John Goerzen
jgoerzen@floss.social
<p>Hacker, dad, pilot, amateur radio operator, activist, guy that is susceptible to new hobbies. Former president of Software in the Public Interest.</p><p>I live miles from the nearest paved road in <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Kansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kansas</span></a>.</p><p>Interests: <a href="https://floss.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/pilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pilot</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<
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Post #4360593
Yes, the guy that resurrected UMN #gopher is at it again. This time, I've made the first new #Kermit release in 15 years! https://changelog.complete.org/archives/44456-celebrating-45-years-of-kermit-with-the-first-new-c-kermit-release-in-15-years-and-working-with-a-decades-old-c-codebase This protocol, originally for serial lines, lives on and I use it as a powerful ssh wrapper daily. I added a modern test suite, fixed a ton of bugs, added IPv6 support. And, rather to my surprise, ENJOY...
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Post #1118506
Long before #LLMs, two of the biggest uses for #AI were (and still are): To show us ads we don&#39;t want to see (on the web) To block ads we don&#39;t want to see (in email) Funny how so many uses of AI are to make things we don&#39;t want. Maybe in the future we&#39;ll burn a bunch of gigawatts with the ad-blocking AIs fighting the ad-injecting AIs, all to capture the attention of humans. Or, who am I kidding, they&#39;ll probably be fighting to capture the attention o...
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Post #1118502
In which I try to look at #AI with a balanced frame of mind: https://changelog.complete.org/archives/42503-artificial-intelligence-shades-of-gray I also discuss building a LLM email classifier using solar-powered local models, which a useful degree of success. I&#39;m neither a cheerleader nor a doomsayer. More a tinkerer.