I haven't seen an llm that does things flawlessly, in that when you tell it to do a task that it theoretically has done before, it's always going to do it the exact same way every time. That's why I don't use Alexa Plus for example. Many times it will, sure, but sometimes it's gonna hickup and not do the thing you asked, saying it can't help with that, or try to do something else entirely. That's why I went back to the normal one. I like using them in environments where I can say no, that's not right, fix that, or I can fix it myself. That's why I use them for coding, and only in languages where I can read and correct the generated code.
@TheQuinbox yep. Think I feel the same way about this. As much as I'd love to pick up Rust learning, not knowing at least how classes, functions, objects, mutexes (for C stuff) work, threadding, locking, ETC... Shifting your mental model to Rust's... The LLM could probably write me something but then I lose all ability to debug it myself and point to lines and exactly say where to refactor and what. So probably to pick up a new language I'd use a combo of LLM and classical learning (IE read a damn tutorial) LOL.
The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is exited to announce the 28th XMPP Summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium next year - just before FOSDEM 2026. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all …
Just heard about Jank, an indie PC games website which launched a few days ago, featuring the writings of Brendan Caldwell and Graham Smith. Colour me interested! jank.cool/
Me and a friend were talking last night, and she had some good ideas for AccessiWeather, including ISS tracking and the like. I thought, that's a bit out of scope for a weather app, so...
Hey everyone,
Just published AccessiSky, a companion app to AccessiWeather on GitHub.
"Stay connected to what's above."
While AccessiWeather handles weather forecasts and alerts, AccessiSky tracks what's happening in the sky:
- ISS (international space station) pass predictions for your location - Moon phases and rise/set times - Sunrise, sunset, and twilight times - Meteor shower calendar - Planet visibility — which planets are up tonight - Eclipse calendar through 2030 - Aurora forecasts and space weather - Tonight's Summary — a quick overview of everything happening tonight
Same accessibility focus as AccessiWeather, full screen reader support. Uses free APIs, no accounts needed.
Born this day in 1919, Fred Korematsu, one of the bravest and most honorable of American patriots.
In 1942 president Roosevelt ordered that persons he deemed threats to national security be relocated from the west coast to detention camps inland. 125,000 people, two-third of them American citizens, had to give up their homes, their jobs, and their businesses.
Korematsu resisted every step of the way. When he was rejected from military service (probably on account of his ancestry) he took work as a Navy shipyard welder.
Later that year Roosevelt's order came down. Korematsu went into hiding, but was found, arrested, and convicted. He was sentenced to five years' probation and he and his family were relocated to a prison camp in Utah.
Korematsu appealed his conviction all the way to the Supreme Court. In 1944, the Supreme Court's decision was to uphold the president's judgments about national security matters, however panicked or racist they might be. In the U.S., the case law was (and is) that if the president wants to strip 80,000 citizens of their rights, the courts can do nothing to stop it if the claimed purpose is national security.
Some say the decision was overturned in 2018. It was not. And, although current Chief Justice John Roberts has written "The forcible relocation of U.S. citizens to concentration camps, solely and explicitly on the basis of race, is objectively unlawful and outside the scope of Presidential authority", the Supreme Court seems determined to repeat the errors of the Korematsu case, to accept at face value and take as unreviewable, the president's representations, no matter how obviously bad faith, and no matter the cost.
This week, another EU Humanitarian Air Bridge flight to Gaza delivered 48 tonnes of supplies.
Since October 2023, over €550 million in aid, including health supplies, shelter, and educational items, has been delivered to Palestinians on behalf of EU and humanitarian partners.
The EU remains the largest international donor of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.
The EU has been providing humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in need since 2000, supporting vulnerable families affected by emergencies and shocks.
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