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  • Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox

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  • The ability to fork is core to the FOSS movement, and I certainly don't trust any govt to decide how all browsers should be made. I don't consider FOSS or competition to be a workaround, I consider that to be the best possible solution to this problem.

  • Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI'

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  • No one 👏👏 is 👏👏 excusing 👏👏 being 👏👏 shitty.

    The "cat" does not refer to unethical training of models. Tell me, if we somehow managed to delete every single unethically trained model in existence AND miraculously prevent another one from being ever made (ignoring the part where the AI bubble pops) what would happen? Do you think everyone would go "welp, no more AI I guess." NO! People would immediately get to work making an "ethically trained" model (according to some regulatory definition of "ethical"), and by "people" I don't mean just anyone, I mean the people who can afford to gather or license the most exclusive training data: the wealthy.

    "Cat's out of the bag" means the knowledge of what's possible is out there and everyone knows it. The only thing you could gain by trying to put it "back in the bag" is to help the ultra wealthy capitalize on it.

    So, much like with slavery and animal testing and nuclear weapons, what we should do instead is recognize that we live in a reality where the cat is out of the bag, and try to prevent harm caused by it going forward.

  • Why did you move from Windows to Linux?

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  • There's nothing wrong with a DE, those are great for the people who want an experience that "just works". But I switched to Linux because I was tired of someone else deciding to install hundreds of packages I'll never use, and start up dozens or hundreds of services in the background that I never asked for.

    Part of the feeling of owning my machine has been looking at the list of packages installed, and the list of processes/services running and knowing why each one is there.

  • Why did you move from Windows to Linux?

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  • If you want an OS that lets you own the machine you bought, Linux is the most viable option. Conversely, Windows is not an option. I don't consider an OS where you are the product to be one that works for me at all, much less one that "just works".

    Linux users seem to enjoy problem solving and tinkering for fun

    Like with any OS, those are a subset of users, but not all. The thing is, Linux users spent the last 30y building a set of tools that enable you to use as little effort as possible to do very powerful things with your hardware, and yes, with great power comes great ability to break everything. But in the last 15y, there are distros designed for people who want an OS that "just works", that don't require you to know or use the risky tools that could break things, and they're getting better every day.

    Why did you switch

    I wanted to use Linux for the last 15y, but gaming was a sticking point. Around 5y ago, thanks to valve, it is no longer a sticking point. I do all my gaming on Linux.

    what was your process like?

    I first switched to fedora on my laptop about 12y ago. I didn't do a lot of gaming on my laptop, so this was fine. Eventually I switched to Manjaro. Around 5y ago I put Manjaro on my desktop. Then eventually switched both to endeavor.

    I'll admit, I create problems for myself by refusing fully featured Desktop Environments. But I always learn something more about my machine in the process. As a result, I believe I can now simply do more with less effort on Linux than I could on windows. I have bash scripts on keybinds that open custom UIs for various things. I can seamlessly access multiple servers on my network running various services. I don't ever have to worry about some update overhauling my UI and sneaking an AI in the background. Any experimentation I do with AI is on my own terms, and none of my data gets shipped off without my consent.

    What made you choose Linux for your primary computing device, rather than macOS for example?

    I used a Mac 20y ago. It was solid. But eventually the cost outweighed the hardware capabilities. And then they deprecated every graphics API but Metal. Now there's relatively nothing in the way of gaming on Mac. On top of that, it's just as bad as windows when it comes to doing what some company wants it to do rather than what I want it to do. So I don't consider it an option that works for me.

  • Trump brands fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ in drug war escalation

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  • He legitimately believes that being a wartime president is his key to holding onto power. Either because history shows that wartime presidents poll well, or because he can argue that we shouldn't change leadership during a war. He desperately wants a crisis that he can throw the military at, not the inevitable collapse of the economy that he is unable/unwilling to do anything about.

  • is it normal for smart thermostat to rotate very often for no appearant reason?

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  • I am really having a hard time understanding what OP is describing. Does anyone have a video example of the phenomenon?

  • What are some good games to play while sick?

