‘Why let mere mortals decide CPU priorities when the cosmos can guide us?’ asks the developer.

To be clear, the point of this is to demonstrate the power and flexibility of a new Linux feature in a "haha only serious" way.

Zampieri is clear that this GPL-2.0 licensed project is a “scientifically dubious, cosmically hilarious” work. It definitely isn’t recommended for use in production systems - not because of bugs, but because it works as intended… The dev is still looking to add “more cosmic chaos” to scx_horoscope, so contributors are welcome.

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 52 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's the second coming of Terry Davis!

[–] Mikina@programming.dev 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

https://allthatsinteresting.com/terry-davis

Haven't heard about this piece of internet lore. It's really tragic, and I shudder to think how differently would it go if he had access to ChatGPT.

Or rather, probably not much different, but there are already several cases of people nudged to the exactly same path solely thanks to AI, that they wouldn't have probably ended up on so quickly. It sucks.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Does ChatGPT apparently need to be brought up in literally every conversation about schizophrenic people now regardless of direct relevance?

Anyway, if you're interested diving deeper, Fredrik Knudsen (Down the Rabbit Hole) made a great video on Davis and TempleOS back in 2018.

[–] Mikina@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago

You're right, I did realize that it's a pretty offtopic and no value comment a short while after posting, but too late to go edit it out.

Thanks for the video, Down the Rabitt Hole videos about EVE Online are my absolute favorites, so this will be a good watch.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago

[he wrote] a sequel to 1984.

I didn't know this bit of his story. Anyone read it? I'm assuming it's not very good/coherent but perhaps he was as gifted a writer as he was a coder.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

It's interesting, because I some ways I think it might not be as bad, because a lot of the problems Davis faced were trolls abusing him as a lolcow. But at the same time, people have literally killed themselves after being advised to by ChatGPT.

As a side note, I have seen at least one person (probably jokingly) vibe coding in HolyC on TikTok.

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I forget that it's been about a decade since Terry Davis was doing what he was doing. Of course his death was less than a decade ago, but you probably know what I mean

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 14 points 2 weeks ago

It's very sad. He had some brilliant ideas, with a bit of mental health support he could have done incredible things. RIP :(

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 43 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Element Effects

Zodiac sign elements create elemental affinities and oppositions:

Boosted Combinations (tasks thrive under compatible elements):

🔥 Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) × CPU tasks: 1.5x boost

🌬️ Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) × Network tasks: 1.5x boost

🌍 Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) × System tasks: 1.4x boost

💧 Water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) × Memory tasks: 1.3x boost

Hang on - Aquarius, the water-bearer, is an air element? I'm beginning to think this astrology stuff doesn't make much sense.

I like that water is responsible for memory, like how homeopathic medicine works.

[–] Atlas_@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Uhh, clouds? Duh

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago

I thought you get less power in clouds but ok

[–] ellen.kimble@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Aquarius is the water bearer - the one who carried and distributes it - not water itself. The circulation of ideas (air) rather than emotions (water.)

[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Here's the source - If you don't want to click through 3 different pages to get to it

[–] sheepishly@fedia.io 12 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of that story of someone having connection issues based on the phases of the moon finding out it's because the rising tides were lifting someone's boat up and blocking line of sight...