gatlin

Lennart Poettering will not rest until all software is completely unusable.

re: determinism

https://github.com/EricaCoppolillo/LLASP

re: determinism

https://github.com/EricaCoppolillo/LLASP

I have simply referred to speakers of Semitic languages. You are the one concerned about whether this group comprises some kind of orthodox taxonomic grouping.

I have no influence on what choices you make or in particular whom you choose to ban. This conversation thread is old so of course I won't be stoking it anymore. In the future, though, if I am banned it will not be because I correctly discerned malice and called it out; but rather because someone in power wants to pretend one can be neutral on this topic. Sincerely, have a beautiful day.

Speakers of Semitic languages are Semitic. This isn't controversial, unclear, or irrelevant.

I never understood this: the Palestinian children whose family and limbs are torn from them for Israeli sport are also Semites. It seems like the ultimate erasure to claim "antisemitic" for only Jews.

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I believe you but I'm interested in the studies mentioned in your first sentence.

Which cheap vision model would you recommend for ingesting category diagrams and producing mermaid facsimiles?

How do I install only systemd-appd?

The pace of progress is precisely why many people qualitatively assume the curve will flatten soon: J curves are generally (obviously not always) unsustainable.

Do you earnestly think the electorate thinks about these things?

I offered an opinion in the previous version of this comment that was unhelpful to the discussion, even if the subject of the opinion was anonymous. Can't see how to delete a comment so I'm editing this instead.

I have a co-worker who does this now. He's very smart, very capable, very experienced and it's clear that he's just a frontend for Claude now. It's tragic.

Why was this flagged? Social media, part of the tech industry, is part of state propaganda and should be discussed here.

Do Americans often try to use dollars in Europe?

*I guess there would have to be some mechanism for the database to push notifications to the client. This is not a fundamentally unsolvable or particularly interesting problem.*

You seem to be passionate about your pedantry and I'm not so sure whatever.

You seem to be under the impression that you have authority over me. Fascinating.

I don't need to do anything. You however should stop condescending and issuing commands to other people.

That sounds like a question for a psychologist or clergy member.

Nope, just the normal one. It asks for your age and gates further interactions based on the answer, no? That's verification.

If it must be ignored, then it exists. The bill proposes age verification. You may think the measures employed are weak or trivial, and I would agree, but the bill proposes age verification.

All this does is require the user to select a non-verified age bracket on first boot.

This is the age verification requirement which you rudely and incorrectly said doesn't exist. Nothing is done with the data (for now) but age is in fact verified on the assumption that the user doesn't lie.

Instead of lengthy condescending missives about the behavior of other users, you should instead write "I'm sorry for being negative and bringing down the quality of discussion."

You seem to have an almost religious devotion to your worldview. Which makes sense: it works for you and you feel compelled to convince others. You also limit yourself to thoughts and practices that align with these views. Imagine for a moment that this is also true of other people for other beliefs.

Qwen3-Coder on 20gb of vram was able to do 90% of this: https://gist.github.com/gatlin/4bee9645b96e8b9e733960453b972...

Problem statement: given a start date and a bible book / chapter, produce a reading schedule for the remainder of the bible assuming one will read 3 chapters every day and 2 extra on Sunday.

So assuming an input of "2025-07-06 Genesis 1," the list would read "Saturday, June 6, 2025: Genesis 1 (3 chapters) \n Sunday, June 7, 2025: Genesis 4 (5 chapters)..." etc.

It created the types, data structures, and utility functions required, and even isolated the schedule generation to a function that used all of them ... and that function was busted. It printed the same book and chapter and date every line.

With a little elbow grease I was able to bring it home. Saved me an hour.

That's really great and I'm happy for you but your experience is not universal.

How so?

You're right - Palestinians don't deserve to be murdered by people who don't like them.