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Comment on Sanity check - always-on machine + laptop with remote desktop in ~tech
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
crulife (edited )Link ParentI had lingering doubts when reading the Way but really I relied a lot on the Goodreads rating and assumed there was something look forward to. It wasn't a tough read so I wasn't having a hard time...I had lingering doubts when reading the Way but really I relied a lot on the Goodreads rating and assumed there was something look forward to. It wasn't a tough read so I wasn't having a hard time really, so I just kept going and going, waiting for that something.
In modern terms, I felt like I was reading something written by LLM, with lots of D&D session transcripts in the training set. But of course that's not possible, since Way of Kings was released in 2010. It didn't help that the last book I read before Way of Kings was Garth Marenghi's Terrortome, which is a parody of slop horror writing. A lot of WoK felt like I was still reading Garth Marenghi, I recognized the same tropes all over the place.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
crulife Link ParentA pretty stupid reason: I had bought them in a bundle. And I guess reading it had become a before-sleep habit -- this all happened over quite a long time after all. I did finally give up near the...I am genuinely curious and say this without any sarcasm, why did you read them all if you weren't enjoying them?
A pretty stupid reason: I had bought them in a bundle. And I guess reading it had become a before-sleep habit -- this all happened over quite a long time after all. I did finally give up near the end though.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
crulife LinkI finished (i.e. finally stopped somewhere during book 4) reading books 1-4 of Stormlight Archives, i.e. Way of Kings and so forth. By Brandon Sanderson. It might have been one of the worst...I finished (i.e. finally stopped somewhere during book 4) reading books 1-4 of Stormlight Archives, i.e. Way of Kings and so forth. By Brandon Sanderson. It might have been one of the worst reading experiences I have ever had. The prose was horrible, the pacing was horrible, none of the characters nor the world was interesting. It's like I was reading a description of an average D&D session but over 3000 pages.
And I was burdened by the knowledge that this book series was at the top of my Goodreads list when sorted by user reviews. A lot of people seem to like this but obviously wasn't for me.
As a sort of mindrinse, I started reading Blindsight for the 3rd time. Perhaps I'll pick Echopraxia after it too -- it has bad reviews in Goodreads but I think I've been viscerally shown how little that matters.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
crulife (edited )LinkI'm pouring 20 years of experience from different programming languages, the things I love and hate about them, into my own language. Highlights: syntax close to ruby, with some parts from Rust...I'm pouring 20 years of experience from different programming languages, the things I love and hate about them, into my own language. Highlights:
- syntax close to ruby, with some parts from Rust and others
- concurrency via Erlang-style actors (with supervisors and all)
- bytecode and AOT tiers that are both first class citizens (allows neat things like reloads, metaevaluation and extensibilty without leaving the language, great REPL, startup latency that's good enough for most shell scripting)
- numeric types from u8 to arbitrary precision integers and decimals in the base language
- effects and exceptions typing
- linter in the compiler, hard enforcing style
- large stdlib
Possibly cool, possibly a big nothingburger, but I also foresee lots of these springing up in the near future. Might be difficult to stand out.
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Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
crulife LinkI've recently started using recovery drinks and creatine as part of my recovery. Earlier I've been kind of blindly thinking that the practice is the thing that matters and nothing else. Turns out...I've recently started using recovery drinks and creatine as part of my recovery. Earlier I've been kind of blindly thinking that the practice is the thing that matters and nothing else.
Turns out that nutrition and rest are pretty important too.
Also, I got a heart rate monitor and with its help will be adding some low stress exercise biking to my off days.
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Comment on There is no ‘hard problem of consciousness’ in ~humanities
crulife LinkI mean if you're into panpsychism, there indeed is no hard problem of conciousness. Everything simply has it because it's a fundamental property of matter. Some people may find that idea a bit...I mean if you're into panpsychism, there indeed is no hard problem of conciousness. Everything simply has it because it's a fundamental property of matter.
Some people may find that idea a bit hard though. Especially right now, when many people want to think that there's no way an LLM can be concious. Yeah, most probably not like we are, but not at all? Who knows.
Peter Watts's Blindsight is a fascinating peek into some ideas around this. Not panpsychism specifically but the conciousness thing.
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Comment on Avengers: Doomsday | Official trailer in ~movies
crulife LinkWhy do people still watch these? There have been roughly 4 movies in the Marvel universe and then numerous copies of them. It's like we've had LLM pumping these out since Iron Man 2.Why do people still watch these? There have been roughly 4 movies in the Marvel universe and then numerous copies of them. It's like we've had LLM pumping these out since Iron Man 2.
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Comment on Daniel Ortega says Nicaragua will no longer hold elections in ~society
crulife Link ParentYeah, well, somehow we have managed to not use nuclear weapons after WW2. So far. Perhaps the things I listed should be similar kind of universal taboo. And also, in my ideal world UN would have a...Yeah, well, somehow we have managed to not use nuclear weapons after WW2. So far.
Perhaps the things I listed should be similar kind of universal taboo.
And also, in my ideal world UN would have a monopoly on violence.
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Comment on Daniel Ortega says Nicaragua will no longer hold elections in ~society
crulife Link ParentUN. I do realize this is not a realistic wish at this time of human history.UN. I do realize this is not a realistic wish at this time of human history.
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Comment on Generals.io: a simple yet very cool online real time strategy game in ~games
crulife LinkCan somebody explain what happened here https://generals.io/replays/GXSXMb5xC?t=218 to the 99-sized army at the bottom row?Can somebody explain what happened here https://generals.io/replays/GXSXMb5xC?t=218 to the 99-sized army at the bottom row?
