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• Post #3296001

  I was recently reading about Talon Voice, which sounded quite interesting with lots of usability hacks. Unfortunately, not an option anymore if you are a Linux user: osnews.com/…/accessibility-input-tool-removes-x11…

• Post #3258611

  IIRC, the ancient greek philosophers took a swing at writing, claiming it would weaken memory/increase reliance on written texts to create an illusion of knowledge rather than true knowledge, plus it can’t engage in dialogue which they considered a requirement to develop true knowledge. IMHO, there’s some narrow merit to the arguments, but on the whole, writing has helped to democratise knowledge, and serves as an important tool in learning.

• Post #2928712

  I vote for MAIT (Meta AI Technologies), pronounced with an Australian accent.

• Post #710186

  Heh. I often use LLMs to strip out the unnecessary and help tighten my own points. I fully agree that most people are terrible at writing bug reports (or asking for meaningful help), and LLMs are often GIGO. I think the rule applies that if you cannot do it yourself, then you can’t expect an LLM to do it better, simply because you cannot judge the result. In this case, you are more likely to waste other people’s time. On the other side, it is possible to have agents give useful feedback on...

• Post #62165

  For future reference: discuss.tchncs.de/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&us… It had nothing to do with Rule 2 (avoid excessive reposting, nor rule 1). It was just arbitrary, and if one were cynical, perhaps intended to support the desired narrative in these parts and bring the thread to an end. Shrug. Modlogs are indeed interesting.