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Comment on It breaks a village in ~comp
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Comment on Software for humans in ~tech
snake_case Link ParentYou wouldn't want your Git remote on the same machine, though, and any cloud software is gonna be vibe coded.You wouldn't want your Git remote on the same machine, though, and any cloud software is gonna be vibe coded.
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Comment on It breaks a village in ~comp
snake_case Link ParentWhile we're here, what are your thoughts on the kernel? I can't decide, cause obviously people vibecoding in there would be terrible, but at the same time it lowers the entry level knowledge of...While we're here, what are your thoughts on the kernel?
I can't decide, cause obviously people vibecoding in there would be terrible, but at the same time it lowers the entry level knowledge of contributing, which might end up being a good thing for the project as a whole.
I know it'll be an eternal September kinda thing if that happens and so the maintainers who really only had to converse amongst themselves will suddenly find an overwhelming amount of PRs that are not up to standard, but, if they can set up a system to auto reject PRs based on some failed tests or something there might be some gems in there fixing like 20 year old security bugs.
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Comment on It breaks a village in ~comp
snake_case Link ParentThe issue is that you can't prove that something wasn't AI generated. Many have tried, and the results are not great. All anyone has to do is prompt the model some verbose version of 'don't sound...The issue is that you can't prove that something wasn't AI generated. Many have tried, and the results are not great. All anyone has to do is prompt the model some verbose version of 'don't sound like an AI'
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Comment on The marine sanctuary protecting the Gulf’s coral life in ~enviro
snake_case (edited )LinkOne plan is to identify genetic strains of corals that better tolerate heat and grow them in laboratories like the one at Moody Gardens Aquarium in Galveston. I used to work in a bioinformatics...One plan is to identify genetic strains of corals that better tolerate heat and grow them in laboratories like the one at Moody Gardens Aquarium in Galveston.
I used to work in a bioinformatics plant lab, this is the solution everyone is trying. If we can just speed up the adaptation process we can save a species, the problem is that its hard and takes forever with a lot of trial and error because you have to pick genes which work, work long term, and are readily picked by the natural reproduction process (so many processes exist to specifically kick out our manufactured genes!)
So, we have to pick and choose which species to save, and right now we’re struggling just trying to save our cash crops. I’m hoping that advancements in AI will help speed this along, and it already kinda has since no one has to code their own pipelines by hand any more, but we still have a long way to go before saving a random coral algae species via this method is an actual real solution that will work long term.
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Comment on Software for humans in ~tech
snake_case Link ParentAll of them, github, bitbucket, gitlab, every single service that hosts git repos is vibe coded now. So if you’re trying to use Git, you’d have to set up your own remote if you wanted to avoid...All of them, github, bitbucket, gitlab, every single service that hosts git repos is vibe coded now.
So if you’re trying to use Git, you’d have to set up your own remote if you wanted to avoid vibe coded projects.
On top of that:
Microsoft services are vibe coded, Google services, Apple services, your banking apps and websites, Doordash, Uber, Lyft, all online ordering apps, all social media, all entertainment services, all that shit has been vibe coded for the past two years.I know the point is probably so that when you’re building a project you can avoid using other peoples vibe coded libraries because they may be more prone to breaking, but if you’re gonna do that you gotta host your own Git remote and I don’t even know what flavor of Linux has no vibe coded pieces in it. Everything has this shit in it.
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Comment on Software for humans in ~tech
snake_case LinkCute but the whole Git platform is vibe coded at this point I don’t know how anyone would actually avoid all vibe coded platforms. Also, the software to tell teachers if a paper is LLM generated...Cute but the whole Git platform is vibe coded at this point I don’t know how anyone would actually avoid all vibe coded platforms.
Also, the software to tell teachers if a paper is LLM generated kinda sucks, I don’t see how this could be better.
Ive been collecting used books because anything published after about 2023 was at least edited by an LLM, if not written by one, and theres no way to tell for sure other than just trusting everyone involved.
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Comment on Firefox is releasing an enterprise offering soon in ~tech
snake_case (edited )Link ParentIirc thundermail doesn’t have a server? Or am I thinking of the linux app Edit: I see Thunderbird https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/thunderbird But what I really want is an @mozilla.com...Iirc thundermail doesn’t have a server? Or am I thinking of the linux app
Edit: I see Thunderbird
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/thunderbird
But what I really want is an @mozilla.com email address and I don’t think it does that
I forget what blog I read this on but its apparently really hard to not have a standard email provider cause gmail’s spam filter is hostile
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Comment on Firefox is releasing an enterprise offering soon in ~tech
snake_case Link ParentI think they could bring it home if they had an email server. Partner with like AOL or something and offer the whole shebang as a privacy aware enterprise suite.I think they could bring it home if they had an email server. Partner with like AOL or something and offer the whole shebang as a privacy aware enterprise suite.
