ESR: “Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s personal itch.”

Whenever I try, I get Ravi Bhatia screaming “How can she slap?!”

My experience in going from C to C++ was different: if you’re not converting everything from mallocs with custom addressing systems to the collections framework, you’re not living.

They named the bill wrong - it should be Kids’ Act for Online Safety- KAOS.

As opposed to foreign autocrats like Putin buying votes, which is perfectly fine… Perfectly fine.

Three fiddy.

I’d say there was a period before reddit hit its pinnacle where Quora was significantly better. Probably more than 10 years ago, though, and only for a few years. I remember when I started spending more time on Reddit than Quora.

Try to train a human comedian to make jokes without ever allowing him to hear another comedian’s jokes, never watching a movie, never reading a book or magazine, never watching a TV show. I expect the jokes would be pretty weak.

I hope this is cubic meters…

Jessica went nuclear when they did that. It was inspirational and the FCC’s website got the “hug of death” for at least hours.

I’m in the other camp. The first time I squeezed my 155m spaceship through the tiny mouth of a rotating space station in VR, I wept like a baby. (An Anaconda in Elite: Dangerous)

Once the body of that first billionaire hits the floor, they’re gonna start dropping like flies.

Why is there a picture of Margaret Cho?

I’ve had a nagging issue with ChatGPT that hasn’t been easy for me to explain. I think I’ve got it now.

We’re used to computers being great at remembering “state.” For example, if I say “let x=3”, barring a bug, x is damned well gonna stay 3 until I decide otherwise.

GPT has trouble remembering state. Here’s an analogy:

Let Fred be a dinosaur.
Ok, Fred is a dinosaur.
He’s wearing an AC/DC tshirt.
OK, he’s wearing an AC/DC tshirt.
And sunglasses.
OK, he’s wearing an AC/DC tshirt and sunglasses.
Describe Fred.
Fred is a kitten wearing an AC/DC tshirt and sunglasses.

When I work with GPT, I spend a lot of time reminding it that Fred was a dinosaur.

ddp

Bwahaha! I have stolen your comment!

The admins are trying to keep communities distinct and focused. You might want to float your idea at https://startrek.website/c/quarks?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=TopMonth

Also, I believe community creation on startrek.website is currently paused.

The UK has always been on the leading edge of encryption, because they’ve got to work out what Northerners are on about.

I wrote a question on this earlier (probably after reporting the same stuff on !memes) and it got lost.

So, 1) the mods/admins of the spammed community get notified, 2) the admins of the reporter’s instance get notified, and presumably 3) the admins of the spammer’s instance also get notified?

I saw this headline a couple of times, and tried unsuccessfully to work out the metaphor. Finally googled it:

A company with no moat has either no advantage or one expected to dissipate relatively quickly.