The problem with saying "Linux doesn't work" is that it's incorrect.
Folks are always surprised to hear that I've been doing music, videos, and gaming on Linux for decades.
Biggest thing is that I *only* buy hardware that works on Linux, and I *only* use software that works on Linux.
What you mean when you say "Linux doesn't work" is that "Linux doesn't work for me." But that's not rage-baity enough to attract attention.
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A problem I have with every "I tried Linux for two weeks and could never make it work" video thing is that folks position themselves as the default, everyday computer user.
But they're not! Jeeze folks! They're already knee deep in Windows/Mac software if they have a YouTube channel where they make videos on Windows/Mac!
These folks have production workflows that they don't want to change. If that's not you, you can disregard their rage-bait!
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@vkc I know this because after almost 20 years on Ubuntu I have workflows I don't want to change either, but I am using the Mac laptop that I have to for work, and finally built an Arch box to use as a forgejo and home media server.
I don't "make Linux and FOSS work for me." Years ago, I *chose* to work with Linux and FOSS.
I just switched, and if things required Windows or a Mac, I didn't do those things. I did other things instead.
My priorities welcomed that choice. Yours might not. That's OK! But it doesn't mean Linux can't do it.
It'd be like saying "my bicycle can't haul a tractor, therefore bicycles are worthless." You'd sound absurd. That's what they do. Because rage sells.
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Folks are in my comments trying to rage bait in response to my critique of (checks notes) rage bait.
Folks: don't buy it
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@vkc I've only been working with Linux since 1999... There are still a few things I feel I "need" Win or Mac for, but gods, I would never tell someone that it doesn't work for me. Windows doesn't work for me, and I'm forced to boot into it for like 2 things. Mac is less painful, but still not great.
@vkc The more people that use Linux, write software that works on Linux and fund Linux, the more Linux can do.
It’s kind of a self fulfilling prophecy really.
More like my compact car can't hall a refrigerator.
I find I can do most things I need on Linux. The commercial things are such a hassle with their surveillance and their evil terms of service.
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@vkc this had been my approach as well.
I use Linux since 2012 on the computer, since 2015 on the phone.
@vkc Absolutely agree with you and this is one of the most sane takes on switching to linux i've seen here lately.
I've used linux for 26+ years now, but i own musical instruments and camera gear that require firmware updates that can only be done with Windows or a Mac. I have to still dual boot but 99.9% of my life is booted into linux, happily.
It's hardware i own, want to use and isn't compatible with linux for those updates. Beyond that everything else i do is in linux.
@vkc I use open source software as a graphic designer and digital cartoonist/illustrator and I can't agree with this more. If you come into Linux and FOSS with expectations of "this should work like X" you're gonna be sorely disappointed.
@vkc @mayintoronto Well put.
I’m determined to get Linux going for the first time.
My old laptop balked a bit at my first attempted Mint installation.
But you your point, it never even occurred to me that it was a “Linux fail” situation as much as me making an error somewhere and just being up for trying it again.
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Funny. I've been using Linux as my main platform for so long that what you'd hear from me say is rather "I make Windows work for me... if I really have to" (and oh boy, is it an ordeal, every time!)
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@vkc yes, some phrase it in a way to ragebait or look like they know what's best for you. It didn't work for them and that's okay, FOSS has a room for improvement. But it is not okay to blatantly lie! I'm not limiting myself to a worse experience
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Definitely 100% this. The year of Linux on the desktop? That was maybe 2011 for me, when I finally was able to get rid of Windows for work. Then it's been every year since! ✨
@vkc All I want is the command key to work, a global top application menu, natural scrolling, and the feature in Finder where you can expand a folder inline to easily move items to a different level. I know, I probably need to write the code!
@vkc Something I often hear is "why do I have to adapt to Linux and they don't change it to be like Windows". I mean distro-discourse aside it seems a bit rude that Windows users often expect Linux users (we may be few in percentage but not so much in headcount I think) to see their OS/tools significantly changed just to satisfy people who never cared about/wanted it before.
@vkc Seconding this as hard as I can. Not mastering Linux in 2 weeks when you've had decades invested in learning Windows is just a silly comparison.
The one bit of grace I will give them is that modern lives require us to have a heck of a lot more uptime than computing in the early 2000s. It's hard to learn something new while having to keep up with ~life~. That's why my go-to recommendation for newbies is pick any distro - but try it out in VirtualBox for a while.
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Before switching to Linux, I thought of everything I had to change in how I use a computer. And there were a lot. Microsoft-based drive, office applications, habits, gaming device, etc.
One by one, I'm replacing them with open source or self-hosted alternatives and working hard to make them work.
Linux not working the same way as Windows is actually a good thing. It made me totally change my views on computers and how they fit into my life.
@vkc When the inevitable complaints about not being able to run Adobe This, or MS That come up in these kinds of posts, we've all heard that song before. It's not a relevant point for most of us.
With so much software moving to the browser, Linux is in a position to be equal to or better than Windows/Mac, and if the few major application giants that remain want to lose a generation (or three) of mindshare for their proprietary products, that's on them.
@vkc @ianbetteridge That would be fine if so many Linux people were not constantly exhorting those same Windows/Mac users to switch to Linux ALL THE TIME.
It is not easy. That is the point being made. Many people have no interest in doing that, because they don’t care about the spirit or aspirations behind Linux. They just want to get their shit done.
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@davidbcohen it's kind of a generalization you're painting here. If I judged all Windows users based on the 1% or less who make fun of me in the comments, I'd think Windows users were all heartless and cruel.
Every affinity group has its obnoxious types. What gets me is overgeneralization of everyone.
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@vkc To be sure, online media is often not the place for nuance or considered debate. YouTube in particular favours a punchy headline that is reflects the core concept of the matching video.
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@davidbcohen and that's my critique, because most of these videos that I see only offer a narrow view on what Linux is, really optimized for rage bait instead of a practical consideration.
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@vkc I feel the objective of the producer depends on the particular video and can’t always be known. Some will be rage bait, some will reflect an actual experience. That goes back to your valid over-generalisation point.
I have been in IT for 40 years & can find Linux rough, depending on what I am doing. I recognise that’s my lack of experience, not that it doesn’t work. It’s misleading not to point that out - but so is breezily handwaving issues away, which also happens a lot. Nuance!
@vkc Possibly the problem is something more nuanced than some rage-bait nonsense doesn't give you those sweet likes and subscribes?
@vkc I think it can also be read as "I've used Linux for a month and I hate it because it desen't work like the OS I've been using for 20 years"
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@vkc yeah, people will "try Linux" on whatever piece of garbage old machine they have laying about and then complain that the hardware isn't as well supported as a MacBook with macOS...
I've also used Linux exclusively for everything I do for decades, I totally agree with you.
You really don't need Windows/macOS for daily life if you just choose not to use it.
@vkc "checking before you buy for linux support" is a massive invisible gap - I've been doing it since Radeon had open source support and NVidia didn't*, and my experience of Linux is pretty solid "it just works" , but I can see how other people could have the opposite experience
* I'm not old, I'm vintage
@vkc Yeah, that makes sense. Linux doesn't work for me (at the moment) because as a disabled person I use VR for socializing and for feeling as if I've left the house. But many years ago I used mint almost exclusively. It all depends on what you need (or choose) to use... And maybe how much time/energy you have to figure it out.
@vkc Same for me, in fact: Windows/Mac doesn't work for me
- Windows/Mac doesn't run on my hardware
- Mac support for containers sucks
- Mac gaming isn't great
- Windows/Mac UI is weird and constantly changing
- Windows/Mac software updates are all over the place
- Most devices and services are running on Linux already, why use some niche product?
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For some reason the same people get grumpy when I suggest that Windows doesn't work (on my macppc hardware where BSDs run without issue) either 🤔
@vkc: Part of the joy of Linux is discovering which hardware it supports. I bought a pair of Beelink mini PCs last year. There was no information on the possibility of Linux running on them. They run Kubuntu better than any other hardware I've put it on.
So, yeah, Linux is fun.
@vkc You're absolutely right. When I was kinda advocated linux to my collegues in late 90's it was always like that - "How can I run Photoshop on your Linux? How can I run WinAmp on this?" though the questions actually were "how can I edit graphics" and "how can I listen to my music".
