Posts by lukevanin@noc.social
 (DIR) Post #AQfJsoL8UFiz1RWBfM by lukevanin@noc.social
       2022-12-16T11:04:48Z
       
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       @nabili @pixelfed I would not have joined Mastodon or heard of Pixelfed if it weren't for Elon. He's doing great things to grow the community - intentionally or not.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARlPKzkJuh7yMQVEYa by lukevanin@noc.social
       2023-01-18T09:40:57Z
       
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       An oft overlooked factor in the "liberation"* of South Africa from apartheid is their close ties to communist China and USSR.Members of the ANC were predominantly communist, and relationships are still as strong as ever nearly 30 years later.* Quality of life is mostly unchanged, and in some ways worse, for the majority of the population under the new regime. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-16/south-africa-set-to-welcome-russian-warships-despite-criticism#xj4y7vzkg
       
 (DIR) Post #ARlT6Q6M2flJZc7B7Q by lukevanin@noc.social
       2023-01-18T01:19:29Z
       
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       @malwaretech "Reading tweets" There's your problem. If Elon is so desperate to leave Earth, who are we to stand in his way. If his desire is to expire entombed in a silver dildo out in the cold reaches of space somewhere between here and Mars - I say it is our duty as a society to help him fulfil that wish.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARldcHTodDPldsv5CC by lukevanin@noc.social
       2023-01-18T12:24:34Z
       
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       @alrs Sure, the ANC must be free to make alliances based on their own merits independently of relations between other countries.Assuming the stance that Ukraine is the victim, how can the ANC credibly claim their struggle was for freedom, while now cooperating with nations who instil oppression. Are the ANC's alliances really principled, or merely self seeking.Apartheid was horrific no doubt. Is the new regime different, in principal or action? That is becoming increasingly unclear.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATn0swSLLQMwYLBCRE by lukevanin@noc.social
       2023-03-20T00:02:30Z
       
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       @simon That it can understand algorithms and write code that produces a specific behaviour.It can sometimes do this for simple code and for commonly used algorithms where there are many examples, but it often fails for algorithms and languages that are not as widely used. It will implement a different algorithm, or combine parts of different but similar or related algorithms. The code it produces is a weird mashup that looks like it might be doing the right thing, but is complete wrong.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac7dYNsS3BZbW0Mbgm by lukevanin@noc.social
       2023-11-24T05:48:41Z
       
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       @lowqualityfacts Journalists: We can’t leave <insert hellsite>, all our readers are here.Readers: We can’t leave <insert hellsite>, all the journalists are here, for some god-only-knows reason.