Simon @spoltier@qoto.org
code / data wrangler in Switzerland.
Compulsive reply guy. Posts random photos once in a while.
Joined Jul 2023
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People Wanted
There's an apocryphal story about Ernest Shackleton putting an ad in the newspaper that read: Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success. If you've read the book Endurance by Alfred Lansing, you know how that went. Pretty legendary. One of my most treasured possessions is actually a copy of…
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The easiest way to discover an app for a niche use case is to start building it yourself. As soon as you tell people about a little project you're working in, they instantly have recommendations of apps that already do it.
But if you just ask people about a problem you have, they can't think of anything. (Or worse, they start recommending things that they like that aren't actually what you asked for.)
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Do you ever use LLM tools like Claude or ChatGPT to help code up exploratory prototypes?
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@Gargron @polotek Some info to be helpful perhaps...
You can't communicate with users on platforms running protocols your platform does not support (limiting your reach and visibility to AP protocol support is your choice). Unlike microblog Mastodon, Misskey and others which only support AP, Friendica and Hubzilla both are federated macroblogs that support the greatest number of protocols and therefore have the greatest reach and visibility.
The number supporting diaspora is far more than other protocols besides AP so I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss them. Users I know on at least one diaspora platform prefer not to be federated with Mastodon. From Friendica or Hubzilla I can communicate with them and with Mastodon users but you cannot from Mastodon servers.
You can get/host accounts on other federated platforms if you choose - many do. I choose to be on Friendica so I don't need many accounts on many platforms to increase reach or visibility - makes using the open source global social network far less confusing and time consuming. My reach from a single account is organic and far more information than I can consume each day!
But the definition of the Fediverse is inclusive of any platform supporting at least one of 17 federated social protocols.
the-federation.info/#protocols
AT is listed by at least this source as federated protocol even if not functional yet in terms of federation support akin to Friendica and Hubzilla.
In a nutshell, the Fediverse is a collective term for all users on servers supporting social web protocols
w3.org/TR/social-web-protocols…
not just Activity Pub. Dismissing projects in the Fediverse using other protocols can be taken as insulting users who choose to not be on AP only platforms. IMO Mastodon, Misskey and others should improve the reach for their users by supporting all protocols.
Perhaps you are not aware of the number of Fediverse projects and servers.
Here is one unbiased list (voluntary listings): the-federation.info/#projects
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@kellogh I went back to copilot for some project (not allowed to use other ones) and the chat isn't bad, you can now also add context by file /symbol.
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"My strong suspicion is that many people who join Telegram for its social media features also end up using it to communicate privately. And I think Telegram knows this, and tends to advertise itself as a “secure messenger” and talk about the platform’s encryption features precisely because they know it makes people feel more comfortable. But in practice, I also suspect that very few of those users are actually using Telegram’s encryption. "
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In defence of posting this. On my Mastodon account I;
- post Bloomberg solar research that is normally behind a $$$ paywall, which I no longer post to X
- post about getting drunk and taking a live goose to a party (he was a bit sulky but he's a retired exhibition goose, he wasn't hugely stressed and he was back with his family 15 minutes later).
I mean, that's the deal.
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(me) hey you should play Bombe¹, it seems up your alley
(her) Yeah, I have it. It ships with libz3, and in NixOS, that's the only way I can get a libz3...
(me) --what the fuck--
(her) ... so I now use its copy of libz3 whenever I need Z3.
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@whitequark I'm not familiar with either piece of software. Looking at the Bombe page on steam, I imagine the gameplay is similar to installing software on NixOS. So the reply makes perfect sense?
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@vwbusguy Locate, and drink, Apfelschorle.
There's a really good burger place named Burgermeister at Kottbusser Tor. They have a good veggie burger also if you don't eat meat. (This is the same roundabout where SchneidersLaden is, which is the synth store with the strangest nerdiest gear in like, probably the country. But that probably has more limited appeal than Burger.)
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@spoltier yeah, Zed did the AI integration similar to Cody. it’s definitely a more technical approach, but i like it a lot more. going back, Copilot feels brain dead
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@kellogh interesting, their doc says it should be enabled by default https://zed.dev/docs/completions#configuring-inline-completions
Still have to try it (not a vim user though). Have you tried sourcegraph Cody in VS code / intellij?
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in Zed, one thing i’ve noticed, the AI tab completion isn’t implemented, so it’s not reaching out to an LLM nonstop. this feels refreshing. Copilot’s constant attempts at LLM completion end up being distracting. i just want an LLM when i ask, otherwise be quiet
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@spoltier it's tradition to watch it every year when the station closes for the winter :)
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@kevzag this made me think of a question: did you ever watch "The Thing" at the base, and how does it hit?
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@andi not at all! It’s an interesting question that social media makes me ponder all the time. Part of the puzzle is what it is about voting specifically that makes people want to seemingly violate EUT in this way.
or to put it differently, what further utilities do you have to add in (self identity etc,) for the decision to look like it makes sense
code / data wrangler in Switzerland.
Compulsive reply guy. Posts random photos once in a while.
Joined Jul 2023