Since then everything became even more easy for an end-user, sometimes I miss good old days where you have to understand your system better than just "install it and use it". Low entry barrier is not good somtimes
Moi c'est pareil, je suis uniquement sous Gnu/Linux.
Je contrôle également la compatibilité avant un achat.
J'ai un serveur ou j'ai toutes les alternative des GAFAM hébergé chez moi.
@vkc I tried Photoshop years ago after using Paint Shop Pro for a good while. Photoshop I found horrible and the workflow was just wrong. Did everything in a stupid way (I was young).
That’s when I realised I had a learner workflow and so when I did Linux I just used GIMP and Inkscape. Knowing they could do what I wanted to and it was just for me to learn a new workflow.
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Also, remember reading a thing about learning specific software in schools. As in Word instead learning about a Word processor.
For most by time they are in the workforce and using the software in anger the version they learned has changed a lot because of regular updates.
Making switching from Word to LibreOffice Writer easier.
Still don’t get with Macs.
@vkc is it correct that Invidia hardware is not compatible with Linux kernel?
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@Mahura no. I've used Nvidia hardware for a while on Linux and it works. Sometimes you need to install a driver, so choosing a distro with the right drivers is important. Try a Live USB and see how it works.
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🔥. New things aren't always comfortable sometimes. But u gotta stick with it until u surpass the so called reality which is just ur understanding.
When u learn to ride bicycle, u know 100% that u might fall. But still those who stick to it even after falling, adapts to it. Thinking it's hard is irrelevant. It's what u love or not. And u have to improve awareness to understand what u want love and what others made u think u love something or compulsion. Awareness helps
#linux #awareness
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Linux runs perfectly well on Lenovo equipment, Dell equipment, HP equipment, Clevo (most independent companies that sell hardware with Linux already on it are running Clevos)... What doesn't it work on?
@vkc i mean ive run linux exclusively for abt a decade now and have had some catastrophic failures all while ppl told me my hard/software was supported and should be running fine. that said, i will never go back to windows and i never liked mac.
@vkc Been daily driving Debian since 1999 ish. Both at home and work. Every time I have to help a coworker I get a sharp reminder how horrible they have it.
@vkc In short, when you change to Linux you can say goodbye to your existing printer, scanner, video editor and photo editor.
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@vkc Wait, linux doesn't work on some hw? That's news.
I believe that we live in an era in which linux works with the vast majority of the existing hw, old and new. Commercial shitOS are extremely limited to a subset of what is sold today.
A few hours earlier I heard a guy selling a MIDI master keyboard because its USB driver wouldn't work anymore on W11.
@vkc ya, in the context we live in, it brings me more peace to have the expectation software and hardware has linux in mind. It's like a practical test that makes me feel like, if i do buy something, it's not going to be subtractive from my life and is something worth supporting. It's definitely not always the case, but it's enough of a pattern that it works.
@vkc I’m gonna need more popcorn, as no one told me this thread was a double feature! I especially like the part where the user thinks the desktop itself is Linux and is oblivious that everything can be custom made to their tastes, including running .exe files.
#humor #joy #GeekPower #keyboardFights #mouseButtonFight #shellFights #WhatDoYouMeanItRunsSteam #UseAllYourMemory #RunMultipleThingsActivelyWithoutConcern
@vkc that rhetoric by incurious windows users very set in their ways never fails to irritate. i always want to say "have you considered that your hardware is loaded with software and settings that are hostile to linux" but once you try to reframe or contest the trashtalking in any way you automatically become that one pushy linux user who just won't shut up and listen or whatever. it's so tiring!
I don't use AI even ignoring its mistakes:
1. It's costing the Earth, literally
2. It wants me to become dependent on renting expertise from companies that control too much already
3. It wants to make me a manager, delegating & reviewing rather than creating, and I abandoned that career path once already
4. It willfully ignores individuals' IP when these same companies have been trolling everyone with IP overreach for decades
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If you have a career, I can imagine feeling the need to use this stuff anyway because everyone at manager level has an obvious boner for it, and won't hire someone wearing opinions like mine openly. I have the luxury of being able to say no because I'm both indie and old.
But, it's ultimately designed to replace people like us, while externalising as many costs as possible. In the mean time they need us to correct it when it's wrong and be a training source. They hope that's temporary.
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@sinbad I'm a manager and hate this LLM stuff too. Can't wait for NVidia to pull the rug out from under it.
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why would nvidia do that, they'd be worthless (in comparison to current valuation) without it
it would only happen the other way around: the bubble pops and nvidia gets their rug pulled from under them
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@Doomed_Daniel @sinbad Well, they're the company propping up the bubble more than any other, but at some point they stop throwing money at OpenAI.
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POLL: do you care about your browser engine?
| Yes, I care about my browser engine: | 987 |
| No, I don't care about my browser engine: | 141 |
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@vkc i wanna know the take of someone smart, so, is servo really a thing? can we have a little hope for once?
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@humanista Opinion: someday, Servo will probably be a thing. How soon depends on who funds it. Thus, we may wish that Servo takes longer to become a thing.
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@vkc Yes and... is the Manifest v3 fiasco part of Chromium's browser engine or just the wrapping program's extension engine? Asking to hit the "yes" button harder ;-)
@vkc I care about my browser engine mostly like I care about my fridge. I have to think about it once in a while, but I expect it to work well so I can stop paying attention to it
@vkc I care about my browser code base a lot...not just the engine.
I want more diverse code bases powering web browsing so we're not all just using Chromium.
@vkc I indirectly care - I care that there remains more than one viable engine because I don't like what could happen if one company or entity wound up with too much control of web standards.
@vkc Having lived through the Internet Explorer years, at the very least I care about there being more than one.
Using Linux as my daily driver I still needed to dual boot Windows because many web sites only worked in Explorer, and because I needed to make sure that any web site I developed worked in Explorer. And that was just one of many troubles caused by the Explorer monopoly.
@vkc i care about it indirectly. I know it can’t be good that there isn’t much diversity, and I want smaller ones to succeed therefore.
@vkc I don't really get the question. DO I care as in does it matter to me which engine it uses? Not really. But do I want the maintainers of the open source engines that run my web browser to be paid? Absolutely.
POLL: do you care about open standards on the web?
| Yes, I care about open standards on the web: | 1433 |
| No, I don't care about open standards on the web: | 15 |
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@vkc Considering I've been heavily monitoring ladybird browser progress, I absolutely 100% advocate for open web standards
@vkc I imagined it would be something like this sampling fediverse denizens, but I'm still astounded by these one-sided results.
@vkc I think I've never seen a poll with a more decisive result. Where are the 5% who always vote the other way out of spite? 🙂
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The Microsoft Windows 2025 experience, expressed in a single picture (by @MMatt14):
"terminal" is typed into Start Menu search, first result is an ad of the movie title "Terminal" (not even The Terminal with Tom Hanks). The ad includes 3 bad crops of the same movie poster.
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The more I think about it, the more I think that the True Meaning Of Whamageddon has been lost
Once you start deliberately avoiding Christmas songs, you're denying yourself joy.
Klingons enter battle knowing they may enter Sto'Vo'Kor should chance go against them, and welcome the possibility. Would a true warrior be scared of a Christmas Song? No! They would embrace the battle!
tl;dr - a Klingon would play Christmas music MORE OFTEN!
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Out of curiosity, what machine do you use at home?
| Only a laptop: | 110 |
| Only a desktop: | 32 |
| Mainly a desktop, plus a laptop: | 76 |
| Mainly a laptop, plus a desktop: | 56 |
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@thibaultamartin a footnote would be that I regularly use three laptops ($DAYJOB Macbook Pro, my personal ASUS laptop for #openbsd things, my personal MacBook Air for most other things), and of course there is the tablet and the phone. But the last desktop machine went out in a spring cleaning years ago.
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I just started to watch this:
What Happened to Gopher? The Internet We Lost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flo9kn_nhbg
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Gopher was the first thing I used to access the internet. Sitting in my room with a lowly computer and modem, I could browse the file system of computers on US university campuses. I could download papers and other text files.
