Agreed, when I say chasing its tail I'm not talking about a simply output to the command line (which I really wasn't clear on). I created a program that generates a maze using Kruskal's algorithm with C++ and asked Claude to convert this to intel assembly with comments to cover where the equivalent functions and variables would be to make it easier for a class to match the assembly with the C++. It mostly worked, but Claude kept chasing one bug in circles until I realized what it was doing wrong and pointed out where the actual problem was. The LLM is quite good, but it has a tendency to get stuck and need help getting back out more than I like.

I've used LLMs for generating web interfaces and it does pretty good. Try to get it to code in assembly or have a container log traffic between other containers and the LLM will keep chasing it's tail trying to fix bugs.

Like our touchscreen that occasionally puts up a nag screen to watch the road while driving. I usually don't even notice it until I've started driving and I have to look at the screen to find the button to dismiss it so the clock shows up again.

This is my thought. Being somewhat pedantic I feel like oversold is not quite right as there is still value in what they are selling, but they are going overboard on the costs to provide the degree. Many local/State colleges are still more than worthwhile.

Repeating somewhat a recent post. I bought a pretty powerful gaming desktop 8 or 10 years ago. Now it still runs all of the games I play (short of like Starfield but it will run Cyberpunk 2077 fairly well). Until the computer is not fast enough I don't need a new one and if someone hacks my machine, a bunch of computer games is not a great loss. What value is Win 11? Not the price of replacing the hardware in this desktop to me.

Investment into a chip startup. What is that these days, like investing $500 toward someone learning an advanced degree?

Oh my gaming computer will not be replaced for some time until it is worth updating it, even if Micro$soft thinks otherwise. If someone hacks it, not much of value will be lost. Note most of my games are indie games that run just fine on a computer that was near top of the line eight years ago.

notepad++ just feels a little heavy for note windows, but if notepad gets worse, it might be the better option.

I love notepad++ for most of my document editing outside of an IDE, except I liked notepad for having a bunch of little note windows. Maybe I'll have to switch over to the sticky notes app and forget notepad.

AI is very useful, it does a lot of things with summarization and compression that really exceeds previous capabilities. However a lot of those trillions of dollars are not being invested in what AI does good, but instead what AI _appears_ to do good by sounding very authoritative on things it is wrong about, much like a lot of people running tech corporation. Not the first time companies have invested poorly in new technology and many companies will be pruned and lose all of that investment just like has happened before.

I have a simple word/number password I use for slashdot and websites. Security extensions have told me the password showed up on the darkweb and I need to change it, I really don't care enough.

Oracle stock is up almost 19 percent on the year still and it looks like most of the drop is a correction after the stock jumped after the announcement? Not that I think Oracle is a good company to buy, but this report seems a little off from what the stock is doing.

I support removing the penny, but I also think I would support being able to watch the fireworks if someone could make a popular video linking to this claim to say Trump removing the penny is Communist... sorry, end of a long day.

Yep, tried it out twenty years ago. Got really good accuracy after a couple hours of training and it pretty much did everything I could need to do with a PC. Unfortunately, voice command still doesn't work as good as a mouse and keyboard.

Can I adjust that for you?