/tech/ - Technology

Both ChatGPT and Grok are down right now!

>>34263
Happens every other week during South Asian morning hours.

>>34262
One thing the Tankus piece forgot to mention in arguing against the characterisation of the bubble as similar to the GFC is that the data centre bonds & other financial instruments tied to the centres have had their yields increased and their ratings lowered gradually. This is in contrast to the GFC where the incriminating instruments were rated as top of the line until the very start of the crisis.

>>34263
heh whatever

>>34264 (samefag)
Ok this specific outage episode was funnier than the others because it cascaded. It started at Anthropic which lead to Grok being overwhelmed and going down by the sudden usage spike from Claude refugees, then the same thing happened to OAI from the combined Claude + Grok refugee wave and finally Gemini got raped.

Horde of addicts destroying everything in their path lol. Extremely funny how a lot of them can't survive without LLMs.

yo

I like the pine tree in the wallpaper.

i use spermium to navigate web

cool shit man

rate my OS, desktop is vanilla unmodified kde
>>33525
very cool desu

>>34225
pwning the ocr capabilities will be my primary focus oob

Just steal the cameras for testing if you are going to destroy them later anyway.
Modern cameras can take a welding arc and be without issue so the laser would need to have a car battery and a tripod hooked up to be effective in any good time. In case you did have a handheld laser that worked I don't think you'd avoid arrest for more than a week. You should give them for the homeless if you create one.
Tl;dr propably more effective climbing traffic lights with a ski mask

>>34247
exactly the kind of brainstorming i love to hear. do you know if the cameras themselves have methods of asset protection? GPS or the like? do they have backup power. should i bring a farraday bag? matter of fact, I'll see if i can find a repair manual and see if that will answer my questions.

>>34247
my goal was to make a easy to follow and implement guide / manual in the vein of laserhawk to distribute online, but i will reconsider that idea for the time being until i understand the failure threshold of the commercial devices.

>>34247
I've been considering evasion. it's going to be the make out break part of implementing my plan. still mulling it over.

he deleted his posts lmao

>>34187
ts not tuff broski

>>34186
>>34187
translate to human brother or atleast provide it in a translatable format

They really need to rename Mastodon (software), this shit where there's a Mastodon (software) and Mastodon (non-proprietor company) is confusing and a burden on the growth of the network.

Prediction: Disroot email is next.

>>34226
Really? It went all down?
https://digdeeper.love/articles/email.xhtml#autistici
This guy seems to take everything at face value but atleast in their policies they claim to be against military actions and cryptocurrency (which would go against what they got taken down because of) but as I said it (was) probably there as a front to not get taken down
I remember some MLM org here using it but they switched to an independent? site.

600 lines of code later and just a few a functions away from a relatively cohesive Emacs + WM.
What's missing of the base <C-w> commands there's only go to top and bottom which could be copied over.
Still have to create the tabpage and group bindings, there aren't so many of these, and they're mostly builtin.

here's mine! finally got around on actually configuring niri. yesterday i spent maybe 3 or 4 hours trying to get dwm to my liking, only to realize again that suckless is not for me. niri works and doesn't give me headaches.
its really simple with just the things i need.

niri, waybar, kitty terminal, cmus, and vim with really minor tweaks because i'm too lazy to learn it and add on to it

>>34233
Hadn't heard of niri, seems like it would be very good with a touchscreen.
Setup seems very utilitarian.
I would definitely crank down the kitty font size though.
Something closer to what you've got in your browser and you'd be able to see tons more at once.

>>34228
Have been setting up the groups and tabpages, mostly done.
Am reusing some old function to convert arabic numerals to roman for the group names.
Missing the insertion of groups into the list and movement of windows between these groups.
Had a funny idea of how to allow insertions into the window/group lists.
Namely assigning it to the mediant of the preceding and insertion group numbers.
This is the simplest rational between these two numbers.
e.g. between I and II/III is III/IV.
Could easily be convinced to not do this.

