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Comment on Charlie Kirk shooting: US President Donald Trump says suspect in custody in ~society
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Comment on Duty-free no more: Parcels worth under $800 no longer qualify for a US tariff exemption in ~society
Wulfsta (edited )LinkI'm baffled that I don't see many challenges to the emergencies declared that these executive orders stand on, given how preposterous things such as "Imposing Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit...I'm baffled that I don't see many challenges to the emergencies declared that these executive orders stand on, given how preposterous things such as "Imposing Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border" are. I know California challenged this one based on the legality of using that act to impose tariffs, but why are there no challenges to the scope and validity of the emergency itself? I feel like I need to say this every week; the government of the United States is supposed to be structured such that there is a balance of powers where congress has "power of the purse" to limit the executive branch, and this clearly is not the case when the executive branch can wreak economic havoc this quickly.
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Comment on Survey results on books that people identify as shaping their life/personality after reading them in high school in ~books
Wulfsta LinkI remember The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Kundera having a large impact, probably not a common read though?I remember The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Kundera having a large impact, probably not a common read though?
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Comment on How do you manage separate development environments on your computer? in ~tech
Wulfsta Link ParentYou are correct! I just wanted to clarify my original “use Nix” as it didn’t explain anything about sandboxed builds or containerization possibilities. I agree that if there is any worry about...You are correct! I just wanted to clarify my original “use Nix” as it didn’t explain anything about sandboxed builds or containerization possibilities. I agree that if there is any worry about malware then everything should be fully isolated in a virtual machine - which is an even harder discussion.
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nixos-shell, that does what you ask though. But regarding containers, the warning at the top of that chapter is relevant. Anything that is not running in a virtual machine is just on your host machine as far as I am concerned. -
Comment on Making your own MSP/payment processor (in response to Itch/Valve) in ~games
Wulfsta LinkGood read, now I want to read the crypto rant.Good read, now I want to read the crypto rant.
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Comment on How do you manage separate development environments on your computer? in ~tech
Wulfsta Link ParentNixOS can actually do containers via systemd-nspawn, and the builds Nix runs are sandboxed. Technically, you could execute all your builds via a Nix flake target rather than create a development...NixOS can actually do containers via
systemd-nspawn, and the builds Nix runs are sandboxed. Technically, you could execute all your builds via a Nix flake target rather than create a development shell if you wanted this isolation the Nix sandbox provides. This would not be good enough for doing something like malware research, but definitely satisfies the original goal. -
Comment on How do you manage separate development environments on your computer? in ~tech
Wulfsta Link ParentI use NixOS on all of my machines at this point, I like how easy it is to configure my systems.I use NixOS on all of my machines at this point, I like how easy it is to configure my systems.
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Comment on How do you manage separate development environments on your computer? in ~tech
Wulfsta (edited )LinkI guess I'll be the "use Nix" guy in this thread. Nix is built for this, and if you want to spin up a development shell with specific packages for development that is relatively trivial to do. It...I guess I'll be the "use Nix" guy in this thread. Nix is built for this, and if you want to spin up a development shell with specific packages for development that is relatively trivial to do. It certainly has a high learning curve, but I can't go back at this point.
Edit: I didn’t make this clear originally in this comment, but Nix builds are sandboxed. You can run your builds as a Nix flake target, taking advantage of this. This would not provide protection while running the application, but you can take advantage of systemd or other container solutions if you are particularly worried. Containers are not as isolated as full virtual machines though, and if you are doing something that might involve malware then you should be running everything in a fully isolated virtual machine. Honestly, if you are just doing bog standard, normal development work you don’t need to worry about this.
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Comment on People who contribute to libre projects - how do you find time for this? in ~hobbies
Wulfsta LinkI’ve contributed a decent amount to Klipper, and that has always just been a result of identifying an issue, becoming increasingly dissatisfied, and then banging my head off embedded code and data...I’ve contributed a decent amount to Klipper, and that has always just been a result of identifying an issue, becoming increasingly dissatisfied, and then banging my head off embedded code and data sheets until it’s fixed. Generally any project I do isn’t because of desire to contribute to a project, it’s because I don’t have a solution to a problem or don’t like my current one.
