geraldew

geraldew@fosstodon.org

<p>Data analyst and programmer: SQL (in my sleep), Pascal (in my head), Python (in development), VBA & MS Access (for my sins). Interested in mathematics and computing theory & FOSS.</p>

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Post #3885908
Solid stuff as usual from @davidgerard@circumstances.run This episode is the best short explanation I've seen/heard/read of why supposed "reasoning models" don't really change what goes on with LLM chatbots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp3DSOKarCo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260716-todays-stupid-prompt-injection-just-write-like-the-ai - podcast https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/16/todays-stupid-prompt-injection-just-write-like-...
Post #1716172
As a little bit of a file system nerd (note: &quot;little bit&quot;) I was intrigued to find this comment in an otherwise typically trolled thread. - (re NTFS) .. &quot;uses a built-in table ($UpCase) which maps between lowercase and uppercase letters, avoiding ... Unicode normalization. NTFS until Vista used different case mapping than after Vista. ... if you copy files from an older NTFS drive to a newly formatted drive, some of your files may be overwritten during the copying&...
Post #1716171
Just a quick note. This account here on Fosstodon is my only Mastodon presence. So if you see any others with the same account name those are not me. Obviously if I move instance sometime then that might change but for now, this is it.
Post #1716170
First trial install of Xubuntu 26.04 successfully done. There was no need to change my standard method, so it remains as described in my articles - see https://dev.to/geraldew/running-linux-purely-on-a-usb-drive-3mfg The steps were: - Download ISO and make thumb drive - Go to spare laptop and remove hard drive - Boot thumb drive - Plug in target USB SSD drive - Run installer - Shutdown remove thumb drive - Boot on SSD - Re-install GRUB as removable - Reboot - Install rEFInd Thus making a port...
Post #1132731
Today I very much enjoyed two excellent videos by Dylan Beattie @dylanbeattie - From NUL to DEL: Why 7 Bit ASCII IS Actually Really Clever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJO3vptblU - Code Pages and Kohuepts: The Chaos of 8 Bit Extended ASCII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTA3DOL8AfE From that, I&#39;ve written my recollections and have done them as an extra comment note to my article &quot;Grrr Character Encoding&quot; - article https://dev.to/geraldew/grrr-character-encoding-2l...