That was my Yellow Brick Road moment for seeing the potential of the internet.
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@w @airwhale @dougmerritt @screwlisp you can still download papers from university web pages though, people just stopped
Today is National Lard Day (https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/lard-day/) and National Brownie Day (https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/brownie-day/).
I know which one I will be celebrating!
How to become a smart person:
Step one: recognize how stupid everyone else is.
Step two: recognize how stupid you are.
Step three, and this is the real clincher: actually read some fucking books once in a while.
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The Future of Magic
#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater
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Panel 1. Shot on the University of Magic Headmaster's office, filled with ancient tomes and a carpet leading to the desk. A young gothic sorceress and her robotic cyber-parrot, the Avian Intelligence bird, enter. The boss, with his own AI parrot, gestures at it.
> Gothic Sorceress: "Headmaster, I'm requesting to opt out of the Avian Intelligence program!"
Panel 2. Shot on the desk of the Headmaster, an old wizard and his AI parrot, perched. He is deeply busy and his attention is fully absorbed on his paperwork, probably signing administrative stuff, giving a minimal attention to her.
> Headmaster: "Not an option. Our investors say it's the future of magic."
Panel 3. The Headmaster gestures grandly at a portal nearby him, while adjusting his glasses. The circular view into another dimension reveals a distorted, broken wonderland. Twisted trees shaped like cartoon elephant, towers with faces, and weird creatures. The atmosphere is both fascinating and deeply unsettling.
> Headmaster: "See? With mine I created this world in minutes. Not perfect, lots of small bugs, but it works... mostly."
Panel 4: The young gothic student and the Headmaster stand before the dimension. She is skeptical with her hands on her hips, while the Headmaster seems tries to justify himself while thinking about it, the hand twisting a bit of beard on his chin.
> Gothic Sorceress: "It's ugly and broken."
> Headmaster: ""Vibe spelling", I call it.".
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@davidrevoy I'm loving this mini series. The need for cash investment in education vs compromising on tech is a very real problem.
I've had a thought - Familiars are meant to form a special bond with a magic user to help guide them along their own unique path. If they all have the same familiar then, even if it did work, that would really hurt their culture overall. It would become too homogeneous.
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@LonM Thank you!
I see, I'll have to look on the reality of how users are 'customizing their AI' (maybe with a general pre-prompt list) and the problematic behind it. It can be a good topic for a comic strip or two with this Gothic Sorceress and her AI Parrot. Thank you for sharing the idea.
@davidrevoy a friend of a friend is a student at Cornell and going through exactly this right now (and working on transferring out of their dream college) they shared a document where the administration defended their AI policies and in the defense cite "AI Copilot" output as their source. I'm kinda disappointed I'm not seeing some malicious compliance source checking where they apply the same battery of checking sources one would to citations of obscure books for made up Wikipedia edits. Would an AI model be a primary or secondary source?
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@trainguyrom True, thanks to this mini series I started to document myself a bit more on AI (before that, I was just skipping every details about it). Pushing it in the schools, in the enterprises too ; is a real thing, with people in charge convinced they'll do profit, or accelerate production this way...
About the sources, I wrote something on this topic, maybe for next week. I see more and more LLMs trying to quote their sources; wikipedia article or webpage (eg. Mistral recently).
@davidrevoy I love these comics. I always love seeing how the Avian Intelligence story progresses.
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@davidrevoy Great comic, you catched the common feeling artists and engineers are experiencing nowadays!
okay but let’s be real, magic in food is just mixing random things until something *actually* slaps. like pickles on ice cream? *chef’s kiss* unhinged and delicious.
@davidrevoy I guess I would call it vibe casting
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@aismallard Yes, I was hesitant with the wording. Vibe Spelling VS Vibe Casting. Not sure the one who would have been closer to "vibe coding".
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@davidrevoy @aismallard : "Vibe casting" is only used when speaking about a few very good C programmers.
@davidrevoy oh right !! Spelling as in casting a spell, not spelling a word... Took me a while...
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@phbarre Yes, finding solid wording for that was nearly impossible. It's probably not the best. Maybe I should have gone with "Vibe Coding, I call it." directly.
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@davidrevoy please let's just all go back to the original book of spells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs
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@eruwero Thank you very much for this reference, I had no idea it existed. It sounds very interesting, I'll try to get a physical copy. I also love it is CC BY SA licensed, and so totally compatible with the Mini Fantasy Theater series if I decide to back-port a fictive character name.
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"In retrospective, this lead to what is now called the 'Great Chasm' in Revoy's work, exposing a large audience to the exploits of Eva Lu Ator and the horrors and wonders of Lisp..."
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@davidrevoy @wakame yes it's pretty expensive unfortunately
Btw the recordings of the original lectures are still available too. The most magical lecture is the one about the metacircular evaluator :)
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/video_galleries/video-lectures/
@davidrevoy I love that metaphor of programming <-> magic. I created a little fantasy story myself: https://philpapers.org/archive/BINMAF.pdf and https://philpapers.org/archive/BINAKJ.pdf
@davidrevoy Was it fun to draw a random AI world where nothing makes sense?
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@fell It was 😆 But it was surprisingly an interesting exercice too, far away the usual color palette I enjoy using. You can check the painting timelapse to see the hesitations: https://www.peppercarrot.com/0_sources/miniFantasyTheater/making-of/029.mp4
@davidrevoy "Aivian inteligence will be the end of you elitist wizards and your controll over what you want to create!
Also do hou wanna buy me a golem? I kinda saving for my new sould core. Prices have skyrocket since this things came out.
Also can that fish listen to them? It's eye kinda moved to look at who is talking.
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9FRONT "RELEASE" PRINT EDITION RELEASED
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So you plan to thaw out your 20 kg solid block of frozen tofurkey in the microwave for 1 minute and 10 seconds.
Which button presses are most optimal?
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@catsalad My microwave has a rotating knob.
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@jernej__s My air frier does, but I haven't seen a microwave with that since the 1900s.
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@catsalad I don't think I've seen a microwave without a knob; while on my current one it just sets the time, the previous one set the time if you started rotating it clockwise, or defrost weight if you started counter-clockwise.
@catsalad I want to try to find the manual. Can I roll a preception check?
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@catsalad what happens when your microwave literally doesn't have numbers any more and youre stuck woth some smart mirror thing?
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@catsalad The microwave is not ideal for a tofurkey. Stuff it with leftover plutonium for best results.
@catsalad the 2025 edition:
You whip your phone out, select Tofukey, thaw, 20kg and tap confirm.
The featureless mirror-like finish of the micro wave suddenly blinks and display the classic Cloudflare error page, and nothing else happens, you can't even order the door to open.
The next day, some script kiddie from Russia accidentally sets the microwave on fire and burns down the entire house while they were trying to scan a bunch of baddly protected... webcams (?!) on shodan.
@catsalad My microwave is made by Samsung, but looks like it's made by Apple: it has two ways to interact with it:
1. Set time.
2. Knob which turns left or right.
What microwave has the capacity for a 20kg turkey???
You'd need to hang it in front of some huge commercial transmitting station antenna!
Also, what would you call a turducken made with tofurkey?
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@catsalad to thaw your 20kg tofurkey in 1m10s, you will need a 90kW microwave oven with a blast-proof enclosure to cope with the steam explosion. But it'll be taaaasty.
@catsalad WHY IS THERE UNMATCHED OPEN PARENS ON THE MICROWAVE 🫣🤯🤯🤯
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@saraislet Wait, you mean your microwave does have a open paren button?
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@catsalad the 650kW microwave dish controls don't as much come with buttons as they do big fuckoff dials and switches
@catsalad
Optimal in what sense? In thawing the tofurkey out?
Or in least number of button presses?
Or least movement for the button presses?
I am made of questions before I can answer your question
Good question though
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@Aprazeth Most optimal considering all three factors: accuracy, buttons usage, and finger movement. :3
@catsalad so I'm not the only one who optimizes for the fewest distinct digits in the microwave starting time. Totally reasonably.
RE: https://kolektiva.social/@poofbirb/115616947338716839
New product idea!!
