hendrik
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- Comment on Hugging Face researchers are trying to build a more open version of DeepSeek's AI 'reasoning' model 1 hour ago:
Here's the link to the mentioned Github project page: https://github.com/huggingface/open-r1
- Comment on It is time to ban email. 2 hours ago:
So, what's the successor? How do we send and receive messages then?
- Comment on Elon Musk email to X staff: ‘we’re barely breaking even’ 4 days ago:
[...] and while X has added some features, like job listings and a new video tab, there’s little sign of the service he’d said would be able to “someone’s entire financial life” by the end of 2024.
Yeah, wasn't his dream to create some unified platform with X, a "super-app" that does everything? I guess if he was able to follow up on his promises, that'd generate some revenue.... Instead, it's always been some moderately toxic platform, albeit well used, and then just took a turn for the worse.
- Comment on Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become “too charged” 2 weeks ago:
Why that amount of bootlicking? Do they have any specific plans for the future I'm not aware of?
- Comment on Best New And Emerging Technologies 3 weeks ago:
Do you mean something like a phone or a computer? What's the question?
- Comment on Why do AI bros and other staunch AI defenders seem happy about the potential of killing off the creative industries? 3 weeks ago:
There are people out there without any kind of conscience or memorse. If they can somehow make a profit, they'll sell somehing to you or anyone who is willing to listen.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I've had the same suspicion in another (now deleted) post 5days ago. Same user. Also very robotic text.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 3 weeks ago:
Btw, It's a lot more pronounced here on the internet. Since it's a filter bubble. If you dive into the real world, you'll find a lot of males also have healthy lives, a lot of hobbies, they're going out with friends, playing football once a week etc. I mean it's certainly there, and a big issue in society. All I want to say is, don't just look at some social media and draw conclusions from that.
- Comment on Looking for some (re-)use cases for older Android smartphones 3 weeks ago:
I've heard some people use Termux to self-host some Linux services on an old phone. I'm not sure though if that's feasible with a dead battery and a damaged USB port...
- Comment on AI Generated X 3 weeks ago:
Nice. Yeah, I'm aware there is one bot here which does substantially better and doesn't use the usual LLM approach. Sadly I was so annoyed by the 99% of other bots, so I've muted them all...
- Comment on AI Generated X 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone 3 weeks ago:
Btw, I think it's pretty much accepted fact that smartphones do spy on everyone. It's the main business model of any big tech company. Google, Meta... They definitely have algorithms to tailor their targeted ads to someones personal profile. And per default they look at what you're doing online all day. Keep track of your location if rhey can... The one thing that's unclear is whether they use the microphone and also listen to your offline conversations. My main point being: Listening in with the microphone isn't that far off. If you feel uncomfortable with that, you might want to re-consider a few other things as well.
- Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone 3 weeks ago:
With the scientific method and anecdioal evidence, kind of never.
You got to dig down to the facts. Or we can just tell the fact that a lot of people feel that way. And I mean "confirmation bias" is a very good explanation. We also have a lot of people believe in esoterics, homeopathy etc. The mechanics of psychology are well-understood.
If we want to get to the truth, we have to do a proper study. I'm not an expert on this, so I don't know if we got to that, yet. I know people have demonstrated this is technically possible. But as far as I'm aware people have taken apart a few of the major apps like Facebook etc, logged the traffic and couldn't find anything that uses microphone data to do targeted advertising.
- Comment on Why is it considered sexist to ask women to smile? 3 weeks ago:
I mean we have countless Reddit stories where someone's dog died that day, and while groceries shopping someone tells them "hey, a beautiful girl like you should smile".
That's just an a**hole move.
- Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone 3 weeks ago:
Difficult to judge. Could be confirmation bias, as well. Meaning you got ads for flight before. But you didn't pay attention to them at that point. Which changed after your session and now you think these are connected. Or you looked something up about that location and that kicked it off.
These are the usual findings in the rare cases people are able to trace it back and they write some article or podcast about it. Mainly confirmation bias. And once you interact with one ad that got you taken aback, you're trapped.
Doesn't rule out other possibilities, though. I guess what I'm trying to say is, this counts more as anecdotal evidence. And we have plenty stories like this.
- Comment on lemmy should tots let you post things to your own user profile 3 weeks ago:
I agree like 80%. I think with the tools, it is how it is. They don't necessarily owe you anything. I did some renovations lately, and realized (again) that choosing the right tool and method might be essential. We wasted hours and hours in some cases doing some amateur work. And after asking someone how to do it properly, or getting a recommendation to rent the professional tool instead of bothering with the consumer-grade power tools, something that would have taken days, got done in one morning. Same applies to computers in my experience. I learned how to use some tools that just make things a lot easier. Sometimes they automate a boring task. Or make me 100x as fast. And it doesn't really help to complain I was not aware of it's existence. That's how it is. You can't know everything. You'll have to make ends meet with some amateur work then. Or somehow become aware of how to change things to your advantage.
