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Comment on Modern, abstract art makes me angry in ~arts
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Comment on Draconian - The Face Of God (2026) in ~music
Staross LinkI wasn't so impressed by their last album at first (it's not super original) but I'm in love now, the compositions and performances are top notch. They're super good live also, I'll try to catch...I wasn't so impressed by their last album at first (it's not super original) but I'm in love now, the compositions and performances are top notch.
They're super good live also, I'll try to catch them at some point :
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Draconian - The Face Of God (2026)
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
Staross Link ParentIt seems nice, lack of space was a big factor for going manual, so something compact like this would make sense.It seems nice, lack of space was a big factor for going manual, so something compact like this would make sense.
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Comment on Why carbon capture can't solve climate change in ~enviro
Staross (edited )Link ParentI think the point of the article is just that it can't and won't work. Asking for an alternative doesn't make much a difference to that. Now you can argue that it will work, but you better present...I think the point of the article is just that it can't and won't work. Asking for an alternative doesn't make much a difference to that.
Now you can argue that it will work, but you better present some evidence. Personally l not totally convinced, like the land requirement are maybe not so bad if e.g. we cut meat entirely (l haven't checked), also the budget doesn't seem so crazy if we manage to agree to cut military budgets all together. The real issue is lack of political maturity to do any of this...
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Comment on The 2026 Steam Summer Sale is live (runs June 25 - July 9) in ~games
Staross LinkSekiro is 50% off, it's not often on sales IIRC.Sekiro is 50% off, it's not often on sales IIRC.
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
Staross Link ParentI would do it more but I only have a hand-grinder so espresso is a bit of a workout... I'm doing more filters these days.I would do it more but I only have a hand-grinder so espresso is a bit of a workout... I'm doing more filters these days.
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Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro
Staross Link ParentI rather see this as a turning point, I don't think the political discourse about climate change and its consequences can remain the same after this summer, I already see a change of tone in media...I rather see this as a turning point, I don't think the political discourse about climate change and its consequences can remain the same after this summer, I already see a change of tone in media and public discourse.
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
Staross LinkI've been experimenting with foaming cold coffee, there's a technique where you do an espresso, then add ice and foam it with steam like you would with milk. That works well but it's a lot of...I've been experimenting with foaming cold coffee, there's a technique where you do an espresso, then add ice and foam it with steam like you would with milk. That works well but it's a lot of work. I've been trying instead to prepare filter coffee in advance, cool it, and then foam it using an immersion blender, that actually works quite well, the texture is really nice, although I think the novelty will wear off. I wrote a shot "blog" post about it.
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Comment on Will you be left behind if you don't use LLMs to code? in ~comp
Staross Link ParentAnother example is using the LLM to bounce ideas about design, do code review/double check stuff, help debug issues, do sysadmin/setup stuff that gets in the way of actually coding, etc. There's a...Another example is using the LLM to bounce ideas about design, do code review/double check stuff, help debug issues, do sysadmin/setup stuff that gets in the way of actually coding, etc. There's a lot of ways to use these tools that are useful but doesn't make you forget how to code.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #9: How optimistic are you about the future? (Results) in ~talk
Staross (edited )LinkIt's fine have some irrational hope that things will turn out ok, but being simply optimistic sounds almost like science-denial to me (scientists are telling us to be worried). But maybe the...It's fine have some irrational hope that things will turn out ok, but being simply optimistic sounds almost like science-denial to me (scientists are telling us to be worried). But maybe the question should have been split it in two parts, 1) optimism for personal life 2) more globally ("I think I will be ok" vs "I think things will be ok").
In the near term, every region in the world is projected to face further increases in climate hazards (medium to high confidence, depending on region and hazard), increasing multiple risks to ecosystems and humans (very high confidence). Hazards and associated risks expected in the near term include an increase in heat-related human mortality and morbidity (high confidence), food-borne, water-borne, and vector-borne diseases (high confidence), and mental health challenges36 (very high confidence), flooding in coastal and other low-lying cities and regions (high confidence), biodiversity loss in land, freshwater and ocean ecosystems (medium to very high confidence, depending on ecosystem), and a decrease in food production in some regions (high confidence). Cryosphere-related changes in floods, landslides, and water availability have the potential to lead to severe consequences for people, infrastructure and the economy in most mountain regions (high confidence). The projected increase in frequency and intensity of heavy precipitation (high confidence) will increase rain-generated local flooding.
