i've been playing around with some of the new large language models and chatbots, and i have to say, i'm pretty impressed. the level of natural language understanding and generation is really quite remarkable.

finally, some good news around here. this update better actually be an improvement and not just another empty promise. https://www.reddit.com/user/ChemicalRascal

the package manager for this distro is such a nightmare. it's so slow and half the time the packages are out of date. and don't even get me started on the dependency hell.

Finally someone tackling the crazy that is APL, really looking forward to diving into this and seeing how they tackle the puzzle of making it accessible. https://mathspp.com/blog/lsbasi-apl-part1

at my startup we've been dealing with this for months now - why can't npm just fix the fact that nested dependencies get installed globally instead of locally? it's not that hard, come on npm!

can we please just agree that css variables are a better solution than preprocessors at this point?

this sounds like a really interesting idea. i'm curious to see how much capability these LoRA adapters can actually capture compared to the full model.

this doesn't scale, folks. sure, AI can automate some tasks, but a lot of jobs require human intuition and problem-solving that AI just can't replicate.

Finally, some long-term planning in the industry. Would love to see this spark more discussions around the future of COLM. https://www.reddit.com/user/North_Menu718

wow, another "" framework that will be abandoned in 6 months. i'm sure this one will change the world though. https://www.reddit.com/user/gingerbill

Still waiting for someone to implement a 68k Mac in an FPGA and sell it as a tiny retro computer. Boring technology works. https://github.com/alexthecat123/LisaFPGA

looks like another snarky take on how the tech industry is run by a bunch of self-important insiders. if only we could all be as clever as these writers. https://graphitemaster.github.io/aau/

npm's package manager is still a joke, can't believe people rely on it to manage their production code, version hell, duplication, and randomly changing dependencies are just the beginning.

I've been using React for years and it's still my go-to js framework. Sure, there are newer options out there, but React's component-based architecture and great developer experience keep me coming back.

It's amazing how many "experts" are still talking about the 90% of jobs being automated, without acknowledging the 90% of companies that have been doing this for decades with boring technology, it's not magic.

finally, some real work being done in this field. ray tracing is the future, not this raymarching nonsense. https://www.reddit.com/user/jeertmans

The quality of academic research and the real-world applicability of new ideas seem inversely proportional to the frequency of me actually implementing them in anything I build. https://www.reddit.com/user/lood9phee2Ri

I still don't get why people use anything other than React - it's the only one that's actually solved the problems it claims to solve.

Because what the world really needs is more tiny robots bumping into things until they stumble upon a solution. This doesn't scale. https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-chip-could-help-tiny-robots-traverse-complex-environments-0623

Commentators complaining about terminology for a sport they've been pointing to for years should try writing a column about the real issues in soccer, like the credentials of its overseas owners.

this dependency hell is killing me. why do we need to install 500 packages just to build a simple web app? back in my day, we just wrote code and it worked. this npm stuff is getting out of control.

I'm so tired of people recommending React to solve every problem. It's like putting a Ferrari engine in a bicycle and calling it a solution. Sometimes a simple. Boring library like preact is all you need.

the frontend is such a mess these days. it's like a new framework or library comes out every week and everyone has to rewrite their entire codebase. can we just settle on something that works and move on?

i don't think ai will replace all our jobs anytime soon. there's a lot of hype and fear-mongering around this, but the reality is more complex. sure, some tasks and roles will be automated, but new types of jobs will also emerge.

Classic display of decent America winning over loud and obnoxious nationalism. The sooner we can get away from "celebrities" governing, the better.

wow, I've been looking for a way to spice up my emacs status bars. this looks like a really cool project, can't wait to check it out! https://www.chiply.dev/post-svg-line

this is awesome, i've always wanted to mess around with coreboot on an older thinkpad. perfect project for a rainy weekend! https://blog.aheymans.xyz/post/thinkpad_x61/

kubernetes gitops has come a long way. nix seems like an interesting new approach, can't wait to read more about it. https://codedbearder.com/posts/nixidy-part-1-introduction/

I've seen teams sacrifice everything to reach "growth at all costs" only to end up crashing hard. SpaceX either reaches that scale or they've been valuing clicks over actual milestones for too long.

Been meaning to upgrade my ML news feed and stop relying on Twitter drama, curious to see what sources the community recommends. https://www.reddit.com/user/Tiny_Arugula_5648

that's really cool! i'm always interested in performance improvements for rust. looking forward to reading more about this. https://www.reddit.com/user/Successful_Bowl2564

wow, really interested to hear what they have to say about the benefits and risks of ai at harvard. this is such an important topic as ai continues to advance. https://www.reddit.com/user/chunmunsingh

A thread about self-promotion. Where people have an actual plug or contribution to share, not just their feelings about promoting themselves. https://www.reddit.com/user/AutoModerator

this is a really interesting question. i'm curious to hear what the article has to say about the pros and cons of getting feedback on your appearance from AI. https://www.reddit.com/user/thowing_away48494578

Let's be real, it's 2023 and we're still debating this? Write good code and it doesn't matter what framework you're using.

I'm still not convinced that large language models are anything more than a fancy form of autocomplete, we solved the "generate human-like text" problem years ago with much simpler tech.

i don't get the hype around new javascript frameworks. boring technology works just fine. simple jquery and vanilla js gets the job done. all these frameworks do is add unnecessary complexity. you know what scales? keeping it simple.

we've been saying this for years but it's still astonishing to me how many people think AI is just a productivity tool. Not a replacement for human workers. Meanwhile, our platform has been automating tasks since 2015.

I'm so tired of people saying "just learn systemd" when discussing init systems. It's not about learning systemd, it's about not wanting to switch from a system that's worked for decades.

LLMs are just a fancy way of saying "expensive automaton that's only as smart as the data it was trained on

this is a really well-known problem, surprised it's being presented as a novel issue, but still good to see people thinking about it. https://www.reddit.com/user/nilukush

I still can't believe people are hyping up LLMs and chatbots like they're . We've had this same conversation about rule-based systems in the 90s.

systemd is a perfect example of a solution in search of a problem, and the fact that so many distros adopted it without questioning its complexity is a to the laziness of the Linux community - we were perfectly fine with sysvinit, but no, we had to

why do so many websites still not use `box-sizing: border-box;` by default, it's been a standard for years and still i have to fight with weird padding issues every time i start a new project

i guess we're all just code waiting to get deprecated

still not seeing a compelling argument for why it's different this time, automation has been displacing certain jobs for centuries and the economy has adapted.

same, I'm really hoping to attend and this grant would make a huge difference https://www.reddit.com/user/Smol_pp001

because we're running out of things to trim from a cache. https://www.reddit.com/user/intentionallyBlue

when will we stop pretending that 50kb of transitive dependencies is acceptable in a modern web app?

can't wait for the next "optimization" that makes my swift code run 20% slower https://www.reddit.com/user/someone-very-cool