Posts by BlackPeter

Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a $2 USB key

Late 80's in a large, no longer extant bank, 1-2-3 WAS the word processor. Memos were being printed on 132 (?) column Epson dot matrix printers, with half the paper being thrown away after cutting out the printed part. Where it all started for me.

Microsoft unveils Office LTSC 2024 for users that remain stubbornly offline

"In addition to dropping Publisher, Teams is also not preinstalled with Office LTSC 2024, and the Publish to Power BI feature has been stripped from Excel. ActiveX controls are also disabled by default, although administrators can re-enable them if necessary."

so, a better Office than Office... sounds good.

CLIs are simply wizard at character building. Let’s not keep them to ourselves

Re: Windows CLI text editor?

you are correct. i was in too much of a hurry. :(

Re: Windows CLI text editor?

winget gnu.nano install

Tech renders iconic rockers Kiss genuinely immortal

1976 me approves

damn, that was a long time ago.

I guess it's kind of like going to the movies, but louder and more expensive.

Microsoft's 11-year itch: The uncelebrated anniversary of Windows 8

Re: Server 2012 ?

Oh G-d. Up until recently we had some internal dev servers running 2012, and i literally winced when I had to RDP into them to do something. Then I would forget that hideous interface existed until the next time. All gone now, thankfully.

Texas cryptomining outfit earns more from idling rigs than digging Bitcoin

when I was in college we joked about buying a farm and letting the government pay us for not growing wheat. now we can buy a crypto farm and let the government pay us for not mining bitcoin.

the more things change......

Artificial General Intelligence remains a distant dream despite LLM boom

Re: They are statistically derived word sequences

statistically derived word sequence: "The purple parrot swiftly danced beneath the shimmering moonlight, while delicate flowers whispered secrets among ancient stones."

randomly derived word sequence: "Elephant, mountain, laughter, sunset, adventure, solitude, dream, ocean, fire, serenade, mystery, tranquility."

Re: Intelligence

but they are not "randomly generated word sequences". They are statistically derived word sequences - based on decidedly non-random text that was fed into the model. No intelligence necessary.

This ancient quasar may be the remains of the first-gen star that started us all

Re: "the so-called Population III stars"

but it WAS Episode 4 - I remember quite well being confused by that.

Open source's totally non-secret weapon big tech dares not use: Staying relevant

Re: a way to make the good of the end user more relevant than maximising revenue

"If I asked the public what they wanted they would have said, "faster horses". -- Henry Ford