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- Comment on 11 hours ago:
Don’t understand the downvotes. This is the type of lesson people have learned from losing data and no sense in learning it the hard way yourself.
- Comment on Move Fast and Break Nothing | Waymo’s robotaxis are probably safer than ChatGPT. 15 hours ago:
I believe Waymo’s strategy has always been to shoot for level 5 autonomous driving and not bother with the others. Tesla not following that strategy has proven them correct.
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Having a synced copy elsewhere is not an adequate backup and snapshots are pretty important. I recently had RAM go bad and my most recent backups had corrupt data, but having previous snapshots saved the day.
- Comment on AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds 3 days ago:
This article sums up a Stanford study of AI and developer productivity. TL;DR - net productivity boost is 15-20%, which tracks with my own experience as a dev.
- Comment on Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books 1 week ago:
It’s a weird concept that you buy a device and then have to find an exploit that hasn’t been patched in order to do what you like with it as though you’re a hacker trying to breach someone else’s system, but it’s actually your own system you’re trying to breach.
- Comment on Those who are hosting on bare metal: What is stopping you from using Containers or VM's? What are you self hosting? 1 week ago:
I use k3s and enjoy benefits like the following over bare metal:
- Configuration as code where my whole setup is version controlled in git
- Containers and avoiding dependency hell
- Built-in reverse proxy with the Traefik ingress controller
- Declarative network policies with Calico, mainly to make sure nothing phones home
- Managing secrets securely in git with Bitnami Sealed Secrets
- Liveness and readiness probes that automatically “turn it off and on again” when something goes wrong
These are just the benefits just for one server. Add more and the benefits increase.
- Comment on Google just broke *all* third-party web clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. 1 week ago:
Pay surveillance capitalists to track you, except with a verified real identity? I’ll pass, thanks.
- Comment on Google just broke *all* third-party web clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. 1 week ago:
Yeah, I think Netflix has like a few thousand movies and a couple thousand TV shows, and some of us here have similarly sized Jellyfin libraries. On the other hand, YouTube has billions of videos. It seems DRM would be a significantly more difficult and costly problem for YouTube.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Worst part with Meta Quest is it seems you have to sign up as a dev and give them a credit card in order to side load (a.k.a., install stuff on the device you fucking purchased). So, you can shell out hundreds for one of their devices and the device and all your data are belong to Meta. I assume it’s the same deal with these glasses. Fuck off, Zuck.🖕
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Agreed, I’d totally buy a Meta Quest as well if they didn’t zuck up all their devices with spyware that can’t be removed.
- Comment on Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg unveils new smart glasses powered by AI 1 week ago:
Just when you thought Ring cameras raised grave privacy concerns, introducing face-mounted cameras and microphones streaming straight into Zuck’s data centers.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 weeks ago:
Well, reading the replies to this post, it became clear to me that the title is provocative, but isn’t accurate. Sure, nerds don’t like ads and generally are annoyed by inflated and unsubstantiated claims, but it’s inaccurate to say that marketing doesn’t work on nerds. Many people who read the title obviously recognized this and came here to set the record straight, hence my reference to Cunnungham’s Law. I’m sure others who originally agreed with the title came around to a different understanding like I did after reading the comments and reflecting. “Hey, maybe I’m not immune to marketing after all.”
If I’m a jagoff for holding an incorrect opinion and then changing my mind when presented with compelling arguments to the contrary, then so be it.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 weeks ago:
As OP, I have to admit this post unintentionally leverages Cunningham’s Law as its main marketing tactic, as do many other popular posts on Lemmy. Post something that might sound correct to the uninformed, but is demonstrably false, and you will get hundreds of nerds clicking on it saying, “that’s bullshit; let me set this fucker straight!” 🤣
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, a study with actual data would beat an opinion piece for sure.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 weeks ago:
The Steam Deck is a perfect example of why the title of this post is nonsense. Ha, I added this post early in the morning yesterday and have been facepalming over the dumb title I wrote ever since.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 weeks ago:
Geeks are enthusiasts who collect and engage with specific topics, often focusing on trends and memorabilia, while nerds are more academically inclined, concentrating on mastering knowledge and skills in their areas of interest. Both terms can overlap, but they emphasize different aspects of passion and expertise.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 weeks ago:
True, and having the hubris to think otherwise makes you even less immune.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 weeks ago:
Fair point. The title should be something more like “Normie Marketing Doesn’t Work in Nerds”.
