mholiv
@mholiv@lemmy.world
- Comment on The mod who bypass' the PSN login for God of War Ragnarök got removed on Nexus Mods 1 month ago:
Back in the days of windows xp and Alcohol 120% it didn’t. I remember having like 12 virtual disk drives each with an independent iso just to avoid swapping disks.
- Comment on Apple's mobile chips are now made in the U.S. — TSMC produces the older A16 Bionic at its Arizona fab 1 month ago:
They may. But logically I can’t see it being a problem. Each CPU is like 10mmx10mmx1mm. You could fit a TON in a 1m^3 box.
- Comment on Apple stands by decision to terminate account belonging to WWDC student winner | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
You are 100% right.
If you dev for only one you will be leaving money on the table. But for small / solo devs I can 100% see why focusing on iOS and those high paying customers makes sense if all you care about is money.
Then once you have a customer base then you build out an android team/app.
I’m not saying it should be this way. I’m just saying I understand why it is this way.
- Comment on Apple stands by decision to terminate account belonging to WWDC student winner | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
If you look at developer experience it’s absolutely is true. Android users just prefer free/ad supported/pirated software. If your an android user look at your own habits. What android applications have your purchased?
You can search for statistics from any source online and you’ll get the same results. But in the end if you code for iOS you need to test and debug for fewer devices and you will make more money overall. There are wayyyy more android users but 70% of all mobile app spend is on iOS. Deving for iOS just makes sense if you like money.
- Comment on Apple stands by decision to terminate account belonging to WWDC student winner | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
The problem with doing android dev work is that android users simply refuse to pay for useful apps. iOS users on the other hand are more open to it.
As a developer it makes sense to prioritize iOS if you like money.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 2 months ago:
I wouldn’t say it’s a theory. Just my thoughts / speculation. I would speculate that people who are pushing out RT / Alex Jones level content would be more hesitant to do so if there would be a big “this is not a reliable news source” sticker next to it.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 2 months ago:
While I acknowledge that the MBFC does have some right wing bias, I think it serves its purpose. Aka to flag literal propaganda “news” sites.
The titles are literally accurate in the image. Israel is (unethically) launching preemptive strikes.
If you look at the .ml news communities that don’t use MBFC you will see that way too many news stories are from literally Russia Today, Southern China Morning Post, and other extremely biased to a very particular agenda publications.
I think people are trying to tie MBFC to being Zionist just so the bot will be dropped and it will be easier for them to normalize things like Russia Today outside of .ml spaces.
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
It’s a waste of everyone’s time for sure. It’s just good business sense to make your customers happy though.
As for typing speed perhaps ya lol. You could be faster. But I think the best approach here is using high quality locally run LLMs that don’t produce slop. For me I can count on one hand how many times I’ve had to correct things in the past month. It’s a mater of understanding how LLMs work and fine tuning. (Emphasis on the fine tuning)
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
My main workstation runs Linux and I use Llama.cpp. I used it with mistral’s latest largest model but I have used others in the past.
I appreciate your thoughts here. Lemmy I think, in general, has an indistinguishing anti LLM bias.
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
The LLM responses are more verbose but not a crazy amount so. It’s mostly adding polite social padding that some people appreciate.
As for time totally. It’s faster to write “can’t go to meeting, suggest rescheduling it for Thursday.” And proofread than to write a full boomer style letter.
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
In some cases literally yes. But at least for me I have to meet my customers where they are. If I try to force them to do things my way they just don’t use my services.
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
You’re not wrong but at least my emails will be taken seriously by some 60 year old company exec that’s still mad his secretary stopped printing his emails for him.
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
I can understand that. I don’t actually use chatGPT to be fair. I use a locally run open source LLM. This all being said I do think it’s important to fine tune any LLM you use to match your writing style. Else you end up with chatGPT generic style writing.
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
Because in my experience some business clients feel offended or upset that you aren’t being formal with them. American businesses seem to care less I noticed but outside of the USA (particularly in Germany) I noticed that formality serves better. Also the LLM uses the thread history to add context. Stuff like “I know we agreed on meeting on Tuesday at last meeting but unfortunately I can’t do that…” this stuff matters to clients.
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
I think it might be because AI (aka LLMs) is genuinely useful when used properly.
I use AI all the time to write emails. I give the LLM the email thread along with instructions like “I can’t make it Tuesday ask if they can do Wednesday at 2pm”
The AI will write out an email that’s polite and relevant in context. Totally worth it.
I think the problem is people/companies trying to shove LLMs where they don’t make sense.
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
Did you respond to the wrong message?