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the other side
#mata #unix_surrealism #comic #computer #code
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A mint green haired woman lights a cigarette on her balcony.
"my name is not important"
"I work for the largest corporation on this planet."
"And I write code that kills people."
"And they love me for it."
A small child receives a Christmas present - it's a computer device. The child is ecstatic.
"If you ever touched a computer, chances are you are already my victim."
A woman sits in front of her computer and examines her 300 notifications.
"I could quit anytime - But the best part is - I am completely replaceable. "
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@prahou can i just save this for whenever someone asks me why i dont actually want to work in tech despite being so "good at it" ?
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OK, this is a complicated poll.
Please don't answer to tell me what you'd prefer I ask. Trust me, there's a reason for the phrasing.
| I am a parent and I regularly make phone calls: | 162 |
| I am a parent and I rarely make phone calls: | 397 |
| I am NOT a parent and I regularly make phone calls: | 168 |
| I am NOT a parent and I rarely make phone calls: | 711 |
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I'm a parent and I'm on my phone nearly every day, between appointments and questions and chatting with friends and coordinating stuff.
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I’ve heard this with Facebook as well—people who wouldn’t otherwise want to be on it but find they really have to be do deal with kid-related stuff.
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@tkinias I'm a parent who isn''t on Facebook and I can confirm it's made some things a bit challenging. Lots of the parents seem to assume I'm dodging them because I'm not on their social media. Then there's the local groups who exclusively share events on Facebook. It's tricky navigation- I do a lot of asking trusted friends to lurk for me and report back, ha!
@vkc I'm a parent and for us normal phone calls have mostly been replaced with texting, e-mail, Google Meet and stuff.
@vkc I’ve apparently made and received 44 calls during the last month (rolling window). This includes the door phone (5 times) and includes missed calls.
@vkc Now I think I answered wrong, because my kid is 31.
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@vkc @vollink Seems like it :-) I sometimes think it is weird how phone calling (for me at least) these days is limited to those closest to my heart on the one hand and business relationships on the other, when there were years during which most of my phone calls (and super long ones) were with friends of all levels of closeness ...
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@vkc Do I count as a parent, if my children are grown up? Do I answer how much phone calls I made while they were little or right now?
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@walsonde yes, I'd say you're a parent! And the idea is "right now" since historical info is probably less relevant (I think a lot of us made more phone calls in the past).
@vkc by "phone call" you also include work related MS team calls?
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@lgsp Not really? I mean phone, like "the phone button on your phone" or "picking up the handset and dialing a number or a contact".
I don't use services like Microsoft Teams and I don't think I've ever been asked to in this context.
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@vkc I asked because those calls could be held (and in case of internet/VPN issues are held) indifferently on a physical phone without any substantial change. And "call" or "phone call" can be synonym, in my far from perfect English. But you clarified.
@vkc I'm not a parent (and likely never will be), and I generally hate talking on the phone, hence I rarely do it. I vastly prefer texting if I'm gonna contact someone over the phone :)
@vkc i phone the pizza place every other week to order something. that is very regular, but i assume you mean something else.
@vkc I'm a parent and I do make phone calls. But only for work, so I voted for "rarely".
Everything children related I coordinate mostly via text messaging or Apps (school has several, for the timetable, for administration, for food etc), also pediatrician and the like.
Hobbies and birthday parties are mainly messenger chat groups or emails. Groceries, schedule organization, daily life, homework assignements, grandparents: also text messengers and apps.
(We're in Germany)
I was wondering, what do the phone calls have to do with being a parent?
School communicates through an app, family communicates via Signal, other parents most often reached through text messages. The phone calls are for work.
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@osma "school communicates through an app" is not necessarily true, and I think the results are bearing that out. We still do a lot of phone calling for everything from appointments to after-school pickup changes to volunteering.
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Huh? It's true for me. I can only speak for me (and my family).
Also: the concept of after-school pickup is so foreign. The kids walk.
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@vkc I use the phone almost daily but that's usually inner-family and the occasional service reservation. Mostly it's because as a divorced parent we got used to have a daily call with my kid when she's not at my place. Usage went down quite a bit when she started spending some more time here, so it's not quite daily now.
@vkc just two questions missing: I am not a parent (anymore) and do/do not use the phone to call anybody
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The Internet for Dummies. Third edition
POLL: would you use a dumb phone in the present day?
| Yes, I would certainly use a dumb phone: | 470 |
| I would consider using a dumb phone: | 730 |
| No, I would not use a dumb phone: | 453 |
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Here come the folks asking why I didn't add a fourth option for "I already do".
Folks: you'd be "yes", jeeze
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@vkc 5th option, "yes, with a tethered PDA or something like that?"
And I'll save you the answer, I guess that would be a "yes", jeeze.
And yes, you can do that if you like, by simply using a mobile hotspot, honestly, it's not really as if many people call nowadays. (Okay, I need a phone for work purposes currently, but I haven't for the past 12 years)
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Please define dumb phone.
Does it support SMS/Text messages? What about matrix/signal messages? Email?
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@vkc I answered no, but... because I use the phone as a portable device. Not many people I talk on the phone with.
But I would go with no phone at all, and computer at home for communications
@vkc No, the main use for my phone is for payments and various apps I need for authentication and public services.
@vkc I would consider using one, if there would be the need to travel to a country where something on your phone could be used against you ... or where you have the risk that your phone's security might be compromised at a border control check
@vkc No but purely because I'm old enough to have used PDAs and that role got absorbed by smartphones organically.
It's less that I want my phone to do a lot of extra shit, and more that I don't want to stop using a PDA for my calendar, mail, notes etc
In fact if my PDA could stop being a phone, that'd also be acceptable
@vkc Definitely not. I rarely use my phone to actually call people.
I check my emails, book train tickets, take photos, manage my shopping list, listen to music/podcasts/audio books and play puzzle games while sitting on the toilet or waiting for trains.
I guess I'm more in the market for a device that does everything *but* act as a dumb phone.
@vkc If Google successfully block installation of apps other than by the Play store, I'd very much like to switch to a Nokia brick with no features beyond call, SMS, and phone book, and some kind of Linux tablet or netbook with integrated 4g/5g modem
@vkc no, I couldn't. Too many services today require a smartphone. I couldn't even buy tickets for public transport without a smart phone. Banking also requires a smart phone for 2fa. If that all wouldn't be required, I'd prefer a dumb phone.
@vkc I want to say yes, but I said no because I have a lot of health tracking apps that I rely on. I've considered switching to a simple phone and keeping a stripped down smart phone for those apps, but... Not much point having them separated if I'd always have to have the smart one on me.
For me the big blocker is MFA. Even though I'm usually on my desktop when I need it a few services require propriatary apps and don't allow generic OTP.
@vkc I don't even have a mobile, just a landline and an answering machine. I am considering a dumb phone though, but leaning against it. I kinda like being out-of-reach when I'm out.
I know where most of the old remaining payphones are in my city, lol!
@vkc as long as I could get around the stupid “app” problem with businesses who sell, businesses who use things like “Homebase” for clocking hours at a job, for schools that use a stupid “authenticator” app so you can see your emails and class work, banks who don’t allow you to just use email but need an “app” to access your account, hospitals who use “my chart” apps that put all of your info online… it’s really annoying to do anything anymore without an app 😾
@vkc I would love to be able to get away with a dumb phone, but there's too many apps I need on a day to day basis for work.
Saying that, I did get a dedicated e-reader to get away from the phone while reading. Less likely to absently check out another app if I have to get the phone out of my pocket or from across the room!
@vkc This year i finally upgraded my Samsung S9 to a S25 and overall i really like it even though i'm not really a 'phone person'. It is useful, i use it to pay many places, use the banking apps when out and need them, also like being able to yell across my room to have it set alarms without getting up.
My vision isn't as great as it used to be though so that's a pain, i prefer my desktop and monitor.
So i would be no, but i am considering getting a dumb mp3/flac player for music vs phone.
@vkc I went with "no" because I hardly ever use my phone for making calls. Such a device would be rather useless for me. Modern smartphones are really just small computers that happen to make phone calls.
