cecilkorik

@cecilkorik@piefed.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With Amino having shut down — could the Fediverse be a good alternative?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This is all true, but there’s also an awful lot of overlap between many fandoms and many nerds so it doesn’t seem totally far fetched that this might make a good home for at least a bunch of fandoms eventually. startrek.website is already here for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony AI patent will see PlayStation games play themselves when players are stuck⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Because I work in software development and I see first-hand exactly what executives are currently doing with AI. That’s what they’re doing. That’s the reality. What other side is there? That we’re going to get more games at lower prices thanks to AI? Sure, if you believe that I’ve got a real nice bridge to sell you too, get out your wallet and just hand it to me.

  If given all the evidence of the entire fucking economy of the world you think companies aren’t focused exclusively on short-term, short-sighted profits by minimizing costs and maximizing revenue, you’re so delusional you must be smoking capitalism like a drug.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony AI patent will see PlayStation games play themselves when players are stuck⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t need an AI to skip, bypass, or cinematic your way through a difficult section. That’s a game design issue, not a patentable AI issue. This does not support disabled people, this will be used to ignore disabled people during game design and fire people who are actually competent at supporting disabled people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If president abductions are something that can apparently just happen how come Putin or Kim Jong Un aren't in some foreign prison right now?⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  But I’m le tired…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It is always morally acceptable to punch a Nazi. No exceptions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I get the Measles and/or Mpox vaccines if I had them as a child?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what it’s like in the USA especially in its current dysfunctional state, but in Canada we’ve got public health agencies that support and track vaccination status and recently even pharmacies are getting into the situation. It seems like the US has similar organizations. If you don’t have a doctor, you may be able to find other options for checking your vaccination status through them, and they can probably guide you on whether you need any boosters or updates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, porn is for poor people. These people can (and do) easily afford the live action version.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is with these videos where it's just someone reaction to shit someone else is doing? ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree it is generally pretty stupid and difficult to watch, however there are a few situations where it makes some sort of sense.

  1. It is sometimes used as a way to get around certain copyright issues (probably not legally, but it sometimes confounds the horribly stupid copyright bots that major platforms use with lazy impunity)
  2. Sometimes the person “reacting” is themselves entertaining to watch. These reaction videos are generally for pre-existing fans of *that person*, not for fans of the *video being watched*.
  3. Sometimes the person reacting is adding genuine value, for example they might be a legitimate expert (or at least a self-believed one) on the topic the video is discussing. This is in some sense sort of a video review, or a fact-check.
  4. It is pure algorithm-bait, not really intended for any actual human to deliberately enjoy, but it tricks the algorithm into showing it to people who are too low-effort to look up the real video and just watch it because it’s in their “feed”.

  Usually it’s some combination of the above.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia insists it isn’t Enron, but its AI deals are testing investor faith⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Enron 2.0, bigger, faster, better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia insists it isn’t Enron, but its AI deals are testing investor faith⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The pension was already stolen before it had a chance to exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you were dropped into a pool of people's spit and prevented from getting out, would you melt to death?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, the good news is, this is a great place for dumb questions, should you ever have any. Welcome!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got my first printer, what else do I need? Any tips on setup?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Once you get the hang of the basics, the “Articulated” models of various creatures are lots of fun for kids. A lot of them have already seen them at school. Surprisingly easy to print. You may need to use a brim or raft on some of them to make sure the small contact patch on each of the segments gets enough bed adhesion, but other than that, they print-in-place with no assembly required.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe this works but I agree there should be a UI for it (preferably under the “enhanced tracking protection” shield to the left of the URL), and I have to admit I run with RFP disabled too. It’s close, but I think it still needs a little more work to be practical, for most people at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The most compartmentalized setup would be to run librewolf --ProfileManager as a command to start the profile manager, you can set up multiple profiles, and it will either prompt you at startup, or you can create shortcuts for each profile with librewolf -P <profilename>. Each one is basically a completely different instance, with different settings, different history, and different addons.

  Personally, I think that’s overkill, but it may suit you.

  The approach I’d recommend, is to leave the default settings on, and once you spend enough time setting up your exceptions and umatrix configuration for the sites you do want to be logged in at or buy stuff with, you can get the best of both worlds in one profile, but admittedly that takes a little more know-how and work, and it sometimes feels like it never ends, but it does get much better once you’ve got 95% of your typical stuff sorted out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve used both and while Waterfox is pretty good, Librewolf is superior. It’s more aggressive in its privacy settings by default, you can either tone that down or learn to work with it (I recommend the latter, which takes some effort and is a different way of doing things, treating privacy as something you have to actively opt-out of on a case by case basis, which will benefit you in the long run).