And things like being locked in, or being invested in something can be problematic with software. Sure you don't want to begin all over if you put in quite some effort and labor. Or learned something for a long time and now you have to switch to something else. I believe that's one of the main reasons why people stick with Microsoft Windows. Despite it not being particularly great. Ultimately that's your choice. Either you put in the effort, re-learn a few things and adapt your workflow. And that's somehow worth it to you and you'll start to benefit from it after a while... Or you don't do it.
But all of this is very abstract. And just from the user's perspective. My point mostly applies if you're the user and faced with a fixed situation which you can not change. Of course that does not apply to the software developers. They should listen to the requests of their users and implement features unless there is a specific reason not to do it. And that's where I completely agree with you. It would be great if the software was capable and had a lot of features. I mean there are some limitations in practice, you need someone to invest time to implement it. And feature creep kills projects, you can't add everything... But I think Lemmy could really benefit from some more useful features. And I don't see a reason why they should reject them without a soecific technical reason.
- Comment on lemmy should tots let you post things to your own user profile 3 weeks ago:
I'm not sure about that argument. I mean there are right and wrong tools for a job. There are people constantly trying to drive in a screw with a hammer. They might be better off with a screwdriver. We could also devise a multitool, or not do it. Ultimately, if just the right tool is in front of you, you'd better have a specific reason why not to use it... I can see one general argument, and that's competition is good or more general tools are good. But that's kind if what MBin is...
Not having server-side platforms is a very interesting argument. I mean most users are using smartphone apps anyways... I don't know why we bother with translating everything twice and doing that many server-side things. ActivityPub with it's concept of inboxes and outboxes is kind of designed to run with a minimal server and do most logic and rendering client-side anyways.
- Comment on lemmy should tots let you post things to your own user profile 3 weeks ago:
It's nit the same, but I've seen people create a community for that. You can call it like your username and link it in your bio.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
If it's your son, I'd go with you need to take interest in them as a person. Idk I found it's not too hard to relate to people. While we're all very different, it's often the same underlying things that are important to us. Plus, if you're talking to a mildly intelligent person, you'll often find it's not too hard to keep a conversation going. Find out why they like it. What's so special about that hobby. Learn something about it and broaden your horizon. Maybe there's something to it. And it goes both ways... If they're open to (new things) maybe they like to listen to you talking about woodworking. Or you can combine the hobbies and create something korean on the lathe (I'm making this up. But that should be possible with some topics, if you want to bond and spend some time together.)
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Considerimg you're talking about New Orleans (which you maybe want to clarify in your post?)
Isn't that all speculation at this point? Or is there exact information available?
I guess as a soldier, you're not exempt from getting a mental illnes? PTSD? Other issues? Making wrong choices... Which might lead to all kinds if things? Including this?
- Comment on Looking for advice for media server storage expansion 3 weeks ago:
Well, the usual way I've seen people deal with this is either open up the case and leave the extra drives dangling to the side, or just lay them on the bottom of the case (or on top) and don't move it any more.
That works. Though, if you want to imitate that... Pay attention to the temperature of the harddisks. There is no air circulation if you just lay them flat on the floor and they might get too warm.
- Comment on is feeling disrespected reason good enough to change jobs? 3 weeks ago:
Doesn't that entirely depend on your perspective for the future? Can you find a better workplace and is your situation going to improve? Then yes, do it. Is it going to get worse, or you take a massive hit considering salary or something? Then think what's more important to you...
- Comment on Many smaller drivers or fewer larger drives? 3 weeks ago:
Large drives. 1-2TB are dysproportionally expensive, you need an expensive mainboard to connect a bunch of them. More drives means more failures...
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Okay. I'm not sure because you have quite some ideas, and you get quite some interesting feedback. But you don't seem to engage with any of the discussions you're starting. Plus it's really a mixed bag. Some ideas are good. Some have already been tried. And some seem very far-fetched to me. How would you for example integrate Mastodon and the VR metaverse? Input 500 character toots with a gamepad? Or what's your idea?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Why do airplanes have big front "headlights"? 3 weeks ago:
It's probably correct. There has to be some fixed rule. And with airplanes, a lot depends on altitude. They're want to be seen. They want to see what's in front of them during critical phases like takeoff and landing. And probably not switch on and off arbitrary things like lights, just when they're most busy with other things.
- Comment on Post your bandwidth usage 3 weeks ago:
About half a terabyte per month. My router doesn't write the logs to disk so I don't have any detailed statistics.
- Comment on My attempt at explaining the fediverse in a way that is more fun and engaging 3 weeks ago:
I'd agree. And LW isn't a particularly nice place anyways. It's just the biggest. And if our core features aren't important to us, we might as well send them to any arbitrary place.
- Comment on Not federated Lemmy instances? 3 weeks ago:
I thought I did something wrong and it was just me... Alright, take Flarum then, that seems to work on a Raspberry Pi.
- Comment on My attempt at explaining the fediverse in a way that is more fun and engaging 3 weeks ago:
Right, good point. You'd better move to a different planet then, that'd change your surname and replaces the implant with a different one. You can stay at the bar though. Or you build your own planet / theme park with blackjack and hookers...