Regardless of pain perception:
Assuming someone is okay with killing a fruit fly but not a human, they have to draw the line somewhere. And a pig for example is WAY closer to human than to a fruit fly. It's a sentient being with a brain that's not really so far from human, compared to the fruit fly which is essentially a tiny biological robot.
In fact, it's kinda weird to draw the line at humans, especially when there's such a big overlap between other animals and human children in terms of cognitive capabilities.
I think it's very reasonable to draw the line after insects, where we can be reasonably certain that there's no complex thought or sentience. The value and subjective experience of an insect versus a farm animal are hardly comparable.
I would say most anticheat works (although some games specifically choose to not allow Linux). It's just kernel level anticheat that flat out doesn't work (which is malware anyway)
While I like the concept, I can't help but prefer '!?' or '?!'.
There's more granularity of meaning, and I think it just looks nicer having two or more separate characters.
What you're talking about is really not a problem with modern boards and safety features. I disagree that that it's inherently flawed. You can also crash a bike if you ride it wrong.
The real problem is with the company, which is anti-user and anti-competitive.
Well, I currently have my browser set to fake my user agent as windows on my linux desktop. So it's not overestimated in every case. I suspect it's a bit higher than the true percentage, but not by very much.
Well, Solidworks is the industry standard, but I think NX wins on capabilities, and Fusion has a much better workflow. Both are still corporate though.
I hope we get a good open source option, because Freecad is so far behind the rest that it's basically unusable.
I read the first article, and I recommended you do as well, as it's the best take I have seen on image generation.
It sounds like you and your friend both have your minds made up already, but reality is more nuanced, and the truth is somewhere inbetween.
"AI art" isn't copyright infringement, or "stealing", but it's also not art. It's a neutral technology.
I agree it is being used unethically (and overused) by corporations, but it's fundamentally a problem with how our society uses and reacts to it. Like so many other new technologies, the true issue is with capitalism, not the tech itself.