Notices by Miguel de Icaza (migueldeicaza@mastodon.social)

@maccatalan yup that’s me, but it has been replaced by: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/la-terminal-ssh-client/id1629902861

More journalism like this:

https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/iran-launches-unprovoked-attack-at

The European mind cannot comprehend this:

“The University of California just announced a list of military weaponry it wants in order to escalate its warfare on its students:
3000 rounds of pepper munitions
500 rounds of 40mm impact munitions
12 drones
9 grenade launchers

Read the full list here: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/sept24/c1.pdf “

Via democracy now:

“Erik Prince, the founder of the military contractor Blackwater and younger brother of Betsy DeVos, invited around 650 of his contacts to join a secret, private group chat. And now it has leaked.”

https://newrepublic.com/article/182008/erik-prince-secret-global-group-chat-off-leash

Scott Chacon talk on Git tips and tricks from fosdem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aolI_Rz0ZqY

@Mastodon oh man I wish I was there!

Exactly

I had enough troubling discussions with tech people that believe that these language models think and we are within moments of sentient computers.

Many variations on “we are just like the machines; we read and speak statistically valid sentences”

Folks are quickly dismissing that turning your complex inside thoughts into words is usually an art that requires work and practice.

These models are great tools, but I feel the cringe creep up when folks bless these models with supernatural powers.