- Comment on Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker not? 2 months ago:
If you actually read the article it seems pretty factual. It lists Bush’s claims and then has a response. Seems to merit the rating.
The reporting of the Bush administration’s position and the response seems fair.
**IRAQ:** STATUS: Since 1998, the Iraqi government has barred U.N. weapons inspectors from examining sites where some suspect that nuclear, chemical or biological weapons are made and stored. The United Nations has said it will lift sanctions against the Middle Eastern country -- in place since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the ensuing Gulf War in 1991 -- only if inspectors can verify that Iraq has dismantled all its weapons of mass destruction. In an editorial this month in a state-run newspaper, Iraq again denied it has or is developing such weapons. RESPONSE TO BUSH'S SPEECH: "This statement of President Bush is stupid and a statement that does not befit the leader of the biggest state in the world," Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said Wednesday.
- Comment on Toyota builds experimental hydrogen-powered pizza oven and grill. 4 months ago:
This is just synthetic fossil fuel with extra steps. Lol.
- Comment on Looks like something straight from Warhammer 40K 4 months ago:
You’re not wrong. NIV is very generic. Lol.
The thing that stands out to me in the translation you have is making idles to yourself. Instead of for yourself. That and using the term Jehovah. Those to me are major pointers to using the NWT, which among the Christian diaspora is seen as less reputable.
- Comment on Looks like something straight from Warhammer 40K 4 months ago:
I’m a secular person now but as a formally very religious person I know a bad Bible translation when I see it.
Assuming you a referring to Leviticus 26:1 a better translation from the NIV is:
Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God.
Given this I can see how Catholics can justify having statues and art and the like.
In case you don’t like the NIV here is a meta comparison.
- Comment on Meta is tagging real photos as 'Made with AI,' say photographers 4 months ago:
Did you use any generative fill or any AI powered features?
- Comment on [Work In Progress] Parametric OpenSCAD calendar 4 months ago:
I do most of my cad stuff on openscad and I will say that is impressive!
Particularly since the openscad language is purely functional and side effect free.
- Comment on What is a simple server solution for Jellyfin and Nextcloud? 7 months ago:
There is a lot here but I think the most important thing is that docker containers should always be disposable. Don’t put any data into the container ever.
All of your data and configuration should be done in volumes. Local disk to inside the container is all you really need.
By doing this you make updating any given docker container easy as just pulling the newest tagged version of the container. If you are using docker and not podman you can use tools like watchtower to do this automatically.
As for what distro, it depends on your goals. Do you want to learn and improve your skills? Stick with Fedora or Rocky or Debian or openSUSE. I recommend learning the command line as you go, but if you want a nice UI openSUSE has Yast which is a very robust tool.
If you want to just have a home NAS but don’t want to learn that’s a different question. In this case if you’re getting a proprietary NAS anyway you could just get one that supports docker (like synology) and kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
- Comment on Forgejo forks its own path forward 7 months ago:
Right now Forgejo is a drop in replacement. This article is them announcing that Forgejo will eventually not be one.
- Comment on Forgejo forks its own path forward 7 months ago:
Because gitea is fully the victim of corporate capture. Any PRs that make gitea better in a way that would reduce the main corporate “sponsor” profit are rejected.
The company has a conflict of interest with the community and it shows. Forgejo is sponsored by a non profit open source cooperative.
- Comment on What is the next "grown up game" now that Minecraft only goes for children? 9 months ago:
Slightly off topic here, but the most “grown up” way to play “grown up” games is to just play what you want and not care about what people think.
If you like Minecraft stick with it. Or just play any other games you enjoy. Only kids care what their peers think of the games they play.
- Comment on Issue with print speed slowing to a crawl for no clear reason. 9 months ago:
In addition to what other people are saying there are additional factors like minimum layer time. If you find that layers with less material are being done slower it might be because of this.
In general a well tuned profile will prioritize quality over speed. You can bump things up or use a more aggressively tuned profile but your results may vary.
- Comment on Retain source IP when proxying through VPS 10 months ago:
You want to set the appropriate X-Forwarded-For or Forwarded headers in Nginx. The final application server being proxied (if well written) should be able to handle that.
Documentation can be found here. www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/…/forwarded/
Contrary to that other comment reverse proxies with actual IPs forwarded through them via the appropriate headers are normal and used commonly. Almost 100% so at scale.
Don’t let the wannabe elitists get you down. I personally would not host my production email server at home but self hosting is a learning journey. If you learn how email serves work along with reverse proxies you got it! That’s a win. Hack away.
- Comment on What is .webp exactly 10 months ago:
26% smaller at the exact same quality is better.
- Comment on What is .webp exactly 10 months ago:
Technically yes by 26%.