Posts by slott56@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #ASR6I9Rqe0706ZxyOe by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-02-07T12:29:09Z
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@john do you need an ORM? Having written a number of enterprise services I can safely say the relational database is an awful choice.
(DIR) Post #AWrovFaeXlzpAUhL4i by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-06-20T01:20:12Z
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@lowqualityfacts slowly. Rust is oxidation. The fire takes a looong time. But. It’s there. Boooo….ooom.
(DIR) Post #AXGDUgquiH8xOMOXTM by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-07-01T17:51:39Z
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@8petros @michaelgraaf @Radical_EgoCom reminds me of very rich people worried about their staff in their end-of-the world bunker. So close to recognizing their interdependence, but not quite getting the root cause problem.
(DIR) Post #AaIfmG5IAkTqemp08e by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-09-30T17:49:21Z
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@simon @doug having to learn how to sidestep problems doesn’t sound like much of an endorsement. Indeed it sounds very much like it adds new problems. It seems remarkably unhelpful to add problems that require deep expertise to sidestep.
(DIR) Post #AaIgsDpjYPv7Mpx4wC by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-09-30T18:00:06Z
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@simon @doug the large investment path isn’t as terrifying as having to sidestep problems. I want to focus on the fact that it introduces problems that require deep expertise to side-step. That’s daunting. Folks get incredible productivity gains from the pomodoro method and don’t have to stidestep subtle, difficult-to-even-identify problems.
(DIR) Post #AaIoMA0b2Rfts6FuJU by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-09-30T19:25:36Z
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@simon @doug the presence of ethical rules is troubling, also. There are now two layers of ethical considerations: (1) should this even be done with computers? And now, this new, murky realm of (2) is the code or documentation produced by an ethical and trustworthy tool.It’s introduced yet another problem.
(DIR) Post #AaVGBttrlXNHggNeOe by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-10-06T19:35:43Z
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@lowqualityfacts as far as I can tell politics is the ONLY proper shitposting. If you’re not punching up at the power structure, you’re punching down at people who are already suffering. This may be low-quality on the fact scale, but it’s glorious on the shitposting scale.
(DIR) Post #AbpdJ2ryNREhAiXySG by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-11-15T13:21:02Z
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@tante true. It’s a much harder problem than the LLMs currently solve. It would require creating useful models of code and restating those models in natural language. It would involve actual “understanding” instead of word association tricks.
(DIR) Post #AbtyrmDJAcfpJsliIi by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-11-17T15:41:35Z
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@sullybiker details, please. What problems are you seeing?
(DIR) Post #Abu5oMoDroUvL5M9Am by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-11-17T16:59:25Z
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@sullybiker as Python’s popularity continues to grow, there will be adjustments, I’m sure. The analytics/data science toolkit involves a very tall tech stack and innovations at a rapid tempo. To me, it sounds like these kinds of problems may be trending.
(DIR) Post #Abu9hDSEeGpy7Euwca by slott56@fosstodon.org
2023-11-17T17:42:57Z
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@sullybiker spent a bunch of years with them. We strongly encouraged the use of conda (either full Anaconda or miniconda). And spent a lot of time making sure they could build virtual environments. It was banking and regulatory oversight meant reproducibility. And constant retesting and retraining with new versions. And. No disclosures to mere mortal devs. Trade secrets. And. Customer info. We could help but we couldn’t touch. Or see.
(DIR) Post #AdgY9wusUnVKyvq38K by slott56@fosstodon.org
2024-01-09T23:53:36Z
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@simon transited it by boat once. It’s quite amazing. And not too dismal. Further. There’s a mysterious lake in the middle that’s — somehow — barely above sea level and provides freshwater that makes it a proper swamp.
(DIR) Post #AlD0jlJOWFdfN8mau0 by slott56@fosstodon.org
2024-08-22T00:07:58Z
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#WordWeavers #western #horror8/21. Does severe weather play a part in your story? What kind?The role is minimal. This leads me to think on the implications of severe and dangerous weather. Especially in the American west of 1848.
(DIR) Post #AlDyYHzxA0sMWR3DFI by slott56@fosstodon.org
2024-08-22T12:01:15Z
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@10leej my epic fantasy novels use it. But. Western horror has not. Mostly because I lived in the Mojave and didn’t see any weather down in the valleys. You’re right. Weather is part of setting and setting is an essential part of story-telling.
(DIR) Post #Andg0mB5qFlbqYxPbU by slott56@fosstodon.org
2024-11-02T17:20:07Z
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@ErikUden I like to consider homo erectus running into homo Neanderthalensis and the resulting stories of monsters. On both sides.
(DIR) Post #AoU1Pl7SooUZG7capM by slott56@fosstodon.org
2024-11-27T23:24:31Z
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@hn50 Ah. Eventually we get to the “I don’t write much Python”. Got it.
(DIR) Post #B22tFnkOROjN2VM8Ey by slott56@fosstodon.org
2026-01-07T14:39:50Z
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#conference #programCommittee Check your LLM's output carefully. When it's got lots and lots and lots of details -- essentially a wall of keywords and buzz-phrases -- then you're not really telling us what you're present. You're just rehashing all the keywords.The outline the LLM generates for your presentation should state the actions you will actually take when you actually talk to actual people. It shouldn't be a wall of keywords.