Rookeh

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[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 3 points 14 hours ago

AI is just the next level of abstraction. First there was paper tape, then assembly, then C, then C++ and then the higher level OOP languages, JavaScript, and now finally this - natural language. It's the next logical step. And I'm sure at each previous milestone people were having arguments about it much the same as this time.

Thing is, this is the lowest the bar has ever been to get into development - and yet, you still need to understand both what you are asking the LLM to produce and, even more importantly, the output it produces. This second part is in my opinion the most likely aspect to blow up in people's faces.

Don't come crying when the mission critical finance app vibe coded by your MBA suddenly starts erroring out at 3am every second Saturday because your LLM decided to hallucinate a magic number somewhere in your codebase.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The main issue was a catastrophic failure of the VC_FRONT module which is one of the critical onboard computers that manages things like the 12v battery and low voltage power distribution (basically a "smart" fuse box). Without it the car is bricked and cannot be driven.

That took several weeks and some back and forth around the extended warranty to resolve, and then even after that module was replaced, on my first drive after the repair it went straight into limp mode and then spent another week at the service centre having that diagnosed.

During this time I decided it might be time to start looking for a new car, ended up selling it a few months later and took delivery of a new Polestar 2.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not sure why anyone expected a new facelift would improve sales. It's clear the overall decline is associated with Musk going full mask-off fascist, given this, driving around in a car that looks unlike any previous Model Y just makes it completely obvious that you knew this and decided to buy one anyway. If they want to bolster sales, maybe they should have kept producing the pre-facelifted versions for a while.

Full disclosure, I used to own a Model 3. I had it for 5 years and was generally very happy with it - it was a great daily driver, cost very little to run and maintain, and (aside from a few issues later in my ownership, which was one of the reasons I decided to sell it) in general it was very easy to live with.

There are clearly some very skilled engineers at Tesla who know how to build a great product. It is a shame their efforts are being undermined by a fascist lunatic with a narcissist complex.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 54 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 10 points 3 weeks ago

Old? Check. Male? Check. Hung out on Epstein island? Check.

Seems like a perfect match to me.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago

Well, I'm currently writing a service and frontend, both in C# (Blazor for the UI), and using docker-compose to build and deploy them to a Raspberry Pi running Linux. So not only cross-platform, but cross-architecture as well.

This is not a new thing either. Since .NET Core was released almost 10 years ago, it has supported cross platform development.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Assuming your Fiesta produces < 100g/km CO2, looks like you'll now be paying £20/year (as it was manufactured before 2017, different rules apply) - could be worse!

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Not quite. Even existing EVs (with some exceptions for older vehicles) will be charged the new basic VED rate of £195 when they are next due to renew (which could be in up to a year's time).

What EV purchasers were trying to avoid was the expensive vehicle supplementary tax of £425/year for cars with a list price of over £40k, which EVs purchased/registered since the start of April are no longer exempt from.

As the vast majority of new EVs on the market fall into that price bracket (including all Teslas except the base tier Model 3), suddenly the yearly tax for most new EV purchases jumps from £195 to £620/year.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

2017: covfefe

2025: cvefefe

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

Right now none of the native clients support SSO. It is a frequently requested feature but, unfortunately, it doesn't look like it will be implemented any time soon. As with many OSS projects it is probably a case of "you want it, you build it" - but nobody has actually stepped up.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

For web access, stick it behind a reverse proxy and use something like Authentik/Authelia/SSO provider of your choice to secure it.

For full access including native clients, set up a VPN.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 35 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Oh fuck me, HOW in like 25 years did I not get that pun?!

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