@vkc No because "Dumb phones" can't do encrypted messaging and calls. Privacy and security is WORSE on a feature phone. I really can't understand the appeal of feature phones when you can just customize Android to remove features that you don't want or use anyways. You can't customize a feature phone to do that.
@vkc I voted "yes". I did use a flip phone recently for a couple of years. Then my wife accidentally bumped me off of "unlimited hotspot" (the phone had a Wifi hotspot gateway in it, but no apps) on her phone plan and I switched myself to a provider that charges next to nothing instead. And the flip phone was incompatible.
I used a Unihertz Titan Pocket not-Blackberry phone until I bricked it, and now I'm on my second GrapheneOS Pixel and I'm fairly happy.
Dumb flip phone was nice though.
If my employer hadn't recently discontinued SMS as an option for two factor in favor of an app, I wouldn't absolutely *need* a smart phone for anything.
And honestly? With manufactures stuffing AI into everything and then practically daring you to figure out how to disable it this time, the value of the "smart" phone is fading fast for me on a personal level. So, if I *could* trade out to a dumb phone, sure, I would.
I answered "yes" because my smartphone has been a problem for me. Having ADHD and a device with constant access to information in my pocket is a bad combination. I can't go through 5 minutes without checking on it and getting distracted. I feel it makes me dumber.
But after reading the other replies I realized a smartphone is more than convenience. It is important for my personal security. Being able tho instantly record a video and report something/someone is crucial. I can't give that away.
@vkc I mean, putting aside that I *can't* since work requires a smart phone for MFA ... I'm actually pretty good at ignoring the distractions on my smartphone. The only social media I have on there is open tabs in firefox for mastodon and an old school forum.
Mostly I use my smartphone for app-based mutli-factor auth, weather, google translate, sat nav and duolingo.
@vkc I'd definitely be happy to have finally gotten rid of all the notifications and distractions. I'd definitely be worried because of missing encryption in communications.
@vkc I want the opposite!
Literally have looked into having a phone with only a data plan and no actual phone service. Last I checked though nobody would sell a data-only package as a primary line...you had to have actual phone service first, then you could add data-only "lines" to add a tablet or something...
@vkc fwiw I picked "no" because if I were to decide I didn't want a smart phone anymore I'd just not have a phone at all anymore.
I have no use at all for what an old phone used to do, I don't do phone calls ...
I am vaguely considering what it would mean if I removed all programs but a browser from my phone. (I mean, by way of a custom rom, just a browser 0 other things)
Is that a smart phone? Dumb phone? N900 internet tablet? 😄
I happily use a dumb phone.
* Separate phone number to give to recruiters during job search, and eventually end up with the employer as my contact number. And turn it off when I'm outside work hours, as permitted by law in my country.
* Oh, it turns out I can't install any of your so-called convenient apps. Figure out how to provide your service (which in no way requires a proprietary app) to me anyway.
* Battery life is shockingly long.
@vkc I'd like one for the same reason I don't want a slick screen for a car's control center. The ability to manipulate stuff without looking at it is underestimated
@vkc
My second phone runs linux (Sailfish OS) without the ability to run modern Android apps so that gets pretty close to a "dumb phone" but with the benefits of being able to look stuff up or ssh into a server on the go if the need should arise.
@vkc I used a dumb phone for the longest time, up until 5 years ago. But it's very difficult to live without a smartphone in Sweden. We have an electronic ID (BankID) that's used for everything. You can use its desktop client on Windows and macOS, but not Linux.
I did actually use one for a while, and I loved it! But I do need things like access to WhatsApp (through a Matrix bridge for me!) in my country unfortunately. I've decided having a smartphone with not much on it is a good compromise
I actually do use one, with a caveat. Every weekend that I can, I turn my smartphone off and switch to a dumbphone.
I’d do it full time, but my job wouldn’t be compatible with it. The joy of fully disconnecting is real, though.
@vkc I hate what Google is doing to Android, and I just wish we had a libre smartphone that is affordable and available worldwide.
@vkc I don’t understand how anyone would use a dumb phone. Making calls is the feature I could do best without. 🤷
A *pager* on the other hand seems quite nice… I get a message, but no one expects me to reply. Perfection. 🤌
@vkc Hmm complicated. I'm using functionally a dumbphone. (it's so old it can't really do anything other than whatsapp. But not by choice. My smarthpone spontaneously died and I can't afford to replace it yet.
Very annoyed because I loved my Pixel 6 Pro but the touch just died. I have to use a mouse plugged in to do anything on it.
I’d use a basic phone. I know many of them have personal hotspot capabilities now, although I think that is only the ones that have some version of Android on them, which would defeat the point. I have seriously considered switching to one, recently. I am tired of apps and carrying around so much with me every day. Almost no one needs to be that connected, in my opinion.
There are lots of reasons to hate major online service outages, but one of them is that a million people are going to post all the same xkcd comics again
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New people are joining Mastodon. Here is my #mastohelp:
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2. A profile photo of yourself is helpful — again, no one follows the unknown.
3. Start replying to other people's posts. Eventually you will get noticed.
4. If you get stuck, ask questions — people are really helpful here.
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i hope this isn't a timeline where valve is gonna be acquired by apple or microsoft
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@mntmn does not seem super likely, Valve is a privately owned corporation, so unless Gabe WANTS to sell it, it won't be sold.
And I kind of think that he won't be super interested in selling Valve.
It's not impossible of course, but it's not something that can happen with like a hostile takeover or some other corporate shenanigans.
@mntmn while I’m not much of a gamer lately, I hope alternatives grow (maybe itch can attract bigger publishers?) if only to keep valve working hard to focus on doing good for its customers and the ecosystems it builds upon.
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@cararemixed @mntmn People love and use Steam because it has a great UX, much easier to use than GOG or Epic. Itch has a hateful, horrible UX.
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@cararemixed @deBaer i use GOG a lot because of the non-DRM-ness but the biggest missing feature from steam for me is cloud saves (afaik some games on steam also don't have DRM but idk which ones, or if that's easy to see)
@mntmn I think if Gabe Newell wanted to sell Valve he would have done so long ago.
The man is already a billionaire, and I think he places more value in continuing to be able to be the boss of Valve than in having another hundred billion dollars.
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@mntmn need to think even worse-case scenarios than that, In this timeline Valve could be acquired by the US government
@mntmn well, they did invest big time in linux. My understanding is that this move was long motivated by the fear of getting trapped into ms hellscape. Them releasing Linux Gaming machines looks like they may have succeeded escaping.
@mntmn not as long as Gabe is around but he won't be around forever and what happens next depends a lot on what he has planned
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I wish they just made a browser, and not bullshit.
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@vkc I'm cool with them offering things besides a browser but they never make anything I want. Give me privacy-focused email, calendar and messaging!
I promise when I reboot the Mozilla brand after their inevitable collapse, we'll kick all the so-called "AI" to the curb.
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The kids hate so-called "AI". They make fun of it. "That's AI" means "that's BS."
It's all such a waste. So much potential from Mozilla, squandered year after year.
They could have been the heroes.
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@vkc My kid said this last night, watching a Michael Jackson live performance of “Smooth Criminal.” “That’s AI-“ meaning it’s fake, there’s a trick, it’s special effects.
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@kralcttam yeah, I've heard it more and more from the youth around me. "That's AI" means "that's fake". It's dismissive.
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@vkc @kralcttam sadly (ex: thr Michael Jackson example) this seems to also mean: "therw's no way to know what is real."
I feel it too. And: this is going to create *big* problems.
@vkc They also appear to have generated a very accurate sense of whats IA made. Thinks i cannot notice, my kids say very confidently, thats AI dad.
@vkc Thankfully #Librewolf keeps removing the things we don't want from #Mozilla in their #Firefox fork.
@vkc My granddaughter and her schoolmates say that all the time. She's eight.
If eight-year-olds know it's trash boosters have no excuse.
@vkc
When I hear PR talk about AI I can't help but be reminded of the hype around 3D televisions or Second Life. For a while it was hard to avoid breathless articles about them and companies feeling obliged to have a presence even if for no obvious benefit.
And both still exist but they aren't being endlessly shoehorned into products.
I wonder if/when the bubble will burst or if it will be superseded.
