"Prompt engineering" this local copilot to actually do what I want. I'm gonna try to treat it like a codereview instead of "instructions" for what it should do. Apparently prepending an argument to a list of function calls is too big brain unless I word it just right. Though it's also just a 4GB model so what more can I expect
@skryking Every time I look at cross platform GUI toolkits I get sad. Seems that Electron / Tauri are the most accessivle cross platform with their web stuff, followed by QT with decent reach but complex SDK setup.
@skryking That's one thing I appreciate about most web apps. At least I can open them in another window. Sadly something like Element seems to keep a bunch of state in the render thread and only allows one instance at a time which I think is bonkers for a chat app.
In the first devlog for Rad Reader (rss reader) I present to you: a new icon, bug fixes from the support forum, and the very first OSX builds!! 🍾
https://cblgh.itch.io/rad-reader/devlog/689209/bug-fixes-galore-and-osx-builds
No, I'm not a wizard, though we have similarities I just have #ADD real bad.
- we disappear for periods of time and come back with new clothes
- we obsess over small things and will go on about them
- we usually like a good pipe now and then
- sometimes when we talk it's like we are speaking in ancient tongues to most people
@polotek From what I understand it's not so much your instance is pulling but the followed instance is pushing uodates to the follower. Mastodon in particular is pretty much only waiing for data to be pushed to it. It makes it annoying when you want to see posts on a profile that hasn't been followed for a while yet.
Maybe the postal service should offer email?
I’ve been thinking about how I could have email service that isn’t a constant battle against Google over deliverability without having to use Gmail/Outlook/etc. and all the evil bullshit that entails.
Maybe there’s other providers who have the reputation and resources to deal with this but it to me thinking: if the postal service can deliver mail to everyone with a mailing address, why not have them do the same for email?
I know historically they were competitors, but I think that time has long passed. Aside from giving everyone reliable email it could also be a way to get back to internet email standards and get companies like Google to handle internet email properly. It has the negotiation benefits of something like single-payer health insurance.
I’m sure there’s downsides, and you could always have additional, privately-owned service addresses for that.
Every day the yearning to pivot to #BioEngineering and #SyntheticBiology grows deeper.
Neat info about how outside of DNA and gene therapy, cells can be induced to grow different structures using bioelectrical stimulus.
look ok it's very simple!
I just want a body that never tires, a mind that never rests, and a soul that never hardens. I want to be left alone to my thoughts and craft while always surrounded by friends and loved ones and praise. I don't want anything to ever change and I don't want progress to ever stop. give me the lifespan of an immortal with the appreciation of every passing moment available only to the condemned facing the gallows.
that's all I ask.
Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.