@erininthemorning.com

Wow fuck that guy

@beka_valentine

I mean physics is a model that uses math, and math is how one interacts with the model that is physics.

I think you could do this with programming as well to some extent, but programming, while it sometimes uses math, it more often uses logic, and so then you would be stuck having to get through the logic part before you get to the math part.

So I guess it's that physics is a thing we all run into every day of our lives, is not logic driven, but can be used to build logic. So you don't have to get in the mud with logic. You can just follow the physics rules and the math and it adds up.

I'm trying to think of another model that uses math, avoids logic, and it's widely experienced. Maybe radio, but then you are likely dealing with a bit more complex math, which makes it something you could only get into later.

@ireneista

Yes.

@beka_valentine

I think software is being strangled by a few things.

One, some software features are stupid easy to write, you import a library and boom, you can perform a complicated function that would have taken you perhaps years to write yourself.

The downside to this is that if you desire to change this package, you both break from the updates of the original package, and you have to go through the very difficult trial of actually adding the functionality you desire.

Most software is now a stack of packages and protocols and languages so deep, that it's hard to imagine fully understanding the stack you build your software on, even if you spend the rest of your life on it.

And then on top of that, everything requires the Internet now. Before, you could at least hope that software you made would only be hackable if someone was logged on to the computer in person who had ill intent. Now, any software you write that connects to the Internet is a possible attack surface.

The complexity is getting out of hand and it's making it harder and harder to actually make new software.

@nzakas

Good on you for denying institutionalized gambling a foothold. The unfortunate truth is that theft currently makes more money than services. So they can pay a lot to acquire moral camouflage and advertising.

I have always had this desire for a developer funding aggregator. (I have not looked too hard for one yet, so feel free to mention if there is such a thing)

Like pay into this pool and we will do the research of how it should be split up, with options for you to disagree with us. Obviously you are then putting your trust in another institution. But I have this feeling that if the general payment process was simplified and the impacts quantified, individuals would be so much more motivated to support development projects.

Because I very much do want to throw some amount of money, let's say $20 a month at projects in general, but it's hard for me to know where that money is best spent, and then it's also work later to move that money around when reality changes.

@nixCraft

All this is showing is that the new business model of employees you don't call employees causes this sort of metric anomaly.

I'm generally positive on AI. LLM's etc.

But I will say that these tools in a world that cannot discern between good and bad people. That cannot discern between good and bad information. I think it's a combination orders of magnitude more dangerous than the nuclear bomb.

In another universe, we all work together. No one creates images of people against their will, except maybe for a friendly prank. We inform each other rather than misinform. We work for the good of each other, and we are certain that our work is for good.

It's a sad time for me. At one point in time many years ago, it felt like the Internet was going to bring about great positive changes. It seemed new and exciting and brought many new experiences and connections.

And now, it feels like it brings only new ways to attack and cage one another.

I always thought I would somehow manage to avoid aging out, but I may have just hit my limit.

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Soon we will be able to livestream from our smartphone to the fediverse!

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@nsmarkov @neuralreckoning

So crazy!

But when attempting to do a little experimentation with this, I found that Gemini 2.5 pro might be a better coder than ChatGPT, which was unexpected.

At least for the specific thing I was doing.

One issue I'm running into is that I have no real world problem I'm trying to solve that can serve as inspiration. I can't pull one from work for reasons...

Trying to fabricate one with no inspiration is proving difficult.

I'll try some more and get back to you.

But as some direction if people have any ideas. Think of equations you might model in a graphing calculator where being able to visualize how variables effect the output. Sometimes we have these equations and it's hard to understand what they are doing, but once you can play with the variables and see the changes in real time one is able to get a more intuitive sense of them.

Writing these can sometimes be time consuming, so being able to write a quick description of what you are trying to model and having Gemini pro 2.5 pop out a website or a Collab that visualizes the equation or simulation can be a really good way to communicate the idea.

@nsmarkov @neuralreckoning

I can give you a prompt, but not today. Not enough time left in the day.

I'll think of a good example..

@masukomi

Can I star this harder?

@neuralreckoning

I'll give you one tip.

Think of a difficult to explain model. Like maybe getting a good understanding of a mathematical model. Then prompt Gemini 2.5 pro or chat gpt to create a Google Collab that models that thing, along with knobs to change different variables of that model, or perhaps show you how slightly different models model differently.

Then let someone twiddle with the knobs for a bit to understand the model.

Try explaining that as fast with other methods. It's an extremely fast way to communicate these sorts of ideas. The fact that it's a Google Collab makes it very portable. You can send a link to someone and boom they have it on their computer without installing a bunch of libraries etc.

@jerry

I don't believe in God,

But I know cats are angels.

@Hawaii

Was a good peaceful time here. (Not going to say where)

Like a total of 5 police I saw.

Only one weird instance of a guy with a Trump flag and a gun.

@erininthemorning.com

You (not you, but news media you) are telling me that the killer who was dressed like the police and had a list of DEMOCRATS and ABORTION clinics on a list as targets means that we should stop this protest?

This is why this protest is happening!

Because it's always Democrats getting killed, and is always a right wing ideology doing the killing!

And this King along with evil businessmen and Fox News and other no spine journalists have created an environment where this is occurring.

It must end.

@sawaba

Make sure to reply with a recording afterwards if you can. 😊

@tomkindlon @chronicillness @spoonies

I worked in medical for a bit and yeah, it's pretty easy to see how some hospitals back in the day were mad houses that devolved into abuse.

Not being able to admit you don't know is a terrible habit.

@tedium

I only use social networks with a backbone.
Bluesky has given in to censorship, and it will again. No more big social platforms owned by companies that inevitably monetize their user-base.

@erininthemorning.com

Cute picture!

I'll stay incognito, but glad you are living it. 😊

@beka_valentine

I hate that on a deep level.