>>34241
well i like the big font. when i used st i had it around browser size like you suggested, and it just made me feel uncomfortable and i'd get lost easily… font now just feels cozier :3

>>34228
your setup looks very cool and practical, i just feel stupid because i don't understand half of the words you're saying lol

>>34248
Don't mind the gibberish it was a very impractical, and in that way not smart, way to arrange windows and virtual desktops which gave up on after a day. Should've known better than to make a suggestion like that. Best.

>>34232
What language are you trying to learn? This hasn't been my average experience

I would suggest you learn another language, one which is simpler and with less externally required tooling and libraries. I would avoid Javascript, Java, C++, Rust etc. as first languages.

I would suggest you look at C, Go, or Python, because they are either very simple, or they have an expansive standard library that won't require huge amounts of external tooling. If you are on Linux or Unix of some sort I would especially consider C, because its entire toolchain is heavily integrated into the system, and most Unixes come with the manual pages for C standard functions already installed.

Most languages have a standard library that will get you far without having to mess around with external dependencies. Most beginner programming exercises should not need anything more.

despite its age and cultural irrelevancy in the modern era, pascal is still a great language for learning programming as well as general use and freepascal is available on every OS and compiles very fast to machine code and doesn't have all the weird idiosyncracies and confusing symbol-heavy teletype-influenced syntax that C has and the unit system is a lot less cumbersome and confusing than header files are, and unlike go/rust it also allows for low-level memory management and doesn't abstract it away behind a garbage collector or a borrow checker or smart pointers or other bullshit.

to give an example of why i think pascal is still a good first compiled language, consider the following code:

program Hello;

const
  N = 100;
var
  Msg: string;
begin
  Msg := 'hello';

  if N = 100 then
    WriteLn(Msg);
  end;
end.

the const keyword creates actual compile-time constants, variables have to be declared at the top of scope and the name of the variable is written first rather than its type, strings are a native type with proper stored length and bounds-checking, the assignment operator is ":=" instead of equals sign, the equals sign actually means "equal to", the standard library doesn't need to be explicitly included to use the WriteLn() print function, WriteLn() can print variables directly.

and here is c:

#include <stdio.h>

#define N 100

int main() {
  const char *msg = "hello";

  if(N == 100) {
    printf("%s\n", msg);
  }
  return 0;
}

the standard library has to be explicitly included with the #include directive to have access to the printf function, true compile-time constants have to be declared as #define preprocessor macros because const doesn't actually make things constant, types have to be written before variables as well as functions to specify their return type which is a lot less readable when you have a lot of variables declared in a row, there is no string type even in the standard library and you have to declare a pointer to an array of characters and make it const to make the characters read-only (but not actually a real compile-time constant) to prevent the program from crashing with a segfault should anything try to modify the string, also c's ad-hoc char array strings do not store their length and use an iPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>34245
I started with Pascal, it's pretty cool.

>>34056
I didn't say rust or go, I said applescript. Just because everyone could learn how to write a "real" language doesn't mean they should have to. Everyone could learn full mathematical notation too, but sometimes you meet them where they are.

>>34084

the point i'm trying to make isn't really about what is a "real" language and what isn't or how easy or hard a language is to learn or any of that, what i'm really talking about is guardrails that lock you into a certain paradigm. applescript is a very clear and obvious example and you can see what it's about right there in the name - a language designed to lock developers into apple's ecosystem and only think and write language the apple way™, so that they cannot use their knowledge in a way that apple does not approve of. a person who uses applescript isn't just a developer, they are an apple developer, their code only works on apple's hardware, if they quit or get fired from apple their knowledge of applescript becomes worthless to them, they can't reuse their code or their ideas anywhere else without completely rethinking and rewriting it from scratch. apple has all the power and the workers have none. google and mozilla's languages basically do the same thing but in a less obvious and less proprietary way, they have hardcoded artificial guardrails in place so that developers are not free agents who can do their work in many possible ways and make their own decisions, they are like slot cars on a track which can only travel along certain predesignated paths. it's like the difference between a well-paid high-agency salesperson who gets paid on commission and has complete discretion as to how to approach the client and convince them to buy, versus a low-paid low-agency salesperson at a telemarketing agency or something who just gets a shitty $8 an hour wage and has to just sit at an autodialing terminal and read from a script verbatim at hundreds of random people all day. the owner and managerial class want to turn every kind of job into the latter kind of job, where they have all the power and the worker is just a monkey that pushes a button and gets a banana.

