glitzersachen

@glitzersachen@hachyderm.io

#SoftwareEngineer, privately interested in #commonlisp currently, also #python and #emacs.

Views presented here are my own and not of my employer.

I have a degree in physics, too (and not the new fangled bachelor shit ;-), BTW).

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bhawthorne, (edited ) to random

How bad are the thousands of new stochastically-generated websites?
Last night I wanted to roast some hazelnuts, and I could not remember the temperature I used last time. So I searched on DuckDuckGo. Every website that I could find was machine-generated with different temps listed. One site had three separate methods listed that were essentially differently worded versions of the same thing. With different temperatures.

So I pulled my copy of Rodale’s Basic Natural Foods Cookbook off the shelf and looked it up there.

I think it may be time to download an archive copy of the 2022 Wikipedia before we lose all of our reference material. It was nice having all the world’s knowledge at my fingertips for a couple of decades, but that time seems to be past.

[ Edit: Since others have mentioned the possibility, I should mention that some of these sites may have been SEO-generated/altered and not generated by an LLM. However, even if that is the case, the fact that the sites are as bad as and indistinguishable from LLM-generated sites means to me they are just as bad and just as likely to be have only a loose resemblance to reality. There are many ways to be a fancy stochastic parrot. ]

glitzersachen,

@therionofthebeast @maccruiskeen @bodhipaksa @bhawthorne

You get metaphors? Sorry if that was not understandable. That happens sometimes. My apologies.

pelle, to random

Elon Musk picked a fight with Nordic workers. We’re gonna make him lose. Help us get the message out: Dear @elonmusk - Get unionized or get out!

video/mp4

glitzersachen,

@lindamarie @VikingChieftain @pelle @elonmusk

Yes, probably. If the wheels come off your flagship product and you are blaming the customer, going belly-up is certainly a possibility.

https://futurism.com/tesla-flaws-failures-blame-drivers.

Admittedly the wheels falling off might be less of a problem if you're selling ships or obelisks, but, unfortunately they don't.

Dhmspector, to random
@Dhmspector@mastodon.social avatar

I’ve been in this business, writing software professionally, since I started my first software business at 16 in high school an an Apple ][. That’s 45 fucking years. It would never occur to me to steal other people’s code, let alone their likenesses, voices, or art.

Just eject these thieving “AI” companies into the sun. These people, and the VCs that fund them, are a cancer on the software industry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/technology/ai-voice-clone-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tE0.1KUx.2vYNvYuSXMmW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

glitzersachen,

@bmk @Dhmspector

Late? It's never too late for the .

(Only the amount of razing that needs to be done becomes larger later, but on the other side it's then much easier because there are less shades of grey and more proof who the perps are).

Viss, to random
@Viss@mastodon.social avatar

it begiiiiiiins

glitzersachen,

@Viss

Well. Let's apply evolution: Make the AI work for it's survival. It's not good enough for this? What a damn pity ...

aral, to Germany
@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar

German police prevent Irish people from speaking and singing in Irish in Germany.

But hey, at least we still have the Single Market™, amirite?

EU, you’re doing amazing, sweetie!

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/berlin-police-ban-irish-protesters-from-speaking-or-singing-in-irish-at-pro-palestine-ciorcal-comhra-near-reichstag/a234500393.html

#germany #eu #ireland #democracy #irish #israel #palestine #gaza #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #iDidNaziThatOneComing

glitzersachen,

@TCatInReality @aral

I'll answer to myself, since TCat doesn't know and rather wants to "move on" now, after I asked for chapter and verse of the law.

The rule in question seems to be the "Berlin Freedom of Assembly Act" (approx 2020) which, interesting enough, further constrains the right of assembly as guaranteed by the Grundgesetz. I stll have my doubts if a federal country can do that. But I'd like to point out that the GG Article 8 only guarantees the right of assembly to all Germans.

glitzersachen, (edited )

@TCatInReality @aral

So assemblies by non-Germans are just permitted on sufferance ... which gives the police a lot of leeway do everything they want with assemblies by expatriates, fugitives, immigrants. Exactly the groups where you would anyway expect 100% neutral objectivity by German police.

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

UK government adviser on disruptive protest accused of conflict of interest:

John Woodcock, whose review proposes bans for protest groups, has lobbying links to firms in arms and fossil fuel sectors (and is recommending bans on protests against both those industries)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/17/government-adviser-on-disruptive-protest-accused-of-conflict-of-interest

glitzersachen,

@BashStKid @HighlandLawyer @simon_brooke @cstross

...

Personally I think federal structure like in Germany is pretty OK (without the Bundesrat). You have local representations (Gemeinderat, Kreisrat), country wide representation (Landtag) and "nation wide" (Bundestag)

Of course who is responsible for what and who is paying what (or allocating budget) that's all a bit of a mess, but nobody said, democracy would be easy.

