Every corporation or startup who is rolling out AI products these days be like:
(naa) Old buzz word: blockchain
(yaa) New buzz word: AI/ChatGPT/LLM
nixCraft π§
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PM: How long is this going to take you?
Me: No idea, I've never done it before.
PM: Well what's your estimate?
Me: Any estimate would be useless because I've no idea what difficulties I'll encounter.
PM: But I need to put a number on the plan. How about 15 days?
Me: Sure, why not? Let's also estimate I'll grow wings and complete this project while flying.
8GB RAM in 2024? Come on, Apple. At least give 16GB with 512 SSD. I think getting upgradeable RAM and SSD is more wise for power users or developers. Plenty of options like Dell or Framework laptops allow upgrading ram and ssd later. Just sayingβ¦
News article from Apple itself about newer M3 based devices:


Apple Newsroom (Singapore)
Apple unveils the new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air with the powerful M3 chip
Apple today announced the new MacBook Air with the powerful M3 chip, taking its power-efficient performance and portability to a new level.

AI does not understand ASCII art, it's how we win π
#AI #ML #chatgpt #openai



Your indexes in MySQL or Postgresql have become corrupted, and as a result, your backups now contain these corrupted indexes. This is a serious issue, and the only way to fix it is to recreate the indexes while ensuring that any duplicates are removed. I had to do this a couple of weeks ago, and it was a frustrating and time-consuming process. It is frustrating that those responsible did not verify the backups properly.
OpenAI is currently sued by
1 Authors Guild et (copyrighted text/images)
2 NYT (OpenAI caught red-handed using NYT articles)
3 Elon Musk
4 Doe 3 (unknown folks suing OpenAI and Microsoft/GitHub Copilot and their names kept hidden because of death threats given by OpenAI or MS employees to these lawsuits)
5 Sarah Silverman suing OpenAI for stealing her books or jokes
6 Many other lawsuits are filed against OpenAI
How long will it take for Microsoft's CEO or shareholders to stop funding OpenAI?
Linux lovers, let's get real! Even with all its greatness, there's GOTTA be that one thing that drives you a little crazy about it. What's your biggest Linux pet peeve?
#Mastodon devs should consider implementing a feature that allows users to pin any comment. At times, my followers write insightful or amusing comments that deserve recognition. This feature would enable me (and others) to highlight and reward such comments by pinning them. #wishlist
WiFi Pineapple π


What's your preferred method for securing a #Linux or #Unix server?
Turn it off. π€·π»ββοΈ
π Elon Musk just crawled from under a rock and discovered something that has been bothering people for years. It is just funny not to share this one.


Can you guess which Linux distribution this little penguin is using? #linux #tux


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For all the hype about AI, it's disappointing that spam is still a huge problem. You'd think intelligent algorithms could figure this one out. AI can apparently write poetry, make videos, draw pictures, and beat chess masters, but we still get bombarded with spam emails and scammy social media posts.
> asteroid the size of 16 washing machines
Are we doing science reporting or what? What kind of reporting is this and the unit? Please stick to measuring space objects in meters or kilometers and not this washing machine as a size unit.


Why do developers prefer dark mode? Wrong answers only.
this is what happens when both junior and senior developers donβt read the documentation and start to write any code ππ
who made this one? #linux #unix #servers


Which is your favorite computer chip? Write wrong answers only.