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Comment on UN says world will miss its climate target, warming must be reversed in ~enviro
snake_case Link ParentLooks like they're still building the pipeline, just calling it a different name https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/keystone-light-tar-sands-pipeline-same-problems-different-nameLooks like they're still building the pipeline, just calling it a different name
https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/keystone-light-tar-sands-pipeline-same-problems-different-name
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Comment on UN says world will miss its climate target, warming must be reversed in ~enviro
snake_case Link ParentRight? Someone should make a movie It would only be a good movie if it turns out it was worth it, though, I guess, and from my perspective that's sorta hard to see.Right? Someone should make a movie
It would only be a good movie if it turns out it was worth it, though, I guess, and from my perspective that's sorta hard to see.
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Comment on UN says world will miss its climate target, warming must be reversed in ~enviro
snake_case Link ParentUnless covid was actually an eco-terrorist attack, hmm Man that would be movie level evil though wouldn’t it, killing millions to provide a few more years for the human race to prepare for the...Unless covid was actually an eco-terrorist attack, hmm
Man that would be movie level evil though wouldn’t it, killing millions to provide a few more years for the human race to prepare for the changing climate.
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Comment on Farmers turn to perennial grains as one solution to extreme weather in ~enviro
snake_case Link ParentThey can probably get the size to a more acceptable level in a few years, wheat is one of the easy to breed plants. Wheat itself doesn’t have to be annual, it blooms every year and then dies but...They can probably get the size to a more acceptable level in a few years, wheat is one of the easy to breed plants.
Wheat itself doesn’t have to be annual, it blooms every year and then dies but in the wild the root system stays and comes back. If this perennial wheat also blooms every year, increasing the yield will be easy.
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Comment on Ajeya Cotra – "This might be the clearest warning shot we ever get" in ~tech
snake_case LinkI know, logically, that it sounds like an AI robot from a movie because we trained them on AI robot scripts from movies, but, wowI know, logically, that it sounds like an AI robot from a movie because we trained them on AI robot scripts from movies, but, wow
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Comment on What's your line? in ~life
snake_case Link ParentEvery time I try to say anything they just tell me that my news is propaganda lolEvery time I try to say anything they just tell me that my news is propaganda lol
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Comment on Adulting -- what advice or encouragement did you receive / wish you had received when you were just starting out moving out? in ~life
snake_case Link ParentI also learned how to thrift shop in college! I wish there was some way other than trial and error that you can learn what items are a bargain and which aren't. Edit: If you need new dishes you...I also learned how to thrift shop in college!
I wish there was some way other than trial and error that you can learn what items are a bargain and which aren't.
Edit: If you need new dishes you can get them for so stupid cheap and better quality by going to literally any habitat for humanity / etc. They have entire sets of anything you could want, stoneware, fine china, silverware, for like under $10. If the whole set isn't under 10 don't buy it.
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Comment on What made that wedding that you attended particularly memorable? in ~life
snake_case Link ParentOhh okay I was told that under the context of someone explaining what Baptist is, but they neglected to mention that. ThanksOhh okay I was told that under the context of someone explaining what Baptist is, but they neglected to mention that. Thanks
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Comment on Adulting -- what advice or encouragement did you receive / wish you had received when you were just starting out moving out? in ~life
snake_case LinkA shrooms trip gave me this one in my first semester of college as an adult, trying to finish a degree after I'd dropped out the first time. Pick a thing, do it for a long time, and someone will...A shrooms trip gave me this one in my first semester of college as an adult, trying to finish a degree after I'd dropped out the first time.
Pick a thing, do it for a long time, and someone will pay you.
I can add all sorts of context to this like, the lesson for me was that computers are indeed something I could focus on for the whole rest of my life and not burn out, it's a skill that is boundless, I can endlessly specialize in some specific aspect and the more I learn the more people pay me for it. It would take many lifetimes to learn all there is to learn about computers. That's what makes a lucrative career, you don't have to be especially talented, you just have to do something A LOT
I know that the software industry isn't what it used to be, but you can actually just pick one thing to do, a skill where you're doing a thing, and do that a lot, like ten hours a day for years, and someone will pay you.
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Comment on What made that wedding that you attended particularly memorable? in ~life
snake_case Link ParentI guess, it's kind of hazy now, he definitely repeatedly said 'Jesus lived again, --name-- will also live again and you will too' He went on this tangent about like, all of the work that Paul and...I guess, it's kind of hazy now, he definitely repeatedly said 'Jesus lived again, --name-- will also live again and you will too'
He went on this tangent about like, all of the work that Paul and the apostles did and all the work he's done and we've all done would have been for nothing if we don't live again, so we must live again
Christian sermons always seem over the top for me I guess cause it's so alien, but this one was really something haha
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Comment on What made that wedding that you attended particularly memorable? in ~life
snake_case Link ParentI thought that was Protestant?I thought that was Protestant?
I watched a ton of projects stop giving monetary incentives, that was super sad. I'm sure there were real people out there subsisting on those. Was among the first casualties for sure.