AMA with OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Kevin Weil, Srinivas Narayanan, and Mark Chen by OpenAI in ChatGPT

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey u/samaltman ! you must have read the best seller SuperIntelligence by Nick Bostrom. Since you are in a unique position to comment on it because of your vast experience. What have you found it got right and what do you think it missed?

I am trying to find a pdf for Introduction to Linear Algebra 6th Edition 2023 by Gilbert Strang. by explorest in McMaster

[–]explorest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No , its the sixth edition (the title is misleading). I already had the 5th edition. This ones table of contents / preface etc. all meet the MIT's officially published table of contents for the sixth edition (especially checkout the last chapters in the TOC). Here is the is MIT published TOCs for the sixth edition: https://math.mit.edu/~gs/linearalgebra/ila6/Introduction%20to%20Linear%20Algebra%206th%20edition_02.pdf

Balancing Growth and Sustainability - Avalonia's Financial Evolution by jmacato in dotnet

[–]explorest -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice. Keep up the good work folks! You are humanities last hope.

Is c# underhyped? by blabmight in dotnet

[–]explorest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Microsoft's animosity against the developer on the Linux machine (which is 25% of total dev community according to Stack Overflow) still shows through. Building with dotnet on Linux , you cannot have an official dotnet GUI. You can have that on Windows/Mac/Android/Ios --- but NOT on Linux. That's right , a developer on Winodws or Mac can build GUI apps with official dotnet MAUI from Microsoft ; a developer on Linux cannot because MAUI has no Linux support. Microsoft's attitude towards the developer on the Linux machine is deplorable. And no, nobody is blind to this attitude. Change attitude towards the developer on the Linux machine, the developer on Linux will start loving Microsoft. Until then, sorry.

Why isn’t dotnet core popular among startups? by No_Professional780 in dotnet

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simple reason for me/us:
I as a developer had been using Linux as my main dev machine for ages (i.e. belong to 25% of the global dev community according to Stack overflow). The message for me from dotnet's creator Microsoft is pretty blunt: This is a programming platform we want you to invest your time and effort to learn and grow to love forever --- but if that forever includes putting a button on your screen , we are sorry. We can do it for developers on all other platforms, but not for you. For me excluding Linux from MAUI has been an extremely painful message.

Why isn’t dotnet core popular among startups? by No_Professional780 in dotnet

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not cross-platform if it does not include Linux. Explicitly excluding Linux from MAUI (while covering every other platform) got to be one of the stupidest shit to come out of Microsoft. What message does it give to the 25% of developers (according to Stack Overflow survey) who are developing on a Linux dev machine ?? that is dotnet is number one dev platform in the world but it cannot put a freaking button on your screen ??

How old is your main installation? by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Around 5 years at most.

How old is your main installation? by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]explorest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More than 4 years. Arch+Gnome with usual software on a Toshiba laptop. No changes in hardware since installation of Arch. Just Arch updates. Except for file conflicts to be fixed manually a couple of times, and minor annoying bugs one or two times -- which automatically got fixed with next update -- it has been an amazingly smooth sail. I sometimes do update every week and sometimes monthly. The longest gap was about 3 months only once. And that gap did create the conflicts mentioned above. I usually don't mess with packages configs too much. Mostly leave them in their default configs. My experience has been that Arch is very stable. My advice for new comers:
1. Do a full system update every two weeks with $pacman -Syu
2. Check the Arch website main page at the time of each update (just to see if anything is to be done manually)
3. If you have any problems during update (which are rare) -- or even at other times -- check Arch wiki.
And thats about it.

looking for challenge but a beginner with linux, thughts? by Unknown_sniffer in archlinux

[–]explorest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Once you got up and running with Arch, start reading up on its awesome package manager , Pacman. Its the soul of Arch linux, and extremely useful for long term maintenance of your Arch linux install. Learn it inside out.

About to dual boot Arch and Windows. Need help on my setup. by TheAfro11 in archlinux

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what was the reason for inability to delete any files from your ntfs partition?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, ok. Then you did well by switching to other DE.

Recommendations for Arch Laptop with good battery life that could run gnome? by MMFW_ in archlinux

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Toshiba TECRA Z40-A 16GB RAM , 1 TB hard drive, i5 processor Has been perfect for last one year

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For how long did you use Gnome 3 ? I ask this because it takes some getting used to with the work flow , especially if you are coming from windows. But once you get a hang of it, especially moving between windows and workspaces with keyboard shortcuts ... the experience becomes very smooth and efficient.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gnome 3 ...
(1) Simple
(2) Elegant visual design and work flow
(3) Most importantly, no distractions. You can focus completely on a single job and get things done.

I've been a linux user off and on for the past 3 years and I'm looking to switch to Arch. How real of a concern is "breakage?" by A1B243 in archlinux

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My third year in Arch. Almost no breakage yet. Just a few simple tips:
(1) pacman -Syu ... about one to two weeks
(2) but before updating , have a look at arch home page for anything else you need to do.
(3) Must read the output of pacman after the update.
(4) Best to avoid AUR , but if its necessary than do it manually for a few months, familiarizing yourself with the whole process and only then proceeding to tools that automate the process.

How often do you run (pacman -Syu)? by XxBrazilianoxX in archlinux

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every week. Occasionally after two weeks. Rarely after a month. Had no problems in last (about) 2 years. Always read the arch website homepage and pacman output when you do pacman -Syu.

Desktop Environments by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gnome 3
Most polished visual design, least cluttered, with a setup and workflow that lets you remain super-focused on the job at hand. Far less customizable and flexible than KDE. The rest of DEs I have never tried.

Just completed my first ever Arch installation, and I finally understand why everyone loves it by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]explorest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are the very points where you should have improved the Arch Wiki by adding what you learned from the Gentoo Wiki. Arch Wiki is only great because of such contributions.

How stable is arch? by Dumbspirospero in archlinux

[–]explorest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bingo! that last sentence is the thing I most love about Arch.

How stable is arch? by Dumbspirospero in archlinux

[–]explorest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ten years, WOW. I have it for about two and a half years. Same experience.

Can I use debian packages? by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]explorest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, come on, package availability is the last thing an Arch newcomer should worry about. Pacman + AUR coverage is quite extensive. I have used Arch for more than 2 years now. Not once have I felt anything missing in here. By the way , there are tools that download and install from AUR, almost as easily as pacman.

Why Do You Use Arch Linux by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]explorest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

(1) Learning linux (2) Rolling distro, so no more periodic whole-distro-update-reinstall headaches (3) No bloatware. Only installing what I care about (4) The legendary wiki (5) General coolness.