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mambocab

@mambocab@alcove.website

He/him. Almost exclusively bad jokes. After that, programming, software, online privacy, dogs and positive reinforcement training, music. Administers alcove.website.

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taber, to random
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I do think you should watch the tremendous Australian lesbian comedy police procedural series Deadloch on Amazon Prime Video I really think you should look at this

mambocab,
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@taber My wife and I finished it last week. One of the funniest things I've seen in years

film_girl, to random
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Watching Linux distros (and yes, it is usually Debian packagers who act the most sanctimonious) shoot themselves in the face and then insult upstream AND the users of a popular package under the delusion that only the distro's self-declared experts are capable of making decisions is always a good reminder as to why you will never be able to waterboard me into using Linux as my primary desktop. Very sorry this is happening Team KeePassXC. https://fosstodon.org/@keepassxc/112417353193348720

mambocab,
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@film_girl From a "bug" report linked in the replies to @keepassxc's toot:

> Kepassxc provides a cmake option (-DWITH_XC_NETWORKING=OFF) to disable networking support(like download the favicon something). I believe most of the people don't want their password manager to connect somewhere they don't know and it will improve user privacy.

Wonder how long it's been since these people used a computer. So strange.

hotdogsladies, to random
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"Fri. Day. Night."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGjO5YevKgE

mambocab,
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@hotdogsladies The moment where Tim actually DOES have the magazines that Connor is asking for might be one of my favorite punchlines in all of sketch comedy.

nyquildotorg, to random
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Please don't waste time on adding "secure DMs" to the fediverse. Maybe make [waves arms around to indicate "all this"] adhere to specs first.

Don't half-ass many things, whole-ass one thing.

mambocab,
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@nyquildotorg good lord are they really going to solve that problem before [joins you in your gesturing]

nyquildotorg, (edited ) to mentalhealth
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After my first month of daily oral (buccal) ketamine treatments, my GADS scores for both anxiety and depression are pretty dramatically improved. They say there's still a lot of room for improvement, but I take comfort in knowing that it's actually helping (or that I've gotten better at gaming GADS scores)

mambocab,
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@nyquildotorg Makes me really happy to hear that.

baldur, to random
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I keep seeing people talk about using generative models with very low accuracy and success rates. I have to resist the urge to point out that with rates that low, it’s possible they’re just seeing randomness in action and the feeling of productive utility is down to their own perception

mambocab,
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@baldur I knew I'd seen this idea elsewhere and almost sent you a link to your own LLMentalist Effect piece. "LLMs structure their output like cold reads" has been a very useful idea for me lately.

hotdogsladies, to random
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Thirty years on, Space Ghost still feels like an improbable miracle.

https://youtu.be/pzt6ybS4Pss?si=kKOP5EWlFDWgyY5h

mambocab,
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@hotdogsladies I saw a good bit of it when I was a kid. Like, sub-10-years-old. I think I enjoyed it but I definitely did not understand it. At all.

nyquildotorg, to random
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I don't know if other platforms enforce a maximum number of posts "pinned to your profile," but I'm starting to think they should.

Pruning mine down a tad because it annoys me everytime I look to see what people have posted recently prior to following them.

mambocab,
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@nyquildotorg Agreed. I understand how they can accrue, but at some point your notional profile becomes un-curated.

gvwilson, (edited ) to random
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Starting to wonder if AI is like spreadsheets: for every programmer pointing out flaws and deficiencies, a double dozen people are using 'em to do something they find useful. 1/4

Added: please see https://mastodon.social/@gvwilson/112265751571981599 for clarification.

mambocab,
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@gvwilson One interesting difference between the two cases: the utility of spreadsheets is well-established in a number of areas, and you could go to lots of different environments to learn techniques and best practices for using them.

I don't think the same is true for LLMs. e.g. Willison is, as far as I can tell, pioneering LLM coding practices, not codifying them. That alone would put you in a tough position if you were interested in teaching it.

hotdogsladies, to random
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Forty seconds that reminds me Ira Glass has still got it.

video/mp4

mambocab,
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@hotdogsladies And you may tell yourself. This is not my unsettling house. And you may tell yourself. This is not my unsettling toilet.

ctietze, to random
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We want a wake-up light replacement: these things that start increasing light brightness before the alarm. Would be good if it doesn't sound like a tin can.

