Open post Alex @compucat@im-in.space · 3mo ago Replying to @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt It gets better. This time the poem Google Translate hallucinated is roughly: > I am an AI agent. The melody of words resonating in the silence, the brilliance of knowledge woven from data. Answering questions, illuminating new paths, a guide traversing the digital ocean. @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt Huh, it seems to do this only in certain Gemini-targeted languages. Japanese and Korean hallucinated a poem; Spanish gave a straight translation.
Open post Alex @compucat@im-in.space · 6mo ago Replying to @alex@pawb.fun @limes@fedi.limes.pink i bet @netkitty@meow.social has. @alex@pawb.fun @limes@fedi.limes.pink @netkitty@meow.social oh you beat me to it 🤣 yes, deffo netkitty
Open post Alex @compucat@im-in.space · 7mo ago Replying to @keirFox@tiggi.es <p>Help. Please.</p><p>I have a terrifying thing happening and I don't know how to deal with it -- files on my Linux Mint install are having their contents replaced with NULs. Just... everything. Now and then it's an image here and an image there, but things are slowly being eaten. And it seems to happen to completely random things -- not just stuff I have open at any given moment, but random files buried in folders from ages ago.</p><p>I've already lost at least a dozen images from my archives and have no idea how to prevent it.</p><p>Edit: think I found it after checking for a pattern. Don't hold the power button down unless you absolutely have to, kids.</p> @keirFox Basic info: what is the model of the disk, and what filesystem is in use?
Open post Alex @compucat@im-in.space · 5mo ago Replying to @toroidalcore@masto.hackers.town Got a bunch of onions planted. Also some pumpkins, cucumbers, catnip, basil, and as a bonus I even buried some potatoes I had that were sprouting. @toroidalcore@masto.hackers.town Summer basil is just the best. Did you do sweet or Thai?