Leon

but it the thinking behind it is very utopian

I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Things don’t have to be realistic to be aspirational. It’s a bigger problem when people give up because improvement isn’t realistic or deemed necessary by comparison to some other factor.

Saw it a lot here. People would be all “sure our healthcare isn’t great but at least we’re not like the U.S.” as the rightwingers bit by bit enshittified the entire system.

A utopia is what we should aim for. What’s the point of anything less?

Appreciating a nice member is hardly a peculiar taste. They’d have to try much harder to shame me.

You kidding? Google Chrome has the biggest market share. It’s the window to the internet for many. Control that and you practically control the internet as a platform.

The LLM stuff is fully optional, but the money we pay goes to develop that too, and I can see how one might not want that. I’m personally irked that Proton did that very thing.

I can respect holding to the principles the previous poster has.

And it comes with all the downsides that Windows does.

And maybe apple isn’t promoting Grok because they don’t want to promote mechahitler and it’s deepfake Taylor Swift nudes…

I hate Apple, but this would be an entirely reasonable stance.

The compassion compression library FitGirl uses can be really touchy on Linux.

I actually agree with HBO. Password sharing isn’t great because it means that you’re giving them money. It’s time to get started with file sharing instead.

May? That already sounds like it’s illegal.

Linux for gaming is easy. For the most part it’s plug and play. I’m on an AMD CPU and an NVidia GPU, and I even do VR in Linux.

As someone who does a decent amount of stuff with DAWs; VSTs are tricky. You might be able to create a similar workflow to what your used to, and many plugins might work decently well, but for me at least it was a lot of fiddling about and it isn’t as smooth as I’d like. My comfort compressor works, but the UI doesn’t render.

I’ve gotten my music workflow to work alright, but it’s wonky enough that I don’t do it as much anymore. Thinking about trying to start over with a new DAW and whatnot.

If privacy is a concern there’s a decent amount of stuff you can do to strip down Windows 11.

The self-censorship born from social media makes me want to vomit. Cases like these are just ridiculous. People saying things like “unalive” or “sewer slide” makes me want to jump off a bridge.

LLMs are not effective therapists, because they’re not therapists. They cannot treat anyone.

Honestly, attempting something impossible might be a better use of one’s time than feeding into the AI hysteria. LLMs don’t think, they don’t know, or understand. They just match patterns, and that’s the one thing they’re good for.

If you need human connection, you won’t get that with an LLM. If you need a therapist, you certainly won’t get that with an LLM.

If all you need is a chat, then go find someone flesh and blood to talk to.

Quite effective at what? Because it certainly isn’t therapy.

Evil people doing evil things because they’re evil. They want more than they have any right to and are willing to throw everyone else under the bus.

I can’t help but laugh at the names they’ve chosen. They know that they’re the bad guys and embrace it.

Authoritarianism, duh. It’s a global thing.

I am in favour of this proposal.

She was the founding director of Women’s Forum Australia, […]  It also promotes a trans-exclusionary ideology and campaigns against transgender rights.

Right so assuming she’s not Lesbian, then her being anti-LGBTQ+ is a safe bet. If she somehow is Lesbian, she’s going to be anti-BTQ+ at the very least.