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Comment on Daniel Ortega says Nicaragua will no longer hold elections in ~society
crulife LinkI think we should have two global rules that are enforced brutally: Nobody can be a leader for more than, say, 12 years in a row Nobody can be a leader after the age of, say, 70 And just simply...I think we should have two global rules that are enforced brutally:
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Nobody can be a leader for more than, say, 12 years in a row
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Nobody can be a leader after the age of, say, 70
And just simply agree that if anyone fails in this, every country in the world wages war at them until the problem is fixed.
It won't fix all problems but will prevent a lot of them.
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Comment on The Odyssey - discussion thread in ~movies
crulife LinkApparently the RLM boys liked it, which is high praise for me. They are usually pretty great at looking at the actual quality and laughing at the culture wars from the outside.Apparently the RLM boys liked it, which is high praise for me. They are usually pretty great at looking at the actual quality and laughing at the culture wars from the outside.
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Comment on Sweden prides itself on equality, so why is its political gender gap growing – as general election looms, survey shows twice as many men as women support far-right Sverigedemokraterna in ~society
crulife Link ParentI mean that the left should adopt these "right-wing" policies, which I don't think are fundamentally right-wing actually.Similarly, I'm not seeing that adopting right-wing policies has been effective at curbing the right in the US. It really doesn't seem like that strategy is that effective?
I mean that the left should adopt these "right-wing" policies, which I don't think are fundamentally right-wing actually.
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Comment on Sweden prides itself on equality, so why is its political gender gap growing – as general election looms, survey shows twice as many men as women support far-right Sverigedemokraterna in ~society
crulife Link ParentBillionaires are obviously not the problem in Sweden. Unless you desperately need to buy a home from Södermalm.Billionaires are obviously not the problem in Sweden. Unless you desperately need to buy a home from Södermalm.
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Comment on Sweden prides itself on equality, so why is its political gender gap growing – as general election looms, survey shows twice as many men as women support far-right Sverigedemokraterna in ~society
crulife (edited )Link ParentRegarding Sweden, there are three facts: Olof Palme's government voted (with a unanimous parliament vote!) in favour of a new immigration and minority policy in 1975. The previous one was a policy...Regarding Sweden, there are three facts:
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Olof Palme's government voted (with a unanimous parliament vote!) in favour of a new immigration and minority policy in 1975. The previous one was a policy of assimilation and ethno-cultural homogeneity. The new one was state-sponsored multiculturalism which essentially continues to this day.
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This immediately led to a sharp increase of muslim immigrants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Sweden#/media/File:Muslim_percentage_in_Sweden,_1930%E2%80%932016.svg
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The non-existent assimilation policy directly led to muslims forming their own societies in Sweden, which in turn directly led to several new organized crime groups and greatly increased crime rates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime_in_Sweden
Now, some right-wing circles and Russia like to over-emphasize these problems for (geo)political gain but that doesn't mean there are no problems. There are clear political decision points that obviously led to worsening situations.
If we want to curb the rise of the far right, the most obvious path towards that would be to overturn these decisions. It won't be nearly as fun as not making those decisions in the first place would have been, but I don't think ignoring the problem and letting it fester is a great idea either.
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Comment on Help me choose a HiDPI monitor for work in ~tech
crulife Link ParentIt sounds to me like I should avoid checking out what 120Hz would feel like because if I like it too much, I'll be compelled to buy expensive equipment and spend way more energy in the future for...It sounds to me like I should avoid checking out what 120Hz would feel like because if I like it too much, I'll be compelled to buy expensive equipment and spend way more energy in the future for all computer use. :)
Do you like the interpolation effects in televisions? You know, the thing that makes a 30Hz video stream
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Comment on Help me choose a HiDPI monitor for work in ~tech
crulife LinkFor what it's worth, my Ultrawide LG bought about 3 years ago works pretty much perfectly with Linux (intel gpu / Thunderbolt) via USB-C. Screen quality is superb at 5120x2160. In my opinion,...For what it's worth, my Ultrawide LG bought about 3 years ago works pretty much perfectly with Linux (intel gpu / Thunderbolt) via USB-C. Screen quality is superb at 5120x2160.
In my opinion, going above 60Hz is not useful even for gaming, and pretty much a complete waste of energy for desktop work. But you of course are the one experiencing your vision, so mileage may vary :)
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Comment on Ukraine ‘cuts off’ Crimea from Russia, plunging it into an energy crisis in ~society
crulife LinkThere's probably a fair bit of propaganda sprinkled in all this goodness, but I'm still happy to hear it.There's probably a fair bit of propaganda sprinkled in all this goodness, but I'm still happy to hear it.
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Comment on Who cleans up after the vibe-coding party? in ~tech
crulife Link ParentI'm sorry for your lousy executives. Ours do stuff like that too, but also 100% accept that we'll just use his version as a prototype example and rewrite all of it. But we are an AI first company...I'm sorry for your lousy executives. Ours do stuff like that too, but also 100% accept that we'll just use his version as a prototype example and rewrite all of it. But we are an AI first company anyway, so we probably have quite a bit more competence in the area than others.
As a reality check: 50M is a pretty good upload speed, more than enough for most 4K streaming. Stability and latency are more significant.
A simple wireguard setup will be enough for securing the link. Roughly about 10 lines of configuration on both sides, and generating and moving some public keys around. LLMs are good for helping with that.
Netcup dedicated hosts are pretty good in my opinion and not terribly expensive. At least yet. And they are located in Germany.