FCC chair helps ISPs and landlords make deals that renters can’t escape
Brendan Carr dumps plan to ban bulk billing deals that lock renters into one ISP.
Alibaba's Qwen team releases AI models that can control PCs and phones
Alibaba's Qwen team has released a new family of models, Qwen2.5-VL, that can control a PC and phone, plus handle other visual tasks.
Google is only free if your time has no value
Sooo there's free software (“Everyone should be able to write open source software!”) and there's open source software (people programming their own computers for their own communities). Ideally, Neima should be able to program her computer to help her kids do their homework or for their sports club. So there's open source software that's written for the developers community, and there's open source software that's written for the GNOME community, which is polished and truly a delightful experience for new users: if for example you installed Linux Mint with Cinnamon, you'd connect to the wifi and probably be immediately greeted with a notification telling you that your printer has been added and is ready to go.
I'm not saying that Linux users should learn programming, especially if they don't know about e.g. GNU Guix, Skribe/Skribilo/Haunt, or SICP (that's directly referenced by the Haunt info pages – I promise you, starting a blog as an English speaker with a Skribe implementation and reading SICP once you get comfortable enough could get you started in months); but that of course, learning any field on such a platform as Stack Overflow would provide an absolutely stupid experience, whereas the ideal learning medium is books.
It isn't enough for Google to insert far-right suggestions in YouTube shorts; they've deliberately sabotaged features in their search engine to get us to generate more ads, and Google Scholar results are, by the way, the bottom of the barrel too. Compare queries results to "sex work" or "borderline disorder transgender" with those of HAL and wonder why there's a public distrust in science. More broadly, Google hinders our relationship to information, and we're both trading it for a far-right agenda.
The same is just as true for LaTeX: it's a great, intuitive language, provided that you read some good introduction on the topic. As a matter of fact, Maïeul Rouquette's French-speaking book is available for free on HAL.
I'm more and more fed up as I write that and I'm pretty sure it shows. You may totally use open source software, meant for the non-technical community of a graphical library, desktop environment, Linux distribution, and so forth. But if you really wanted to "learn Linux", please install any distro you're comfortable with and read some good book on whatever topic you want to work on.
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‘Sputnik moment’: $1tn wiped off US stocks after Chinese firm unveils AI chatbot
Tech shares in Asia and Europe fall as China AI move spooks investors
Progress by startup DeepSeek raises doubts about sustainability of western artificial intelligence boomDan Milmo (The Guardian)
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My understanding is it's just an LLM (not multimodal) and the train time/cost looks the same for most of these.
- DeepSeek ~$6million theregister.com/2025/01/26/dee…
- Llama 2 estimated ~$4-5 million visualcapitalist.com/training-…
I feel like the world's gone crazy, but OpenAI (and others) is pursing more complex model designs with multimodal. Those are going to be more expensive due to image/video/audio processing. Unless I'm missing something that would probably account for the cost difference in current vs previous iterations.
Visualizing the Training Costs of AI Models Over Time
In this graphic, we show how the cost of training AI models has skyrocketed given the huge amount of computing power required to run them.Dorothy Neufeld (Visual Capitalist)
The Extreme Cost Of Training AI Models
The cost of training AI models has exploded in just the past year, according to data released by the research firm Epoch AI. This is shutting some important actors out.Katharina Buchholz (Forbes)
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My main point is that gpt4o and other models it's being compared to are multimodal, R1 is only a LLM from what I can find.
Something trained on audio/pictures/videos/text is probably going to cost more than just text.
But maybe I'm missing something.
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I'm not sure how good a source it is, but Wikipedia says it was multimodal and came out about two years ago - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT-4. That being said.
The comparisons though are comparing the LLM benchmarks against gpt4o, so maybe a valid arguement for the LLM capabilites.
However, I think a lot of the more recent models are pursing architectures with the ability to act on their own like Claude's computer use - docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/bui… which DeepSeek R1 is not attempting.
Edit: and I think the real money will be in the more complex models focused on workflows automation.