....

glitzersachen,

@BashStKid @simon_brooke @HighlandLawyer @cstross

Dictatorships sometimes also work (e.g. Franco survived until the 70s). When they work, this doesn't make them more democratic. And often the question one should ponder is also "for whom do they work?".

glitzersachen,

@BashStKid @HighlandLawyer @simon_brooke @cstross

We don't have senators, but also a strange "interest group" council, the "Bundesrat". It seems the fathers of democracy found it really hard to leave the actual power to the plebs. There os always this component of "betters" who need to provide checks and balances.

....

glitzersachen,

@melanie @BashStKid @simon_brooke @HighlandLawyer @cstross

Difficult. The EU only exists since 1993, the precursor org was teh EEC. It seem the parliament exists since 1952 has direct elections since 1975, but a EU constitution does not exist yet (abandonded proposal in 2004 -- justly so, in my opinion).

One word: It's a terrible mess. And I'd argue it's not really democratic, but rather an instrument for the executive of the member countries to acquire legislative powers.

glitzersachen,

@BashStKid @HighlandLawyer @simon_brooke @cstross

...

Actually I distrust people promising democracy will be easy "if only <something>". That is, given human nature, not likely, so whoever promises that is just trying to bamboozle the listeners for $PURPOSES.

glitzersachen,

@melanie @BashStKid @simon_brooke @HighlandLawyer @cstross

... But they are emphatically not a constitution. As constitution they would be graded with "Failed. Totally missed the topic".

Only bureaucrats who do not understand the philosophy of law (like the EU council) might think this mess qualifies as constitution.

glitzersachen,

@HighlandLawyer @melanie @BashStKid @simon_brooke @cstross

Yes. Actually eff them both. A democracy without a constitution is so not 21st century. The UK can be apologized for being old enough to just having carried over this state. The EU: Not.

glitzersachen, to random German

@mwl has this kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwlucas/run-your-own-mail-server.

Started with a goal around $ 900 and is now past $ 16K. And multiple stretch goals have been reached.

I am mentioning this because a lesson is to be learned here: Provide instructions to stick it to the evil empire and even in 2024 you suddenly got a lot of friends. This gives me hope.

Maybe you also want to stick it to the evil empire? Back the book! MWL totally has earned that. 😉

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

MURDER MITTEN!! (Belongs to @Menhit )

glitzersachen,

@cstross @Menhit

Well, yes, what do you expect from a fully weaponized life form?

  • 18 knives built in and ready all the time.

  • At the hunter/seeker sensor ensemble four additional daggers as part of the shredder ensembler located in front of the foreign matter intake.

  • Supporting: Built in anti-grav (limited, but very effective), emergency ejector (in unclear situation eject, sort things out on the way down) and turbo metabolic mode.

  • Suspected of mind control powers.

nyrath, to random
@nyrath@spacey.space avatar

How Scientists are Grappling With the Challenges of Sex and Reproduction in Space

It's more complicated than you think.

https://www.ign.com/articles/can-humans-make-babies-in-space-scientists-are-increasingly-determined-to-find-out

glitzersachen,

@isaackuo @nyrath

Yes, I totally can see that: "Wanna replicate next week, honey? Let's spin up the flywheel until then".

glitzersachen, to random German

I am actually starting to think that the MS Recall thing will be dead in the water as soon as the otherwise clueless windows users realize that their whole history of viewing porn will be stored as a sequence of screenshots...

glitzersachen, to random German

This is an test post. Ignore it, please.

It is, actually, for test driving the integration of code to use mastodon threads as an external comment system for a statically generated blog.

glitzersachen,

A test comment

Binder, to random
@Binder@petrous.vislae.town avatar

When someone says “no cap” they mean “abolish capitalism”.

glitzersachen,

@Binder

Sure? I thought they meant, the capacitor has not (yet) been soldered in.

(SCNR)

MostlyHarmless, to random
@MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social avatar

If only there was a way to voice a highly uneducated opinion to thousands of people on a regular basis.

glitzersachen,

@MostlyHarmless

That's called Twitter. We're doing the prehistoric elephant thing here...

glitzersachen, to random German

https://io.mwl.io/@mwl/112589156628668516

You still got an hour to stick it to the evil empire(s).

Run your own death star^W^H^Wmail server!

@mwl will provides the instruction. How to do this without a conveniently placed ventilation shaft to your core reactor.

glitzersachen, to random German

I am back from disk crash, hurray. BTW.

sysop408, to Taiwan
@sysop408@sfba.social avatar

Oh crap, a 7.4 magnitude quake just hit . There's a bonkers photo of a 10 story building that partially collapsed. It's leaning hard and looks like it could topple over at any moment.

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/04/03/2003815900

glitzersachen,

@sysop408

And here go the semi.conductor prices...

(Though that should not be our primary problem just now).

Binder, to random
@Binder@petrous.vislae.town avatar

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    glitzersachen,

    @Binder

    Is kafkaesc not a word in English?

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