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- Comment on Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away 4 days ago:
Well that’s kind of what I’m getting at. How many times does that happen before everybody just goes back to using GPL, MIT, etc…
- Comment on Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away 4 days ago:
I’m all for ethical licensing, and defensive licensing, but you’ll likely end up with an unmanageable soup of various licenses that everyone is nervous about misinterpreting. You lose efficacy and everyone will just default back to the same handful of licenses we’re currently using.
I think unless it was a small number of crystal clear alternative licenses with broadly agreeable terms, you’d get chaos, followed by complacency.
- Comment on How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out. 5 days ago:
But Unicode or text based identifiers might.
- Comment on How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out. 5 days ago:
According to Senator Durbin there are over 100,00 “files”. It would take thousands of hours.
You could use a script, but then you’re back to the same problem. You still have to ensure nothing’s coded into it.
I think the best you could do with 100% certainty is cherry pick select documents if you had the ability to search them.
- Comment on How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out. 5 days ago:
Out of curiosity how do you guarantee you’ve stripped out all identifiable marks if you don’t know they’re there?
Not that I doubt your claim, but I used to water mark screeners for pre-release movies so if they turned up on torrent sites we’d know where they leaked from. We used unique pixel markings on pre-selected frames. I couldn’t imagine how anyone would know to look for them or recognize them for what they were in a 2k image unless they already knew what and where to look.
- Comment on Windows 11 could actually become the same kind of mistake Sony made with the PS3 5 days ago:
Maybe in the case of windows 11 that will be true, but in the past that has not been the case. When Windows 8 came out regular users were “upgrading” new machines to windows 7.
- Comment on Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame 1 week ago:
I’m rabidly pro-consumer about most things but I struggle with how we define a market when we talk about steam. In order for steam to be a monopoly you have to drill down through super categories of software sales and then video game sales, to the platform level.
If you look at all digital delivery video game sales they still don’t have a monopoly. You don’t have to deal with steam to play a video game. It’s only PC video game sales where they are close to a controlling market share.
But Steam has far less power over PC gaming than Apple, Sony, or Nintendo do over their respective platforms. Gamers and Devs basically HAVE to deal with those companies to have access to their markets.
- Comment on Is self-hosting becoming too gatekept by power users? 1 week ago:
My experience is that runtipi turned docker into an app store. The technical barriers to entry have never been lower. There are so many helpful voices out there that I’ve never really had to ask anyone a unique question because someone else has typically asked whatever I need to know and been answered.
I do think there are very reasonable arguments to be made that when you are opening a server containing your personal data, to outside access, you probably should be cautioned about your technical limitations. Even if it’s not pleasant to hear.
I honestly don’t think it’s a great idea for most people (myself included) to casually dabble in server administration. There’s a pretty big margin for error. Unfortunately it’s the only private solution for the time being. I don’t trust anyone else.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Middle aged family man here. The way I think most “handle it” is by having less on their plate and balancing work and life in a different way than you’re describing.
- For me the most important factor is partnership. My wife and I split up our responsibilities equitably and we each play our roles well. We’re also flexible enough to cover and support each other when needed. If you can’t do that for each other you don’t have a partnership.
- The second most important thing is a strong support system. We intentionally moved to a place where we have a lot of family close by before starting our own family. My inlaws make it possible for my wife and I to each work a 40 to 50 hour week while ensuring our kids have a rich home life and don’t miss out on anything. That doesn’t have to be family though. It could be a mix of school and after care, or a church, or friends, but if you don’t have some support system you will eventually collapse under the weight.
- Pick your battles. It’s OK to have takeout or heat up a frozen dinner if you don’t have the bandwidth to cook sometimes. My house is always clean and sanitary, but it’s also constantly messy.
- Like many things in life there is an element of attitude to it. If you give in to defeatism it’s easy to spiral. If you view your family or home life a weight on your shoulders you’re doomed. That should be the wind at your back. That should be the stuff that lifts you up. That’s entirely on you to sort out. IMO you should probably talk to someone about it.
