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  • Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark

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  • They already are. So many user complaints on popular packages have nothing to do with a bug on the package, but are caused by the moronic permissions systems used by Flatpaks and similar.

  • Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark

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  • It causes a bunch of frequent issues though. I strongly encourage users to select exFAT rather than NTFS for sharing a drive between Windows and Linux.

  • Big Problem 🥀

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  • Too much extra money and not enough beach houses to spend it all!

  • If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7

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  • LLMs have amazing potential.

    That's not what studies from most universities, Anthropic, OpenAI, Apple and Samsung show.

    Even if we didn't have this data - and we do have it - are you truly impressed by a machine that can simulate what a Reddit user said 6 months ago? Really? Either you're massively underselling the actual industrial revolution, or you'd be easily impressed by a child's magic trick.

  • Meanwhile at Microsoft

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  • The only thing that feels like missing now is afterburner-like overlay in games.

    There are a thousand applications that provide such an overlay, one is already built into Windows, do you really need yet another?

  • George R.R. Martin Is Carving Up OpenAI in Court, So Far

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  • At this point it's not in his best interest to finish it. It's analogous to the situation Valve carved for themselves with Half Life 3.

    Create enough build up, and then have to delay it for one reason or another and... you're now trapped in a loop of more expectation, meaning the product must be better, meaning you're not confident to release it as is, so now more expectation builds up, and the loop repeats until you know that no matter what you release the public won't be satisfied enough, because reality can't possibly match their expectations, and you're no longer free to be creative because of the lingering expectations.

    When that happens it's literally your best move to not release the thing.

  • China bans influencers from speaking on ‘serious’ topics like finance or health without university degree

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  • Whereas the United States with all its freedom

    The United States is the country that leans on their supposed freedom the most in the world, but they are not the country with the actual highest freedom. And that's even entertaining the rhetoric that absolute freedom is indeed desirable, which it most certainly is not.

  • Ancient IBM wisdom (from 1979) that the bosses just straight up promptly forgot

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  • Everyone manages something.

    Most workers manage something and create value. Managers are only managing, remove them and nothing changes - usually things get more optimized, actually.

  • Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter

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  • But plenty of people find it useful

    Plenty of people don't properly wash their anuses too. Plenty of people think our planet is flat.

  • Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter

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  • Sure, but the scientists doing those kinds of workflows don’t have anywhere near the money to burn on GPUs

    I'm working in a lab that is purchasing a cluster with a price tag you wouldn't believe even if I could share it, which I can't. We are publicly funded. Scientists are buying this hardware, for this price, because the speed up we get is tremendous.

  • Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter

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  • but the something in play has little value out of the AI bubble.

    You're delusional if you think GPUs are of little value. LLMs and fancy image generation are a bubble.

    The gargantuan computational cost of running the machine learning processing that is now required for protein folding and molecular docking is not.

  • Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter

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  • I wish. Even knowing it's all a gigantic scam, they'll first protect themselves before letting it burst and screw everybody else. The rich get a buffer period.

  • Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever

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  • I’m still using Windows 10 and no, I didn’t buy their extended bullshit. I don’t even run the latest version of Windows 10. I also have an update server setup so I don’t usually get updates often because I need to go approve them. But I also work in IT and I’ve seen every social engineering attack type that’s been used since the 90s and I know when to not click on something. I haven’t needed an anti virus on my personal system in 20 years.

    To say I’m not worried about it is an understatement.

    I don't think anybody cares you're proud to use Windows

  • Study Boldly Claims 4K And 8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes, But Is It True?

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  • But full bitrate 4k from a Blu-ray IS better.

    Full Blu-Ray quality 1080p sources will look significantly better than Netflix 4K.

    Hence why "4K" doesn't actually matter unless your panel is gigantic or you're sitting very close to it. Resolution is a very small part of our perceived notion of quality.

  • Study Boldly Claims 4K And 8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes, But Is It True?

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  • It’s the screen size that makes a difference

    Not by itself, the distance is extremely relevant. And at the distance a normal person sits away from a large screen, you need to get very large for 4k to matter, let alone 8k.

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    Sometimes people like to complain about windows and iOS

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  • I'm saying both: for your personal life, don't use Windows and complain about it - use the much better alternatives, and the software that work on those.

    But for work... it also makes no sense to keep complaining about Windows or AutoDesk or whatever software you're forced to use. Sure, they suck, but work is work, close the door on your way back home and that's when your life actually matters - who cares if a simple task took ages because Windows decided to force an update? Laugh about it, imagine how your boss had to pay for the software AND lose efficiency so make even less money because of this decision.

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    Sometimes people like to complain about windows and iOS

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  • Fired for what? I didn't say refuse to do your job. I said don't waste any sleep if the software is bad.

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    Sometimes people like to complain about windows and iOS

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  • If you're referring to work software... then it's not your problem. Who cares if it works well?

    "Hey, that 30 second task you asked about is taking 30 minutes instead because the software we are forced to use sucks"

    They paid for the software, now let they either deal with the fact it's terrible or let them call the support center and ask for their help making the software work better. This "support" is often the entire reason they use to justify paying for the software, so go ahead, make use of it.

    Either way, not your problem.

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  • Please get my Autodesk applications working

    Uses proprietary software.

    Complains when proprietary software limits your freedom.