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Alex @lemmy.ml

FLOSS virtualization hacker, occasional brewer

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Joe Biden ends election campaign and endorses Kamala Harris to be new nominee
  • I know she kinda flat lined during the 2020 race but surely that's something she can prep for? Stood next to Trump she just needs to be coherent. The VP often gets the crappy jobs that are hard to solve so I guess she has too run on the administration's record as a whole as she was "in the room".

  • Bridget Phillipson says term-time holiday fines 'here to stay'
  • You only get fined for unauthorised absence. If you can convince the headmaster to sign off on it your ok. I suspect it's an easier argument if your kids are doing well at school and there is some benefits to the trip other than it's cheaper.

  • Joe Biden ends election campaign and endorses Kamala Harris to be new nominee
  • I think he probably sees a difference in serving out seven months and doing a full 4 year term. Do you think after 3 and a half years as VP she can benefit from 6 months in charge versus fighting the actual election?

  • Ofcom to ban inflation-linked mid-contract price rises on phones, pay-TV and broadband
  • I haven't found any 30 day contracts that can beat a well negotiated renewal. You just need to be firm in requesting the PAC code and make them work to keep you as a customer.

    I got EU roaming included in my £9/month contract but I do need to get temporary travel packs for other countries.

  • About Aegon (S2E04 / Spoilers)
  • Sunfire still seemed to be breathing in the last shot but I suspect the injuries are too great for long term survival. I don't know how any of the other dragons could take on the beast that is Vhagar.

  • What's currently the 'smartest' language model?
  • Why do the $20 subscription when the API pricing is much cheaper, especially if you are trying different models out. I'm currently playing about with Gemini and that's free (albeit rate limited).

  • Were zx spectrum +2 keyboards disgusting to type on?
  • I wrote a bit of BASIC on my Spectrum but there was a reason they had keyword shortcuts on that keyboard. It wasn't until I got my Dragon 32 which had I proper keyboard that I really got into coding.

  • What thing could your parents do the most significantly better than you?
  • My dad failed his 11+ so was sent to a technical school so he actually learnt how to lay a row of bricks or how to beat out lead flashing. He did end up doing a PhD in Physics but I suspect his early school years explain why he's always been much more practical than me. My wife was a stage tech during uni so I'll happily defer to her for joinery. I can just about solder a copper pipe or big pads on a PCB.

  • www.bbc.co.uk Hilary Cass: Weak evidence letting down children in gender care

    A landmark report says "toxicity" of debate is hampering medical research into gender services.

    Hilary Cass: Weak evidence letting down children in gender care

    The long awaited Cass report has been published looking at gender affirming care in the NHS.

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    infosec.exchange Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​ (@[email protected])

    Attached: 1 image #xz #CVE #cve20243094 #Linux

    Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​ (@mainframed767@infosec.exchange)
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    A week of fprintfs has me wanting to code rust next week

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    Controllable water valves?

    Are there any good recommendations for water control valves? I want to control a automatic watering system and need something to attach to the garden tap. Open firmware would be a bonus.

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    vgel.me How to make LLMs go fast

    Blog about linguistics, programming, and my projects

    I found this post interesting for my layman's understanding of LLMs and some of the underlying architecture choices that are made.

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    www.bennee.com A Systems Programmer's Perspectives on Generative AI

    Alex discusses his experience playing with the current crop of large language models and muses on the power of processors multiplying lots of numbers together.

    A Systems Programmer's Perspectives on Generative AI

    I wrote this as a layman's primer to the basics of LLMs and other generative AI. I'm still early on in my journey but hopefully it helps explain things to other newcomers even if it glosses over the details.

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    The Rest Is Politics: 179 discussing the dangers of deep fakes.

    They covered a number of topics but for me the most terrifying was the examples of deep fakery that had already been used in elections.

    I wanted to ask the community if they had had any experience with deep fake media online? If so did you notice or did your need to be told it was? How much effort do you take to verify things you see online?

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