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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully interoperability of seperate apps as ‘part of a web browser experince’ can be improved to help all users. However, the less technologically inclinded will have to step up and do something if they want to avoid growing frustrations from an endlessly, enshitifying browser experience.

  Having a “do one thing” software design doesn’t avoid all issues of anti-competition practices, nor does it prevent anti-features. For that I’d look towards software freedom licenses (as opposed to proprietary software).

  We already have software that does some seprate parts of web browsers and comes with the OS; video players, text readers and protocol specific apps. The question is, are advanced users using alternatives like Gemini protocal? Hopefully activity will lead to others entering the new communities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s too late to give (life) support. Web browsers are a dying ecosystem as it’s too complex to create competition. Why not abandon them and instead support software that does a seperatable part of what modern browsers do?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Libre alternative?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A game could be good and yet contain media created with AI generation - high rating + AI tag covers that case.

  Most AI use will be slop, but as you say some could be an accident. How the dev responds to users finding out will inform users how to rate the dev team themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  20 years ago I would have been excited: when Microsoft made Clippy to try and help people. Now we know you created this to harvest data.

  I’m mind-blown that people feel no shame when data harvesting from computer illiterates, or programmers who write anti-features (like forced online accounts for a local OS).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Open Source Power⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If a country has a universal basic income then it would be easier for people to choose to donate time to a project.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Open Source Power⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some are fortunate enough that they could take up the work without money, and perhaps donations do not count depending on license or depending on some country’s law. Most would find that a hindrance and now users must just hope it doesn’t get worse or find something else - like proprietary software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Open Source Power⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Non-commercial terms hinder the ability of others to fork a project, which is a concern if something bad inevitability happens. [they give into temptation and add anti-features, or people do/say something which makes them untrustworthy or unassociatable).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is self-hosting becoming too gatekept by power users?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Militant foss” reads like the old saying “militant atheist”…

  Maybe you aught to take your own advice and not mention this again, otherwise you’ll hear opinions that conflict with your own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikipedia co-founder joins editing conflict over the Gaza genocide page⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It shouldn’t matter if people agree if they both seek the true. If trustworthy sources have verifiable evidence that points different way then the article can present all possibilities. If one side has more/better evidence then present that as primary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I was aware RAM prices fluctuate.

  I’ve never been so unfortunate when buying larger RAM, or building a new system with a new DDR version.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People buying RAM: oh no, what do we do?

  People buying GPUs: first time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Losing a monopoly on specific game servers certainly can have a commercial risk. Are you entitled to that at all, let alone when you stop hosting them?

  Legal risk of what? Others will have that responsibility, unless you’ve done something you don’t want others to see?

  Safety - Yes someone might have less moderation than you - that’s up to the users to decide if it’s okay. We still have the right to change our car’s break pad - the thing that stops a large mass moving fast from hitting children.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to organize your co-workers around AI⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘Organize your co-workers’ is not a normal thing to say as it implies you have control over them but coworkers are equal. It reads “organize your staff” in a hello-fellow-kids way. "Organize with your coworkers’ may come off better but “around AI” isn’t explicit either in support or opposition to AI. So what the title means has to be inferred.

  I had assumed it was more spam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to organize your co-workers around AI⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The title and the generic image.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It bitches very often when you disable Google Pain Services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Clippy would never promote a religion. Clippy just wanted to help.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Futo updates their website, removing logos, clarifying micro grants⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  GPLv2 says you must license any derived code as the same license . True, unless the license is “GPLv2 or later”. Then anyone can upgrade it to GPLv3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought Fennec stopped getting updates

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fedora Will Allow AI-Assisted Contributions With Proper Disclosure & Transparency⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If one wants to avoid software with AI code then being aware which MRs need replacing helps. However, accepting it encourages it more and makes it less fesible that you could prune all the MRs written in part by AI. Disclosing it will become worthless if it becomes the norm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MegaMek, a libre clone of BattleTech, a sci-fi themed boardgame-style battlefield strategy game, has a new release, with new features, UI/UX improvments and bugfixes.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Upgrading code license from GPLv2 to GPLv3 for 2 of 3 related programs. One was already v3.

  Replacing media licenses from GPL to a more appropriate Creative Commons but NC makes a more restrictive. That makes it a downgrade in terms of user freedom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X is now offering me end-to-end encrypted chat — you probably shouldn't trust it yet | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X is now offering me end-to-end encrypted chat — you probably shouldn't trust it yet | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to give the benefit of the doubt but when there are bad insensitives in play then perhaps this saying of wisdom can, unfortunately, be naïve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Automattic CEO calls Tumblr his 'biggest failure' so far⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m loving it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Calling it, next update includes forced arbitration clause for accidental bricking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU Chat Control didnt pass - proving the media got to alot of you⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Media covinced people that it was coming and it didn’t - my understanding of the argument.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework supporting far-right racists?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I may not like who everyone chooses to represent themselves in government… but the government actually reflecting the people proportionally would still be a good thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework supporting far-right racists?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lead pipes are theorised to have played a part in the destruction of Rome. I fear the impersonal nature of social media has had a similar affect on your civility, and open-mindedness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework supporting far-right racists?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps it will reproduce the thorn as output under certain circumstances, like some allegedly do using the — “em dash” character?

  If that’s staggering you should see how much more I don’t know, bumface.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework supporting far-right racists?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Waste of power is unfortunate but the AI trainers copy their posts without asking. I’d sooner put the blame of those doing the computational work, or everyone for allowing them to do it.