Yea except DeepSeek released a combined Multimodal/generation model that has similar performance to contemporaries and a similar level of reduced training cost ~20 hours ago:
huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/Jan…
deepseek-ai/Janus-Pro-7B · Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.huggingface.co
Most rational market: Sell off NVIDIA stock after Chinese company trains a model on NVIDIA cards.
Anyways NVIDIA still up 1900% since 2020 …
how fragile is this tower?
The money went back into the hands of all the people and money managers who sold their stocks today.
Edit: I expected a bloodbath in the markets with the rhetoric in this article, but the NASDAQ only lost 3% and the DJIA was positive today...
Nvidia was significantly over-valued and was due for this. I think most people who are paying attention knew that
Emergence of DeepSeek raises doubts about sustainability of western artificial intelligence boom
Is the "emergence of DeepSeek" really what raised doubts? Are we really sure there haven't been lots of doubts raised previous to this? Doubts raised by intelligent people who know what they're talking about?
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Ah, but those "intelligent" people cannot be very intelligent if they are not billionaires. After all, the AI companies know exactly how to assess intelligence:
Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup’s profits, according to a new report from The Information. ...
The two companies reportedly signed an agreement last year stating OpenAI has only achieved AGI when it develops AI systems that can generate at least $100 billion in profits. That’s far from the rigorous technical and philosophical definition of AGI many expect.
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Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of AGI: Report | TechCrunch
Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup's profits, according to a newMaxwell Zeff (TechCrunch)
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And without the fake frame bullshit they're using to pad their numbers, its capabilities scale linearly with the 4090. The 5090 just has more cores, Ram, and power.
If the 4000-series had had cards with the memory and core count of the 5090, they'd be just as good as the 50-series.
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Most people probably don't realize how bad news China's Deepseek is for OpenAI.
They've come up with a model that matches and even exceeds OpenAI's latest model o1 on various benchmarks, and they're charging just 3% of the price.
It's essentially as if someone had released a mobile on par with the iPhone but was selling it for $30 instead of $1000. It's this dramatic.
What's more, they're releasing it open-source so you even have the option - which OpenAI doesn't offer - of not using their API at all and running the model for "free" yourself.
If you're an OpenAI customer today you're obviously going to start asking yourself some questions, like "wait, why exactly should I be paying 30X more?". This is pretty transformational stuff, it fundamentally challenges the economics of the market.
It also potentially enables plenty of AI applications that were just completely unaffordable before. Say for instance that you want to build a service that helps people summarize books (random example). In AI parlance the average book is roughly 120,000 tokens (since a "token" is about 3/4 of a word and the average book is roughly 90,000 words). At OpenAI's prices, processing a single book would cost almost $2 since they change $15 per 1 million token. Deepseek's API however would cost only $0.07, which means your service can process about 30 books for $2 vs just 1 book with OpenAI: suddenly your book summarizing service is economically viable.
Or say you want to build a service that analyzes codebases for security vulnerabilities. A typical enterprise codebase might be 1 million lines of code, or roughly 4 million tokens. That would cost $60 with OpenAI versus just $2.20 with DeepSeek. At OpenAI's prices, doing daily security scans would cost $21,900 per year per codebase; with DeepSeek it's $803.
So basically it looks like the game has changed. All thanks to a Chinese company that just demonstrated how U.S. tech restrictions can backfire spectacularly - by forcing them to build more efficient solutions that they're now sharing with the world at 3% of OpenAI's prices. As the saying goes, sometimes pressure creates diamonds.
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What DeepSeek has done is to eliminate the threat of "exclusive" AI tools - ones that only a handful of mega-corps can dictate terms of use for.
Now you can have a Wikipedia-style AI (or a Wookiepedia AI, for that matter) that's divorced from the C-levels looking to monopolize sectors of the service economy.
Google “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI”
Leaked Internal Google Document Claims Open Source AI Will Outcompete Google and OpenAI The text below is a very recent leaked document, which was shared by an anonymous individual on a public Disc…SemiAnalysis
It's not about hampering proliferation, it's about breaking the hype bubble. Some of the western AI companies have been pitching to have hundreds of billions in federal dollars devoted to investing in new giant AI models and the gigawatts of power needed to run them. They've been pitching a Manhattan Project scale infrastructure build out to facilitate AI, all in the name of national security.
