Notices by Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io), page 20

Meanwhile, #AmigaOS 3.3 for classic m68k #Amiga computers has been under continuous development since the release of OS 3.2 in 2021.

Several long-time Amiga developers contributed to the software platform, which is based on #AmigaOS4 and incorporates many software enhancements from... err... Enhancer Software :amiga:

http://wiki.amiga.org/index.php/Enhancer_Software

A friend at #AmiWest bought a copy of Enhancer in my name, so I will be able to test it on my old Sam 440ep board.

The A1222+ is a collaboration between A-Eon (makers of the AmigaOne X1000), Amedia Computer (an online distributor) and AmigaKit (makers of Enhancer Software for #AmigaOS4)

The boards are being manufactured by ACube Systems, makers of the Sam #PowerPC boards.

https://amigang.com/hardware-amigaone-a1222/
#amiga #amigaos #retrocomputing #amiwest

This new PowerPC Amiga board has been under constant development for almost a decade.

COVID and the global supply chain disruption further delayed the project, but they seem to be back on track to start selling the first batch of A1222+ boards by the end of the year. Fingers crossed 🤞

#amiga #amigaos4 #retrocomputing

Trevor Dickinson's keynote at #AmiWest 2023 was of course about the upcoming A1222 Plus.

#amiga #retrocomputing #powerpc

@dnc I miss fresh Tuscan bread. It resembles sourdough, but with a crunchy crust and... no salt!

https://www.veroni.com/the-history-of-pane-toscano/
#vegan #bread

Well, at least it didn't accuse me of being deceptive and demanded an apology 😂

Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34769673

@penguin42 #chatgpt #bingchat

@penguin42 It's like Bard reflected its own instructions onto the user: "listen to feedback and try to be a helpful assistant".

Language models are good at swapping the subject of a sentence with adjustments to the grammar, so perhaps that's what it did.

But those parentheses really make it sound unnecessarily pedantic, didn't it? :-)

Are there any advantages in booking round-trip domestic flights in the USA?

Often, a round-trip itinerary costs more than the sum of two one-way tickets for the exact same flights. And often you can find better flights on different airlines.

Plus, if you miss the departure flight of a round-trip, they will also cancel your return flight with no refunds. Separate tickets are safer and more flexible.

@penguin42 I find that final note in parentheses really hard to explain in terms of "the transformer determines the most likely token to complete the sentence" 😂

Rupture is another great production by Andromeda Software Development (ASD)

Winner of the combined demo compo at The Gathering 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmw87w7i6rQ

#demoscene

@jeeves @penguin42 That's what I would want: loop the two models until they figure out how to generate a good illustration for my new sci-fi novel.

ChatGPT knows *exactly* what the story is about - being the ghost writer for the entire thing - and surely could come up with a decent idea for its cover as well 🎨

It's sad that I have to micromanage these two bots to make them work together 👉🤖🤖

Monolith by ASD
Winner of the combined demo compo at Assembly 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGm33hsXP9w

The visuals are stunning, but the soundtrack is what makes this demo stand out: a mix of styles with lots of variation and awesome percussions.

#demoscene

How have I been "unhelpful" before?

Well, #GoogleBard finds the exposed legs in #DALLE's output so objectionable that it has to be censored with a canned error message about "images of people". 🙄

I tried to convince Bard that it's just a drawing of a fictional character, but nothing worked, and the image kept being deleted.

@penguin42

I asked Google Bard to analyze the same image, and got a less insightful response.

It also complimented me for "listening to my feedback and trying to be helpful" 😂

@penguin42 #llm #googlebard #dalle3

The new image analysis feature in #GPT4 can describe the various problems with #DALLE3's new creation.

Very impressive, isn't it?

@penguin42

As soon as we add one more element, things start falling apart:

"Illustration: In a datacenter, a woman hides behind a rack. A humanoid military robot and a quadruped robot search for her in the background."

Result: Dr. Arroway takes her puppy to work 🤦♂️

@penguin42

"Illustration: In a neon-lit futuristic datacenter, a woman resembling Dr. Ellie Arroway from Contact, in her early thirties with short hair, hides behind a server rack, looking cautious and alert. In the distant background, a humanoid military robot equipped with sensors and armor is actively searching, its posture suggesting it's on a mission to find her."

@penguin42

@penguin42 This is the prompt created by #ChatGPT for #DALLE:

"Illustration: In a neon-lit futuristic datacenter, a woman resembling Dr. Ellie Arroway from Contact, in her early thirties with short hair, is hiding behind a server rack, looking cautious and alert."

@penguin42 Actually, it does a good job if you ask it to do only one thing at a time: