cross-posted from: https://thebrainbin.org/m/nottheonion@lemmy.world/t/1376014

‘Why let mere mortals decide CPU priorities when the cosmos can guide us?’ asks the developer.

To be clear, the point of this is to demonstrate the power and flexibility of a new Linux feature in a “haha only serious” way.

Zampieri is clear that this GPL-2.0 licensed project is a “scientifically dubious, cosmically hilarious” work. It definitely isn’t recommended for use in production systems - not because of bugs, but because it works as intended… The dev is still looking to add “more cosmic chaos” to scx_horoscope, so contributors are welcome.

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    4 hours ago

    Reminds me of that story of someone having connection issues based on the phases of the moon finding out it’s because the rising tides were lifting someone’s boat up and blocking line of sight…

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    21 hours ago

    Element Effects

    Zodiac sign elements create elemental affinities and oppositions:

    Boosted Combinations (tasks thrive under compatible elements):

    • 🔥 Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) × CPU tasks: 1.5x boost
    • 🌬️ Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) × Network tasks: 1.5x boost
    • 🌍 Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) × System tasks: 1.4x boost
    • 💧 Water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) × Memory tasks: 1.3x boost

    Hang on - Aquarius, the water-bearer, is an air element? I’m beginning to think this astrology stuff doesn’t make much sense.

    I like that water is responsible for memory, like how homeopathic medicine works.

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      https://allthatsinteresting.com/terry-davis

      Haven’t heard about this piece of internet lore. It’s really tragic, and I shudder to think how differently would it go if he had access to ChatGPT.

      Or rather, probably not much different, but there are already several cases of people nudged to the exactly same path solely thanks to AI, that they wouldn’t have probably ended up on so quickly. It sucks.

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        [he wrote] a sequel to 1984.

        I didn’t know this bit of his story. Anyone read it? I’m assuming it’s not very good/coherent but perhaps he was as gifted a writer as he was a coder.

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        It’s interesting, because I some ways I think it might not be as bad, because a lot of the problems Davis faced were trolls abusing him as a lolcow. But at the same time, people have literally killed themselves after being advised to by ChatGPT.

        As a side note, I have seen at least one person (probably jokingly) vibe coding in HolyC on TikTok.

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          I dunno about SlopGPT but I can absolutely believe he’d have a locally running LLM trained on nothing but religious texts or something

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            There is a great concept in Transhumance Space where I-forget-which-flavour-of-religion has their members accept a companion AI that is trained on the scripture and will question/advise the believer’s decisions throughout their day. I’m quite surprised this one hasn’t come true yet, as we literally have all we need to do it right now!

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          You’re right, I did realize that it’s a pretty offtopic and no value comment a short while after posting, but too late to go edit it out.

          Thanks for the video, Down the Rabitt Hole videos about EVE Online are my absolute favorites, so this will be a good watch.

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      I forget that it’s been about a decade since Terry Davis was doing what he was doing. Of course his death was less than a decade ago, but you probably know what I mean

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        It’s very sad. He had some brilliant ideas, with a bit of mental health support he could have done incredible things. RIP :(