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@rivercityrandom @prlzx what are you talking about, I made a trillion zoomba bucks from my jpeg collection! /s
@vkc Oh, I like to play around with a chatbot every once in a while, but the LLM has its own process on the machine that isn't allowed to access anything beyond the files in its own subdirectories. It can't browse the web, all it can do is "talk". And I use it for fun, I make it write silly poems or come up with names for fictional characters, companies, bands, cities, countries, art styles, etc.
@vkc
I heard some tech pundits say "they're trying to do AI differently. Of youre going to have to have AI, you want it done differently".
No! If you want to be different, _don't_ do AI! Be the one that goes against the flow, be the one company the people flock to because you haven't given in to hype. Be where the cool people want to be.
@vkc
There seems to be the belief in many tech quarters that if you are not up to your eyes in AI you won't exist in 5 years.
Once the crash happens those who have kept a sensible distance will most likely cope best.
@vkc You need a safe work environment to do real innovation. An "inefficient" bureaucracy like Bell Labs or the University of Helsinki will produce new stuff. A company run in "hardcore" mode will motivate everyone to get the same, safe, popular choices on their resume, to be better squared away for when the Layoff Fairy leaves an HR meeting invitation under their pillow
@vkc They're asking for feedback over there, if you're interested. I left some feedback. A lot of people did.
@vkc AI dislike apart, here’s the kicker. I’m not paying a cent for any of it. What is their end game here? Stealing more of our data? Serving us propaganda they get paid for?
I’m with you, I just want a browser.
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@vkc what I don't get is, none of their customers want this. if we were trend-followers we'd be using Chrome or edge. I haven't seen a company misread what their customers want this badly since Nintendo
@vkc this was the reason for me to make waterfox my default browser.
If they want to put AI in the browser, they should make it an extension.
@vkc I wish Mozilla explained what an "AI window" actually will be.
I don't have concerns so far with Firefox using local ML models for language translation, alt text generation, tab group name suggestions, and link preview summary features.
@vkc Firefox was my browser for years. Then a few years ago they kept breaking stuff and making it more like every other mainstream browser.
@vkc librewolf. Dont use any browser that does this. This is a hard line in the sand and nobody should be crossing it.
"We’re focused on making the best browser, which means recognizing that everyone has different needs. For some, AI is part of everyday life. For others, it’s useful only occasionally. And many are simply curious about what it can offer, but unsure where to start."
Leaving out deliberately those who knows this is a con, like crytpo and NTFs and want to see it burn to the ground instead of burning the only planet we have.
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Damn, people are lousy at following directions. Particularly when they're convinced they're right.
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I said "please don't reply to this" and muted a thread. Because of this, people started launching new threads, tagging me into them, and continuing to force themselves into my attention span.
Don't do that! It's rude! You see how it's rude, right?
It's no different than barging into someone else's conversation.
Dudes- stop!
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"You're a public persona, you don't get to block feedback"
Kindly, and sincerely: fuck off.
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@vkc we're ALL public figures, that's how social media works, I don't get how people haven't figured that one out yet >_<
@vkc
I just realized I should have asked before boosting this thread - is/was that OK?
If not, please accept my apologies and I'll immediately remove them.
My reasoning for boosting these posts is because I completely agree. That doesn't excuse me from having to ask first though. For that, I am truly sorry
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@Aprazeth @vkc Is boosting actually broken in such a way? It's kind of the fundamental building block of how this service is supposed to work right? There's no algorithm, so stuff bubbles up through your connections via subscriptions. If the boost button isn't fearless that seems to have some bad implications for the health of the platform.
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@dutch_connection_uk @Aprazeth this is a tangent, but I'm generally OK with boosting public toots. If I want it not boosted, I set it to followers-only.
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Thank you - I actually unboosted them just before I saw your reply.
Sure, you could have restricted the ability to boost but I also should have asked before boosting this first. Especially since there already some folks that are being a bunch of no-no's. Me boosting might have come across as fanning those flames, so, hence.
I will try to do better - thank you for taking the time to reply. I've learned something :)
@vkc the situation of being a public figure 🫣 I can’t look away. Good luck dealing with the crowd. Idk how you do it tbh.
@vkc is there a "public persona" contract and license system I'm not aware of? That statement is hilarious on the face of it.
As a "social media" user I owe you nothing. Least of which, attention.
@vkc turns out, giving directions to the Internet Contrarian crowd and expecting them to act in a way that is consistent with those directions is a surefire guarantee that they will behave in the opposite way.
Who knew.
@vkc Well.. What more can I say? My dear, you've become a public figure, even quite popular and well-liked, so you inevitably have to deal with this fact and your fans somehow. Unfortunately, there's no other way.
Don't get me wrong please, but muting or ignoring people isn't a good idea. Same as ordering them to some behavior. Fans, just like customers in business, need to be, let's say so, gently "cultivated", but it's not as quick and easy as it might seem. It takes time and a bit of effort.
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@w And that is the worst thing ever, she can do. By doing it, she'll only lose a significant portion of her audience and alienate potential future viewers. Word will quickly spread that she's acting this way and that's it. All the hard work will be done very quickly. A bad reputation spreads faster than a good one. And it's very difficult to repair it later. Sometimes even impossible. Only private individuals, not dependent on their fans, viewers, etc., can afford something like muting, ignoring
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@w Sorry dear, but you don't have any idea what you're writing about. If you'd ever run your own business, you'd have some understanding of the topic. Well, you did not, so we don't really have much to discuss.
I'll just write something that once, decades ago told me one of the wisest, true and very successful businessman I ever had opportunity to meet..
"Business is a cold birch that doesn't forgive stupid, childish mistakes".
And on that joyful note, I bid you farewell, wishing good night.😘
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@w No one asked for nor needed your agreement here. Your opinions are only your private things. Same as everyone else's. And they should be mutually respected. That is something you should also learn a bit about.
And if you want to have a discussion with someone who has successfully created from scratch and run his own business and at the same time a fairly large company for forty years, then at least stand at a level that is relatively adequate for something like that. We call it experience. 👋
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Why is *every* company on this damn planet shoving down AI our throats?
I cannot tell you how mad stuff like this makes me.
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Hey #NetBSD 🚩community! There's been discussion over the years about whether the NetBSD project should have its own unique mascot (separate from the general BSD Beastie).
I outlined a proposal for one back in 2021, including some concepts:
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2021/01/21/msg000828.html
What's the general feeling today? #RunBSD #OpenSource #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD
| Yes, we need a unique mascot!: | 40 |
| No, the flag/Beastie is enough.: | 43 |
| I'm not sure / No opinion.: | 9 |
| Just show me the results.: | 11 |
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@jaypatelani I thought this was canon https://analognowhere.com/techno-mage/pocket-daemons/
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It's interesting that there are people who think issues with post deletion shouldn't be addressed even though they could be (quite easily!), and how many of them don't even use Mastodon anyway.
Haven't heard a single good argument yet*, just people objecting to things being made better and problems being solved.
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In fact, let's straighten this out — because it's possible I've made assumptions about what people want that just aren't accurate.
(Boosts for reach gratefully received! 🙏🧡)
When your posts on your instance are deleted (either by you hitting the "delete" button or by auto-deletion, or inadvertently due to instance data loss) do you want those posts to:
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TOM DUFF v DAVID KORN
pt2: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115615995422372538
#unix_surrealism #comic #ksh #rc #tomduff #davidkorn #openbsd #plan9 #9front
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kornboy: "But can you print the output of a command inside heredocs?"
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lol gamers are declaring butlerian jihad on openai for causing the price of ddr5 to go up more than double
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I am writing this on my plan9front computer in a cafe. Behind me is a row of 4 macbooks and they are all like "Oh my god, who is that super hot guy with a plan9 computo!" Followed by a whisper coming from the adjacent room: "lol, he has sigrid's rio patch, cringe." I am unmoved - it is my computer....
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@vitex congratulations! you're gonna have a bad time!
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@prahou @vitex “Having a good time?”
“Well, that was OpenBSD. Wrong fucking operating system.”
“We’re here to have a bad time.”
