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  1. Comment on Bashly: A command-line application (written in Ruby) that declaratively generates feature-rich Bash scripts in ~comp

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    I was thinking specifically about programming. Shells are a little hard to talk about because stringing commands together can be extremely useful and fast and productive. But the overall...

    I was thinking specifically about programming. Shells are a little hard to talk about because stringing commands together can be extremely useful and fast and productive. But the overall architecture of the shell like it's syntax, type system, error handling ect I consider more the core of the shell. And for Bash I would say it's bad

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Bashly: A command-line application (written in Ruby) that declaratively generates feature-rich Bash scripts in ~comp

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    This is great, but honestly just a symptom of how bad bash is.

    This is great, but honestly just a symptom of how bad bash is.

    6 votes

  3. Comment on Obsidian is now free for work in ~tech

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    They're a private company yeah? It'll eventually turn to shit, it's pretty much inevitable. But until then enjoy it. I would say only jump ship if they make moves away form storing notes as...

    They're a private company yeah? It'll eventually turn to shit, it's pretty much inevitable. But until then enjoy it. I would say only jump ship if they make moves away form storing notes as markdown. Otherwise its fairly simple to switch to another platform when the time comes.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Discussion on the future and AI in ~tech

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    As others have mentioned this requires a big jump in current model capabilities and architectures. I the transition between now and then will shift these conclusions a lot. Right now there's a...

    As others have mentioned this requires a big jump in current model capabilities and architectures. I the transition between now and then will shift these conclusions a lot. Right now there's a couple of trends going on.

    • Companies want small lightweight models that run locally
    • Companies also want huge highly capable models that push the limits (expensive)
    • A push towards agent like actor models that run continuously and complete and maintain tasks.
    • Figuring out a way to integrate long term state managment (memory) and tool use into LLMs

    To me this points towards AI being used as effective tools to increase individual productivity. It will replace and change some jobs. I.e. I do software testing and AI might write the automated tests or the performance testing. But I will likely still be involved for the foreseeable future directing things and validating AIs work.

    Additionally I think it's worth understanding that human want is insatiable. If we could do all the jobs that exist right now with AI it would take us minutes to come up with more as we want to completely eliminate trash, prune and replace street trees, decorate towns more frequently and to a higher quality, assess everyone's home quality, grow diverse types of food in a single field, etc. It can be hard to imagine how our standards will rise.

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies in ~tech

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    While not the case here, there are ways to manipulate an LLM into outputting it's system prompt which could provide insights into its directives and 'goals'.

    While not the case here, there are ways to manipulate an LLM into outputting it's system prompt which could provide insights into its directives and 'goals'.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on [SOLVED] Looking for recommendations on new GPU in ~tech

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    It sounds like it could also be a motherboard issue if there's power delivery issues through pcie or something like that. While less likely a secing gpu test might be worthwhile.

    It sounds like it could also be a motherboard issue if there's power delivery issues through pcie or something like that. While less likely a secing gpu test might be worthwhile.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on US appeals court rejects net neutrality: The internet cannot be treated as a utility in ~tech

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    I think this misses some of the higher order mechanisms of capitalism. It's all about growth, optimization and exploitation. It encourages regulatory capture to gain an advantage and is also the...

    I think this misses some of the higher order mechanisms of capitalism. It's all about growth, optimization and exploitation. It encourages regulatory capture to gain an advantage and is also the thing that ended that recycling program as plastic was able to be exploited to shift waste disposal onto the customer.

    Capitalism is the system that encourages and promotes the problematic greed and corruption. It influences the culture not the other way around. Some countries have been able to regulate it better than the US. But I believe these problems are inevitable in a capitalist setup.

    14 votes

  8. Comment on Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security in ~tech

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    That discussion doesn't preclude backing up or storing your keys. It's just promoting that such software shouldn't expose its private keys in plain text. That the keys need some type of protection...

    That discussion doesn't preclude backing up or storing your keys. It's just promoting that such software shouldn't expose its private keys in plain text. That the keys need some type of protection or encryption. Which I think is a fair request. You can strip it of thag protection afterwards if you want it to be less secure. But promoting keys be kept safe isn't crazy or anti user like people are claiming.

    12 votes

  9. Comment on US officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack in ~tech

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    From my experience, it's the fact that some people can have a very low tolerance for having to do extra things. Including verification. Like I had a friend who lost verification and doesn't...

    From my experience, it's the fact that some people can have a very low tolerance for having to do extra things. Including verification. Like I had a friend who lost verification and doesn't understand why. Other pain points

    • Not everyone has a good password management system and offering native logins during sign-up really through them off when later they were presented with social logins (this might've been fixed now)
    • They have issues with notifications not appearing correctly on IOS and I don't have any advice for them.