A website with pricing, extensive documentation, and a download button effectively IS marketing.
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- Comment on Flying cars crash into each other at Chinese air show 2 weeks ago:
“Flying car” is a bullshit term. They are aircraft and must be treated as such.
- Comment on Senators Press Amazon’s Bezos on Unfair Scheduling Practices Hurting Workers: Amazon’s “just-in-time” scheduling leaves hourly workers with volatile schedules, uncertain paychecks 2 weeks ago:
I suppose there are benefits to gig work like Instacart in that you get to pick your own schedule, but what is the benefit of driving for Amazon? You’re a contractor, but Amazon picks your hours?
- Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? 2 weeks ago:
If the state of open source phones are anything to judge by, we will have open source cars at some point, except the foot brake isn’t working yet, so you’ll have to use the hand brake for now. Cars and phones both take a lot of resources to develop, and maybe you’ll be able to “de-Stellantis” your car at some point instead of going fully open source, but judging by the recent steps Google has taken to weaken de-Googling, I’m not sure how long that would last either.
- Comment on 5 Signs the AI Bubble is About to Burst 2 weeks ago:
Not really my area of expertise, but this article lays out her perspective on this for anyone who isn’t aware: scientificamerican.com/…/the-world-doesnt-need-a-…
TL;DR - Many times the cost of the LHC and unlike the LHC, the gains are likely to be incremental instead of revolutionary. The same funding could do much more good elsewhere.
To your point, agreed that even small, incremental gains for science are more valuable than what we are likely to get from AI.
- Comment on Whether you use AI, think it's a "fun stupid thing for memes", or even ignore it, you should know it's already polluting worse than global air travel. 2 weeks ago:
I have started using Copilot more lately, but I’ve also switched from plastic straws to paper, so I’m good, right?
- Comment on 5 Signs the AI Bubble is About to Burst 2 weeks ago:
I enjoyed Sabine’s analysis in another video that continuing to make increasingly larger models with more compute is about as effective as continuing to make larger and larger particle accelerators. Come on, bro, this million mile Gigantic Hadron Collider will finally get us to the TOE. Just one more trillion, bro.
- Comment on BBC - The people who hunt old TVs 2 weeks ago:
Yikes, I have a Samsung smart TV. Guess I’ll be wrapping it in tin foil after reading this.
- Comment on Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code 2 weeks ago:
I use Copilot at work and overall enjoy using it. I’ve seen studies suggesting that it makes a dev maybe 15% more productive in the aggregate, which tracks with my own experience, assuming it’s used with a clear understanding of its strengths and weaknesses. No, it’s not replacing anyone, but it’s good for rubber ducking if nothing else.
- Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 2 weeks ago:
I use Linux for almost everything, but I do have some important software that only works on Windows, so my solution is dual booting Windows 10 with a different static IP than the Linux partition, with the Windows IP blocked from the internet in the firewall.
- Comment on Backing up easily 2 weeks ago:
I currently use rsync to do encrypted backups to iDrive e2 currently, but I’m concerned about the concept of “syncing isn’t a backup”, since as others have already said here, you can sync corrupted files, accidental deletions, etc. without more than a single snapshot. I’m considering something like Backrest with e2 because I like the idea of something that is opinionated and that “just works” when it comes to backups.
- Comment on Someone finally made a "Sonarr for YouTube" 2 weeks ago:
It’s based on yt-dlp, which I can’t seem to get working reliably with my VPN, even with manual intervention like using cookies from a browser, switching servers, etc. Guess VPN IPs hit the rate limits pretty regularly, though I don’t want to risk my real IP getting banned. I’ve seen some people suggest using a VPS, but sounds like a lot of effort.