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Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
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nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
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Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
hrmm. The new "inverted" world map from Brazil is neat. don't see any easy way to get an official one in the USA. Maybe it's okay to print my own.
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
error: loop too open
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
Reconfigured lots of symbols today in exchange for money, time to go outside and clean up something for Earth Day!
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
are there only two cooking techniques?
step 1: get food stuffs
step 2: either kill or proliferate the microorganisms on said food stuffs
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
my systems are not ready for full draft-meow-mrrp-00 implementation. hopefully by summer tho
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
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@olmst3ad@hachyderm.io
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
Is "tribal knowledge" a colonizer term?
Seems like in tech that is used to mean "we need to take this knowledge and extract or distill it so that others can have it"
Wonder if and when it makes more sense to have those others "join the tribe" instead?
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
something good
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
processing data (exciting)
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
air brakes
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
what specifically are the LLMs good at?
they lowered the barrier to entry for access to knowledge and prototyping.
vector embeddings seem useful?
LLMs dont solve problems relating to truth, authority/trust, collaboration, governance.
IMO the proof is yet to be seen on long term maintainability. :shrug:
anyways tell me about your favorite programming language or math and have you used LLMs with it and what was that like?
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
here are some recent tree facts ive learned.
basswood which is quite soft and nice for carving comes from Tilia americana, native to eastern north America. and folks call it either a basswod tree or linden tree for some reason. it has more names too: https://roamingroots.blog/2025/08/16/tilia-americana/
the american chestnut is not gone yet but is considered at risk. some individuals survive outside the original range and people are working towards modifying the species to defend against the fungus that did it in. https://tacf.org/history-american-chestnut/
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
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@TeflonTrout@beige.party
@TeflonTrout
@thegarbagebird @isocat
ditto. such a reference would aid in navigating certain other spaces.
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
not sure what words are good for signs but the art was nice
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
rude and 2D
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
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@yuki2501@masto.hackers.town
@yuki2501 yay for fixing and saving money!
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
RE: @shibacomputer@post.lurk.org
Violence, then rebuild; profit, then philanthropy – repeat!
Different war, same business model, new interface, same shining eyes.
“We’re making the world a better place.”
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
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@vashbear@hachyderm.io
@vashbear
some corporations and individuals are certainly heading that way. i dont suffer the belief in the inevitability of that path. maybe im delusional idk
as a programmer my experience with human language is that words are fluid. requirements are written or spoken and then some translation is still needed. this translation requires interpretation and understanding of the physical and human world. this activity is beyond the capability of a large language model.
Nick Bathum
@nbathum@hachyderm.io
nature built it first. yak-shaver. JVM apologist. math enjoyer. I'd rather be outside.
hachyderm.io
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@vashbear@hachyderm.io
@vashbear paraphrasing your words:
"if you dont use AI you cant program for money"
fuck right off. this is a capitalist fallacy argument. there will always be those who uphold human values moreso than the drive to be "more"