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@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @wobweger@mstdn.social @libreoffice@fosstodon.org @grvsmth@lingo.lol @moskitokoenig@dizl.de That is what generative AI is useful for. It is very good at generating computer code and will vastly increase the quality of what professional programmers can produce. That is my experience

@tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org I am curious. Why do you need a policy? Don't you just do what you do?

@selzero@syzito.xyz That is useful it is more describing what fascists do at the macro rather than what they are, why they get mass support, how they feel That is useful - but I disagree about calling ordinary people fascists (the leaders i care not about) Fascists are lonely. So cuddle a fascist. Help them move away to a better place Hate and fear will not defeat facism, but love and hope can There is no time to waste, if it comes to war, it is too late

@mackuba@martianbase.net The lack of a decent standard library! Weep... For serious work on a corporate server I use as few crates as I can get away with. It can easily get to 200 crates (many duplicates at slightly different versions) for very simple programmes. Avoiding that usually means rejecting Rust altogether. I cannot import that much unknown, unverified code with a clear conscience.

@RaymondPierreL3@aus.social Very interesting. We have about covered it. I do note I am not visually stimulated. I think words are much more descriptive than images. I wonder if that is related to our differences?

@RaymondPierreL3@aus.social

I am in complete agreement with:

I would use a lot of discretion if I were to use AI Tools at all. There is nothing that can be coded which will match the human creative act, ever

Where we might disagree is I view agents as an extension of an and an enabler for my creativity

The lies! OMG!!

The idea that capitalism can make money for the investor class by eliminating the labouring classes with AI has many capitalists in raptures of disgusting joy.

Fools

@oak_kitten @mjd @nixCraft And they go on to say Curser has a positive margin on some of their products I've seen this before. My (educated) guess is the $200/$5000 comes from counting total compute spend at Anthropic including training and dividing it by income. Anthropic and co are in a desperate to train bigger models to outcompete each other in a race to bankruptcy The interesting data would be the marginal cost of servicing prompts. I see no evidence that is so negative

@mackuba@martianbase.net This is my biggest disagreement with the Rust community

If they insist on having a sparse standard library they need to have officially blessed crates.

blessed.rs is useful, but it is not that.

@bruces https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/04/hope-in-the-dark/#hormuzed-into-the-gretacene

@mattblaze @ferricoxide

the Klan isn’t a 501(c)3.

That is good.

But nothing surprises me these days, so maybe one day soon they might be...

@AinsleyLowbeer@mastodon.social Really? Your ignorance is showing...

@PavelASamsonov@mastodon.social shame that is paywalled

@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io it works. Better at somethings than others It is a tool, it has to be wielded. The more skill you have, the better the results It is unreliable but very powerful There is a bit or denial going on here, and lying drifters over there. Does not change the fact, all intellectual work is going to be effected

@grvsmth@lingo.lol @Garonenur@rollenspiel.social @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @wobweger@mstdn.social @libreoffice@fosstodon.org @moskitokoenig@dizl.de Golly! What do you expect when communicating? It is a shame if you cannot tolerate disagreement I have no problem with your opinions and POV, I disagree with some of it For bubbles of agreement I would have stayed on Facebook!

@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @grvsmth@lingo.lol @Garonenur@rollenspiel.social @wobweger@mstdn.social @moskitokoenig@dizl.de Argumentum ad hominem ignored I asserted that working on code is what (one thing) LLMs are good for. I have been watching closely as LLMs and the harnesses have developed and they have astounded me. There is little useful theory. That "text completion" could do all this is very surprising and I know of no theory to explain it https://youtu.be/_MwMLPmMccs?si=RSTP2TcZCqmNGxX- is a short talk by Greg Kroah-Hartman you may find helpful.

@wearenew_public@mastodon.social Where is it? Can we try it here?

@RaymondPierreL3@aus.social My buttons are in relaxed mode, BTW.

@PavelASamsonov I am not thrilled... Amused, exasperated, curious.... Not thrilled

@PavelASamsonov@mastodon.social https://archive.ph/z24oE

@steff @malwaretechhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2549

@dansup@mastodon.social How can you tell? A big dump of code in a PR must be wearisome no matter where it comes from. I am not a maintainer facing this, but I do use coding agents for writing code. I disagree that agents are useful for people who cannot code. For little things, yes. An Emacs macro, or an Excell macro or shell script, I see it. But for anything substantive IMO coding agents need a skilled operator Also I have gotten more from agents reviewing my code than vice verse

@T2R @malwaretech The Internet requires none of those things to function. It may seem pedantic, but the IP protocol, and the TCP protocol on top of that are below the level of DNS etcetera. The Web and the Internet are different. The Web runs on the Internet, and is less reliable (though not crippled by) those things you mention Fair to say most people, now, see the Internet through phone apps that introduce new classes of risk and failure

@Sheril@mastodon.social thanks for the link!