Overall What your describing is that you’ve built your life in a way that doesn’t work for you. And to your point a lot of men who do that opt for solutions that make it worse (affairs, substance abuse, etc…). You’re not going to wake up tomorrow and things are suddenly better. At the very least , you need to take active steps to find a better job or work out a different balance of responsibilites with your partner.
Good luck, stay strong, I’m rooting for you.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race 2 weeks ago:
“x country has GOOD state surveillance of its people. Not BAD surveillance of its people like Y country” can only ever be propaganda.
its silly to pretend otherwise and we’re not having a serious conversation at this point.
But I do imagine that every single post which promotes, as a positive, the oppression of a people’s freedom and dignity by their own government, is either propaganda or the product of a loathing so deep it manifests in an illogical rose tinted view of any perceived competitor.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race 2 weeks ago:
It’s hard to tell if a post like this is intentional propaganda, or just “the enemy of my enemy must be my friend” brainwashed babbling.
- Comment on I'm not saying that I agree with it, but it's understandable. 3 weeks ago:
Taylor ham.
- Comment on I'm not saying that I agree with it, but it's understandable. 3 weeks ago:
Admittedly, as the best state in America, there is very little reason for us to leave. But we do still like to travel, just like the folks in the lesser states. We shouldn’t be deified like this.
- Comment on Corcoran Group CEO says Gen Z’s housing market struggles mirror what boomers faced 30 years ago: ‘Stop buying Starbucks coffee,’ she advises 3 weeks ago:
Yes they did. That’s where this discussion started. In fact it was stated “record low interest rates.” You’re going to have to read the parent comments if you want to jump in the conversation midway.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
In case you felt that stealing all of your personal data to train their machine wasn’t enough. You can spoon feed it some more without compensation.
- Comment on Corcoran Group CEO says Gen Z’s housing market struggles mirror what boomers faced 30 years ago: ‘Stop buying Starbucks coffee,’ she advises 4 weeks ago:
I more or less agree. The home price to income ratio in the US bottomed out in '74 at 3.62-ish. A healthy economy is between 4 and 5. The peak of the housing bubble was 6.78. Today it’s around 7.05. We are beyond cooked and this lady is out of her mind.
That’s a legitimate frustration. We don’t need to pretend interest rates were at a record low for the boomers to validate that.
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 4 weeks ago:
Yes, but bear in mind a lot factory, construction, and industrial jobs are 7-3 or 8-4. So a working class laborer could go catch a happy hour with the coworkers or neighbors and be home by 5.
Also in the age of single income households men were often not expected to pull as much weight at home.
- Comment on Corcoran Group CEO says Gen Z’s housing market struggles mirror what boomers faced 30 years ago: ‘Stop buying Starbucks coffee,’ she advises 4 weeks ago:
This is some let them eat cake bullshit disguised as ignorance off her own industry. I’m not even sure who the fuck this messaging is for.
- Comment on Corcoran Group CEO says Gen Z’s housing market struggles mirror what boomers faced 30 years ago: ‘Stop buying Starbucks coffee,’ she advises 4 weeks ago:
So was I and there was a long recession from 90 to 92. Unemployment hits 7.8% and I believe there were a record number of people on food stamps. It’s what made George HW Bush a single term president.
Their economy boomed under Clinton and with the dawn of the internet, but even then middle-aged boomers Warren tech savvy enough to repo the full benefits.
None of that is to say they didn’t have it far easier than millennials and zennials. They did. But disliking them doesn’t mean we have to overlook the facts. They were challenges along the way.
- Comment on Corcoran Group CEO says Gen Z’s housing market struggles mirror what boomers faced 30 years ago: ‘Stop buying Starbucks coffee,’ she advises 4 weeks ago:
Boomers bought their houses in the '70s and '80s when the interest rates were 15%. It’s why the houses were cheaper for them.
Not giving them a pass. They did have what is likely the easiest economy in American history, but they didn’t have record low interest rates.
- Comment on Landlords are parasites 4 weeks ago:
You don’t understand the problem Marxists have with pure capitalism? That’s like their whole thing. An ownership class hoarding resources, and passively generating income from idle capital while not actively contributing is like the greatest sin in their ideology.