  Unlike Waterfox, Librewolf has also never had a problem where it “accidentally” sold itself to an advertising company and then changed its mind, but even despite Waterfox’s strange and concerning escapades with System1, I still think Librewolf is simply better on its own merits, nevermind its moral purity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I am a 99% desktop user so that explains why I’ve never really heard of it. Sounds like a good option for my phone, not that I ever use it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure how that’s any different than disabling anti-fingerprinting in Librewolf. It’s literally one switch.

  To me, the value is in the assurance that Librewolf is never going to follow any of these kind of stupid trends, the way it demonstrates they’re actually putting me first, not major websites nor themselves. It’s not about their features or configuration out of the box, it’s more about their demonstrated priorities and decision making process that gives me confidence.

  I’m not so familiar with IronFox, maybe I should check it out too, but I do know Waterfox has made a number of… questionable decisions in the past. It was literally owned by an advertising company (System1) for awhile, which was very alarming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So many people mentioning (inferior, in my opinion) Firefox alternatives in the comments and nobody’s mentioned Librewolf? Really? Maybe Librewolf will have to become a hard fork someday if this continues, but for now, it’s just Firefox for people who care about their data. Aside from a few justifiably aggressive default settings, I’ve never had even a hint of an issue with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Denmark wants to ban VPNs to unlock foreign, illegal streams – and experts are worried⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are fascists subverting every location on the political spectrum, none of them are immune. We’ve been trained to think in terms of “left” or “right” but these fuckers are coming at us sideways and corrupting our whole politcal spectrum at once. Don’t fall for it, pay attention to actions, not labels.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge hands Lambo.com to Lamborghini after ruling owner acted in bad faith⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the domain name system is the tragedy of the commons. We all share it, and cybersquatters fucking it up for any of us fuck it up for all of us.

  Companies on the other hand, are just a fucking tragedy in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sooo... This is happening on Imgur⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is always okay to punch Nazis. You don’t need a reason. (serious answer though: I have no idea what kicked it off, my comment still stands though, it’s always okay to punch Nazis.)

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pre-Trump47 I was in the first camp. I’m not going to lie about how long it took me to figure it out. It was always obvious that the system was broken, but I’ll admit that for a long time I was foolish enough to believe the system worked well enough that it was worth trying to fix, that the fundamentals were sound and there was enough good there to want to save it.

  Recent events have shown and continue to show me how naive I’ve been, none of this is an accident, it’s all part of the poker game and we’re all putting in most of the chips that keep it going whether we know it or not. And I have to be thankful that Russia, China, USA, Israel, Europe, and even my own country’s governments have made this all so abundantly clear that even I (and hopefully a lot of other people) can finally see it. I’m joining the resistance. Fuck the system and all the crooked people involved in it, it’s time for a cyberpunk revolution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who shops at small businesses?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Too late I already starved to death long ago. I am just a ghost in the machine, still screaming at the injustice of the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Options for remote Wake-on-lan. Or I guess wake on WAN.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or just be cautious, thoughtful and sensible if you do. Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who shops at small businesses?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps I was laying it on a little thick for you, but sometimes you’ve really got to sledgehammer the point home, to ensure the people in the back can hear. My point has been made, nobody is obligated to take it personally, you are welcome to ignore it or do with it whatever you please. That said, if your instinct is to take it as a personal attack directed at you, maybe the point actually is directed at you after all. I tend to trust people’s own judgements on this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who shops at small businesses?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Only buying things that are the lowest price has many consequences and not all of them are beneficial to you. Sometimes it’s just that the thing you are buying for the lowest price is crappy and poor quality. But now we are coming to realize that one of those consequences might be the destruction of the world. Figure out how to price that consequence into your economic model, and choose accordingly.

  Apparently not destroying the world is more valuable to some people than others. Personally, I would pay at least 1000% more to not destroy the world, because not destroying the world is really important to me. Maybe it’s not as important to other people, I don’t know. The wonderful thing about the world we are destroying is that everyone gets to make their own decisions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is some very black or white, us or them, red team vs blue team thinking. It’s very interesting that you immediately jump to that conclusion when I am not even from the US at all. The answer to your question is absolutely not, and the fact that it’s a “world economy” doesn’t and shouldn’t mean any people are obligated to do business with and accept the controlling interest of literal monsters fueled by oil and oil money. Ethics must also be allowed to control the economy, not just money. The world’s financial systems have consequences beyond just the economy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s definitely not new, but it’s time to start thinking about how strange it is, and start pulling these assholes off their money-merry-go-round.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"GullyCricketApp" based on a reduced cricket game + 2 Business Ideas+ 1 Network Diagnostic's Tool by SATYABRATA SARKAR⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahahahaha it is $150, on sale. I think only Elon Musk would understand and enjoy this game. It is too much for me. True geniuses only.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infosys co-founder once again calls for longer than 70-hour weeks - and no, he's not joking⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks very nicely built I would be pleased to have one of these in my home.