Simon @spoltier@qoto.org

#notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration

Still looking for a second reviewer for @pyOpenSci

Package: automata
review: https://github.com/pyOpenSci/software-submission/issues/152
repo: https://github.com/caleb531/automata
description: A Python library for simulating finite automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines.

Open reviews are a great way to learn by teaching, see what other people are up to, and make software development a valued and creditable part of academic work. Anyone with familiarity with Python is welcome as a reviewer, experience in the topic domain is a bonus but not required. DM me or reply on the above issue, it's fun, i promise! :)

#PeerReview #SoftwareReview #OpenReview #Python #Automata #TuringMachines #CellularAutomata

Articles in which people with bad opinions complain at length that their bad opinions make it difficult for them to get laid demonstrate that at least something is still functioning properly in this dystopian hellscape.

@theluddite redidt reverts such changes easily. I edited all my comments and deleted an account, they restored it all.

@BethanyBlack the worst part is the clove cigarette stench as it rises from the sand to devour you

*tries to walk without rhythm, accidentally walks in perfect 17/93 time*

*sand worm with a beret, black turtleneck and a soul patch rises out of the sand and eats me

One was given to Monica, in his life. One was given to Erica, by his side. One was given to Sandra, in the sun. One was given to Mary, all night long. But they were all of them deceived. For deep in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Lou Bega forged a master mambo. A Mambo No. 5...

This might be a controversial statement. But none of these people are the best groups to influence. They all represent a small minority of the larger population. Not that these folks don't matter. They're just not sufficient to create change.

We want to reach a wider group. Those who we need to convince to do something different if we want to see change. Those are the people I want to impact. But it's tough to know when you're actually in conversation with those folks.

TIL: Matrix multiplication is sentient.

Now out of beta. Update Signal now, get a username, finally stop giving out your phone number to everyone with whom you want to trade end-to-end encrypted Dune 2 memes. https://www.wired.com/story/signal-launches-usersnames-phone-number-privacy/

Ok does anyone have a rec on #Rust learning materials for the incorrigibly object oriented? Like how those concepts map or do not map onto Rust before I spent all my lifetime failing to learn this language lol

New blog post: Prompt injection and jailbreaking are not the same thing
https://simonwillison.net/2024/Mar/5/prompt-injection-jailbreaking/

AI stuff

Going to start a podcast called 'This Had Nobel Buzz' where I just tell stories about cool science and then end with "Well, she didn't get it because she was a woman", "because he was from India" or "because on a random day he emptied his bank account and was never heard from again."

the train is cancelled
the train is uncancelled
the train is cancelled back
the next train is delayed by 3 min
by 5 min
by 15 min
oh its not going via stockport
its delayed 30 min more
its now going via stockport again

what the ever living motherfucking shit is this

For the last time:

Abyss = for staring into
Void = for screaming into

Please stop screaming into the abyss we’re not insured for that

Hello to the two young boys I saw from the train who had clearly biked out to the middle of a field so they could look at contraband reading material in peace

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, WINE/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, WINE plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning WINE system— #win32isthestablelinuxabi

@edsu I considered making a joke about DoD attempts to push Ada as a safe language in the 80s but that was going to be even more niche so I kept it on the work slack.

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