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**I have a job now!**
I'm a Chinese shitizen, but I generally don't post in Chinese to avoid being suffering from other Chinese.
I'm physically a male, but I don't care how people think about my gender. I can be male, or female, or cat. But if you ask, I'd prefer to be referred to as male. Also, I support LGBT+ people, and I'm a copyleft. I don't think I'm too aggressive in arguing things, but sometimes I do. You should handle it with care.
I post about programming (most time is Java and Kotlin, unless I have a new love), and some random things I find interesting. I also post about my mental health, which is in a stable state of instability, thanks to my parents and Chinese society.
Anyway, if you want to follow me, I'm glad to see you. And, have a nice day.
Alt: @skyblond
Joined Dec 2020
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Nice! Elin, the successor to Elona, got released on Steam! It is a huge open world roguelike style game with lots of freedom. I hope it's just as quirky as the original game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2135150/Elin/
#Games #Elona
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As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access.
A thread, with links:
Chirag Shah and I wrote about this in two academic papers:
2022: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3498366.3505816
2024: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3649468
We also have an op-ed from Dec 2022:
https://iai.tv/articles/all-knowing-machines-are-a-fantasy-auid-2334
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「舉報信最後都去了哪裡」。。。為人民服務的新中國，怎麼還能保留擊鼓鳴冤的鼓呢？當然是拆掉啦~🤐沒有鼓=沒有冤，新中國好棒棒
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鼓励型友好工作环境至少能让效率提升一倍，不要想去改变他人，要去选择他人。不要想着去适应环境，要去选择环境。
适应环境是个很大的消耗，你在不停的对抗不友好的话，用在真正做事的精力就会变很少。妈的换了个同事工作环境简直天壤之别。
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The JetKVM is an inexpensive, small IP KVM with a new twist on an old idea — full remote control for any computer.
I've been testing it for a couple weeks, here is my review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pYfHedjjgw (note: it's a Kickstarter, standard Kickstarter caveats apply!)
@lucifargundam I think the sponsors are another important thing to consider. Most of the sponsors, and the major contributors are US-based. So I won't be surprised if in the future the Linux kernel has some privacy and security issues based on the current situation. With that said, I still believe in FOSS and I think the worst thing is Linux kernel start rejecting patches from certain regions and people start forking and maintaining their own state-sponsored kernel.
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I have been reading those comments, and they are quite interesting.
Hackers in the 90s: - Phreaking - Hackers manifesto - Fuck "The Man" - I wrote a kernel because IBM sucks - I pwned the CIA - Fuck closed source so...
Hackers in the 90s:
- Phreaking
- Hackers manifesto
- Fuck "The Man"
- I wrote a kernel because IBM sucks
- I pwned the CIA
- Fuck closed source software maaan
Hackers in 2024:
- You're no longer my friend because a bureaucrat told me I can't be friends with you
We truly are living in the end of history and the government has replaced God
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Some Clarity On The Linux Kernel's "Compliance Requirements" Around Russian Sanctions
Just a notice with my alter account:
Several days ago I hosted my own mastodon instance on masto.host, which I don't know what to do with it.
Now I decide to use it as my alter account. In case it's confusing that seeing someone looks like me is following you again, this is my alter account: @skyblond@m.skyblond.info
@causa_arcana Thanks for that. I'm planning to run it in a vm first, or boot up with a USB drive. So should be fine I guess?
@AmpBenzScientist Thanks for the answer! ECC, to me, feels more like an insurance. Generally you don't need it, but when you do, you will be glad to have one. With my old NAS, I do have DDR3 ECC RAM, which is fairly cheap nowadays.
(BTW my old nas has dual E5 2695v3, which I can't run it 7x24 because it will literally blow up the electric bill and the single core performance is not that good)
However, for my new NAS, I decide to go with DDR5 and DDR5 ECC requires at least workstation hardware... And it's not cheap (not to mention that I'm in China and brands like ASUS don't sell workstation motherboard to individual consumers). So I guess for now I'll stick with non-ECC and do my best with backups.
@lucifargundam Well, today I'm a little bit in the debate mood, mixed with some idealism. So I'm sorry if my opinions annoyed you :)
Generally speaking, I think Linux kernel is an international project, and is advertised like that several times in the past. In this case, if the government law doesn't align with the project's principle, then IMO it should move to another country. Just like the RISC-V International Association.
But in practice, I think both Linux Foundation and Linus Torvalds don't bother with such things. Especially Linus Torvalds, judged on his past behaviour.
@causa_arcana Thanks! Today I start looking into FreeBSD. Although most of my servers are running Linux and will likely keep running Linux in the future until Linux starts causing real security and privacy issues.
Anyway, I'm still feeling happy about BSD. At least we're not fully hijacked by the Linux kernel.
@thefossguy Thanks for the answer! I think I'll stick with consumer hardware without ECC to bring the overall cost down. But I do plan to have backups following the 321 rule, along with hashes to ensure the backup is not corrupted silently.
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The reason I don't want ECC is the cost. I have already blown up my budget with ASUS TUF Gaming motherboard and brand new intel 13th gen i5 because I don't want to gamble on cheap stuff.
I do plan on using those cheap stuff until I saw the comment saying it's frustrating when you have to going back and forth with the customer support team.
The reason I don't want ECC is the cost. I have already blown up my budget with ASUS TUF Gaming motherboard and brand new intel 13th gen i5 because I don't want to gamble on cheap stuff.
I do plan on using those cheap stuff until I saw the comment saying it's frustrating when you have to going back and forth with the customer support team.
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My Twitter account had been locked for something like 2 years.
It is now gone.
And aside from the occasional in-video references to it, the links have been removed from my YouTube channel.
- TZ
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- Blog(zh_CN)
- https://skyblond.info/about.html
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**I have a job now!**
I'm a Chinese shitizen, but I generally don't post in Chinese to avoid being suffering from other Chinese.
I'm physically a male, but I don't care how people think about my gender. I can be male, or female, or cat. But if you ask, I'd prefer to be referred to as male. Also, I support LGBT+ people, and I'm a copyleft. I don't think I'm too aggressive in arguing things, but sometimes I do. You should handle it with care.
I post about programming (most time is Java and Kotlin, unless I have a new love), and some random things I find interesting. I also post about my mental health, which is in a stable state of instability, thanks to my parents and Chinese society.
Anyway, if you want to follow me, I'm glad to see you. And, have a nice day.
Alt: @skyblond
Joined Dec 2020