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  • Maybe check out:

    • Dorf Romantik
    • Tiny Glade
    • one of the house flipper or power wash sim games
    • if I were sick, I'd probably play some RimWorld, or whatever open world RPG I have going, but those are probably more involved than it sounds like you're in the mood for.

  • JUST IN: Brown Shooting Suspect Still on the Loose After Killing 2 People

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  • I was like "yeah, that sounds like a fox headline".

  • Colorado Officials Reject Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of a Convicted Election Denier

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  • So it will go to the Supreme Court and they will say everything is fine

    What is not clear to me is how it will get there...normally there is a case that is raised from state to federal court. But afaik a pardon is not a case, it's just...a unilateral executive order of some kind (obviously ianal). If it were a federal conviction, obviously CO wouldn't have any jurisdiction to refuse. But if this was a state matter, and there's no "case" to escalate to SCOTUS, I'm not actually sure what happens next.....maybe he tries sending in the national guard to enforce his order, and the state challenges it, and that goes all the way to SCOTUS?

  • Wayland, Switching between & focusing windows with just hotkeys?

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  • Ahhh I see. That's really neat, I'll have to try that.

  • Wayland, Switching between & focusing windows with just hotkeys?

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  • Does sway have the feature OP is asking for, or are you just suggesting a different tiling window manager, and they would still be left solving the same problem?

  • Wayland, Switching between & focusing windows with just hotkeys?

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  • Idk if I follow. I believe the default keybinds in hyprland allow you to switch between windows using super+J/K/L/;, and between workspaces using super+number. Hyprland, like all tiled window managers, are specifically designed to be used exclusively with a keyboard.

    Are you asking for something more like alt+tab on windows? Where it shows a little preview of all the windows? I think that's kind of obviated by the concept of a tiled window manager.

  • New York tourist stabbed while changing baby’s diaper in Macy’s restroom, suspect charged: Police

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  • suspect charged: Police

    The suspect then charged at the police? Or the suspect that was charged was the police?

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  • I'm in software. The company gives us access and broadly states they'd like people to find uses for it, but no mandates. People on my team occasionally find uses for it, but we understand what it is, what it can do, and what it would need to be able to do for it to be useful. And usually it's not.

    If I thought anyone sent me an email written with AI, I would ask them politely but firmly to never waste my time like that again. I find using AI for writing email to be highly disrespectful. If I worked at a company making a habit out of that, I would leave.

  • what's the best things to say at a counter protest of a drag show

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  • Then they came for the drag queens, and I stood with them, because I know how the rest of the poem goes.

  • Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children

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  • There is a mighty fine line between screening sperm for diseases and eugenics...

  • Downballot Democrats are gearing up for “2010 in reverse”

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  • It's like the DNC is playing a version of Pascal's Wager for political parties: if the country still exists in the future, its only interest is to be positioned to capture the most power it can. If it doesn't exist, oh well, that's a problem for physical people to worry about.

  • Congress Quietly Kills Military “Right to Repair,” Allowing Corporations to Cash In on Fixing Broken Products

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  • Someone should make a version of Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers but in an alternate reality where all their gear is enshittified.

  • What's the security situation when opening a jellyfin server up for casting?

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  • Hah yeah, I've definitely pulled the plug on my router before because I wasn't sure what I was seeing.

    I mean, cybersecurity I would consider to be a research field. In practice, yeah, it's a bunch of people just doing their best.

    I tend to keep everything inside my network and only expose what I need visible on non standard ports, one of those being a VPN. It's not that I couldn't run these services public facing, it's that the people taking the time to constantly update, configure, and auditing everything full time to head off red team are being paid. I don't need to deal with an attack surface any larger than it needs to be, ain't nobody got time for that.

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    Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator

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    Do you have any rules you try to follow when engaging with others online?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Open casting alternative (by Amazon?)

    www.trustedreviews.com /explainer/what-is-matter-casting-new-airplay-rival-explained-4407108
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    qpwGraph vs wireplumber vs pipewire

  • Sopuli's Default Community @sopuli.xyz
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    404 when trying to access a new community?