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- Comment on squeeakrub 2 weeks ago:
It looks like something from a TOOL music video.
- Comment on How could AI be better than an encyclopedia? 2 weeks ago:
The concept of understanding implies some form of meta-knowledge about the subject.
That can be solved if you teach it the meta-knowledge with intermediary steps, for example:
prompt: 34*3=
step1: 43 + 303 = step2: 12 + 1033 = step3: 12 + 10*9= step4: 12 + 90 = step5: 100 + 2 = step6: 102
result: 102
It’s hard to find such learning data though, but e.g. claude already uses intermediary steps. It preprocesses your input multiple times. It writes code, runs code to process your input, and that’s still not the final response. Unfortunately, it’s already smarter than some junior developers, and its consequence is worrying.
- Comment on How could AI be better than an encyclopedia? 3 weeks ago:
But LLMs are not simply probabilistic machines. They are neural nets. For sure, they haven’t seen the world. They didn’t learn the way we learn. What they mean by a caterpillar is just a vector. For humans, that’s a 3D, colorful, soft object with some traits.
You can’t expect that a being that sees chars and produces chars knows what we mean by a caterpillar. Their job is to figure out the next char. But you could expect them to understand some grammar rules. Although, we can’t expect them to explain the grammar.
For another example, I wrote a simple neural net, and with 6 neurons it could learn XOR. I think we can say that it understands XOR. Can’t we? Or would you say then that an XOR gate understands XOR better? I would not use the word understand for something that cannot learn.
- Comment on How could AI be better than an encyclopedia? 3 weeks ago:
Any explanation? If they can write text, I assume they understand grammar. They are definetly skilled in a way. If you do snowboarding, do you understand snowboarding? The word “understand” can be misleading. That’s why I’m asking what’s understanding?
- Comment on How could AI be better than an encyclopedia? 3 weeks ago:
What’s understanding? Isn’t understanding just a consequence of neurons communicating with each other? This case LLMs with deep learning can understand things.
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
What I meant is that you cannot turn any existing webpages to a basic page with some simple tricks like disabling js. That would be a never-ending fight.
You are the one adding extra complexity
I’m not the one defining the business requirement. I could build a site with true progressive enhancement. It’s just extra work, because the requirement is a modern page with actions, modals, notifications, etc.
There are two ways I can fulfill this. SSR with scripts that feel like hacks. Or CSR. I choose CSR, but then progressive enhancement is now an extra work.
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
Why is it “impossible to do them reliably” - without js presumably?
What I meant is that you cannot turn any existing webpages to a basic page with some simple tricks like disabling js. That would be a never-ending fight.
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
It suggests using minimal js, I use react the same way, whatever I can do with css, I do it with css. But I am not going to footgun myself. I start the app with react because at some point I will need react.
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
It seems you misunderstood me.
There were horrible tricks and hacks that were addig not only ux improvements but useful content. We used jquery for many of those things. That’s why I wrote it, and for the legacy vibe.
Disabling js would have broken that site as well, reinforcing my point that it was never a reliable solution to disable js.
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
I was developing with Laravel until 2019. I agree that you can write clean code with it. Still, there are many better options nowadays, I switched to nodejs because I can use typescript for both backend and frontend, and I’m happier with it. Although js is not a great language, typescript is almost perfect. But it’s not only me who switched, people ditching php because there are better options.
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
The only non-heated comment. I appreciate it. I will read it.
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
I can’t take it seriously because of the noise in your text like “Huh?”. If you like to have a conversation, please be more open next time.
Source code is the code before some kind of transpilation. Obfuscated code is not source code.
I get it, you just need the content. But why would you reload the page when you’re just about to get the next news in the page. Isn’t it better to just update that part?
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
Who said making unbloated pages impossible? You’re comment would be more serious without your emotions.
Source code is the source code which gets transformed to some target code. An obfuscated code is not source code.
A reminder, in the past, large pages downloaded all stuff at once. In contrast, with dynamic imports the first load is much much faster. And that matters most. And any changes in dynamic content would just require the dynamic data to be downloaded. My phone lasts at least 2 days with one charge (avg usage), but I charge it every night, that’s not an issue.
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
You were completely fine with slow page reloads blinding you when the theme was dark. I’m speaking to those who appreciate modern tech.
But anyways, unfortunately javascript obfuscation is a common thing.
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
As a web developer, I see js as a quality improvement. No page reloads, nice smooth ui. Luckily, PHP times has ended, but even in the PHP era disabling jQuery could cause problems.
We could generate static html pages It just adds complexity.
Personally I use only client-side rendering, and I think, that’s the best from dev perspective. Easy setup, no magic, nice ui. And that results in blank page when you disable js.
If your motivation is to stop tracking.
- replace all foreign domain sources to file uris. e.g.: load google fonts from local cache.
- disable all foreign script files unless it’s valid like js packages from public CDNs, which case load them from local cache.
If your motivation is to see old html pages, with minimal style, well it’s impossible to do them reliably. If you are worried about closed-source js. You shouldn’t be. It’s an isolated environment. if something is possible for js and you want to limit its capability, contribute to browsers. That’s the clear path.
I can be convinced. What’s your motivation?
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
I’m a webdev. I agree. I like react.
- Comment on Funny 1 month ago:
That’s no different from growing up in a straight world. So that’s why it doesn’t have an effect.
- Comment on Funny 1 month ago:
That is true, however, I think the resolution influences the result. I can be wrong, but there isn’t really an experiment where someone tries to convince kids to be gay and see the outcome. It’s just become forbidden to think this amongst the progressives for no reason.
- Comment on Funny 1 month ago:
No I’m not. It’s not about attraction. Biologically it doesn’t matter who stimulates your genitals. Then I found girls attractive, but that came way after I could have an orgasm.
Prove me that it’s not because of the environment.
- Comment on Funny 1 month ago:
It’s not an instant switch like you pick up a sport. I believe everybody is bisexual at first, because the genitals work, no matter what sex, however, your soul gets specialized into a direction. I started having fantasies, I accepted those about girls, and rejected those about boys, based on my social norms that my environment gave me. And I became a happy straight guy. I can’t prove whether a different environment would have made me different, but I also cannot disprove it.
- Comment on Anyone else surrounded by inelastic Dunning-Kruger hypocrites? 3 months ago:
I’m not a native speaker and I don’t understand why that was incorrect. Could you please explain it?
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 5 months ago:
Most of the time a popular distro just works, your special case did not. You should find the root cause, and report it. I’m sure windows is not bug free.
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 5 months ago:
And also better than MacOS!
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 5 months ago:
Linux itself is not the problem here. Which DE is it? Does it use X.org or wayland? If you disable the login manager, do the screens work in TTY right after the boot? If you use X.org, Sometimes X.org drivers needs to be configured, Some OSes come with X.org configs like Arch. So in Arch you usually just have to install the packages you need. If you use Wayland, try X.org.
Did you try windows and Linux on the same machine? Hardware limitation can cause such issues. But if it works with Windows but not with Linux then it’s not that.
Windows may use worse quality output, e.g. different refresh rate, different color profile to fit into the hardware bottleneck. You can also experiment with these.
USB controller kernel driver could also interfere in theory, you can try different kernel versions.
Multiple GPU setups have also many options that you can play with.
I hope it helps.
- Comment on PROTEIN BRO 5 months ago:
afaik from youtube, HDL is good, LDL is bad.
- Comment on I'm just happy you thought it was funny, dear 6 months ago:
me neither, I was joking. (scp is command for copying files over ssh)
- Comment on I'm just happy you thought it was funny, dear 6 months ago:
At least I know what SCP is. I use it sometimes.