AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org
Toughbook fan, Mathematician and Locksmith with limited success in other areas.
Political stance is far right and far left. Proponent of First Aid Kits and PPE. Easily disheartened by big tech. Partially hinged personality and stubborn enough to not write this in the First Person.
Distrust of Psychology and a fan of satire. I love a good joke and contradict myself. Somewhat serious but easily distracted.
Joined Jan 2020
@JF @colgrave @matrix @PINE64 I mean despite being a ToS nightmare to deal with and the spam, Gammie did a really good job. Element has a spam problem in general and the crowd it attracts doesn't like the safe space Discord crybabies.
Considering that he has the services running on something like a co-op server farm in his area, it's really good. Like he's making use of a local business and it's pretty wholesome. It does lag a little bit but that's probably on Discord's end. The kind of thing they would do when they see that they can't mine as much data.
@lupyuen I didn't know advertising was criminal.
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How #HomeAssistant built a Voice framework out of parts
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How we Blink a Simulated LED ... On Apache #NuttX Emulator for #Ox64 BL808 SBC
Source: https://github.com/lupyuen/quickjs-nuttx#simulate-the-led-on-ox64-emulator
@thor It would be appreciated.
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"the Attack flow started from archive files ... which were downloaded from Discord as an attachment"
https://research.checkpoint.com/2024/raspberry-robin-keeps-riding-the-wave-of-endless-1-days/
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"Niksen: Embracing the Dutch art of Doing Nothing" by Olga Mecking
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"What might come as a big surprise to those of us deeply embedded in academic culture is that what we have achieved doesn’t matter so much as what we are capable of doing. That tall stack of publications might have zero value outside academia, but all of the talents that we racked up in the process of producing those papers can be highly valuable."
https://scienceforeveryone.substack.com/p/publications-are-currency-from-a
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The early software industry was nerds having a blast but the way it works these days, most workplaces for programmers are software factories. Contractor shops where the work is often meaningless and repetitive. If you're a programmer and you don't have a job like that, you're among the lucky ones, and should remain quiet.
@thor Have you noticed the odd duality of optimization and inefficiencies in the last decade?
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ZLUDA: CUDA on AMD GPUs
https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA
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How Small is #QuickJS JavaScript Engine?
Source: https://github.com/lupyuen/quickjs-nuttx#how-small-is-quickjs
@thor I hope you enjoy it.
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@AmpBenzScientist I'm looking at working in healthcare. I've realised that my sharp mind can be applied toward a nobler goal than computers. I can understand people, places, objects and social relationships using the same analytical abilities that made me a good computer programmer, but with much more meaning.
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It’s just coconut water.
@thendrix If you get Yerba Mate, you could get the same warning.
@thor I certainly have followed my passions. There are just so many things to be passionate about.
The modern world just uses passionate people to grind into nepotistic paste. The only jobs I had that didn't grind me down were working on equipment and doing IT work. I miss them both but it always felt like I was pissing my life away at it.
On the other hand, I can always keep doing what I find fulfilling in my own time. That's one of the reasons why I'd rather just work on and with heavy equipment. They can't own my mind. If I find something that could assist the operation, I'll make sure to make a money pit of a reverse engineering task.
Toughbook fan, Mathematician and Locksmith with limited success in other areas.
Political stance is far right and far left. Proponent of First Aid Kits and PPE. Easily disheartened by big tech. Partially hinged personality and stubborn enough to not write this in the First Person.
Distrust of Psychology and a fan of satire. I love a good joke and contradict myself. Somewhat serious but easily distracted.
Joined Jan 2020
