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Scottish Archery Nerd, He/Him

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Joined July 07, 2023

8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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@WiteWulf@cyberplace.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run but people see the goods that conventional machine learning and tech does, assumes it's the same thing as LLM AI because they've been lead to believe it's all the same and then question the people pointing out that we're NOT talking about baking bread... we're talking about the morons running around with gas cans and matches burning everyone's houses down.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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@davidgerard@circumstances.run so it has some good uses is essentially "I heard someone used AI to do something good" when it practice it wasn't AI in how we're being sold it at all... and it's frustrating as all hell when it's clearly messing with everything.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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But I also admit im scared of the external job market for my role... searching positions ive already seen that there's an expectation for skills i don't have, certifications im missing or languages I dont know... Or the companies hiring being soulless betting companies or proudly bragging about being AI first. Theres probably a lot of Imposter syndrome going on here if im being honest... but gods I just wanted to do my work.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 4mo ago

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@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw if you would be up for some sci-fi alliette de bodard has a couple of solid offerings. Most on brand would be "A Fire born in exile" which was originally sold to me as "Sapphic Vietnamese count of monte cristo in space" But Red scholar's wake (the preceding book) is space pirate intrigues and revenge going on as well, with a pirate queen (who is also a spaceship, its a thing) searching for her wife's killer. Very science as magic setting, quite different from the norm.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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@critakitty@wetdry.world if you dont mind some kind of out there sci-fi Alliete De Bodard's Xuya universe books might be worth a look in? Red scholar's wake and A Fire Born in exile were really fun reads. Big emphasis around technology blurring the lines with magic and Eastern style court intrigues. A fire born in exile was originally sold to me as being Vietnamese sapphic count of monte cristo in space. Didn't disappoint ^_^

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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OK better news as an immediate follow up, ive been offered the compliance analyst 12 month role. Can breathe easier now.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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Well heard back from the senior TA role and its come back as a no. Annoyingly its a second instance now of going through the interview process for the recruiters to not pick anyone who's applied. 😑 That's two roles now ive had that happen to me.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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What parts of me will I need to compromise or trade away with everything going to shit.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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@davidgerard@circumstances.run just because your shit barn is also made out of bricks doesn't mean its the same thing as Notredam cathedral. And just because some scientists used machine learning to work out protein properties doesn't mean your useless LLM deserves any of the credit.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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@davidgerard@circumstances.run I think this is where a lot of the unaccepted hype of the various LLM platforms have muddied the waters. they've done such a job of linking any form of machine learning with their own slop machines that even though they're not the same thing, in normal people's head's they've become conflated. so when we hear about machine learning making some advancement the various AI-bros leap on it as justification for their own slop even though the connection in practical senses is tenuous.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 6mo ago

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@SmudgeTheInsultCat ZacspeaksGiant and PunkyDoodles awesomely gave us this wee gem based on just this thread: https://youtube.com/shorts/aVCo0k5YeLo?si=_U9obQHgfEnl45gv

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 9mo ago

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@stjepanlukac@mastodon.art kind of? the Malazan series is kind of weird in that it kind of spawned from an rpg campaign setting and Erikson throws a ton of world building and tone setting but it has pacing issues. I'd argue that deadhouse gates (the second book) flows significantly better with writing lessons learned from Gardens of the moon. it does however accelerate nicely and all those weird and disparate threads did tie up in a satisfying way for me by the end of the book.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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I'm honestly unsure if I'm going to land any of these, I'm throwing my CV at all the work's internal roles because I've got some shortcutting to try and find a position in the company which I might as well exploit that for as long as I can. either in trying to get a role or in getting myself as much interview experience as possible before my actual redundency date.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

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admittedly waiting to hear back from a permenant role I interviewed for this morning... but I've explained to the interviewers and they understand. I'm going to chase it up properly tomorrow either way though, just getting breathing room for this whole situation is a big win.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 10mo ago

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@mariyadelano I suspect there's an element of platform lock in occuring with a lot of this. quite a lot of stuff we have to deal with these days are platform specific so working with more standard core tools like Bash aren't being kept sharp or handed down. I'm someone who came into database work and sql development via a call center background than conventional approaches I've found it notable that I had little exposure to low level tools until I went hunting for them.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

got introduced to Takehara Pistol last Sumo Basho and... I think the best thing I can describe their work as is Japanese Dad Rock?

I'm here for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEjU8CnIKx4

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

interview done yesterday for a performance analyst role, had a presentation interview task on a tech support website which let me draw on my call center troubleshooting experience which helped I think.

doing a SQL test for another role first thing tomorrow morning and then doing another interview on Friday.

should start hearing back from the various roles I've been applying for next week I think.

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8-bit Archer @8bitarcher@kind.social

· 5mo ago

blegh... I always hate election days, I have no regrets or issues with voting or the like but there's always a perpetual feeling of utter dread with things lining up to get even more shit.

it's hard to be hopeful but I need to try, at least for the scottish government to remain at least mostly ok...

my grumbles and displeasure with the SNP and preference for the greens aside...

the prospect of labour/tories/reform making headway gives me a headache.

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