Posts by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
(DIR) Post #AX79mYOQktcW82hACe by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-06-27T07:38:30Z
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I'm finding the "outrage" about #RHELs change of subscription terms very weird. Open source development happens in the #upstream repos and the only people that really care about the source for downstream binaries are those with the binaries. #redhat's limiting of RHEL clones does make it slightly harder for projects to ensure #ci loops run on those distros. However Red Hat are big enough to take on those responsibilities in house and report back when regressions happen.
(DIR) Post #AXxAm5flKK1svSmEF6 by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-07-22T12:29:00Z
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Can you guess where I am? It's definitely not a dry heat.
(DIR) Post #AYt1HGqh7KHIXQ9YTw by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-08-19T10:14:14Z
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I don't understand why the #whatsapp procedure for migrating between #ios and #android devices can't be as simple as creating a zip file in #icloud and then just copying it into #googledrive. The lock-in effects are great.
(DIR) Post #AZEXWFIAStiyuELXY8 by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-08-29T18:55:50Z
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Not bad considering what the emulated guest is doing. #qemu #perf #arm64 #virtio #profile
(DIR) Post #AZEfk28mxPY3o02qa8 by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-08-29T21:39:57Z
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@penguin42 ogg123 through #virtio-sound , I think the hwfloat is kicking in for it.
(DIR) Post #AaCXLEhxDVIHzHkXwm by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-09-27T16:22:19Z
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My prescription now entails separate desk glasses instead of using the same pair for everything. Owe my credit card.
(DIR) Post #AaCXLGkrbeoGKt7tlA by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-09-27T18:05:32Z
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@hrw I do like to go outside from time to time. And really my desk is the only place the second pair will be useful.
(DIR) Post #AavhDd1Q13kkc8J0xE by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-10-19T12:25:21Z
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@crmsnbleyd probably never. There was some effort on the project but I don't think it achieved that much momentum. In the meantime there have been a number of updates to the upstream #elisp engine including the native #jit. What are you hoping to get from a #guile powered elisp?
(DIR) Post #Ab1lqUhyQQI6t9l4HQ by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-10-22T11:50:16Z
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It seems the topic of #email vs #forge based workflows in #floss software is a topical subject so I thought it an opportunity to generate a blog post: https://www.bennee.com/~alex/blog/2023/10/22/comparing-forge-based-and-email-based-workflow-for-open-source-projects/#comparing-forge-based-and-email-based-workflow-for-open-source-projectsYou can comment by replying to this #mastodon thread.
(DIR) Post #Ab1mPKUAQOgJJpuXdw by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-10-22T12:07:35Z
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@penguin42 yeah this is were tooling helps. #patchew helps tame the mess of searching your email feed to find series missing reviews. When I talk about line by line I mean at the commit level. In most forges I end up reviewing stuff on the PR diff view which is fine if PRs are small and self contained. We do suffer somewhat in #qemu by having some mega-cleanup series which is a lot to wade through.
(DIR) Post #Ab8Ux44GOebMEaD4ee by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-10-25T10:49:38Z
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After ten years I've finally decided its time to upgrade the work machine. It's mostly driven by the fact I'm building bigger and bigger things now (kernel + full rootfs, android) but I've also taken the opportunity to move from a 2 to 3 monitor setup. It's arrived now so tomorrow is going to be a day on cleaning, unpacking and re-arranging my work environment.
(DIR) Post #AcExKvgIvfLfUaGN7o by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-11-27T15:55:45Z
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@msemochkin using *rx* is a much nicer way to build regex's in #emacs compared to their native re syntax.
(DIR) Post #AcQxz3HKQxcYXDERFo by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-12-03T13:10:13Z
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Well I've made it above some of the clouds.
(DIR) Post #AchUVVBTPtIS0jbtxo by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-12-10T19:33:57Z
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I've finally finished a #blog post I started about 2 weeks ago on my experiences with #llm's like #chatgpt. Unlike the last post it was 100% written by me which explains why its taken so long to finish 😄 It's very much from the perspective of someone who's a novice still learning about how these things work: https://www.bennee.com/~alex/blog/2023/12/10/a-systems-programmers-perspectives-on-generative-ai/(replies to this comment appear on the blog)
(DIR) Post #AchYAG7gcMsZ2ExtRI by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-12-11T13:37:57Z
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@penguin42 the quantised 7B models run pretty well in my experience if you have enough RAM and cores. Certainly enough to experiment with.
(DIR) Post #Ad0A6FYW9Pg8KpAXPE by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2023-12-20T12:35:39Z
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The #qemu 8.2 release has been tagged. For #Arm #emulation this release brings FEAT_EPAC, FEAT_FPAC, FEAT_FPACCOMBINE, FEAT_HBC, FEAT_HPMN0, FEAT_MOPS, FEAT_PACQARMA3, FEAT_PAuth2 and FEAT_TIDCP1 as well as some new baseline CPU models for cortex-a710 and neoverse-n2. See the changelog for details: https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/8.2
(DIR) Post #AhxecCNrZiyA2ioVbU by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2024-05-06T13:09:34Z
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Have I just been spammed by an #llm pretending to be a developer?"In the age of EVM Blockchains and massive geographically distributed, decentralized, networks already aiming to realize web3 with the core values of #censorship #resistance and "unstoppable" code, would it be possible to re-architect (H)#QEMU into a decentralized emulator allowing for the boot and operation of Linux #VMs / instances ... by a decentralized network rather than one chip in one physical location?"
(DIR) Post #Ai0EEIg4VcxfHK9cBc by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2024-05-05T22:12:33Z
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Dear #lazyweb, is #rockbox still a thing? My eldest's classic #ipod has finally succumbed to too many clicks so I'm looking to replace it. You could argue phones make this pointless now but they like to listen to stuff as they go to sleep and this avoids them taking their phone to the bedroom. What #hardware is the best option? The website doesn't give much hint aside a green tick: https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/TargetStatus
(DIR) Post #AumXALFdHKCp8pqY0e by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2025-06-03T18:39:30Z
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The #QEMU contribution policy is being updated to make it clear we don't currently accept #llm generated code: https://patchew.org/QEMU/20250603142524.4043193-1-armbru@redhat.com/Where's the legal line between LLMs trained on vast copyrighted codebases and human developers who've read copyrighted code? The #law hasn't caught up to clarify this distinction yet. There are certainly arguments the process of generation might not be novel or human enough that the result can be copyrighted anyway.
(DIR) Post #B16bEXdqp2BMw2nas4 by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2025-12-10T11:29:05Z
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#qemu 10.2-rc3 has been posted: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/176532757628.3229411.16186291240831122508@amd.com/T/#uPlease test and report any regressions that need fixing for the final release. There are a number of new emulated #arm64 features in this release including FEAT_GCS and FEAT_MEC and the new discontinuity API for TCG plugins.