So they're selling the ability to imitate anyone you like for a short time for $8 a go? Crypto scammers are going to love this so much, total bargain!
@simonw
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Building SQL Learning Tutorial With Custom Tools
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I'm building my own tutorial about learning SQL with my tools here;
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Federated Networks as Leaky Abstractions: Design Challenges
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I think it really suffers from being a leaky abstraction – it's pretending to be a single thing like Twitter, but the boundaries between servers mean it actually works in all sorts of surprising things ways
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Decentralized AI Systems: Cost Considerations and Trade-offs
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A decentralized system will always be more expensive than a centralized one – that's why stuff always seems to naturally centralize over time So I'm ready for it to cost a bit more – my Q is if it will cost an /unreasonable/ amount more At least it's not crypto proof of work!
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Linking significant work to issue threads for better context
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I'm a fan of trying to link significant pieces of work to an issue thread, to provide a place for additional context, screenshots and other notes to exist independently of the commit log – see my notes here https://
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Efficient ActivityPub implementations with Python asyncio and Rust
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Yeah I genuinely do worry about that I'm looking forward to more efficient ActivityPub implementations – stuff like Python asyncio on top of SQLite could use a lot less resources than Sidekiq non-async workers and PostgreSQL – or move the noisy bits directly to Go or Rust
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Open Source AI Platform Benefits Over Corporate Control
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Downside: rough around the edges. Bumpy learning curve. Upside: absolutely no chance of being bought and ruined by a narcissistic billionaire Until a week ago I thought the downsides outweighed the upsides – I have now been convinced otherwise!
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Custom background tasks and SQLite database optimization
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I believe there are background tasks deleting older content – it's certainly not lightweight though Naturally I'm poking around the edges of it to see if I could roll something fun and custom on top of SQLite
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Running Your Own Server for Complete Control
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That's one of the reasons I'm running my own server! Then at least if a rando gets bored and shuts it down that rando will be me
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Topic curation accounts and decentralized server architecture challenges
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I find the server thing tricky because I'm on my own personal server, population 1 – so I don't get a "local" feed, I have to follow people elsewhere to see anything at all I think there's lots of potential for topic-related curation accounts which simply retweet relevant others