    That alone is a much worse experience than the competing platforms.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on US officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack in ~tech

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    It doesn't have any GREAT clients though. I've on boarded some friends over the past couple years and the experience was never great and doesn't show any sign of improving.

    It doesn't have any GREAT clients though. I've on boarded some friends over the past couple years and the experience was never great and doesn't show any sign of improving.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on The sham legacy of Richard Feynman in ~science

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    It's hard to take a nearly 3 hour video seriously as an argument. It's fine as a background noise podcast sort of thing. But I can't imagine her points couldn't be made in a shorter video.

    It's hard to take a nearly 3 hour video seriously as an argument. It's fine as a background noise podcast sort of thing. But I can't imagine her points couldn't be made in a shorter video.

    24 votes

  12. Comment on Donald Trump didn't win on the US economy. He won on the perception of it. in ~society

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    Harris did acknowledge the problem though? She had a clear housing policy to provide down payment assistance to first time homebuyers and wanted to restrict 'price gouging', and provide tax cuts...

    Harris did acknowledge the problem though? She had a clear housing policy to provide down payment assistance to first time homebuyers and wanted to restrict 'price gouging', and provide tax cuts to lower and middle class families. As well as an expanded child tax credit to help families. All of these specifically address those issues.

    Also in order to make any significant progress Democrats would need full control of the senate and house for a bit. As well as the presidency for at least 8 years as economic impacts are delayed and the effects are often felt the following term.

    16 votes

  13. Comment on Donald Trump didn't win on the US economy. He won on the perception of it. in ~society

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    To me this sounds like an argument away form policy based messaging because it's too hard to compete against people who lie. Should democrats say "We'll cut housing costs by 50% by legalizing...

    To me this sounds like an argument away form policy based messaging because it's too hard to compete against people who lie. Should democrats say "We'll cut housing costs by 50% by legalizing unregistered migrants and putting them to work" or "We'll renegotiate NAFTA so we get a good deal from Canada and Mexico so YOUR grocery bill goes down!"

    25 votes

  14. Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society

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    Its hard some come up with a great solution obviously. I don't think having representatives is all too bad. But at the very least representatives need to be chosen by educated and informed voters....

    Its hard some come up with a great solution obviously. I don't think having representatives is all too bad. But at the very least representatives need to be chosen by educated and informed voters. Which everyone should be the opportunity to become. I.e. a state funded 'independent' class and test. Obviously there are other issues. But I think it's worth considering alternatives.

  15. Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society

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    I think it's fair to say the "American Experiment" has failed. Our governmental structure is too vulnerable to misinformation and relies too heavily on people being good, educated, informed...

    I think it's fair to say the "American Experiment" has failed. Our governmental structure is too vulnerable to misinformation and relies too heavily on people being good, educated, informed individuals. I don't think democracy in general is a good system at this point unfortunately.

    30 votes

  16. Comment on Looking for slim wallet recommendations in ~life.style

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    Same, it's been holding up extremely well for me and shows no sign of slowing down.

    Same, it's been holding up extremely well for me and shows no sign of slowing down.

  17. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life

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    Almost everyone whose done something bad or wrong has all kinds of factors contributing to it. But as a society we generally agree with the concept of free will. What he did is so cut and dry it's...

    Almost everyone whose done something bad or wrong has all kinds of factors contributing to it. But as a society we generally agree with the concept of free will. What he did is so cut and dry it's clear he needs to be removed from society. Whether that's the death penalty or life in prison we should just pick the cheapest option. which should be the death penalty but often isn't.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    This isn't specific to merch but modern fashion overall. Almost anywhere you go your clothes will be low quality and involve worker abuse. It's just the world we live in. You can get high quality...

    This isn't specific to merch but modern fashion overall. Almost anywhere you go your clothes will be low quality and involve worker abuse. It's just the world we live in. You can get high quality and more ethical clothes but they're hard to find. I just wouldn't put that as a negative towards merch specifically.

    9 votes

  19. Comment on End of the road: An AnandTech farewell in ~tech

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    This is very sad but also not unexpected. Their output slowed a couple years ago. The normal publishing industry just doesn't work anymore. They'd need a presence on YouTube like gamers nexus to...

    This is very sad but also not unexpected. Their output slowed a couple years ago. The normal publishing industry just doesn't work anymore. They'd need a presence on YouTube like gamers nexus to be successful I think.

    14 votes

  20. Comment on Meditation and mindfulness have a dark side that we don't talk about in ~health.mental

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    Fair enough, if I ever end up looking for more studies I'll be sure to make a post on Tildes. It is an interesting topic to me.

    Fair enough, if I ever end up looking for more studies I'll be sure to make a post on Tildes. It is an interesting topic to me.