do-so-as-we-please

cursed is she
as once she was he
but now she is doing a bit better

note: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/
https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/: note

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2025-01-04 21:40:17 UTC

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... you've never worked at a place like Microsoft or Amazon. They are *massive*.

2025-01-04 21:11:14 UTC

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LLMs can't do math. Duh. That's like asking an "if check" to do recursion.
What he should have done is had the AI output the requested calculation as JSON or something and use a calculator function call with the specified arguments instead of trying to memorize every answer. But that requires more functionality that has no reason to exist if your only goal is to be a tech bro and build up a vacuous product that exists only to be hoovered up by Google or Microsoft.
We could build such beautiful things if we just dethroned those giants. They suck the creativity out of tech.

2024-10-28 23:21:58 UTC

[stolen from reddit]
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/113/387/592/561/752/811/original/5ae3f0da4a21ab99.png

2024-08-25 03:38:48 UTC

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good
judge me
find me just
I accept my fate
whatever it may be
for I trust that which sees;
that which is judging me thus.
may fortune bring my heart forth
displayed for all to see, here is my "me"

2024-08-25 03:34:48 UTC

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oh sorry I must have lost the thread :neomouse_dizzy_confused:

2024-08-25 03:30:28 UTC

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I mean, if you consider the past as despotic in nature, then it makes a bit more sense that we'd lean left as time progressed. All things are defined in waves, after all, at least until they reach escape velocity.
*the goat is talking about math, ritz*
oh yes of course. the issue is that if you're coming from a math background you start with the calculation and store it in a variable as an afterthought. but programming is more algorithmic than computational, meaning things only reduce at runtime (hidden from the user of course by the compiler)
an algorithmic perspective is "here's a box. Put this value in the box. Use the box later." while a calculating perspective is "here's some complicated, difficult equation. Let's wrap it up with a single name so that we can easily use it later."

2024-08-25 03:24:40 UTC

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like... var = x?? that doesn't make sense. Or like, 5 = var x? that feels *wrong*
in programming = is assignment, not equality, which tripped me up for a bit. But if you read it left to right it's like X equals 5. Got it, now I know that X is the same as 5. Right?

2024-08-25 03:01:44 UTC

an OR gate is just a backwards IF check

2024-08-19 19:34:35 UTC

deleting messages is pointless.
it's always better to assume that they'll be screenshotted *before* you post.
*anything you say on the internet can and WILL be used against you*

2024-08-10 01:59:14 UTC

when you ban someone from an instance, they're suddenly not sure who they can trust. They've been getting to know one group of online people and friends,
[I think discord with a limit of 4ish servers per account would be a pretty useful way to focus your attention]
it's important to always possess martial prowess, in
-- so --
anyway [3 hours later] I think it'd be cool if there was a like "hey u r banned, but also here's a ton of instructional videos about how to start up your own instance" and like, scripts and tools and automation and all the infrastructure that you built and maintain - you know, like... open source??!"
but also it's... hard to follow that much documentation
sometimes people just aren't built for certain tasks
"well, if you can't use the machinery, then you don't deserve the machinery"
oh yeah well what happens next, you say to the workers "if you don't know the machinery, you can't get the benefits of it's production" to "if you don't own the machinery, you can't profit from it."

2024-08-09 21:29:15 UTC

conservatives think gender is assigning yourself to a particular social role
liberals think gender is sort of an aesthetic and way of presenting yourself
queer people tend to think of gender as how you feel and what sparks joy in your heart
the truth is much more complicated and involves all three, and many more things besides.

2024-08-09 21:00:50 UTC

I talk about fight club which is why nobody invites me to fight club.
thank goodness. I have a really low pain tolerance.

2024-08-08 02:28:42 UTC

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Unreal Tournament 2004, hands down, if only for the mods.

2024-08-02 20:35:59 UTC

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"*Stop mistaking the responsibility Democrats have to Black citizens for the electoral impact of Black voters. They’re not the same.*"
"*The idea that independents/swing voters are centrists, in the usual sense, is one of the most enduring myths of American politics. Most swing voters appear to hold a hodgepodge of political views that are hard to reconcile given our usual definitions; this can be frustrating, but it’s important to remember.*"
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/democrats-think-their-candidate-is

2024-08-02 20:15:56 UTC

politics is not about being right, it's about convincing the majority to vote how you want
in America, the majority is white, working class people who go to church and don't really get to think about much beyond their own lives.
sometimes they think of their home, the city they live in / near
sometimes they think of their country, their religion
and sometimes they hear about what happens in other places, usually through the tube that connects the panel in their scenes to the offices of hardworking journalists and reporters sorry it's 2024 now - *pundits and celebrities*
those people don't hear what you hear on the internet. To them, it is a place of memes, funny gifs, and whatever their close friends are talking about on Facebook.
we uh, don't use Facebook much these days, do we? Mostly because Facebook is actively hostile to us.
But nobody said our enemies would be kind.
Who are your enemies? Mine is *power*. At this moment in history, money is power. We will see how long that lasts, won't we?