@steff @malwaretech Do not blame people clicking on links! That is what links are for. Blame people like me, computer programmers, who built insecure systems

@derderwish@social.chaotikum.org @commonst@social.vivaldi.net @nixCraft@mastodon.social Modeling the behavior, yourself, that you expect from others would be more effective

@PavelASamsonov

Too bad no one reads those reports.

I'm sure there's an AI for that....

@curiously@mastodon.au @nixCraft@mastodon.social you cannot steal a public repo Check the definition of Free Software

@Garonenur@rollenspiel.social @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @wobweger@mstdn.social @libreoffice@fosstodon.org @grvsmth@lingo.lol @moskitokoenig@dizl.de I am speaking from experience, not theory It is not as simple as "LLMs write better code". But from now on the best code will be aided by LLMs in its construction. That is true now

@oscherler@tooting.ch @hopeless@mas.to @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io No. We are at the point now where the harness matters more than the model. Keep an open mind, if you can. Some big disruptive tech shifts happening now

@tastapod@mas.to

I am a keen user, and advocate for, LLMs

Inserting a pointless voice or chatbot between me and the human I want to talk to...is not an 'AI strategy'.

I could not agree more!

LLMs have increased my productivity as a computer programmer like a chainsaw increases my productivity processing firewood. A tool needs a user!

@timbray@cosocial.ca ...he was not saying it was sensible

@tastapod@mas.to That is a damming indictment of our Economic arrangements. Ain't no AI to help us with thar

@T2R @malwaretech A long long way from the truth. A fault tolerant packet switching network that can survive a lot of disruption. We have the early engineers of the IETF to thank.

@craftygardennz@mastodon.nz $14,000+ Whew!

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @dangillmor I would like technical means for detection of these cameras I am not in the USA. I am inexperienced with radio devices but have time and general technical knowledge Are there resources on the Web tthat enumerate these devices and what yheir woreless signature and frequency? We are infested here and I would like to fight back. Legally naturally. Locating and identifying them is the first step

@evacide@hachyderm.io @ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social ❤️

@bruces I do not accept the premise, that we must preserve all our cultural artifacts. I appreciate the Internet Archive, but I have no problem if people want the things they create kept out of it. Letting go, and forgetting/being forgotten are important too.

@tastapod@mas.to Capitalists seeing "increased productivity" and jumping straight to "fire workers" are a blight on our society. But (if even a tiny bit of capitalists theory holds) their lunch will get eaten by those capitalists who use it to empower the staff they have. Economics is about relationships. If all you know how to do is count then those that can work well with people, and also count, will prevail over you. But as we go through the adjustment many (myself included) are suffering.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @dangillmor Here in Aotearoa they are mostly (AFAIK) run by private operators, networked, and made available to the cops for a price

@mackuba@martianbase.net For my dedicated machines that do not connect to anything I go wild and import any old crate - swap them in and out as I need them I usually ask my coding agent for recommendations and then apply the algorithms people here suggest

@wearenew_public@mastodon.social I have two things in mind, and little knowledge about your system, looking at that site now. I live at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitati We make extensive use of a local Facebook group. It is a fabulous service, except you must be on Facebook, which is dreadful for everybody's mental health Many here are on Facebook only for local news. Network effects bite very hard, and alternatives are very hard. I hope this sounds familiar Looking at joinroundabout now, thanks

@jago@mementomori.social @craftygardennz@mastodon.nz I am unsure if this is relevant but herein NZ there is no DMCA. I know people here have hacked the Leaf motor controllers, and put motors from Leaf wrecks to industrial uses.

@evacide@hachyderm.io This is good news. I am happy to find that there is someone left in Google that will "do the right thing". Host proof storage too. Opt in, not out. Makes me nostalgic for 2006, when Google were exciting inovators...

@cthos @xgranade

every org that has embraced genai for code gen can no longer maintain any 9s of availability.

I have been wondering about that. I think its probably true, but I do not know

Have you any actual evidence,?