(Hard drive click noises while 9front installs)
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@prahou Okay okay, I'll install Haiku OS on x220 I'm fixing up and start going to hipster cafés ...
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*looks at the white part of the screen*
are you in a high radiation environment or are those just compression artifacts?
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i have a personal coding rule that the if branch is the exceptional case and the else branch is the common path
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@eniko At some point someone was evangelizing an optimization pattern where you do something and then undo it in an if.
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@Doomed_Daniel @eniko I guess the idea is that the typical case always executes and exception, within the if, doesn't. With modern branch detection I doubt there's any benefit.
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@sol_hsa @Doomed_Daniel @eniko in small loops you can run into issues just with the size of the loop, so sometimes moving things out is valuable for that reason. or if you have to put an unpredictable branch to a slow path in the middle of your loop, that can also be a bad idea, since it's recipe for misprediction. also putting complex fallback code in a simple loop can inhibit the compiler from generating vectorized or otherwise smarter code.
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@Doomed_Daniel @sol_hsa @eniko you can hoist the condition if it's uniform, but it depends on the exact nature whether that works.
@Doomed_Daniel @dotstdy @sol_hsa @eniko Had a thing like that where I'd written a nested for with conditionals and various duplicative calculations in the innermost part, "optimized" it, benchmarked, identical result. Compared generated assembly… also identical. Wasn't really surprised the optimizer did a good job with the naive version, but slightly surprised it arrived at the same result after what looked like a major restructuring in the source
I don’t understand people who post steam reviews like “I gave this game a fair shot, but it’s just not engaging enough to hold my attention. [playtime: 120 hours] [game release date: two weeks ago]”
like were you hoping for something so addictive that you’d literally never sleep again, or
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"Videos should just get straight to the point, no jokes or introductions."
NO.
Videos are art. Let the artist do what they want. You can like it or move on, but it's art.
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I know it's real popular here on the Fediverse to argue that videos are bad, and I'm sympathetic to folks who are sick of ads and deception. But to be honest that's true of all mass media- video sites don't own the monopoly on that.
Making videos is still an art form, and I would never tell an artist what to do, because I'm not an asshole.
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"Paintings should just get straight to the point, no emotions or extra brush strokes." - those guys, probably
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Also, not for nothing, but if any of you think videos should be dry and to-the-point, I sincerely want you to make those videos.
It's never been easier to learn the skills, and you should be the change you want to see in the world.
That's what motivated me to take the plunge, I didn't see videos like the kind I make now, and I felt like it was adding to the fabric. Still do!
If you don't like what I do, do it your way! I applaud it!
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@vkc Also, the slider and forward buttons are right there. Nobody's stopping anyone from skipping stuff they don't want to see.
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@vkc I made a couple of videos for someone else's YouTube channel years ago. It wasn't that difficult then, and it's somewhat easier now. You are 💯 again.
@vkc I actually have guru level abilities to create an utterly dry and brain intensive presentation and deliver it utterly drypan with lots of uhhs and off topic diversions leaving everyone's mind to just wander around and get lost.
There's a market for that? Maybe I could sell eye dropper adverts? Have the My Pillow Guy begging to be included and I can say, "No, you suck. Go away. Leave me with my lumpy wallmart pillow that smells like sourdough and dog."
I'm considering it.
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@vkc I actually really enjoy videos when i have time for them, i watch a lot on science, tech, etc. - I may be in the minority here but i'm fine with both written and video formats for info.
@vkc I watched your Find video with my 11 year old. We needed to figure out where his game saves were to add them to the backup job. He loved it!
@vkc This is why I like to use the term 'filmmaker'. Is it a bit self-aggrandising? Sure. Does it demonstrate pride in my work? Absolutely!
@vkc I agree so much with this. I’m tired of scrolling through YouTube where so many videos are the same because people make inauthentic content to chase an algorithm.
@vkc@linuxmom.net I think for me personally I'm more likely to complain about YouTube encouraging longer videos than I am about an individual YouTuber having a long intro or something like that. In a lot of ways YouTube itself kind of gets in the way of the art of video-making to chase some metric like retention. A lot of people who complain about intros are probably to some extent a side-effect of that, since a lot of creators will create long intros to encourage retention or ad-revenue.
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@OllieBranch I disagree about intros encouraging retention or ad-revenue. As someone who does it, I can tell you that the longer my intro is, the more it hurts retention. And that hurts the video's performance.
I have an intro song and I can see, in painful detail, how the intro song hurts my retention. I do it anyway because it's the art I like to make.
@vkc i do this, but not because video and presentation should just go to the point, itś a combination between i am lazy and tired and also my lack of creativiity
@vkc who on God's green earth is that foolish? That's *unbelievable* to me!
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@gardiner_bryant Oh I hear this comment all the time. Which is funny because most of my videos start by articulating a problem and how we're going to solve it.
I'm starting to think that some folks just crave hearing "hey guys", it activates their neurons or something.
@vkc I generally agree but there are some genres where having a pragmatic concise video is preferrable for most people, that being tutorials.
Other than that, i agree.
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@EinsPossum "preferable for most people" - I don't agree. That's really subjective.
My videos include humor because in my decades of experience running presentations and teaching folks, the humor engages attention in a way that makes the subject sink in.
Of course, that isn't the case with everyone, but again, that's why I call it "subjective" and "an art form."
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And I shall continue to ignore videos as a source of information.
Video as art are ok, but art that doesn't communicate isn't art. It's pointless, meaningless, a spot on the wall.
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Using FreeBSD shouldn’t be scary 🎃
Every reliable update, enhancement, and supported platform depends on the work of the FreeBSD community — and the support that makes that work possible.
Your contribution plays a direct role in keeping FreeBSD stable, modern, and trusted.
Support the work that keeps FreeBSD running smoothly:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/donate/
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Donate #FreeBSDFoundation #halloween
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I often cite Ray Bradbury's brilliantly poignant short story "The Flying Machine" when talking about this ill-considered headlong rush for an "AI"-mediated society that is being thrust upon us.
Today I learned there's a version of that must-read short story in graphic short story format. Take the time to read and appreciate the point Bradbury was trying to make.
https://www.onverticality.com/blog/bradbury-flying-machine
H/T @stever
#ai #ethics #wisdom #society #tech #technology #bradbury #RayBradbury #TheFlyingMachine #GraphicShortStory #GraphicNovel #comics #ComicStrip
Implemented more scopes to match other ActivityPub implementations (public, unlisted, followers-only and direct message) (contributed by byte).
New icons showing instance and actor failures.
Mastodon API: Added remote accounts follow metrics and statuses when viewing profiles (contributed by Stefano Marinelli), fixed post deletion.
Fixed outbox collection (contributed by byte).
New file FEDERATION.md (contributed by andypiper).
Updated Czech, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese translations (contributed by pmjv and daltux).
Fixed manpage typos (contributed by r-ricci).
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
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And thanks to byte, @stefano@bsd.cafe, andypiper, pmjv, daltux, r-ricci and any others I may have missed for their contributions to this release as well!
I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.84 here:
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/29810
1 out of 3 of GitHub's Continuous Integration checks passed, which is a good sign the other two will pass as well.
It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
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Imagine, your bed connects to the #cloud! 😲🤦♂️
#Amazon #AWSOutage #SmartBed #SmartBeds #data #DataPrivacy #dataCollection #server #servers #offline #privacyMatters
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@prahou To use a quote from the bards of OpenBSD: "[Grendel] was never open, he was only open for business?!"
Team Fish&Glenda FTW!
DOWN with the USURPER!!
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This post about `og:image:alt` just feels wrong. Alt text is often about inclusion. If you add a photo of pizza to your web page, it's there to elicit a response or emotion, and the alt text should reflect that.
Their interpretation of the "alt decision tree" seems like fishing for excuses to skip the alt text. https://yoast.com/developer-blog/why-we-dont-set-the-og-image-alt-tag/
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Informative purpose - This time we’re going to use our image in a post about how to make Pizza with pepperoni. A pizza recipe! At some point in our post, we describe in detail how to distribute the red, yellow, and green pieces of pepperoni on top of our pizza. We add our image to illustrate this step of the recipe. Would the default alternative text ‘Pizza with pepperoni‘ be meaningful in this context? No, it wouldn’t. Luckily, we can change the alt attribute in the post content and make it more helpful based on the context:
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Is there a podman book?
