I can't tell if they're trolls, or suffering AI psychosis...

Lately on IRC there's a rise in people who assert that if you ever question the output of their pet LLM, you're paranoid, or have never used it.

No other viewpoint can be valid.

"Nobody shared my post," Peach moaned. "No one commented or even liked it! What's up with that?"

"Hmmm…" I scanned what they wrote. "Oh, Peach, you're not up to date on netiquette are you?"

"You mean online etiquette? What's the problem? There's nothing offensive there. No SCREAMING or anything."

"It's too perfect," I said.

"What's that even mean? Anyway, you lot were always making fun of my textspeak and poor writing. So, I used a spell checker."

"That's just it. You should always include an obvious spelling mistake or other error. At least one purr post."

"You're kidding! What on earth for?"

"To show that you're human. AI can't do that, at least not yet."

#etiquette #wss366 #microfiction

Just saw a job ad for a "Senior Developer Acceleration Engineer", and can't help but think of #bofh and some sort of defenestration machine...

Currently figuring I'll use: kaleidoscope

For things I want to see through.

I want to build a little kanban / swimlanes UI for a basic task list tool as a personal exercise.

Sort of a trello-lite.

Why do so many of my personal projects stall at the point I try to think of a name for them?

Does anyone know of an in-process #SQL DBMS lib like #sqlite but that has real typed fields?

Bonus points if there's an existing #python driver.

Built a small web site in #django over the weekend.
No AJAX, no SPA, almost entirely "old school" #html Forms driven (except a smidge of #htmx )

Amazing how simple and comfortable it felt. Just code flowing from my fingers and features appearing in short order.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/117241250895962141

Ah, fuck.

Anyone got a recommendation for where to go instead?

I use their DNS, VPS, and static site build/hosting.

Has anyone found a use for the "AI Engine" things they cram into CPUs these days, besides the marketing use?

#ai #cpu #amd

Came back to my machine, and the laptop screen was blank.

Tried to wake it- nothing.

Rebooted, and it now only uses external monitors :/

Even xrandr doesn't see the other display any more.

Forgot to buy more coffee last night.

Today is going to be an experience...

Daughter just got home from school, upset that the teacher was deleting her comments from the chat.

Her comments were that she was disappointed the teacher had used "AI" to generate a poster.

It was the art teacher.

It was a poster promoting an upcoming art competition.

Hey #bike / #bicycle people:

Any advice on what to look for when buying a bike trailer?

Edit: for clarity, I mean a trailer to tow behind my bike and carry my shopping, etc.

Thought for the day:

Be the sort of employer people don't feel the need to unionise against.

[And help them if they decide to!]

I love capturing those moments where London Underground trains line up perfectly with station posters. With a little patience and a bit of luck, you can end up with some wonderfully amusing and unexpected shots.

Would still be interested in an analysis if one exists.

Derp... changed my search terms a little, and found:

https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502/tree/main