@dzwiedziu @GeePawHill :-)

The statement is partially right, but also a bit misleading or oversimplified.

Let's break it down:
✅ "ML translation tools are not LLMs."
Mostly true, depending on what you mean.

Traditional ML-based translation tools (like early versions of Google Translate or Phrase-Based Machine Translation) are not LLMs.

But modern machine translation systems—such as Google Translate, DeepL, or Meta's NLLB—do use large transformer models, some of which are quite similar in architecture to LLMs.

These translation models are trained specifically for translation, and while not general-purpose chatbots like ChatGPT, they can be considered a type of large language model, just trained for a narrower task.

🤔 "Those are purpose-built models, which are far more effective..."
True, in many cases:

Purpose-built models for translation can outperform general LLMs like ChatGPT when it comes to accuracy, fluency, and idiomatic usage—especially in production environments.

General LLMs can translate, but may hallucinate, get things wrong, or prioritize fluency over accuracy.

❌ "...than slop generators."
This part is an opinionated jab and not a technical point.

Referring to LLMs as “slop generators” is subjective and dismissive.

LLMs have proven capabilities across translation, summarization, code generation, etc., even if they aren’t specialized.

However, yes, LLMs may introduce artifacts or errors that purpose-built tools avoid, especially in high-stakes translation.

TL;DR
✅ Translation tools are often not general-purpose LLMs.

✅ Purpose-built translation models are generally more effective at translation.

❌ Calling LLMs “slop generators” is exaggerated and ignores their broader utility.

Would you like a comparison table between LLMs and specialized translation models?

@hanse_mina Agreed. Andrej Babis is a nightmare for many reasons :-(.

@GeePawHill How is it different from using google? Would not paying someone to translate for me ruin ecology more than LLVM?

@stepan @schmaker Blby. Cil zabezpeceni typicky je aby adb slo povolit, ale aby to zaroven smazalo veskera data. (Coz vlastne .. neni tak uplne nerozumny).

2 days ago, libcamera did not really work with itself, or Librem 5. You need auto exposure -> have ARGB8888 data. So I teached ppm saver to write that. And then got AF to work (slowly) on Librem 5. See libcamera list for details.

@jachym @dodo1095zd @elektrofest_cz @Petr90 @RezzaBuh @sesivany A ne, to ze to jde vyjet do nuly vlastne nic neznamena... nebo spis znamena ze cela kapacita neni dostupna.

a) To nijak nemluvi o tom, jestli je baterie vybijena naplno.

b) To uplne vypnuti znamena, ze to zarazil batery management, protoze clanky "hardwarove" nevypnou ale s vybitim se snizuje dostupny proud.

@jachym @dodo1095zd @elektrofest_cz @Petr90 @RezzaBuh @sesivany No to prave jedno neni pokud se snazime extrapolovat chovani baterie do budoucna.

Ok, so "src/apps/cam/cam -c2 -C1000 -F/dev/null -sheight=640,width=480" actually does crop with swisp, and I can reach 23fps with that. Good.

#libcamera Libcamera does not really work with itself, or Librem 5. You need auto exposure. Ok, that means swisp. Good, so now you have ARGB8888 data. Surprise, cam will not save that to ppm (it expects RGB888). Nor will it save it to dng. In full resolution, I get 0.5 fps. In minimum resolution (~768p) I get 8fps. Not great. Hopefully it should be possible to make swisp crop things. Help would be nice. You also need AF. Fortunately there's a patch for that :-).

@ptesarik @ozzelot Presne tak. Most vydrzel, ale vlastne by me zajimalo, jak poznat, ktery mosty jsou na to staveny.

#libcamera Libcamera does not really work with itself, or Librem 5. You need auto exposure. Ok, that means swisp. Good, so now you have ARGB8888 data. Surprise, cam will not save that to ppm (it expects RGB888). Nor will it save it to dng. In full resolution, I get 0.5 fps. In minimum resolution (~768p) I get 8fps. Not great. Hopefully it should be possible to make swisp crop things. Help would be nice. You also need AF. Fortunately there's a patch for that :-)

@ozzelot Pokusem jsem to zkousel, a nemel jsem z toho dobry pocit. Jinak je to CSN1991-2. 2kN na m^2, pokud to dobre chapu, coz neni az tak moc.

Na turisticke ceste postavila obec mostek. Bohuzel tak nesikovne, ze uz se neda pouzit blizky brod. Mel jsem velky obed takze me zajima... jak zjistim nosnost mostku? Ptam se pro kamarada :-).

@CalcProgrammer1 @stovis Librem 5 is another option where HDMI-over-USB should work. And I believe newer OnePlus-es should be able to do that, too.

But... be warned that big monitor needs big resolution and that needs big CPU and big GPU, at least if you want to browse the web.

Je tu jaro. Ze zlutaka jsem sundaval 5 klistat, nejaky potvory se mu snazej sezrat usi, a v kuchyni jsem likvidoval mravenci utok.

@sesivany @elektrofest_cz @Petr90 @dodo1095zd @jachym @RezzaBuh Maji ty Tesly LiFePO3? A neni tam nejaky ... trik / podvod typu ze cast kapacity je uzivateli nedostupna takze pak tahle statistika vypada lip?

Kazdopadne bych rad videl neco podobneho v elektronice.

@sesivany @elektrofest_cz @Petr90 @dodo1095zd @jachym @RezzaBuh Takze predpoklad je ze "dnesni" baterie budou mit jeste za 20let rekneme 70% kapacity a ty elektroauta budou pouzitelny? To je podle me sci-fi.

@sesivany @elektrofest_cz @Petr90 @dodo1095zd @jachym @RezzaBuh Ja nevim co jsou "drevni" doby elektromobility. Prvni auta byly elektro, tusim, ted nejakych 120let plus. A jo, vse krome baterie bude bud fungovat nebo opravit. Jestli nekdo vnima na elektromobilu dulezitej motor, tak je to vlastne v pohode auto. Ale ja vnimam jako dulezitou baterii... protoze je to nejdrazsi soucastka.

@RezzaBuh @jachym @sesivany @elektrofest_cz @Petr90 @dodo1095zd Thermal management... Ale ty baterie ho potrebuji i pri skladovani, ze? Takove auto zaparkovane na slunicku. A jasne ze vyrobce ma motivaci lhat "to je stary problem, ten uz je vyreseny"...

@sesivany @elektrofest_cz @Petr90 @dodo1095zd @jachym @RezzaBuh S tim ze se pouzivana baterka poskozuje bych se klidne smiril. Ale snazim se baterie neskladovat ani plne nabite ani plne vybite, presto nevydrzi. Vetsina notebooku je vetsinu doby pripojena k siti, baterie je stejne prvni co odejde.

Pravda je ze LiFePO3 baterie v OLPC se i po letech chova velmi slusne.

Take je pravda ze teplota ma vliv, coz je problem tech notebooku, a ze BMC obvody maji vliv na vydrz baterie. Presto... spalovaci motor z roku 1905 pobezi. Dnesni elektroauto v roce 2125 nikdo ozivit nedokaze.