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I don't really follow X, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, etc. so I basically live under a rock. Sometimes I ask dumb questions to try to understand people a little better. Apologies if my questions inadvertently offend anyone. I mean no harm.

  • OpenAI supremo Sam Altman says he 'doesn't know how' he would have taken care of his baby without the help of ChatGPT

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  • Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if lots of new parents are asking LLMs for advice.

    And before AI (and probably still), new parents probably googled a lot of things.

    And before internet search engines, new parents probably checked out books from libraries.

  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) waiting outside unmarked van

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  • Why do they look like that?

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  • Weren't those violent though? Or maybe I'm thinking of something else. The COVID era memories kinda blur together in my brain. I definitely remember a lot of destruction around that time though

  • What's your favourite OS that does not use systemd?

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  • Those seem like reasonable points, I think.

    I don't use any other Apple devices, so I have no opinion on that. And I don't often find myself provisioning macOS, but I use Nix to manage my system, so transferring to a new MacBook has been pretty easy for me.

    I tend to do a lot of Linux-ey things, and macOS (Unix-based) is much closer to that than Windows is. Also, I often see programming languages/runtimes that require extra/different steps to get up and running in Windows vs. Linux and macOS.

    Sure, Windows has WSL, but every time I've needed to do some IO-heavy operations with it, it was extremely slow. (Though it has been a few years, so maybe it's better now?)

    I also do a lot of web dev, so macOS offers a few more tools. If Safari wasn't so terrible, then macOS would become less necessary. But AFAIK (I haven't checked in a while), macOS is the only environment that can run Safari in an iOS emulator.

    My second choice would be NixOS... or maybe Ubuntu.

    Windows seems a bit bloated to me. I remember seeing something in the Start menu about X-Box, and I couldn't uninstall it, for some reason. I could remove the icon from the menu, but it still linked to some binary that was installed with the OS. I'm not a gamer, why do I need that on my system? Also, why did I have to uncheck so many data harvesting options during setup? I'm not very comfortable with things like that being built in to the OS, and enabled by default. I remember a time when things like that were commonly known as "spyware" – I guess it's just normalized now. (To be fair, I'm not a fan of having to decline Apple Intelligence multiple times on macOS either.)

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  • Ah, thanks for the explanation. That totally makes sense. If forced to choose a foreign entity to harvest my data, I'd prefer the one least likely to share my data with my government too.

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  • thats not what they said did they?

    Is it not? They said they're "more concerned" with American companies harvesting data. Doesn't that mean that, given the choice between the US and China harvesting their data, they'd choose China because it concerns them less? Did I misunderstand it?

    they said they are more concerned about American companies harvesting their data as they live in Europe and don’t have as much affinity to China.

    Actually, they didn't say this part:

    and don’t have as much affinity to China.

    They answered my question with a more specific explanation though, and now I understand. In their position, I'd probably choose China too.

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  • Just curious: Why would you prefer your data to be harvested in China vs. the US?

    Edit: I'm also genuinely curious about why this question is getting downvoted. Is it offensive or something? I meant no harm to anyone.

  • What's your favourite OS that does not use systemd?

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  • macOS. I find it to be the least inconvenient for most of my needs.

  • Should I get an eclectus parrot?

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  • I once had a great bond with an eclectus. It took a lot of work, but when I finally earned her trust, we were great friends.

    One day, I trimmed her nails, and it destroyed our friendship 😔 If you get one, have someone else trim its nails so it doesn't hate you. Parrots can really hold a grudge.

  • Should I get an eclectus parrot?

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  • I understand why you might think that, but that really doesn't apply to a parrot and their noise.

    Btw, an eclectus can (and probably will, regularly) emit sounds loud enough to make your ears ring. They're meant to be heard over long distances outside in the open. Inside the walls of a home, it's crazy loud.

    Edit to add: They also make the noises when you're not even home. It has nothing to do with treats.

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    NO KINGS! Tomorrow on Trump's birthday, we protest across the entire nation. Check the website for No Kings events near you!

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  • 🙋🏻‍♂️ Dumb question: What is being protested? What would the result of a "successful" protest be?

  • Linux Users Switching Back to Linux

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  • Passengers*, I think. I'm pretty sure passenger vehicles are subject to higher quality standards than vehicles meant only for cargo (ISS supplies, for example).

    (I could be wrong. I'm an internet comment, not a rocket surgeon 🤷🏻‍♂️)

  • Sheeple

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  • When I was young and dumb, I really tried to ignite gasoline with lit cigarettes, and it seemed impossible. The results would have been the same with water.

    I'm sure it's possible in just the right conditions, but it doesn't seem easy.

  • We're learnding.

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  • I'm not disagreeing with you (I don't know enough about the department's operations), but I can understand why people are unhappy with the ED (Department of Education). It has existed for almost 40 years, and has spent tens (sometimes hundreds) of billions of dollars annually.

    The result: Well, most Americans' reading level, as highlighted in this post. Also, a shocking number of people can't even name a single country in Africa – a big continent with more than 50 countries to choose from. Also, college borrowers in the US owe ~$1.5 trillion to the ED.

    Should the ED be abolished? Honestly, I'm way to ignorant to even make an educated guess. But after so many decades, hundreds of billions of dollars spent, and $trillions of debt owed by students, it doesn't seem unreasonable to think that something should at least change.

  • We're learnding.

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  • I've noticed that, when confronted with longer text, many people just use an LLM to summarize it now.

  • Bricked up

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  • Ah, so it's symbolic and artistic. That's cool, I dig the creativity 🙂

    Thanks for the explanation.

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  • Which one? There are many national holidays.

  • Bricked up

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  • I tend to check social media much less than the average person, so this might be a really dumb question, but...

    Why is it a brick? Does it symbolize something? Is it tool? Or a weapon? Or just some form of art?

  • What did Musk and Trump fall out over?

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  • Fun fact: This isn't the first time they've worked together and broke up. IIRC, Trump choose Musk for some advisory role during his first term (I don't remember what, specifically). Musk resigned because Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord.