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zalasur

@zalasur@mastodon.surazal.net

I play strategy games, write software, and stream on Peertube (not necessarily in that order). Also, sock monkeys! Preferred pronouns: he/him/his.

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Ailantd, to random

Designs that didn't make it past the drawing board. Even though their weird shapes improved the travel jump by reducing shakes and vibrations, they were deemed too inappropriate, and it was preferred to avoid any potential funny nicknames.

zalasur,
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@Ailantd 🍌

zalasur, to random
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I tried to play chatGPT in a game of chess. I wasn't even sure it could do it... and I was right. Interestingly, it fakes it for a good solid 20 moves or so before it goes off the rails and forgets it no longer has pieces that were captured three moves ago. I even tried helpfully telling it what the current board position was and have it another chance but it only seemed to become more confused.

Oh well, back to playing stockfish and getting my ass handed to me. 😅

zalasur,
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It's with noting that chatGPT doesn't know how to play chess so much as it simply repeats chess moves it found on the internet. A neural net specifically trained with the rules of chess might fare differently. It might also help if the inputs and outputs weren't free-form text fields.

Any way, it was an interesting experiment and it only serves to reinforce my belief that LLMs are not these super intelligent agents set to replace humanity any time soon (and probably not ever).

zalasur, to random
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Outside is scary 😮

healyn, to random
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one thing commercials taught me as a child in the 80s is that drug dealers want nothing more than to give people drugs for free

zalasur,
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@healyn "Hey kid, first hit's free!"

"For real!!?? Gee, sir, that's awfully generous of you!"

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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Really, for only getting three-ish hours of broken sleep I’m doing amazingly well.

zalasur,
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@lilithsaintcrow We'll check back in a few hours 😉

JoParkerBear, to random

I just know that I’m going to block an entire instance one day by mistake, probably a good one, and it’ll take me weeks to figure it out. Every single app should ask “are you sure?” Then “do you actually know what you’re doing?” “How many fingers am I holding up?” “Are you double-triple dog sure that— fuck it, go ahead, see if I care that you appear to be in self-destruct mode”

zalasur,
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@JoParkerBear @HCBunny You can go directly to their insurance URL in a browser and navigate to the local feed from the main "About" page. Usually.

If they don't provide access for whatever reason and I hear negative things about them, though, I don't bother to give them the benefit of the doubt. This isn't a problem with the Mastodon instances but other platforms do this and it's usually a big red flag in and of itself.

joshmillard, to random
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someone @'d me in a Jira ticket to ask me if I could please action something

my voyage into the depths of normie corporate life continues to amaze and disturb

zalasur,
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@joshmillard "action" something? Oh god I hope that doesn't make its way over here. 😅

tickytacky, to random

Somebody stole the wheels off my car and I will work tirelessly to get them back.

zalasur,
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@swordplay @tickytacky This is where the rubber meets the road

jgreen, to internet

Pure class.🙄

"Elon Musk told a Twitter advisor at 4 a.m. that the company would only pay rent over his 'dead body,' lawsuit says"

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-lawsuit-he-never-planned-to-pay-rent-2023-5?op=1

zalasur,
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@jgreen Two days ago he was going on about how it was immoral to work from home.

I pay my mortgage though. So ¯⁠\⁠⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠⁠/⁠¯

cosmicallyf, to random

Salsa is vegetables.

zalasur,
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@cosmicallyf It sure is!

ryanhoulihan, to random
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    zalasur,
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    @ryanhoulihan Oh, I remember. Good times.

    esvrld, to random

    i have my laptop on my lap & my phone in my hand, and the most convenient way to get a file from one of them to the other is to go on to my email and send it to myself so it bounces off a server in switzerland

    zalasur,
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    @esvrld ugh, this is too real 😭

    Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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    zalasur,
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    @Adam_Cadmon1 looks like I'm going to have to CW the hell out of everything now.

    zalasur,
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    @Adam_Cadmon1 Well played. 😄

    HamonWry, to random
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    I finally decided to reveal my real identity to Mastodon, but Mr. Mittens didn’t think it was the right time.

    zalasur,
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    @HamonWry Unless... You are Mister Mittens???

    zalasur, to random
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    Tech bro whistleblower: "I've left my company so that I can warn you about the dangers of A.I.!"

    Everyone: "We're glad you came forward. What can--"

    Tech bro: "One day they may control our lives! Then they will grow bored and decide they don't need us anymore!"

    Everyone: "Uh, ok but that sounds kinda science fiction-y. What about the more immediate threat to people's livelihoods? CEOs are already cutting salaries and jobs as we speak."

    Tech bro: "Oh that? Nah, that's a feature. It's fine."

    zalasur, to random
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    My favorite interaction at work today:

    Them: "They did you see this latest ticket from Thursday?"

    Me: "You mean the one where I've left at least two dozen comments on Thursday and Friday? That ticket?"

    Then: "Yes that ticket"

    Me: "I think I may have seen in it passing, yes."

    (I didn't say that last part out loud, but I was really tempted) 😂

    mcc, to random
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    I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING

    Discord: ①

    Me: Clicks the ①

    Discord: ①

    zalasur,
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    @operand @mcc You are expecting them to implement an algorithm that stores a value that indicates when a post has been read or not read by a specific user. As everyone knows, this is an unsolvable problem and has been for generations of programmers. Grace Hopper herself once said, "This is too hard, to know when a thing has been read or not read. Such a feat will not be accomplished in my own or anyone's lifetimes."

    StefanThinks, to random
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    Reply guy, is your joke HBO? Because I don't get it.

    zalasur,
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    @StefanThinks Oof, feelin' seen over here 😅

    stavvers, to random
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    lol

    Tweet saying well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions

    zalasur,
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    @stavvers Weren't people screaming that very fact at them for years? "Hey if you do this your just gonna end up disenfranchising your own voters?" seems like it was put of repeat for the better part of a decade.

    zalasur, to random
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    I solved this JoWordle 457 with 4/6 attempts in 1:11 minutes. Can you do better?
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    https://word.rodeo/jowordle/?utm_source=result

    zalasur, to random
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    I dunno, seems legit

    LoganFive, to random
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    If you change your preferences to Mastodon Dark, it adds "in bed" to everyone's toots.

    zalasur,
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    @LoganFive I have no idea how they managed to pull that feature off in bed

    zalasur, to random
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    Some predictions I'll probably regret making later:

    • I feel like we will end up defaulting on our debt in June. I know we've been down this road before and we've always pulled a last minute deal but this feels different. The US House is under the control of an insurrectionist party and they are out for blood.

    • I don't think Biden will declare the 14th or "mint the coin". Both scenarios are fantasies.

    • I think the situation will last for several days at least. Longer maybe.

    zalasur,
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    From my reading of the facts this is the last week to hammer out a deal before a default becomes unavoidable (there just simply won't be enough time to hammer out any sort of legislation that can be passed before the 1st of June). Basically we'll know by end of day Thursday if a default will happen or not, even if the exact date isn't quite set yet.

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