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by zvmaz 2mo ago
Exactly my experience. I tried LFS several times, but I didn't learn much. I learned more with Arch Linux, but I truly appreciate the work that was put in LFS, marvelous for the right type of learner.
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by zvmaz 2mo ago
I came back to Emacs after a hiatus of several years. I'm sticking with Emacs for the foreseeable future hopefully.
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by zvmaz 2mo ago
> In computer science, the ELIZA effect is a tendency to project human traits—such as experience, semantic comprehension or empathy—onto rudimentary computer programs. It is now very difficult not to project human traits to LLMs.
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by zvmaz 2mo ago
Tangentially, a great interview with the creator of OCaml, Xavier Leroy [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cswiqrq6So
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by zvmaz 2mo ago
Qubes can be viewed as a Xen distribution, rather than a Linux distribution [1]. You may find the Qubes FAQ a good starting point (I'm reading it now because of your question, so thanks). [1] https://doc.qubes-os.org/en
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by zvmaz 2mo ago
Can I insult you and then complain that you focus too much on form?
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by zvmaz 2mo ago
I don't really know as the argument is mainly about how stupid people are... The technical argument is one paragraph ended with an insult, not much to make an educated and civilized opinion.
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by zvmaz 2mo ago
All I see is rudeness, insults, and arrogance sparkled with inklings of technical arguments. Worthless.
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by zvmaz 2mo ago
Very happy with the removal. Thanks to whomever did that.
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by zvmaz 3mo ago
So it's not PayPal blocking GrapheneOS?
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by zvmaz 3mo ago
> Their engineers look like absolute amateurs allowing for such low class work it results in their customers experiencing industry leading downtime. I gather that you have intimate and deep knowledge on the teams and the problems they tr
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by zvmaz 3mo ago
The "distribution" made by... DHH. No, I can't, thanks. For people who don't know, just read "As I Remember London" by this person. Sure, arguments can be made in favor of being "above all these things,&qu
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by zvmaz 3mo ago
And probably exhausting. Good talk nonetheless.
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by zvmaz 3mo ago
I was responding to the person casting doubts on whether he/she should buy a Framework laptop by providing my own experience as a very happy customer. I still think he/she should go for a Framework. As for BIOS updates outside war
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by zvmaz 3mo ago
I had a very different experience with the Framework team. The battery died (within the warranty period), I reached out to them, they asked some questions, then sent me a brand new one. Very satisfied with my Framework laptop and the custom
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by zvmaz 4mo ago
3Blue1Brown[1] has opened my eyes on the intuitive understanding of linear algebra, many, many years after taking a first course in linear algebra, which left me completely mystified. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNk_
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The Internet Is Being Erased [video](youtube.com)
6 points by zvmaz 4mo ago|1 comments
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by zvmaz 4mo ago
Interview with Mark Graham, director of Wayback Machine, and Chris Freeland, director of library services at the Internet Archive.
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by zvmaz 4mo ago
Fond memories of Knoppix from when I was younger. Many many thanks to the authors.
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by zvmaz 11mo ago
Thanks for asking, I had to search the quote since I recalled it from memory. I couldn't find it, but here's the closest I got [1]. The disdain and arrogance of this person is just incredible. [1] https://www.youtube.co
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by zvmaz 11mo ago
"I don't know how to make a screenshot" Linus Torvalds often says that he does not know how to do X (like install a Linux distribution, or other simple stuff). I wager that it's a status thing.
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by zvmaz 11mo ago
> If anything, LLM's seem more resistant to propaganda than any other tool created by man so far, except maybe the encylopedia. (Though obviously this depends on training.) How would you know? My first thought is that the data on wh
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by zvmaz 1y ago
> It's a shame No, it's not. This goes against the whole thread and the article posted.
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by zvmaz 1y ago
Videos that go through the xv6 source code: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbtzT1TYeoMhTPzyTZboW...
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by zvmaz 1y ago
> I hope these rather unorthodox leaps between linguistics and mathematics helped make it almost obvious that some words and ideas are untranslatable in practice. I also hope you don't take the analogy too seriously, because it won&
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by zvmaz 1y ago
I don't buy any appliance that has "smart" in it. Yeah, no, thanks.
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by zvmaz 1y ago
Maybe a less subtle self-promotional blog post, as compared to others.
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by zvmaz 1y ago
Thanks! Nice to see it has plenty of diagrams.
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by zvmaz 1y ago
How does he know who is "native brit" and who is not? Rhetorical question.
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by zvmaz 1y ago
I wish I had your confidence in "detecting" LLM sentences. All I can do for now is get a very vague "intuition" as to whether a sentence is LLM-generated. We know how intuitions are not always reliable.

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