nightlily

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned. | Business Insider⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I think Germans would prefer if I stabbed them than talked to them on the train.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The AI that we'll have after AI (Doctorow)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing I worry about is that there‘s going to be a fire sale on the polluting crap that are powering these GPU farms. It’ll likely end up in poorer countries because it’ll be cheaper than new renewables.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale study⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s part of the reason these models haven’t improved much in the last year or so. They‘ve absorbed all the public facing internet and whatever copyrighted works they could get away with pirating (pretty much all printed work), and now they are faced with a brick wall. They haven’t come up with a way to create new content, to reinforce a „correct“ statistical model without causing model collapse, and I don’t think they ever will. The well (the public internet) is already thoroughly poisoned so they have to use a snapshot of the pre-LLM internet, not even an up to date one.

  If it isn’t good enough after consuming almost the entirety of humanity’s written output since the invention of the printing press, it’s never going to be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I buy on Bandcamp and put the FLACs on my Plex server, so I guess I’m technically streaming them, but not for a Spotify fee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit stock falls for second day as references to its content in ChatGPT responses plummet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a meme on German language subreddits when Americans shit up the place in English.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit stock falls for second day as references to its content in ChatGPT responses plummet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who around when shitredditsays was the bogeyman, always has been.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On proprietary products, they are awful. So many hallucinations that waste hours. A manager used one on a code review of mine and only admitted it after I spent the afternoon chasing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It has taken me nearly 30 years to undo that programming and it still affects me. The puriteens scare me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a difficult one. Due to their target audience, a lot of them are more focused on storytelling (usually limited gameplay and more reading along in a choose your own adventure style) for a single player. What you’re describing is a bit of an untapped market, but give F95zone.to a look and you might find something. It’s a site dedicated to collating freely available adult games (with ways to support the authors linked). It’s where a lot of the games OP talks about found their audience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to mention The Last Sovereign in this thread. It’s a little bit hard to recommend because it’s like, barely modified RPG maker sprites and some serviceable art for sex scenes, along with the difficulty. However that game is a damn magnum opus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just finished what exists so far for The Princess Trap last night. I have to recommend holding off on it till it’s finished so you don’t end up in as much despair as me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨when ur higher than sagan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Best” part of this is that our public health insurance pays out for this nonsense. Some providers allow you to opt out but I don’t think the majority of Germans bother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft breaks Windows reset and recovery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Linux Mint, which supports AppArmor or SELinux if you need the extra security, as well as allowing full disk encryption to be setup during install. Cinnamon (its default desktop environment) is very usable, especially if you’re used to Windows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft breaks Windows reset and recovery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The only time I’ve booted into Windows in the last month is for the Battlefield beta and my work’s annoying proprietary VPN. Other than that I’d say Linux is finally ready for the desktop. Proton was the straw that broke Microsoft’s back for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neil Young Leaves Facebook & Instagram Over “Unconscionable” Policies for AI Chatbot Conversations With Children⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bands In Town works pretty well for all the bands I follow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Öl will solidify as well, even if it takes a lower temperature than meat drippings. Use a paper towel to soak up leftover oil and dispose of it in the Restmüll.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s why no legitimate site is reporting this, because it’s nonsense rage bait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your best isekai anime?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At risk of showing my age, The Twelve Kingdoms blows most modern isekai out of the water, even with its flaws. The MC‘s journey and character growth is amazing, and the world building is incredibly unique.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit says it is not covered by new Online Safety Code as it has moved its jurisdiction to the Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I‘m confused. Reddit claims it doesn’t host videos, just links to them but it absolutely does host videos.