ratkins

grueproof, 21 hours ago to random

If you can’t get to it without an app or account, it’s not a podcast.

badlogic, 20 hours ago to random

It appears Google's AI overview is really just RAG over the top search results (= search stuff on the web given the user query, let LLM answer query given the contents of search result)

Naturally, redditors have started poisoning search results. Google ranks Reddit very highly. This issue is basically not fixable unless Google largely ignores Reddit content except for known good content, or develops a model they can use to filter adversial content (which is basically impossible)

Glorius.

finestructure, 1 day ago to swift

“With the increased limit of the acceptance queue, and a patched version of wrk, we can now conclude that swift is a good competitor speed-wise as a web application server.

Memory wise it blows all the other technologies away, using only 2.5% of the amount of memory that the java implementation needs, and 10% of node-js.”

https://tech.phlux.us/Juice-Sucking-Servers-Part-Trois/

#swift #swiftlang

tastapod, 1 day ago to random

I was watching this plane, and then it just vanished!

badlogic, 1 day ago to random

I think nothing in the tech world has given me as much joy this year, as watching Google I/O, followed by the hilarious and expected shitty results of Google's "AI overview" in the real world.

I think we've reached peak LLM. Which means we can now focus on where they can actually be useful (they can be), without all the crypto-bro-like hype.

cstross, 2 days ago to random

So doge, very meme, I old; go bye now

pylon, 1 day ago to random German

Das Schaufenster des @xHain_hackspace ist mal wieder passend geschmückt. #towelday

jackbrewster, 1 day ago to random

If they tell you to use Chrome, they blew it.

Quinnypig, 1 day ago to random

If you put needless mandatory text fields in forms, you’re wasting my time. I’ll waste yours right back with my usual placeholder text, “[ object Promise ]”.

Jgbird, 1 day ago to random

Black-chinned hummingbird disputing its characterization.

JoeUchill, 2 days ago to random

Can I use gasoline to cook spaghetti faster?

parkert, 1 day ago to random

Somebody should build a companion site for LinkedIn where you can build a graph of people you’d never work with, and then people you‘de connected to could see that and ping you on why, because that’s way more valuable than the LinkedIn graph and they’ll never do it.

jk, 2 days ago to random

"in general, we have not seen a significant uptick in rock-eating or pizza-gluing," the spokesperson said, "only a few hundred thousand cases in the past week, so the vast majority of our users remain unaffected by any relevant gastrointestinal issues."

timonsku, 3 days ago to random

Given that Mastodon now has an ex Twitter founder board member and Bluesky does not.
Are we being consequential and move over to Bluesky or was that reason against Bluesky and ATP just a petty argument because of "not invented here" syndrome?
Both are open source solutions and from a technical perspective I think ATproto is the much better designed system for a decentralized social network.
Self hosting for yourself is actually viable on ATproto without being a hobby SysAdmin.

codfather, 2 days ago to random

glyph, 3 days ago to random

New Blog: A Grand Unified Theory of the AI Hype Cycle https://blog.glyph.im/2024/05/grand-unified-ai-hype.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

jonfhoffman, 3 days ago to random

I listen to a lot of podcasts (though maybe not as much as I did when I commuted). But Decoder with @reckless1280 is my favorite, can’t miss now. Nilay is the best interviewer in tech, his vision and read on the evolution of how we encounter the web is usually proven correct and is always delivered confidently and easy to digest. As someone who has listened and read him since I was a lot younger, it’s very cool seeing the role he has made for himself in this ecosystem. Listen to Decoder.

Quinnypig, 3 days ago to random

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eieio, 4 days ago to gamedev

prototyping 'webcam pacman.' Chomp to move, look to turn

#gamedev #indiedev

'pacman' played via webcam. The user's webcam is visible but transparent in the background; on top of it is a yellow circle that contains the user's face. As the user opens their mouth, the yellow circle's mouth opens as pacman's does. The circle's orientation changes based on the direction of the user's face. The circle moves in the direction it's facing as the user closes and opens their mouth.

danhon, 4 days ago to random

"I'm sorry, as a former Open AI employee I cannot help you with your request to disparage Open AI."

thezenlady, 4 days ago to random

Saw this elsewhere and it made me laugh!

76c71aae3a491f1d9eec47cba17e229cda4113a0bbb6e6ae1776d7643e29cafa, 4 days ago to random

p4p Offline First Social Media Protocols gathering.

This Friday in Berlin developers from Cabal, Cable, Earthstar, p2panda, Secure Scuttlebutt, and PPPPP will be gathering to talk local first protocols and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the creation of Secure Scuttlebutt.

Nostr users might remember that Nostr was inspired by Secure Scuttlebutt and a bunch of these other protocols have interesting ideas we could adopt.

If you’re in Berlin, go hangout with them…. they’re all doing cool work.

https://offline.place/events/2024/05/24/p4p-unconference/

syphist, 4 days ago to random

The future is now...

The SpongeBob clip showing everything in the future being chrome with a bunch of web browser, CEF, and electron apps being shown.

tastapod, 5 days ago to random

Does the new #iTerm2 update know something that we don't?

It is now starting to encode secret messages in its Settings!

jk, 5 days ago to random

what's the most powerful RISC-V computer you can buy in mid-2024