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Okay, #NetBSD on main computo, attempt no 2. I was able to get 1920x1080 resolution thanks to wsfb and gop. I need to accept that fetchmail is not going to work, but I would like to ask for your help....
@bpl which tetris are you playing? how would you verify that GPU is working? i have an amd64 system with an older radeon card that i believe is providing acceleration but i mostly use the system over SSH so not totally sure
(EDIT: also, what problem did you have with fetchmail?)
(EDIT: also, what problem did you have with fetchmail?)
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@nprofile1q... was just reading https://konilo.org/ilo.txt and noticed a possible typo.
are the min and max values intended to be off-by-one from the typical signed 32-bit values? or are you using sentinel values for something tricky?
are the min and max values intended to be off-by-one from the typical signed 32-bit values? or are you using sentinel values for something tricky?
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song of the day: "bass disorder" (2000) by electromeca
someone finally uploaded it... possibly my favorite breakcore song from back in the day. (probably an acquired taste)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5oRUz6vgs
someone finally uploaded it... possibly my favorite breakcore song from back in the day. (probably an acquired taste)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5oRUz6vgs
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The LLM schism comes to free software. A movement that started with rewriting and relicensing software confronts LLMs which rewrites and relicenses software. LLMs offer users (non-programmers) a new m...
@nprofile1q... i don't think this is accurate.
at least, i'm not sure most people's biggest problem is with a person who writes their own software (or modifies someone else's software for their own use) using an LLM on their own.
instead it has to do with attempts to inject LLM-generated code or assets back into an upstream project, adding direct costs via scraping, support burden, and similar.
at least, i'm not sure most people's biggest problem is with a person who writes their own software (or modifies someone else's software for their own use) using an LLM on their own.
instead it has to do with attempts to inject LLM-generated code or assets back into an upstream project, adding direct costs via scraping, support burden, and similar.
doing one final backup of the 2012 mbp with the massively swollen batteries from within a metal trash can full of sand outside our house.
(maybe overdoing it on the safety precautions but better safe than sorry i think.)
(maybe overdoing it on the safety precautions but better safe than sorry i think.)
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@nprofile1q... hello! i managed to get my hands on a GBA and wanted to try out running uxngba on it. can you give me any advice on what kind of flash cart will (or will not) work with it? thanks!
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My stance on the current trend of using The Lesser Key of Solomon at work and in one's personal life:
1. There's no evidence these evil spirits really are the 72 princes mentioned in The Lesser Key (and their innumerable minions). They only started telling us their "names" after someone incorporated the text of Ars Goetia in a (poorly-worded) binding ritual.
2. There's also no evidence that anyone's binding rituals actually work. It's always the same thing: Belial is asked to clean someone's house but burns it down instead and then everyone blames the binding ritual, summoning circle, wand, chalice, etc.
3. While most wizards report that making dark pacts with imps improves their spell-casting ability there are plenty of other familiars that are safer and more trustworthy.
4. There's a trend of reassuring people about this by asking spirits like Asmodeus the Prince of Lies if they are being truthful. This feels naive at best and actively malicious at worst.
5. It's not clear to me that risking your immortal soul to make your boss a bit richer is a good idea, to say nothing of risking your immortal soul to do a better job keeping up with email.
6. Just because everyone else has already torn innumerable holes in reality and brought forth legions of demons into our universe does not change my own feelings about it, though it certainly motivates a heightened level of interest in exorcisms and abjuration magic.
1. There's no evidence these evil spirits really are the 72 princes mentioned in The Lesser Key (and their innumerable minions). They only started telling us their "names" after someone incorporated the text of Ars Goetia in a (poorly-worded) binding ritual.
2. There's also no evidence that anyone's binding rituals actually work. It's always the same thing: Belial is asked to clean someone's house but burns it down instead and then everyone blames the binding ritual, summoning circle, wand, chalice, etc.
3. While most wizards report that making dark pacts with imps improves their spell-casting ability there are plenty of other familiars that are safer and more trustworthy.
4. There's a trend of reassuring people about this by asking spirits like Asmodeus the Prince of Lies if they are being truthful. This feels naive at best and actively malicious at worst.
5. It's not clear to me that risking your immortal soul to make your boss a bit richer is a good idea, to say nothing of risking your immortal soul to do a better job keeping up with email.
6. Just because everyone else has already torn innumerable holes in reality and brought forth legions of demons into our universe does not change my own feelings about it, though it certainly motivates a heightened level of interest in exorcisms and abjuration magic.
for no good reason i decided to document an imaginary 6-bit floating point format.
if you find floating point confusing this might help illustrate how it works... or it might confuse you even more. 🤷♀️
http://plastic-idolatry.com/erik/float6.txt
if you find floating point confusing this might help illustrate how it works... or it might confuse you even more. 🤷♀️
http://plastic-idolatry.com/erik/float6.txt
I know the Switch 2 just came on but I want to give you a love letter to my 3DS:
https://boehs.org/node/3ds
@nprofile1q... 3DS is also an amazing target for fantasy consoles as well (in my case #uxn ROMs)
it’s me, in the engine room of the abandoned riverboat casino. life is very hard lately, filled with painful new loss. but at least there are bandos to break into.
https://cdn.masto.host/autonomous...
@nprofile1q... 🖤 hopefully things turn around soon (and thanks for sharing your adventures with all of us on here)
My partner had not heard of the term vibe coding, and their guess was: coding, while drinking mate and listening to drum and bass. And, TBH, that is the "vibe coding" we really need.
#VibeCoding #Hac...
@nprofile1q... for me its a pot of earl grey and a 3 hour dark ambient playlist but still pretty similar really