You can only justify that kind of federal intervention if it's clear there's no other way. And this story here shows that the existing AI models aren't operating anywhere near where they could be in terms of efficiency. Before we pour hundreds of billions into giant data center and energy generation, it would behoove us to first extract all the gains we can from increased model efficiency. The big players like OpenAI haven't even been pushing efficiency hard. They've just been vacuuming up ever greater amounts of money to solve the problem the big and stupid way - just build really huge data centers running big inefficient models.
Overhyped? Sure, absolutely.
Overused garbage? That’s incredibly hyperbolic. That’s like saying the calculator is garbage. The small company where I work as a software developer has already saved countless man hours by utilising LLMs as tools, which is all they are if you take away the hype; a tool to help skilled individuals work more efficiently. Not to replace skilled individuals entirely, as Sam Dead eyes Altman would have you believe.
LLMs as tools,
Yes, in the same way that buying a CD from the store, ripping to your hard drive, and returning the CD is a tool.
They should conquer a country like Switzerland and split it in 2
At the border, they should build a prison so they could put them in both an American and a Chinese prison
Not really a question of national intentions. This is just a piece of technology open-sourced by a private tech company working overseas. If a Chinese company releases a better mousetrap, there's no reason to evaluate it based on the politics of the host nation.
Throwing a wrench in the American proposal to build out $500B in tech centers is just collateral damage created by a bad American software schema. If the Americans had invested more time in software engineers and less in raw data-center horsepower, they might have come up with this on their own years earlier.
Which is actually something Deepseek is able to do.
Even if it can still generate garbage when used incorrectly like all of them, it's still impressive that it will tell you it doesn't "know" something, but can try to help if you give it more context. which is how this stuff should be used anyway.
It’s knowledge isn’t updated.
It doesn’t know current events, so this isn’t a big gotcha moment
Democrats and Republicans have been shoveling truckload after truckload of cash into a Potemkin Village of a technology stack for the last five years. A Chinese tech company just came in with a dirt cheap open-sourced alternative and I guarantee you the American firms will pile on to crib off the work.
Far from fucking them over, China just did the Americans' homework for them. They just did it in a way that undercuts all the "Sam Altman is the Tech Messiah! He will bring about AI God!" holy roller nonsense that was propping up a handful of mega-firm inflated stock valuations.
Small and Mid-cap tech firms will flourish with these innovations. Microsoft will have to write the last $13B it sunk into OpenAI as a lose.
Just because people are misusing tech they know nothing about does not mean this isn't an impressive feat.
If you know what you are doing, and enough to know when it gives you garbage, LLMs are really useful, but part of using them correctly is giving them grounding context outside of just blindly asking questions.
Looks like it is not any smarter than the other junk on the market. The confusion that people consider AI as "intelligence" may be rooted in their own deficits in that area.
And now people exchange one American Junk-spitting Spyware for a Chinese junk-spitting spyware. Hurray! Progress!
It is progress in a sense. The west really put the spotlight on their shiny new expensive toy and banned the export of toy-maker parts to rival countries.
One of those countries made a cheap toy out of jank unwanted parts for much less money and it's of equal or better par than the west's.
As for why we're having an arms race based on AI, I genuinely dont know. It feels like a race to the bottom, with the fallout being the death of the internet (for better or worse)
artificial intelligence
AI has been used in game development for a while and i havent seen anyone complain about the name before it became synonymous with image/text generation
And now people exchange one American Junk-spitting Spyware for a Chinese junk-spitting spyware.
LLMs aren't spyware, they're graphs that organize large bodies of data for quick and user-friendly retrieval. The Wikipedia schema accomplishes a similar, abet more primitive, role. There's nothing wrong with the fundamentals of the technology, just the applications that Westoids doggedly insist it be used for.
