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- Comment on Meta Opens Its AI Models for the (U.S.) Military 6 days ago:
lol someone was concerned about the Chinese military using Meta’s AI models and now the company has opened its models for US military use. Hypocrisy runs high in this timeline.
- Comment on Omnivore Alternatives? 1 week ago:
I agree with others that you need to break down these requirements into multiple apps. I use FreshRSS for feeds and it has a bunch of mobile app integrations.
And the most recent update of Linkwarden seems to have a ton of features that might be worth your while, including PDF, screenshot, and Readable caching.
- Comment on ChatGPT has literally devolved into "let me google that for you" 3 weeks ago:
I’m trying out Perplexity and it’s literally LMGTFY. To the point that sometimes I just open google.com to get what I need. Sometimes it’s just me being lazy and searching for a domain instead of typing “.com” at the end.
But here’s the thing- for the longest time, google was devolving into LMGTFY too. Don’t you think?
- Comment on Thunderful are having a Steam sale on Viewfinder, Somerville, SteamWorld Heist 2 and other colourful hits 1 month ago:
I got a few games off this. Nice!
- Comment on How ‘Deepfake Elon Musk’ Became the Internet’s Biggest Scammer 3 months ago:
Could it be that the one who tweets is also this scammer?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Steam Deckies screaming from the rooftops about “YEAR OF LINUX!!!”
- Comment on Self-Hosted AI is pretty darn cool 3 months ago:
Now that you’ve dubbed OP a tech person…
Hey OP, can you help me fix my printer? It’s only printing “RED RUM RED RUM” for some reason.
- Comment on The justices of the supreme court ruled that Trump was immune and effectively above the law while being president. What is now stopping Biden from bringing a gun to the next debate? 4 months ago:
So Biden could officially flood the supreme court with democrat judges, then officially ask them to revoke this stupid ruling?
- Comment on Getting the Skyrim itch again... Any mod recommendations to freshen it up? 4 months ago:
Do any of these mods work on the Steam version of Skyrim, when played on Steam Deck?
- Comment on Work from home 4 months ago:
My SO was told to travel to office every day of the week, only to sit in zoom meetings because all of their team is elsewhere.
Reaaaal good use of everyone’s time and our non-renewable resources.
- Comment on Spotify launches a new Basic streaming plan in the US 5 months ago:
Good. The last thing I want to do is listen to audiobooks and podcasts on Spotify.
- Comment on Tough Trolly Choices 5 months ago:
So this is where you’ve been hiding Kirk. Come on, your ship needs you!
- Comment on Composerize - online tool converts docker commands to compose yml 7 months ago:
I use this almost every time I need to launch something on my Portainer setup. It’s not perfect but works like a charm to convert simpler docker runs into yaml files.
- Comment on Eventually my entire town joined in.. 8 months ago:
This is indeed, a shitpost.
- Comment on Backblaze B2 vs other storage providers to store legally ripped media 8 months ago:
Hey on that 3tb thing… can I pick and choose folders or parts of folders from the backups?
Or, say, I want to move stuff around in folders… is that possible after the backup has reached them and is only visible to me through their web interface?
- Comment on Why do some languages use gendered nouns? 8 months ago:
Quick Question (to OP and beyond) - the English language has wording for the gender of a person who acts - actor/actress.
Yet, these days, most people in the movie or theatre industry call themselves “actors”. They’ve dropped the word “actress”.
Do we know why?
- Comment on Surely dark UX doesn't work in the long run 9 months ago:
No. Dark UX has been around longer and is more nefarious than enshittification.
- Comment on What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)? 9 months ago:
Nice little history there. Fuck EE.
- Comment on 'Betrayed' SAP workers rebel against forced office return 9 months ago:
Companies at that level don’t give a cap about ’valuable’ employees. They would just as easily get rid of the high paid employees.
- Comment on What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)? 9 months ago:
Usenet costs money the same way as your email (should) cost money. They’re hosting a large amount of content, they’re paying fees to their ISPs to let them send that content to you, and they’re fighting spam and other crap.
If you want to do nothing more than chat with folks on Usenet then you don’t need a VPN. Just like if your only download Ubuntu from torrents you don’t need vpn. Anything else and a vpn is a good idea. That said, I recommend you should always use VPN. Your isp is not your friend. They will steal your data. Heck, even your VPN isn’t your friend. Regularly read reviews of your VPN and ensure they’re privacy friendly and charge for their service.
Do not fall into the Onavo trap.
- Comment on What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)? 9 months ago:
Yeah Google bought a really great thing and ran it for a very long time as their own version of stackoverflow. I bet stackoverflow was a response to Google’s monopoly on groups answering questions.
- Comment on What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)? 9 months ago:
What’s scuttlebutt?
And no, not individual and not LAN. WAN. A Usenet server could easily service hundreds of folks if not thousands. It would collect all their posts and then aggregate upwards.
- Comment on What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)? 9 months ago:
BTW, OP and others… Incredible Doom is the name of an online and print graphic novel series that has Usenet at its core. It’s a lovely piece of art created by very talented artist. Check it out from your local library or used book store…
Or… cough… from your local Usenet group dealing in comix warez.
- Comment on What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)? 9 months ago:
If I recall correctly, ISPs were often running their own Usenet servers. This meant that traffic didn’t leave their networks and thus they paid less network interchange fees.
These days maybe only niche ISPs in some parts of the world might be running Usenet servers. Majority of them are run by specific companies created specifically for the purpose.
- Comment on Zuckerberg to Get $700 Million a Year From Meta’s New Dividend 9 months ago:
So can we tax that?
- Comment on One possible caveat of using an open source search engine alternative instead of Google 10 months ago:
Duck duck is a layer on top of Bing. Thanks for the link to Yacy.
- Comment on One possible caveat of using an open source search engine alternative instead of Google 10 months ago:
Is there a search engine that stores generic search vector information in a p2p fashion and allows users to search so that their local and then other people’s remotes get searched in that order?
- Comment on Kagi is now partnering with Brave 10 months ago:
Has he made a statement to the contrary?
- Comment on China’s Nuclear-Powered Containership: A Fluke Or The Future Of Shipping? 10 months ago:
You… you know that clouds… rain, right?
- Comment on China’s Nuclear-Powered Containership: A Fluke Or The Future Of Shipping? 10 months ago:
Yeah but where to put all that water? On the moon?