I personally think it’s a bit melodramatic. There’s a world of difference between renting your spare room, or the 2nd floor of your house, and a hedgefund buying 20,000 single family houses.
- Comment on Honestly Bizarre 4 weeks ago:
It’s annoying that its driven by ad revenues, and made more dumb by the fact that if everyone can decode it, then they’re still advertising over sex and violence. So the whole endeavor is pointless.
But I don’t think it will cause any harm. Humans have been using slang, code, and memetic language to obscure meaning from others and identify their in-crowds since the dawn of human language. Some of it is dumber than others, but it won’t cause any harm.
- Comment on Forbidden knowledge 5 weeks ago:
And start making crazy demands about not being boiled and eaten.
- Comment on The problem with overeating is that it feels really good 1 month ago:
“I don’t stop eating when I’m full. The meal isn’t over when I’m full. It’s over when I hate myself.” - Louis CK
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 1 month ago:
This is the cop vs firefighter superhero discussion.
Batman is a cop. The very DNA of the character is almost entirely about fighting crime. His origin starts with a violent crime. Sure he’ll save people (the end of the last movie he saves people from a flood) but mostly he’s working on crime.
Superman works best as a firefighter. He’s rescuing people, controlling and mitigating damage, etc… His origin story is a global catastrophe. He will get into fights, but mostly in service of mitigating damage. He will stop crime, but mostly in service of safety. His main villain isn’t a guy who can fight him (generally speaking).
Most characters and stories have a bit of each.
From a screenwriting perspective, an antagonist can provide escalation and give a voice to the challenges the protagonist faces. It’s just a very good tool. A Batman movie where he’s just getting people out of a burning building (for example) might work, but it would feel off somehow.
- Comment on How do you introduce the Fediverse to other people? 1 month ago:
Me: Imagine reddit for left wing, privacy obsessed, Linux nerds.
Anyone else: I really don’t want to.
/scene
- Comment on 2 months ago:
If people would have gotten this upset back when it was Medi Hassan and Joy Reid we might not have gotten here.
- Comment on Why do conservatives define being fascist solely as "being violent?" 2 months ago:
They don’t. Any time a Democrat exercises the slightest bit of executive authority they scream fascism
They know the difference. They just play ignorant when it’s convenient.
- Comment on It's been downhill since 2020 2 months ago:
I lived through all these. 2001 and 2008 were horrible, but sort of felt like a normal kind of horrible. Recessions and terrorism were things I’d seen before. It was only the scale that made those anomalous.
From my (American) perspective 2016 was when shit started getting very weird. We were relatively stable, relatively prosperous, foreign wars were tapering off… And half the country decided that a game show host was her best bet going forward.
Then it started snowballing… Bill Cosby’s a rapist, there’s a global pandemic, Kanye put out a pro-Hitler song, Pete Davidson is a sex symbol that no starlet in Hollywood can resist, The secretary of health had his brain eaten by worms, everything you own or use became a subscription service, The fear Factor guy became a political king maker, The first lady has a crypto scam that everyone’s kind of okay with, we created AI but it’s only good for spam and rule 34 tweets, we decided political corruption isn’t a crime if you brag about it, America’s war machine is being turned on its cities… Oh and the US is building full on concentration camps.
It’s a very strange time even compared to occupy, The tea party, or Bush riding out 9/11 Reading a children’s book in an elementary school.
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 2 months ago:
Imagine you’re finishing in 8k, so you want to shoot higher resolution to give yourself some options in reframing and cropping? I don’t think Red, Arri, or Panavision even makes a cinema camera with a resolution over 8k. I think Arri is still 4k max. You’d pretty much be limited to Blackmagic cameras for 12k production today.
Plus the storage requirements for keeping raw footage in redundancy. Easy enough for a studio, but we’re YEARS from 8k being a practical resolution for most filmmakers.
My guess is most of the early consumer 8k content will be really shoddy AI upscaled content that can be rushed to market from film scans.