by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2023-10-11T13:36:43Z
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The year is 2030.Computers boot directly into the browser. IDEs are just a web app now, running in the GPU. No one knows why. Or how.All programs run in 4 nested containers on top of a hypervisor abstracting over the 5 major computational clouds. The last time a branch was predicted correctly, in any CPU anywhere, was 4 years ago.Cloud costs are withdrawn directly from your retirement fund.Ext7 just came out, it's written in Javascript and uses AI to guess what the file may contain.
(DIR) Post #AafczyYkebixUieUfQ by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2023-10-11T19:38:31Z
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@stefano That's actually pretty funny.And sad.And probably true.
(DIR) Post #Aapg5jBlwCsyWO3e40 by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2023-10-16T16:00:10Z
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@tante Minor detail, but I don't know if I am surprised or disappointed that in the list at the end they don't include Karl Marx and Jesus.
(DIR) Post #AaxrwLpcAE0aBifVIG by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2023-10-20T14:50:34Z
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@tante Honestly, you could have circled the author name in yellow and that would be just as effective.
(DIR) Post #AbMgv2WDXU9tjJt1rE by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2023-11-01T13:26:46Z
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Pro tip: If you can "legally justify" bombing a refugee camp, then the only conclusion is that your legal framework is inhuman and morally bankrupt.
(DIR) Post #AbQtdnoL2qGjEDJTv6 by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2023-11-03T14:56:15Z
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@stux All billionaires stole their money from someone. So news outlets are understandably confused, since their instinct is to suck up to the rich.
(DIR) Post #AbxbWpRoQlsSxGR1HM by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2023-11-19T09:38:35Z
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@tante Here is, from TheVerge article, a textbook example of the SV "company strategy":"Altman holding talks with the company just a day after he was ousted indicates that OpenAI is in a state of free-fall without him. "It fills me with confidence in a company's vision to see it unable to survive the absence of its CEO for even a day.
(DIR) Post #AcZ6nzHTPV57npmI7s by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2023-12-07T11:53:34Z
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@tante I was talking yesterday with someone who has a stake in the RAG/LLM space. They feeling I got is that they explore the meaningful spaces only insofar as they can function as showcases of usefulness, so they can be used to justify everything else.I think the problem is that the space in which LLMs are useful is small, not that profitable and cannot be used to affect public policy. But that's not gonna work for the SV people, is it?
(DIR) Post #Ai6qKZ4zP0pB5lz05Y by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-05-21T07:19:59Z
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When I think my design will collapse: Writing the text for the blog postWhen the design actually collapses: Making the images for the blog post.
(DIR) Post #AisVv4JvCDRs9K17z6 by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-06-13T05:23:11Z
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@cmdr_nova Not the most important thing, but this> that even our experiments with the tech were confusing to usersIn these people's minds, you're either an AI acolyte or you are "confused". There is no legitimate criticism.
(DIR) Post #AisfxTbDBDBgfftJvk by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-06-13T08:12:14Z
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My sister in Satan, we need fewer satellites, not greener ones.Greenwashing the privatization of space, SMH. "World's first wooden satellite could herald era of greener space exploration"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01456-z
(DIR) Post #AisfxVHQviYTsueYNc by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-06-13T08:17:58Z
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This "greener satellite" crap reminds me of "environmentally friendly bombs" that occassionally make the news.Because, you know, the reason people are against wars is the toxicity of the explosives.
(DIR) Post #AisgGMIEZGnLVv1CQS by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-06-13T09:42:44Z
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@aral Our cluster munitions are made with 100% recycled depleted uranium.
(DIR) Post #AiypC9krJ9uW0LEokq by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-06-16T08:30:30Z
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@HeavenlyPossum It just blows my mind that the punishment for **funding terrorist groups** is $25m. That's it.They behave as if Chiquita did this by accident and a fine makes it ok.If this isn't the poster child for supporting the corporate death penalty, I don't know what is. And all the C-suite should go to jail to boot.So as you say, if the state won't sponsor violence, its complicity will suffice.
(DIR) Post #AjaJi8DHfzgrM4f2ES by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-07-04T10:57:46Z
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@stfn NGL, that's pretty good.I had no idea this band existed, thanks :)
(DIR) Post #AjmhFuShwH29OXTCIC by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-07-10T10:18:07Z
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@stfn It needs more CAT7. Shielded, for maximum thermal efficiency.
(DIR) Post #Ak5hxYssDXlVqX0eIq by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-07-19T11:01:28Z
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I know it's fun to snipe at #Crowdstrike and #Microsoft right now - and we should continue doing that. They suck.But spare a moment to think that a system that collapses because a vendor messed up is a badly designed system.If a public utility stops providing its services because a software product went offline, then that utility is badly designed.No system that people depend on should be remotely possible to take out this easily and at this scale.
(DIR) Post #AkBsawHbJtHYCTkaMy by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-07-22T10:31:54Z
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@GossiTheDog DNS acting like the bad update absorbent crumple zone of the network.Is the network down? It's probably DNS.Is the network still up? Surprisingly, probably DNS.
(DIR) Post #AmsGgVXsjxXFgYUgTY by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2024-10-10T20:08:34Z
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@dalias Especially now that Mozilla has made it clear that any version can undo your privacy settings or introduce new horrors.
(DIR) Post #AtU0nKqZAF4x2js1gm by chrisg@fosstodon.org
2025-04-26T11:24:59Z
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@raccoon https://fosstodon.org/@chrisg/114403817002047446