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Comment on Reddit will block the Internet Archive in ~tech
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Comment on Question - how would you best explain how an LLM functions to someone who has never taken a statistics class? in ~tech
Wulfsta Link ParentUnfortunately, I feel like the usefulness of this layman explanation is fairly low. It is fundamentally true, but doesn't address the source of the next word to be predicted. A natural follow up...Unfortunately, I feel like the usefulness of this layman explanation is fairly low. It is fundamentally true, but doesn't address the source of the next word to be predicted. A natural follow up question should be "where does the LLM get its knowledge?" and this immediately becomes a problem to answer. If you say it is stored within the word predictor during its training, most laymen understand that to mean it has a database of discrete knowledge stored somehow (lets ignore techniques like RAG and just focus on bare LLMs). Understanding the world discretely like this (is the knowledge there or not?) results in confusion about how a model can hallucinate or get things totally incorrect - that is, it doesn't really explain much of anything.
I don't have one myself, but I think there must be some kind of analogy that lends itself more to an explanation of the follow up questions than this?
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Comment on Over twenty-one days of talking with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became convinced he was a superhero in ~tech
Wulfsta LinkInteresting this spiral happened beginning with a math question. Mathematics has a history of cranks, so maybe this article is less surprising to me than it should be?Interesting this spiral happened beginning with a math question. Mathematics has a history of cranks, so maybe this article is less surprising to me than it should be?
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Comment on US President Donald Trump freezes $300 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism in ~society
Wulfsta Link ParentThey are fundraising now. Maybe this warrants a new topic?Maybe this warrants a new topic?
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Comment on I designed my own ridiculously fast game streaming video codec in ~comp
Wulfsta (edited )LinkNeat, reminds me of Via. They solve different problems, but they are similar problems.Neat, reminds me of Via. They solve different problems, but they are similar problems.
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The terribly tragic, totally avoidable, absolute collapse of the gaming industry
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Comment on After Steam, indie videogame store itch.io has also delisted erotic content in ~games
Wulfsta Link ParentI really can’t decide if I agree or disagree with either side of using crypto for once. On one hand, the original idea of cryptocurrency was simply decentralized currency, which would allow for an...I really can’t decide if I agree or disagree with either side of using crypto for once. On one hand, the original idea of cryptocurrency was simply decentralized currency, which would allow for an alternative to these payment processors if correctly regulated as the financial instrument it is. On the other, there are a lot of reasons that crypto is generally wasteful or predatory.
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Comment on Looking for surreal horror/mindbending in ~books
Wulfsta Link ParentI really didn’t like The Scar as much as Perdido Street Station, but I think that’s because the latter’s broad optimism into downward spiral and failure coupled with the ending just made more of...I really didn’t like The Scar as much as Perdido Street Station, but I think that’s because the latter’s broad optimism into downward spiral and failure coupled with the ending just made more of an impact.
I do want a Bas-Lag book set in High Cromlech though, the concept of that nation is incredible, and it’s a shame we only ever hear about it.
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Comment on Looking for surreal horror/mindbending in ~books
Wulfsta (edited )Link ParentI’m a big fan of Mieville, if you haven’t read Perdido Street Station you should give it a shot. It’s very weird fantasy, so many of his works are just unlike so much else in their respective...I’m a big fan of Mieville, if you haven’t read Perdido Street Station you should give it a shot. It’s very weird fantasy, so many of his works are just unlike so much else in their respective genres.
I also have to disagree with Lovecraft, some of his stuff is still interesting like the Randolph Carter portions of work and especially The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, but I think it’s bad to recommend without a lot of caveats.
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Comment on Looking for surreal horror/mindbending in ~books
Wulfsta LinkI think you would probably like The City & The City by China Miéville? This is not horror, but I'm pretty confident recommending it. Edit: The Wikipedia page has extensive spoilers and you should...I think you would probably like The City & The City by China Miéville? This is not horror, but I'm pretty confident recommending it.
Edit: The Wikipedia page has extensive spoilers and you should go in blind, so I am removing the link.
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Comment on What’s a plot twist that happened in your own life? in ~life
Wulfsta Link ParentWow, I would have quit during the evaluation had this happened to me - you’re the only person who works for this department, leaving them out to dry with their two museums after they did this...Wow, I would have quit during the evaluation had this happened to me - you’re the only person who works for this department, leaving them out to dry with their two museums after they did this seems appropriate.
Modern kitchens must be tough, huh?