hubobes

@hubobes@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s AI research lab is ‘dying a slow death,’ some insiders say. Meta prefers to call it ‘a new beginning’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That is not true, we use Vision/LL Models to extract data and structure said data from documents. It is amazing how easy it is compared to OCR and needing to know where which information is located.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Secure encryption and online anonymity are now at risk in Switzerland⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The government already lost a case against Threema when they tried to force them to spy on their users. This is a Verordnung which is not a law but has to adhere to existing laws. So it might be challenged once more.

  If this trough though than it has always been legal and it is just the executive making it an actual thing now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Enshittification of 3D Printers – Are We Losing What Made Them Great?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I own a BambuLab A1M as I want a printer that just works. And while yes it is all proprietary they do sell replacement parts for most parts.

  While I will not forgive them for their latest moves I am quite happy, I turn it on, load an stl into BambuStudio and let it run without any issues at all.

  My next printer will however probably be a prusa as they are Europeans and I love that they keep everything up to the user so far. But I can not deal with anything that is more DIY than a Prusa, it is a tool for my hobby…not the hobby itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Designed by men, for men: Why sex with robots does not have appeal among women⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is perfectly legal, the law only says that the user must freely choose to allow the website to save said data. You can opt out here and not use that website.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Valve is such a weird company, on ome hand they do things like this, on the other hand there ia CS gambling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨German Power Slips Below Zero as Negative-Price Phenomenon Grows⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The article says declining, not collapsed. The EU says it has to move quickly but with a potential shift (due to right-wing and conservative parties regaining power) from renewables to nuclear that could fail.

  I mean the reason for why this happened is clear, Europe always relied on cheap Russian gas which is, at least for people who have just a sliver of humanity, a no go and there is no cheap replacement except for renewables. I guess if the Germans would have invested in renewables earlier on this whole issue would not exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your Homelab goals for 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had the unfortunate experience thaf major upgrades on Debian did break the system twice alreay (different servers though). Doing small, incremental package upgrades seems like less of a risk, I can more easily track major package upgrades.

  Also it is my homelab, not a production environment, a place where I try new things and play around. So curiosity is always a reason as to why I do things as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your Homelab goals for 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Moving my servers to Arch (EOS) as my trial for one during 2024 was successful, rock solid. Swapping my router to a Unifi Express as I am switching to an ISP which finally allows me to do so.