If you no longer need to boil down half a Great Lake to create the next iteration of Shrimp Jesus, that's good whether or not you think Meta should be dedicating millions of hours of compute to this mind-eroding activity.
There’s nothing wrong with the fundamentals of the technology, just the applications that Westoids doggedly insist it be used for.
Westoids? Are you the type of guy I feel like I need to take a shower after talking to?
I think maybe it’s naive to think that if the cost goes down, shrimp jesus won’t just be in higher demand.
Not that demand will go down but that economic cost of generating this nonsense will go down. The number of people shipping this back and forth to each other isn't going to meaningfully change, because Facebook has saturated the social media market.
If you make it more efficient to flood cyberspace with bullshit, cyberspace will just be flooded with more bullshit.
The efficiency is in the real cost of running the model, not in how it is applied. The real bottleneck for AI right now is human adoption. Guys like Altman keep insisting a new iteration (that requires a few hundred miles of nuclear power plants to power) will finally get us a model that people want to use. And speculators in the financial sector seemed willing to cut him a check to go through with it.
Knocking down the real physical cost of this boondoggle is going to de-monopolize this awful idea, which means Altman won't have a trillion dollar line of credit to fuck around with exclusively. We'll still do it, but Wall Street won't have Sam leading them around by the nose when they can get the same thing for 1/100th of the price.
Looks like it is not any smarter than the other junk on the market. The confusion that people consider AI as “intelligence” may be rooted in their own deficits in that area.
Yep, because they believed that OpenAI's (two lies in a name) models would magically digivolve into something that goes well beyond what it was designed to be. Trust us, you just have to feed it more data!
And now people exchange one American Junk-spitting Spyware for a Chinese junk-spitting spyware. Hurray! Progress!
That's the neat bit, really. With that model being free to download and run locally it's actually potentially disruptive to OpenAI's business model. They don't need to do anything malicious to hurt the US' economy.
I'm tired of this uninformed take.
LLMs are not a magical box you can ask anything of and get answers. If you are lucky and blindly asking questions it can give some accurate general data, but just like how human brains work you aren't going to be able to accurately recreate random trivia verbatim from a neural net.
What LLMs are useful for, and how they should be used, is a non-deterministic parsing context tool. When people talk about feeding it more data they think of how these things are trained. But you also need to give it grounding context outside of what the prompt is. give it a PDF manual, website link, documentation, whatever and it will use that as context for what you ask it. You can even set it to link to reference.
You still have to know enough to be able to validate the information it is giving you, but that's the case with any tool. You need to know how to use it.
As for the spyware part, that only matters if you are using the hosted instances they provide. Even for OpenAI stuff you can run the models locally with opensource software and maintain control over all the data you feed it. As far as I have found, none of the models you run with Ollama or other local AI software have been caught pushing data to a remote server, at least using open source software.
Oh! Hahahaha. No.
the vc techfeudalist wet dreams of llm replacing humans are dead, they just want to milk the illusion as long as they can.
the tech is barely good enough that it is vaguely maybe feasibly cheaper to waste someone's time using a robot rather than a human- oh wait we do that already with other tech.
"in 20 years imagine how good it'll be!" alas, no, it scales logarithmically at best and all discussion is poisoned by "what it might be!" in the future, rather than what it is.
what money saved on wages?? it's competing with a dollar a day laborers. $10 per 1 million tokens, for the "bad" (they all suck) models (something that cant even do this job!). if you can pretend the hallucinations dont matter, you are getting a phone call for (4 letters per token, 6 minute avg support call, 135 wpm talking rate let's say 120 to be nice -> 720 tokens per call) = $0.0072 per call. the average call center employee handles around 40 calls a day, so hey, the bad cant-actually-do-it chatgpt 4 is 70 cents per day cheaper than your typical call center indian!
Except. that is the massively subsidized money hemorrhaging rate. We know that oai should be charging probably an oom or two more. and the newer models are vastly more expensive, o1 takes around 100x the compute, and still couldnt be a call center employee. so that price is actually at least $30 per day. Cheaper than a us employee, but still cant actually do the job anyway.
