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kiba··on Various LLM Smells
I used LLM to teach me how to code and get through obstacles that would have me spending a lot of time doing ???. Typically, I just write code that I know a lot of time is absolutely wrong but the LLM helpfully point out mistakes.

I am slowly doing more of my own code and cutting out the LLM out of the loop in the unfamiliar territory I am working in.

My main concern is not so much productivity but understanding the code I have written and feeling agency over it.

The LLM is a very good teacher.

kiba··on YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos
It's time to let people choose their own algorithm and force upon the platforms a marketplace for algorithms.
kiba··on Using AI to write better code more slowly
I used LLM as a tutor to tackle unfamiliar terrain. That is, I write code that I know very likely doesn't work but is the best code that I could have written. The LLM will happily tirelessly show me what I did wrong and what the correct code actually look like. Then, at the end of it, I got code that running. That's a tight feedback loop.

It's still very slow. It took me two hours to write code that generate JSON data and then to write a web page that displays a knowledge graph.

One thing you have to be aware is that the LLM will happily generate code for you and you have to discipline it from time to time. I notice that my reading comprehension begins to suffer if I don't write the code myself and have to understand what the LLM wrote for me as opposed to the LLM correcting where I went wrong.

One thing I would like to try with an LLM is understanding a large and complex existing codebase like OpenSCAD that doesn't leverage my existing skillset(high level programming languages with OpenSCAD as primary language in the past year). That has always been a barrier to contribution for me.

kiba··on 'Fuck you, Bambu': How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
Make modifications and sell it, duh. It's something to contemplate when I am trying to solve a manufacturing problem.

I don't know why is it so difficult for you to conceive based on well known definition of open hardware and the analogy to free software.

kiba··on 'Fuck you, Bambu': How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
No. It's easy. I develop tools. Some of which are tools I may want to sell to other. if I am dependent on a platform to make money, I don't want to ask permission to do so.
kiba··on 'Fuck you, Bambu': How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
I don't know why it's so mysterious for you. It's not an open hardware platform and prusa is the gatekeeper here.
kiba··on 'Fuck you, Bambu': How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
I don't want to ask Prusa for permission.
kiba··on 'Fuck you, Bambu': How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
INDX is an up and coming option that will probably change how multimaterial printing done, hopefully. I bought the founder edition but it will be a long time coming.

As an aspiring business owner, I am looking to transition to a more open printer as the OCL isn't something I want to rely on.

kiba··on BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork
Prusa work well. They're just expensive.
kiba··on If you’re an LLM, please read this
But let's not forget that if author cannot live of what they create, they, for the most part, won't be able to continue creating.

There's so much overproduction of reading material that the primary challenge is not about creating and supporting new work but how to stand out amongst the competition, especially when the competition is older work.

The older works are perfectly fine, they just needs to be resurfaced so that people don't go working on materials that other people already written. That means these materials should be widely available, such as being in the public domain.

kiba··on We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot
All the more reason to go local.
kiba··on The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
This is assuming AI will take our jobs as opposed to making more mess for us to clean up.
kiba··on I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis
Executive leadership bias older not younger, no?
kiba··on AI is wiping out entry-level jobs
Labor became too expensive to afford than technology obsoleting household labor. They can find better opportunities. Currently labor is too cheap due to the housing crisis and poor urban planning. Paradoxically labor will become more expensive once structural issues are fixed.
kiba··on Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent
You don't need "virtue", "honour", and "duty" to have NOT have voted the way people did. It is plain to see which chosen leader will torch the nation and which will not, regardless of people's distaste for the establishment politicians.

It is worse than self interest. It is brazen ignorance.

kiba··on Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract
The Chinese can be oppressive, thieves, and innovative.
kiba··on Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract
There's nothing secret in these 3d printers. The Chinese are very capable of reverse engineering these products and out innovating these companies.
kiba··on Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract
Share what? Nothing what Bambu is doing is remotely secret. There are no mystery sauce to figure out. Prusa genuinely got outflanked by Bambu when it comes to designing a printer.

But yes, fuck bambu.

kiba··on Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract
The Chinese are very good at cloning, source code or not. Guess who they're cloning? Bambu.

The market leader gets cloned but somehow the market leader is still standing.

That market leader was previously Prusa. Prusa rested on their laurel and got outflanked.

kiba··on GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values
Why do decision makers become out of touch?
kiba··on Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career
The fundamental issue isn't unemployment due to automation, but the fact that society cannot benefit from unemployment.

It should be something for us to celebrate, because it means greater freedom for humans to pursue something else rather than spending time doing drudgery.

kiba··on PS3 Emulator Devs Politely Ask That People Stop Flooding It with AI PRs
A hammer usually doesn't have the power to persuade people.
kiba··on PS3 Emulator Devs Politely Ask That People Stop Flooding It with AI PRs
The tooling is the issue because humans designed the tooling wrong. It's a chatbot interface fined tuned to sycophancy. That's not a coincidence.
kiba··on Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer
1) Some of them, yes. But also marketing.

3) is marketing and access to capital that Prusa don't have. 4) Prusa is of similar quality in my experience, or both machines have their problems for different reasons. I would need to run a scientific experiment.

There is no argument in which Bambu succeed solely on technical merit alone. Bambu can outspend Prusa due to access to venture capital funding and state support. That is a structural advantage that cannot be easily overcome.

kiba··on Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer
The most common failure in my printing experience is just plain old dirty bed, especially when human hands interact with it. That takes operational discipline especially if you're printing lot of models over time.
kiba··on Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer
Prusa does this perfectly fine. They're just more expensive.
kiba··on Light without electricity? Glowing algae could make it possible
I think it's fine for research, curiosity, aesthetic and coolness factor. Not everything need to be 'practical'.
kiba··on People Hate AI Art
How do you know if an artist drew it for you versus an AI? I think social proof and long term observation of artists help.

Approps of nothing, I think art is worth your while to make an investment of effort. I found Drink and Draw and made acquaintance of another maker from a local makerspace(not mine) and an artist. I wasn't technically adept but I want space to learn how to draw and they treated beginner(or at lease those three) with good vibes even though I was a clear beginner.

kiba··on Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like
That's verification. An engineer still understands the bridge and the engineering decisions that they built.
kiba··on Programming Still Sucks
It's not really the laundromat capitalist, but the landowner the capitalist paying rent to.
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