FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

I've been bedridden for the last 10 months, unable to work as I try to get a surgeon and insurance lined up for my operation to let me work again.
If you could send a couple dollars, it'd really help. Time isn't on my side here, and waiting is very expensive.

https://ko-fi.com/fooneturing

#mutualaid

fun fact
if you take enough estrogen you can make stress toys on your chest

source code is stored in the tarballs

my outsider's understanding is that baseball is like homestuck for people who log off

I'm installing so many microsoft products I'm a...

>>> import random
>>> options=['Fox','Box','Pox','Pro','Bro','Fro']
>>> print('Visual '+''.join(random.choice(options) for _ in range(8)))
Visual BoxProBroProBroProFoxBox

I wrote some code to generate a random name out of some of the wordchunks I had edited already and it resulted in this

"Familiars are magical animals subservient to wizards" - Lies.

Familiars are typically magical creatures with ADHD who *wanted* to be voluntarily directed towards useful goals by someone they are comfortable with

doing some self care and working on a little silly thing just for myself

New Linux distro name up for grabs: Labubuntu

A REQUEST: If you own a French CD-ROM computer game called "Pop Anim'", please let me know. I could use it for some research but haven't been able to find a circulating copy yet. (It's at the BnF but I can't get there right now.)

Closures in C - now with wording (but probably not enough examples)

https://thephd.dev/_vendor/future_cxx/papers/C%20-%20Functions%20with%20Data%20-%20Closures%20in%20C.html

Please teach your students not to do this.

I understand there is a continuum between spellcheck/grammar check and LLMs, and there could be ways to use LLMs to improve wording or grammar, etc.

But please teach your students not to use LLMs to draft text. I don't care if they disclose it (tbh, I prefer they don't!). I don't care if they "take responsibility for the content".

The thing about writing is that it has a social function. The social function is *not* to cause text to exist. The social function is to communicate from your mind to my mind. If you must use an LLM, skip it and just send me the prompt.