The huge AI LLM boom/bubble started after chatGPT came out.
But of fucking course it existed before.
Nvidia’s most advanced chips, H100s, have been banned from export to China since September 2022 by US sanctions. Nvidia then developed the less powerful H800 chips for the Chinese market, although they were also banned from export to China last October.
I love how in the US they talk about meritocracy, competition being good, blablabla... but they rig the game from the beginning. And even so, people find a way to be better. Fascinating.
They actually can't. Being open-source, it's already proliferated. Apparently there are already over 500 derivatives of it on HuggingFace.
The only thing that could be done is that each country in the West outlaws having a copy of it, like with other illegal materials.
Even by that point, it will already be deep within business ecosystems across the globe.
Nup. OpenAI can be shut down, but it is almost impossible for R1 to go away at this point.
Yeah there is a lot of bro-style crap going on right now, but China is a brutal dictatorship.
Choose wisely.
- Helping 800 Million People Escape Poverty Was Greatest Such Effort in History, Says [UN] Secretary-General, on Seventieth Anniversary of China’s Founding
- China’s Energy Use Per Person Surpasses Europe’s for First Time
- At 54, China’s average retirement age is too low
- China overtakes U.S. for healthy lifespan: WHO data
- news.harvard.edu/gazette/story…
- Chinese Scientists Are Leaving the United States [for China]
Chinese Scientists Are Leaving the United States Amid Geopolitical Tensions
Here’s why that spells bad news for Washington.Christina Lu (Foreign Policy)
This conclusion was foregone when China began to focus on developing the Productive Forces and the US took that for granted. Without a hard pivot, the US can't even hope to catch up to the productive trajectory of China, and even if they do hard pivot, that doesn't mean they even have a chance to in the first place.
In fact, protectionism has frequently backfired, and had other nations seeking inclusion into BRICS or more favorable relations with BRICS nations.
Only building outdated chips on an old fab process. And they’re having a hard time hiring Americans to work there.
That, and they are just brute forcing the problem. Neural nets have been around for ever but it's only been the last 5 or so years they could do anything. There's been little to no real breakthrough innovation as they just keep throwing more processing power at it with more inputs, more layers, more nodes, more links, more CUDA.
And their chasing a general AI is just the short sighted nature of them wanting to replace workers with something they don't have to pay and won't argue about it's rights.
It's based on guessing what the actual worth of AI is going to be, so yeah, wildly speculative at this point because breakthroughs seem to be happening fairly quickly, and everyone is still figuring out what they can use it for.
There are many clear use cases that are solid, so AI is here to stay, that's for certain. But how far can it go, and what will it require is what the market is gambling on.
If out of the blue comes a new model that delivers similar results on a fraction of the hardware, then it's going to chop it down by a lot.
If someone finds another use case, for example a model with new capabilities, boom value goes up.
It's a rollercoaster...
There are many clear use cases that are solid, so AI is here to stay, that’s for certain. But how far can it go, and what will it require is what the market is gambling on.
I would disagree on that. There are a few niche uses, but OpenAI can't even make a profit charging $200/month.
The uses seem pretty minimal as far as I've seen. Sure, AI has a lot of applications in terms of data processing, but the big generic LLMs propping up companies like OpenAI? Those seems to have no utility beyond slop generation.
Ultimately the market value of any work produced by a generic LLM is going to be zero.
Language learning, code generatiom, brainstorming, summarizing. AI has a lot of uses. You're just either not paying attention or are biased against it.
It's not perfect, but it's also a very new technology that's constantly improving.
It's difficult to take your comment serious when it's clear that all you're saying seems to based on ideological reasons rather than real ones.
Besides that, a lot of the value is derived from the market trying to figure out if/what company will develop AGI. Whatever company manages to achieve it will easily become the most valuable company in the world, so people fomo into any AI company that seems promising.
Besides that, a lot of the value is derived from the market trying to figure out if/what company will develop AGI. Whatever company manages to achieve it will easily become the most valuable company in the world, so people fomo into any AI company that seems promising.