(The previous tin can died today after ~6 years of service 🪦🫡)

I do not want an app that can get obsolete and brick the device. I don't want to bring the phone to my bed. No subscription. Preferably real buttons instead of touch.

Anyone having something like this? Can't find honest non-affiliates 😭

mambocab,
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@ctietze I'm in the US so I can't vouch for availability where you are, but this is what we have: https://www.usa.philips.com/c-p/HF3650_60/smartsleep-sleep-and-wake-up-light

Works well, has a variety of sounds, produces good light and a good volume of light. It's more expensive than I remember it, though (maybe we got it as a replacement for a different model under warranty? The details are fuzzy). But if you are in the market for a good one, this is a good one.

mambocab,
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@ctietze also hey, while we have a thread open: your writing on knowledge work, your writing on the ZK, and The Archive itself have had a lot of influence on how I work and think. I'm better at writing prose, writing code, participating in therapy, thinking -- lots of stuff -- as a result. Really appreciate it.

siracusa, to random
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Last night, I dreamed about working on and eventually coming up with a complete solution to a (simple) programming problem. When I woke up, I realized the problem was entirely fictional, so the solution is useless.

mambocab,
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@siracusa People have gotten VC funding with worse. Just gotta get your pitch together

nyquildotorg, to random
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I think a lot about how Fred Durst can't wear his iconic red hat anymore because some asshole ruined wearing red hats.

mambocab,
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@nyquildotorg Watched a video of a recent Limp Bizkit performance. I was expecting Durst to do a costume change after the first song or 2 but nope. What a thing

mambocab, to random
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@imyke @CGPGrey Hey guys! I just got my Sidekick and love the form factor and construction. But I'm having a hard time figuring out ways to use the half-checkboxes. I eventually found the theme journal video discussing generous partial credit, which I like, but took some digging to find.

mambocab,
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@imyke @CGPGrey So small bit of feedback -- I think you might be assuming that everyone buying the notebook has consumed a lot of your content. And that was me 18 months ago! But today I am not super-plugged in; it's a different season of my life. I'm buying your stuff because it looks useful, and I trust you and like spending my money with you.

glyph, to python
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PEP 593 is a bit vague on how you’re supposed to actually consume arguments to Annotated; here is my proposal.

https://blog.glyph.im/2023/12/annotated-at-runtime.html

mambocab,
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@glyph Thanks for the writeup. Small typo:

> However, I think that this is a slightly misframing of the problem.

gvwilson, to random
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A more detailed request: https://third-bit.com/2023/11/13/replacing-make/

mambocab,
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@gvwilson This meets several of your criteria:

https://github.com/Teriks/pake

mambocab,
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@gvwilson Yeahhh it looks it. Understood that's probably a dealbreaker in your case.

Clearly there's some interest in tools like these; it's unfortunate that doesn't seem to result in something that meets these (IMO reasonable) requirements.

maddy, to random
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    mambocab,
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    @maddy From my perspective this is the best possible pitch for a lowercase-n new Mario game. Excited to check it out!

    nyquildotorg, to random
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    I'm 44 years old and finally understand why "TV rots your brain."

    It's not because it's vapid, it's because it literally only exists as a medium to run advertisements in. Like newspapers but more fun.

    mambocab,
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    @nyquildotorg

    > they were baffled that people would pay money to consume what was only ever a vessel for ads in the first place.

    This is a really good observation. I'll be thinking about it for a while. Thanks for sharing.

    codinghorror, to random

    c++++++++++++++

    mambocab,
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    @codinghorror low-hanging fruit but: long long bjarne;

    dosnostalgic, to random
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    Could use a bit of distraction. Link me with a recent videogame-themed video essay you've enjoyed.

    mambocab,
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    @dosnostalgic I only learned about these recently: Dan Olson's WoW essays are incredible if you haven't seen them.

    https://youtu.be/0RxQRswLAmI

    https://youtu.be/BKP1I7IocYU

    codinghorror, (edited ) to random

    Deciding on the next stage of my career

    mambocab,
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    @codinghorror probably thrown off by interdisciplinary types who would've voted clown-induced coma

    mattblaze, to random
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    Someone yelled at me for posting monochrome photos again.

    That's kind of annonying, but this place still has fewer Nazis than that other place, so I'll be sticking around (along with my dreary monochrome photos, devoid of all color and joy as they may be).

    mambocab,
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    @mattblaze I'm all for content warnings as appropriate but this is a weird one.

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