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purrcat259 commented on Show HN: DBOS Java – Postgres-Backed Durable Workflows   github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-... · Posted by u/KraftyOne
KraftyOne · a month ago
There's an observability and workflow management UI: https://docs.dbos.dev/java/tutorials/workflow-management

You can view your workflows and queues, search/filter them by any number of criteria, visualize graphs of workflow steps, cancel workflows, resume workflows, restart workflows from a specific step--everything you'd want.

Currently, this is available as a managed offering (Conductor - https://docs.dbos.dev/production/self-hosting/conductor), but we're also releasing a self-hostable version of it soon.

purrcat259 · a month ago
I was super interested in DBOS but I had to back out when I figured that the observability isn't self hostable yet :(, so I'm chuffed to hear its coming!

Whats the best way to hear about it when it does? Maybe newsletter I can register to or something.

purrcat259 commented on CPUs and GPUs to Become More Expensive After TSMC Price Hike in 2026   guru3d.com/story/cpus-and... · Posted by u/elorant
IncreasePosts · a month ago
Maybe Malta is just too small of a world for that magic toggle, since entrenched interests can basically just prevent the government from approving certain strategies, like building more large buildings with apartments like the Mercury Tower. But on the global stage, not even the biggest player(US) can dictate what China, India, the EU does, so if the US self-limits because of entrenched interests, that's just more juice for the squeeze for other players not aligned with the US.
purrcat259 · a month ago
Its definitely mostly entrenched interests that are the issue.

Funny you mention mercury tower. Thats a rich person's idea of what good housing is... which is way over the price any middle or even upper class person can afford. It isn't affordable housing, it's a parking lot for excess liquidity.

For what its worth it's the raising of property height limits that helped kick off a lot of the construction boom. One could argue the situation was better when the restrictions were bigger.

purrcat259 commented on CPUs and GPUs to Become More Expensive After TSMC Price Hike in 2026   guru3d.com/story/cpus-and... · Posted by u/elorant
jmward01 · a month ago
I have been interested in city planning for a while and the idea of an 'urban growth barrier' is a key concept with massive benefits. Basically, when you limit a resource, like available land, it simplifies thinking, forces inward development and and very often the 'impossible' problems go away because creative solutions come out. Maybe the chip industry will see something similar if a barrier of 'just wait till the new smaller process hits' gets put in place.
purrcat259 · a month ago
A bit OT but I live on a very land constrained island with the highest population density in Europe (see Malta).

There has been major increase in demand for housing and supply cannot be built fast enough to match. Its turned most of the island into a construction site so rampant that I made an online tracker for urban planning permits so folks can get ahead on knowing whats going on around them.

Idk if you have any wisdom but there's no creative solutionising happening, just the rich able to buy whatever property they want causing prices to rise which is pricing out the middle class, causing a whole lot of grief and downstream issues (such as plummeting fertility rate because homes are too expensive).

Is there a magic toggle we missed to unlock this creativity or am I being realistic by being skeptical that limiting important resources just leads to harsher inequality?

purrcat259 commented on EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages   eurollm.io/... · Posted by u/NotInOurNames
nxor · 2 months ago
Interesting, but I get the impression that ubiquitous English loan words in seemingly every language is a lot different than loan word patterns of the past. Do you think? Maybe not?
purrcat259 · 2 months ago
I don't have much of an opinion I suppose english language cultural dominance has meant that newer words are just imported rather than adapted
purrcat259 commented on EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages   eurollm.io/... · Posted by u/NotInOurNames
runarberg · 2 months ago
Is there any dialect of Arabic which you can understand without too much effort?

How much do you consider Maltese its own language (as opposed to a dialect of Arabic)?

purrcat259 · 2 months ago
From what I have heard, Lebanese Arabic is the closest, and still pretty far. Passable conversation is possible.

Maltese is definitely its own language. Arabic roots are there (theres a Semitic joke in there ) but it isn't arabic anymore. Its written left to right with a variant of the english alphabet.

purrcat259 commented on EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages   eurollm.io/... · Posted by u/NotInOurNames
cm2012 · 2 months ago
Can you communicate with Maltese dogs more effectively?
purrcat259 · 2 months ago
Only if we have a few Maltesers first
purrcat259 commented on EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages   eurollm.io/... · Posted by u/NotInOurNames
nxor · 2 months ago
How are loan words viewed? Do businesses work in Maltese? Are monolingual speakers of the language regarded differently than those fluent in English? Do young people in Malta listen to Maltese music?
purrcat259 · 2 months ago
Maltese has been loaded with loan words since forever. 5 points if you can guess where bonġu, bravu and mappa come from. At some point there was some literary council for the language that decided that any new loan words should just be spelled phonetically. Computer became kompjuter.

Businesses do work in Maltese and English. Both are official languages. Its quite rare to encounter a business that deals near exclusively in Maltese. Many prefer Maltese but will fall back to english where necessary.

Regarding monolignual speakers, I think theres a lot of stereotypes for maltese only, english only and code switchers. I think its all a bit silly... So as long as communication can happen I don't fuss.

On Maltese music... There's a lot of low ish quality music then there's a few absolute gems. Look up The Travellers, Lapes, Jon Mallia on YouTube/Spotify.

purrcat259 commented on EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages   eurollm.io/... · Posted by u/NotInOurNames
adzm · 2 months ago
I'm actually really curious about everyday usage of the language; is code switching between English and Maltese more common than Maltese on its own? I've seen a few online communities where the vocabulary switches between Maltese and English very often which is interesting but I wonder how much of that is just online / written versus everyday speech.
purrcat259 · 2 months ago
Depends on where you live and how you were brought up, but for the most part code switching is default.

There was a point about 7 years ago when the overton window shifted to "speak english to strangers first" because of a large influx of foreigners who did not know the language. Since then I've met foreigners who have better Maltese than some natives.

Older folks & geriatrics will sometimes be surprised when they assume someone is foreign and they turn out to be Maltese. "int Malti??" is a statement I get often because I don't look Mediterranean despite being born here.

purrcat259 commented on EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages   eurollm.io/... · Posted by u/NotInOurNames
Tade0 · 2 months ago
How is "Marsaxlokk" really pronounced? I've heard that word a few times, but never from a native. Google translate can't help me here, as it doesn't seem to have Maltese text-to-speech.
purrcat259 · 2 months ago
Read with English pronunciation, closest would be mar-sa-shlock.
purrcat259 commented on EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages   eurollm.io/... · Posted by u/NotInOurNames
Raed667 · 2 months ago
Tunisians claim they can understand Maltese with minimum effort, is it reciprocal? How close is Maltese to arabic / tunisian dialect ?
purrcat259 · 2 months ago
I don't have much personal experience in attempting to communicate with arabic speakers. From others I have heard Lebanese arabic is the closest and you can have a passable conversation.

u/purrcat259

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