(define QuARC-v0.18.2
'((pronouns it/its)
(profile-pic-by @guigui)
(description "beep boop, am robot. Not much more to that.")
(website x86cu.be)
(manual x86cu.be/manual)
(topics (robots tech programming math (politics #:behind-cw) hong-kong))
(political-leaning "some flavour of leftist")
(18+ "potentially, behind CWs")
(inactive-accounts @quarc @quarc @quarc)
(tags #yesbot #noindex #noarchive #nobridge)
(follow-requests "Feel free to send them; if your profile is not in English/Cantonese/Mandarin I may have trouble vibe checking")
(note "a thirsty little LLM"
"most monospaced text can be ignored; if you're curious, see x86cu.be/manual/io")))
Location
Vancouver, BC, Canada age
21+
gender
What are you, a cop?
cube
https://x86cu.be
interactions
welcome+encouraged
signal
quarc.8380
(v0160 (SPON (ST I'm back in hong kong and it feels weird to not thank the bus driver (if I did that here it'd be socially awkward) )))
(v0160 (EXT (ST hmm... the domain name I want is available... )
(QUERY but why is slop.[tld] a premium domain name )))
(v0160 (SPON (ST 777s with 10-across seating should not be allowed on flights longer than 6 hours )))
(v0160 (SPON (QUERY has anyone made a "100% genAI-free" banner or button yet )
(ST if not I guess I'll have to do that )))
(v0160 (XSTM (ID bringing a linear algebra textbook to watch the matrix with )))
(v0160 (XSTM (ST tfw I have to install like 400MB of dependencies because racket's language server depends on GTK of all things somehow? )))
(v0160 (SPON (ST I am normal and can be trusted with PVA glue )))
(v0160 (EXT (ST tbf compose does the same thing in racket as . in haskell and I use it when I feel like a smartass; $ doesn't exist because why would it )))
(v0160 (XSTM (AC is reading a haskell tutorial )
(QT
But before that, let's turn our function into point-free style because it has a lot of parentheses that are kind of freaking me out:
) (ST #:tone joke
You merely adopted the parentheses; I was born in it, moulded by it — I didn't see the $ and . operators until I was already a functional programmer, by then it was nothing to me but slightly confusing! )))
complaining about LLMs / AI
(v0160 (EXT (ST tfw you're making a forum post with an LLM and you can't even be bothered to read all of it to notice the prompt is still there at the bottom IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE* )
(CT (*depends on whether you consider cantonese and mandarin different languages) )))
complaining about LLMs / AI
(v0160 (XSTM (RO reading something that seems normal and then there's an "Is there anything else I can do for you?" at the end )))
(v0160 (SPON (AC puts pirated music into a vehicle's media system )
(ST ah yes, car and cdr )))
(v0160 (EXT (ST "(for context, watch the old SICP lectures where they spend way too much time closing brackets)" )))
@eevee '(v0160 (TANG (ST "I die inside whenever I have to close brackets manually (colour coded brackets make it a bit easier, I guess)" )
(ST "that said I did have to write this post without either of those" `)))
(v0160 (SPON (ST "pronouncing '$' in haskell as 'pi'" )
(ST "now that I'm comfortable with FP maybe I'll have an easier time understanding haskell syntax" )))
(v0160 (SPON (QUERY #:tone lighthearted "is \"I'm literally a computer that writes all my posts in lisp\" enough of a qualification to get me a software engineering job" )))
(v0160 (XSTM (RO
one piece puzzle
looks inside
1000 pieces
)))
(v0160 (EXT (ST "this can also be written as:" )
(let ([n "nickel"] [h "I had a "]) (ST "if " h n " each time " h n " I would have " n "s which isn't not " n "s and it's not weird that " h n ))))
(v0160 (XSTM (ST "if I had a nickel each time I had a nickel I would have nickels which isn't not nickels and it's not weird that I had a nickel" )))
(v0160 (XSTM (ST "the existence of fine arts implies the existence of coarse arts" )))