>>34085
We are talking across purposes. applescript isn't some internal thing, it's an (underloved) consumer-facing product. you are on sounder ground with identifying it a form of vendor lock-in, but its primary purpose was to allow you to script stuff on the desktop with an intuitive syntax (e.g. a valid applescript instruction is "tell application Firefox to quit") although you can do a lot more than that. It is not too difficult to imagine an open, cross-platform language on similar principles (particularly if you weaken the desktop automation element and make a pure scripting language, or outsource interaction with local applications to some kind of extension). It would be actively undesirable to use such a language in a corporate environment (it is inherently too verbose.) but actively desirable for empowering end users.

I am not particularly concerned with enabling programmers to approach problems from whatever angle they like. so long as the language is turing complete, my primary concern is allowing non programmers to approach the problem from at least one angle. To the general proletarianisation of programmers i stand by my original point. Those who thought knowing C made them a superior class of artisan producer who doesn't need any leftist meddling suddenly come to find that in reality they're as, if not more, replaceable than the janitor. A learning experience.

>>30211
I support free software because it helps develop the productive forces, not because I think it helps user freedom (it doesn't). Most people use software at work which is always locked down.

Pixels are pretty much the best option for long term support now. I do lament that we no longer have a DivestOS style ROM though, which was basically GrapheneOS + LineageOS best of both worlds. Pixels can use Graphene though and just about everything else and are likely to have the baseband and other core stuff updated for awhile, without depending on some OEM's custom shit atop Android and for them to bother updating core components. Samsung, Lenovo/Motorola, any of the Chinese Oppo/Huawei types etc.. can fall into these pitfalls easier. Nothing is perfect, but Pixels are the best option. I do wish they were more like the Nexus models of old that stayed to AOSP instead of having special Pixel versions of stuff that was proprietary, but its still quite possible (and on a pixel, easier than most other modern flagships) to run a custom ROM .

As far as the hardware, if you're buying Pixels (and especially if you're buying used) I HIGHLY suggest getting something of the Pixel 10 series or newer (ie the brand new 11, which is basically very close to the 10 with some small bumps here and ther, I think) because the 10 (at least the Pro models) have "pixelsnap" compatibility which is basically a built combination of Apple's "magsafe" magnetic connection for accessories and the like, and the latest Qi2 standard for wireless charging (regular Qi has been around a long time, Qi 2 is faster and has other benefits as well ). There are other benefits of course but this was one of the things added in the recent Pixel models with the new body redesign. There are also going to be a lot of deals on Pixel 10 family stuff now that the 11s are coming. Pixel 10/11 families go like

>Pixel 10a
The cheapest variant, usually released after the mainline. This is the cut down version but still solid overall. Usually has less 'premium' materials, cameras, and other ancillary shit, lesser raw performance etc.. but a lot cheaper.
>Pixel 10
The baseline version, very capable and a step up from the A models typically.
>Pixel 10 Pro and Pro XL
The high end version that has the best of everything. The XP version is just slightly physically larger but aside from that is very close in terms of specs; its more an issue of preference for portability etc. For most technically adept users one of these are typically the way to gPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Got a 2023 thinkphone from motorola, it's good and got lineage so

>>33885
Insane value for money. Had the same 200 american dollar (that's 260 in today's money) xiaomi for 7 years now. Adware I turned off immediately and haven't had trouble with since. For apps like gallery I just installed a replacement if they were bad, design-wise. Spyware is like, same level as samsung or other cheap shit. Would you rather have american or chinese backdoor?

>>34135
Bullshit or cope, I had a xiaomi and it had so much shit that you needed to turn off in separate places it was insane, and to this day I never figured out how to disable the xiaomj "safe installer" crap. I got lucky on that phone because it was vulnerable to mtkexploit which rescued it from the trash bin

>>34152
I just hit back out of muscle memory when the stupid safe installer appears. Yeah I had to turn off "features" in separate places too but it took me about a day of getting used to the thing. Yet it is still my daily phone after all these years. Battery still lasts a good day use, too.