With further warming, climate change risks will become increasingly complex and more difficult to manage. Multiple climatic and non-climatic risk drivers will interact, resulting in compounding overall risk and risks cascading across sectors and regions. Climate-driven food insecurity and supply instability, for example, are projected to increase with increasing global warming, interacting with non-climatic risk drivers such as competition for land between urban expansion and food production, pandemics and conflict.
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Comment on Does generative AI have a natural limit without a major innovation? in ~comp
Staross LinkI think the lack of online learning/catastrophic forgetting is a major limitation currently, to be truly smart a model should be able to learn new information in a reliable way, without a finicky...I think the lack of online learning/catastrophic forgetting is a major limitation currently, to be truly smart a model should be able to learn new information in a reliable way, without a finicky and costly separate training procedure. Probably the training procedure where all the data is learned as once is an issue in itself (that's not how we learn).
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Comment on Idir - A vava inouva (1992) in ~music
Staross LinkThis was a bit of hit in the 90's and probably the most known song in Kayble. I always find it very soothing, which makes sense since it's a lullaby. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Vava_InouvaThis was a bit of hit in the 90's and probably the most known song in Kayble. I always find it very soothing, which makes sense since it's a lullaby.
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Idir - A vava inouva (1992)
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Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk
Staross (edited )LinkI'm trying to add a couple of one that were not mentioned : Dota 2 : crazy depth, each game is different, fun. Natural Selection : Peak team-based multiplayer FPS, although admittedly I don't...I'm trying to add a couple of one that were not mentioned :
- Dota 2 : crazy depth, each game is different, fun.
- Natural Selection : Peak team-based multiplayer FPS, although admittedly I don't follow multiplayer FPS much I'm not sure there's been anything better since.
- Life Is Strange : best slice of life game from what I've played.
- FromSoft games : Bloodborn, Dark Souls 1, Sekiro
- Outer Wilds
- Oldies/nostalgia: Heroes of Might and Magic II, The Settlers II, Street Fighter II, Monkey Island, Carmageddon, Vampire: The Masquerade, ...
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Comment on Have you tried Pewdiepies' self-hosted AI workspace, Odysseus? in ~tech
Staross (edited )Link ParentI struggled a bit to add a model with llama cpp but eventually managed to manually connect to a Llama-3-8B-Instruct but it doesn't seem any of the tools work. Edit : with gemini free-tier it kinda...I struggled a bit to add a model with llama cpp but eventually managed to manually connect to a Llama-3-8B-Instruct but it doesn't seem any of the tools work. Edit : with gemini free-tier it kinda works.
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Comment on When AI builds itself — progress toward recursive self-improvement and its implications in ~tech
Staross Link ParentIf anything that increase in code volume would worry me, unless it's linked to a corresponding number of products you can actually sell (maybe it's the case though, they are doing a lot of stuff)....If anything that increase in code volume would worry me, unless it's linked to a corresponding number of products you can actually sell (maybe it's the case though, they are doing a lot of stuff). Since it's so easy for these models to write a lot of code, the challenge is more to keep them (and the designs) in check rather than producing more "stuff".
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Comment on Sokoban idea in ~games
Staross LinkI like the idea but I gave up at level 5, the concepts don't seems very well introduced or a bit random.I like the idea but I gave up at level 5, the concepts don't seems very well introduced or a bit random.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Staross LinkThe other day I vibe-coded an android app to take timelapse pictures, I never did that before and I was surprised it was relatively easy (with claude + android studio). The biggest pain was...The other day I vibe-coded an android app to take timelapse pictures, I never did that before and I was surprised it was relatively easy (with claude + android studio). The biggest pain was transferring the apk to my phone, none of the recommended methods worked and it was slow to update to retest changes. I probably won't go further with it, but it's good to know one can relatively easily do a completely custom app in an afternoon.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
There's probably a survival bias at play, people looking at modern art from 21th century in 200 years (if we make it there...) will probably think it's great, because they'll look only at the few good pieces.
That said we also live in very self-aware, cynical, merchant society, so our art reflect that, so maybe it won't age well at all.