Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
re: starting a Linux distro argument probably
@budsofstone Got a link for more info on AI coding and debian? I tried searching but only found AI-related things and a non-committal stance from some months ago.
@zhenboli Oh I hadn't heard of that. Seems like they have something similar for other desktops too: https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/
Might be a better idea than Debian if you want a stable desktop.
starting a Linux distro argument probably
Trying to figure out what Linux distro I'd recommend and I'm coming up with Debian (for stability), Arch (for tinkering and frequent updates), Bazzite (for gaming if you don't want to tinker), AntiX (if you have <=4GB of RAM).
I know Ubuntu's value-add is supposed to be usability, but I don't feel like it's more usable in practice than one of those alternatives depending on your situation.
Esme Povirk
boosted
When we start to get in touch with our physical reactions towards things, we start to gain information about what we really feel about things, because our nervous systems have had years and years and decades of experiences reacting to things.
Esme Povirk
boosted
I've accidentally discovered something seemingly counter intuitive. I get much more done, and done at higher quality, if I just sit and relax and do nothing when I'm tired or stressed or overwhelmed.
All my life I've been called lazy and told to just push through it. If there's a hard deadline I may have no option but to just pushing through, but if not, if I can give myself some time and space (and not stress on it or feel guilty) then in time I will be full of energy and brain power to be productive. How did it not occur to me to try this before now? (Okay, okay, I know why it didn't. Still it would have been a grand bit better to have had this information oh, say, five decades ago.)
Esme Povirk
boosted
I was contemplating on what makes "good taste". And in the end I came to think that it mostly has to do with the appreciation for skill, effort, and expertise. People with "good taste" are people who value other people and the efforts they make to do something they care about...be it mundane or spectacular. It's all about people. And process.And caring.
re: LLM uses
So far ChatGPT seems to be pretty good at this.
Esme Povirk
boosted
It would be easy to make the world a better place, but if people were happier, they’d probably buy less stuff
@directhex Not sure how I'd feel about them if they were more frequently practical. I suspect I'd have the same basic problem with them, but actions would be easier to perform so it wouldn't bother me quite as often.
@directhex I seem to wind up predominantly in situations where IDE debugging isn't practical, or I probably would use them more.
I think maybe the reason I don't like debuggers (the kind you type commands into) is that it feels like an execution challenge, where I have to perform the correct sequence of commands and actions to get the information I want. With print statement debugging I just write more code and if it's not good enough I fix it.
So basically I want a debugger I can program ahead of time.
Finding that in difficult debugging situations where I'd previously give up, my response now is more often to improve my tools.
LLM uses
Hypothesis: One of the few things LLMs are good at is metaphor. Human minds respond well to metaphor and can be changed and observed via imagination (which doesn't have to be visual - anything you can experience is a possible way to imagine). The problem is often finding the right metaphor what you want.
Therefore, LLMs may be good for helping to observe and make changes in one's mind through metaphor.
@hollie /offers hugs
I am either too tired to give my talk, or the perfect amount of tired to give my talk.
I have begun to think that any action that slows down oppression, even a little bit, matters. Any additional resources used means fewer available to oppress other people, and a delay to those plans. It doesn't have to change the winds to make a difference.
Esme Povirk
boosted
Hopelessness is manufactured. Hopelessness is part of Neo-Liberalism.
They want you to believe there is no hope and no possible alternative.
Joined Aug 2018
