flaviat

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[–] flaviat@awful.systems 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

There cannot be such a thing since pdf does not structure its data. There is an extension to the standard that would let a program do it for you but nobody uses it (PDF/UA-1). (also pandoc is vibe coded now)

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 0 points 1 month ago

+1 for Archipelago

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago

OMG I just installed it! Great to see.

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 3 points 2 months ago

I believe it's the "don't stuff beans up your nose" effect, writing this prompt is causing it to mention goblins

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 3 points 2 months ago

Bravo. The farthest i could get is 2/3 assuming the following model: x₁ is a random number between 0 and 1, x₂ between x₁ and 1, and so on. If the service breaks at x₁, gets fixed at x₂, breaks again at x₃, etc. availability is 2/3.

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Luna is a very common transfem name

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago

I also had a computer not boot. Tried installing windows 11 but the iso does not include network card drivers and requires a second drive that has them. I just happened to have another but it malfunctioned. Was assured IT would fix it but it still doesn't boot. :(

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This github bot arguing with itself for over 5000 comments over an issue label

https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/16723

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Thank you for the links

Junk theorems in Lean are laughably bad due to type coercions.

Those look suspicious... I mean when you consider that the set of propositions is given a topology and an order, "The set {z : ℝ | z ≠ 0} is a continuous, non-monotone surjection." doesn't seem so ridiculous after all. Similarly the determinant of logical operations gains meaning on a boolean algebra. Zeta(1) is also by design. It does start getting juicy around "2 - 3 = +∞" and the nontransitive equality and the integer interval.

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

The flipside to that quote is that computer programs are useful tools for mathematicians. See the mersenne prime search, OEIS and its search engine, The L-function database, as well as the various python scripts and agda, rocq, lean proofs written to solve specific problems within papers. However, not everything is perfect: throwing more compute at the problem is a bad solution in general; the stereotypical python script hacked together to serve only a purpose has one-letter variable names and redundant expressions, making it hard to review. Throw in the vibe coding over it all, and that's pretty much the extent of what I mean.

I apologize if anything is confusing, I'm not great at communication. I also have yet to apply to a mathematics uni, so maybe this is all manageable in practice.

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The developer of an LLM image description service for the fediverse has (temporarily?) turned it off due to concerns from a blind person.

Link to the thread in question

Good for them

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