Like, I don't mean a website. A book. You know, the thing that's made of paper that I can set out on my desk?
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I'm reasonably convinced that the reason I'm not-so-great at containers is that I can't find a lot of written materials about working with them.
I'm a book learner and I really struggle with "here's a website", I can't set that next to my laptop while I'm sitting outside in the peace and quiet. I can't put my fingertips over the words and commit it to memory.
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I know it's incredibly old-school and possibly reflective of my sprint towards irrelevancy but I'm a twentieth century baby, damnit: I want a book.
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@vkc Container Security by Liz Rice breaks down containers really well IMO
But also, containers are just Linux under the hood. You know more than you think 🤗
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@ian OK that's going in the cart, thank you! I'm always fumbling my way through containers and I think I just need to knuckle down and do more of it to keep my feet wet.
@vkc I wish more programming books came wirebound like the olden days. Sure, they aren't quite as durable, but they can lay perfectly flat and you don't need as much space since it doesn't have to be splayed out.
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@qlp YES! One of my lofty plans is to write a bash book in the style of all of my old BASIC books: wire bound, small size, perfection.
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@vkc As a technical writer I feel your anguish. I too would prefer book form.
For one, I can structure your absorbtion of a topic much better if I get an overview section. Maybe some lovely diagrams. e.g. In this chapter we're going to talk about volumes; I'll get to _how_ in a bit, but here is _why_ you might need to care. And back in the books Overview? I'll have mentioned that _volumes_ are a way of exposing the container's file system to outside, or outside to stuff _inside_.
@vkc how deep into things do you want to go?
If it's just doing things with it at a user's level of depth, I'd suggest anything talking about docker (not swarm, compose, or desktop) applies almost if not 100%. Especially if one is ok using the podman-docker "wrapper."
If you want to get into the weeds though, I'm not aware of one - but I haven't really looked either.
@vkc we have a local dev environment that uses tilt with docker but I would loooooooove to swap podman in for it. No idea if it’s a thing
God, I love modern search. Is it safe to mix these two commonly available household chemicals? Here’s an untrustworthy generated maybe answer and ten links to sites saying whatever inflammatory shit pulls in the clicks.
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Is it wrong to block someone just because they’re posting AI slop images and their profile picture is also slop?
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thank you so much to whichever team at gmail that thought this would be a good idea
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@jacqueline Liked “thank you so much to whichever team at gmail that thought this would be a good idea”
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To be fair that's just a knockoff of a very undesirable and irritating "feature" M$ added a while back. I absolutely love how I get an extra daily digest message from O365 telling me who used what emoji responses to my messages
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We, the window managees
...Desktop environments have been dominating the land for far too long. The daemon crowns you the new prophet of window managers, after telling you the sad fate that has befallen the previous one...
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@prahou I don't see how people using desktop environments is my problem. When they're ready to swim, they'll swim.
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Do none of the ass clowns working on this shit understand that what makes things good is that humans do the thing? https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115272636140623240
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If you missed it because you don't have a Playdate (I forgive you -- just this once), you can now experience alien channel-surfing sensation Blippo+ on Nintendo Switch, or PC (Steam/Itch). Boing boing!
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For the record:
I cancelled Disney+ the same evening they kicked Kimmel out, and smoothing things over with Kimmel now will not be sufficient to get me to renew.
I will •start• considering a renewal when Iger is out on his ass, no parachute. (Not holding my breath for that.)
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There have to be consequences. Would-be quislings need to start having vivid pictures of what’s going to happen to them •personally• if they collaborate with fascists. I’d much prefer those consequences not be violent; in fact, harsh consequences now are the very thing that •avoid• violence. Professional and personal ruin will suffice. That means •we• have to make it stick.
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@inthehands I'm ambivalent here. I want there to be consequences. I also want there to be an incentive to realize their mistake and reverse it.
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Sure sex is great, but have you ever made a label that says “label maker” and put it on a label maker?
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Most cybersecurity vendors: "We provide the most comprehensive alarms and fire extinguishers in the business!"
Business and government talking to people like me, "Why do you keep recommending bricks and steel to replace our wood and paper structures?"
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@spaf But that stuff is "so expensive!" 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
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Something cool is coming later today
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Is it a lapel pin?
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@magnetic_tape 😄 , even better! Stay tuned
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@w @magnetic_tape How about 21 books on building circuits, robots, Raspberry Pi projects, and secure devices for only $36?
Today is International Chocolate Day (https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/international-chocolate-day/).
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month (https://www.staysafeonline.org/cybersecurity-awareness-month).
This is unfair to chocolate, especially considering how many of us have to think about cybersecurity all year.
Let's stop thinking about cybersecurity on November 1st and celebrate chocolate for the next 11 months.
Vote for me for world emperor, and this will be one of my first official decrees.
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@spaf Oddly this is the US idea of an International chocolate day (on the birth day of Hershey); there's World Chocolate Day in July, and the US also has National Chocolate Day on 28th October. Messy isn't it - just eat your chocolate every day is a lot easier.
If you want to make your mark in a meeting but have nothing to contribute to the ongoing discussion, try one of these:
"What about AI?"
"Can AI help here?"
"Will this support AI?"
"Is this AI ready?"
"Could AI solve this instead?"
This will make you come across as technically savvy and forward thinking, not as an embarrassing waste of space.
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@heydon Everyone does this already!
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@yatil It's so tedious, isn't it?
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@heydon It’s almost as obnoxious as posting “This is what <insert AI> had to say about this topic” in Slack without any indication of if that person has verified the “information” or agrees with it. It’s a weird appeal to authority thing only that the thing they are appealing to has zero authority.
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@heydon This is actually an (unsolicited) advice I received 20 years ago, as a young woman in the tech world, by a man: "You should always talk in meeting, even if you have nothing to say, so that people can remember you"
I obviously didn't apply this « advice » but now I understand way better how meeting works 🙄. And AI has make it worse...
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@heydon Is this the new "let's take a step back"? Wait, can we combine it: "let's take a step back, have we thought about how AI could help here"?
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@heydon also, easily swap "AI" for:
- cloud
- scale
- my butt
- big foreheads
- a tech bro circle jerk
…ah, I seem to be spiraling…
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Brian Ward’s third edition of How Linux Works offers a clear tour of Linux internals. Follow the path from boot loaders and systemd to processes, devices, filesystems, networking, and shell scripting.
Updates include LVM, journald, IPv6, virtualization, containers, and cgroups. A practical reference for admins and developers.
https://nostarch.com/howlinuxworks3
#Linux #Sysadmin #DevOps #Systemd #Containers
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I'd love for the books to be cheaper, but griping on social media isn't going to make that happen
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@w Ah classrooms use this kinda thing a lot
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Fast forward two decades and now I catch myself doing that kind of stuff frequently (except with other search engine). I guess they won, they deeply conditioned us to be addicted to their services.
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Got another request to take https://tiltedwindmillpress.com payments via Zelle.
I'd have to open an account with a new credit union to do that, wondering if it's worth the trouble. The lack of fees is appealing.
Do you use Zelle? Would you prefer it to Paypal or credit card?
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@mwl I use Zelle. It's the only option my bank provides for sending money to people. I never had an issue with it.
I normally use Paypal for anything online, unless the site/person won't take it, then I look at gift cards. If I feel the site is trustworthy, I'll supply my personal card.
If you want to go with Zelle, or add Zelle, I'm fine with that.
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@agreeable_landfall @mwl similar experience. I use it with my bank for sending money to people, no issues. I deem it as safe/trustworthy as PayPal.
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Yep.
But I'd be receiving, never sending. I'm OK if OTHER people want to take that risk, sigh.
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Moved to another room. Sleeping on the floor. A bug that I couldnt find was driving me nuts. If i hate anything it is things that make high pitch noises (and bite me during sleep).
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@pythno you need a cat :-D
(yes, they hunt even mosquitos, at least mine does)
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Note: I am inquiring about cultural attitudes to death.
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-High Temperature
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-Something is very wrong
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