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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Would this be the same s 'corn fritters' in Canada?

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

OK Romania, now you know which building needs to have repeated, ongoing cockroach and bedbug infestations... and stinky cheeses/spoiled milk 'accidentally' ending up in the HVAC systems.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm 50/50 on whether that name is awesome, or a big 'Oof' marketing-wise ;-)

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, hashcash. Wish that had taken off, it was a good idea ...

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Just using "LLM" is also a bit over-specific, however, as it'd exclude text-to-image models, and others.

Fair point. I haven't heard of an equivalent to LLM for, as per your example, text-to-image models. Hmm.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oooh, Iike that one.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 73 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel this -- we had a junior dev on our project who started using AI for coding, without management approval BTW (it was a small company and we didn't yet have a policy specifically for it. Alas.)

I got the fun task, months later, of going through an entire component that I'm almost certain was 'vibe coded' -- it "worked" the first time the main APIs were called, but leaked and crashed on subsequent calls. It used double- and even triple-pointers to data structures, which the API vendor's documentation upon some casual reading indicated could all be declared statically and re-used (this was an embedded system); needless arguments; mallocs and frees everywhere for no good reason (again due to all of the un-needed dynamic storage involving said double/triple pointers to stuff). It was a horrible mess.

It should have never gotten through code review, but the senior devs were themselves overloaded with work (another, separate problem) ...

I took two days and cleaned it all up, much simpler, no mem leaks, and could actually be, you know, used more than once.

Fucking mess, and LLMs (don't call it "AI") just allow those who are lazy and/or inexperienced to skate through short-term tasks, leaving huge technical debt for those that have to clean up after.

If you're doing job interviews, ensure the interviewee is not connected to LLMs in any way and make them do the code themselves. No exceptions. Consider blocking LLMs from your corp network as well and ban locally-installed things like Ollama.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Please everyone, consider calling "AI" something more accurate -- they're not intelligent, though definitely 'artificial' as in man-made. I personally like the terms "stochastic parrot" or even just "LLM".

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Fuck AI. This company and whomever created such videos should be charged with hate crimes and fraud. So tired of this bullshit ruining society and the internet.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 46 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Terrifying

Edit: Beware the Goopacapra!

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

It's Tuesday, did you bring your raincoat?

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, no -- I think the author's project supports the gemini hypertext protocol, not google's "AI" monstrosity.

Once again, a rich megacorp chose a name ignoring the fact it was already taken.

 

Now as a Tourist Attraction rather than an Historical Landmark. Let's see if they take it down again.

 

MapleApes are Everywhere

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Arghblarg@lemmy.ca to c/drs_your_gme@lemmy.whynotdrs.org
 

I know the sign's not there anymore, but it's fun that it has been preserved for posterity in Google Maps (and Google accepted my edit for the website link to point to drsgme.org!)

EDIT (July 26 2023): Reposted yet again, as a tourist attraction. If you leave a review, please keep it relevant to the actual site and the reason it's there (mr boost's sign), not random meme pics like last time :) Hopefully it'll stick this time. https://goo.gl/maps/2EMbUwc442KvByyt6

 

(from user @basskitten@lemmy.world posted here w/permission)

"Still one of the best sounding synthesizers. Not best-sounding analog, digital, software, etc... just best sounding, period.

This track of mine is all Virus except for the drums."

https://music.apple.com/us/album/love-robot/277696097?i=277696125

 

Hi, just found this community. The inaugural post here showing a desk top full of miscellaneous boards reminded me of the random bits I have in boxes, stored away and not being hacked on like they should be :/

I wonder if there would be interest here in a sort of swap-by-mail thing where we post boards or parts we feel bad about not using and swap them for other things, that we might want to use instead.. maybe an MCU dev kit for some sensors, or a even box of nice cookies if the hacking spirit is snoozing right now (as it is for me -- so many other things in life to do at the moment...)

I find it actually harder to focus on doing a project because there are too many bits in my boxes sometimes.

I think the idea of donating bits to schools for students to use would be cool as well, but haven't looked into it much (would they get used? Which schools have good programs with teachers that could actually use donations?)

 

Hi, I like Jerboa so far, new user. One thing I miss from the desktop lemmy UI is a way to see all my subscriptions (of 'favourites') in a list, to quickly tap and jump to a particular one. Is this somewhere hidden in the current UI, or an upcoming feature?

Thanks, I appreciate the work!

 

The legendary Access Virus synthesizer is the pinnacle of Virtual Analog synthesizers, emulating analog at a precision unmatched by other VAs, and going further than any analog can with its ‘Total Integration’ series.

The Access Virus is used by artists such as Butch Vig, Hans Zimmer, Deadmau5, Deftones, Dr. Dre, Lou Reed, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Stevie Wonder, Tool, Depeche Mode, Dido, Gary Numan, Paul Oakenfold, Radiohead, and Pet Shop Boys, as well as many notable others.

Please post anything Virus-related, such as news, questions, tips and techniques, videos, interviews, etc. (Or your own music of course!)

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