There is zero reason to think the current slop generating technoparrots will ever lead into AGI. That premise is entirely made up to fuel the current
"AI" bubble
That's not even true. LLMs in their modern iteration are significantly enabled by transformers, something that was only proposed in 2017.
The conceptual foundations of LLMs stretch back to the 50s, but neither the physical hardware nor the software architecture were there until more recently.
Not necessarily... if I gave you my "faster car" for you to run on your private 7 lane highway, you can definitely squeeze every last bit of the speed the car gives, but no more.
DeepSeek works as intended on 1% of the hardware the others allegedly "require" (allegedly, remember this is all a super hype bubble)... if you run it on super powerful machines, it will perform nicer but only to a certain extend... it will not suddenly develop more/better qualities just because the hardware it runs on is better
OpenAI could use less hardware to get similar performance if they used the Chinese version, but they already have enough hardware to run their model.
Theoretically the best move for them would be to train their own, larger model using the same technique (as to still fully utilize their hardware) but this is easier said than done.
I watched one video and read 2 pages of text. So take this with a mountain of salt. From that I gathered that deepseek R1 is the model you interact with when you use the app. The complexity of a model is expressed as the number of parameters (though I don't know yet what those are) which dictate its hardware requirements. R1 contains 670 bn Parameter and requires very very beefy server hardware. A video said it would be 10th of GPUs. And it seems you want much of VRAM on you GPU(s) because that's what AI crave. I've also read 1BN parameters require about 2GB of VRAM.
Got a 6 core intel, 1060 6 GB VRAM,16 GB RAM and Endeavour OS as a home server.
I just installed Ollama in about 1/2 an hour, using docker on above machine with no previous experience on neural nets or LLMs apart from chatting with ChatGPT. The installation contains the Open WebUI which seems better than the default you got at ChatGPT. I downloaded the qwen2.5:3bn model (see ollama.com/search) which contains 3 bn parameters. I was blown away by the result. It speaks multiple languages (including displaying e.g. hiragana), knows how much fingers a human has, can calculate, can write valid rust-code and explain it and it is much faster than what i get from free ChatGPT.
The WebUI offers a nice feedback form for every answer where you can give hints to the AI via text, 10 score rating thumbs up/down. I don't know how it incooperates that feedback, though. The WebUI seems to support speech-to-text and vice versa. I'm eager to see if this docker setup even offers APIs.
I'll probably won't use the proprietary stuff anytime soon.
ollama.com/library/deepseek-r1
deepseek-r1
DeepSeek's first generation reasoning models with comparable performance to OpenAI-o1.Ollama
Thank you very much. I did ask chatGPT was technical questions about some... subjects... but having something that is private AND can give me all the information I want/need is a godsend.
Goodbye, chatGPT! I barely used you, but that is a good thing.
That's kind of normal, it was made in China after all and the developers didn't want to end up in jail I bet.
That said, china is of course a crappy dictatorship.
Basically US company's involved in AI have been grossly over valued for the last few years due to having a sudo monopoly over AI tech (companies like open ai who make chat gpt and nvidia who make graphics cards used to run ai models)
Deep seek (Chinese company) just released a free, open source version of chat gpt that cost a fraction of the price to train (setup) which has caused the US stock valuations to drop as investors are realising the US isn't the only global player, and isn't nearly as far ahead as previously thought.
Nvidia is losing value as it was previously believed that top of the line graphics cards were required for ai, but turns out they are not. Nvidia have geared their company strongly towards providing for ai in recent times.
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Israeli forces fire on crowds near Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
Israeli forces fire on crowds near Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor
Video from near Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor showed crowds ducking and running for cover amid Israeli gunfire.Al Jazeera
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Is this the same incident? Some more detail from CBC:
Israeli forces fired on the crowd on three occasions overnight and into Sunday, killing two people and wounding nine, including a child, according to Al-Awda Hospital, which received the casualties.Israel's military said in a statement that it fired warning shots at "several gatherings of dozens of suspects who were advancing toward the troops and posed a threat to them."
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The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback. Google has open-sourced the Pebble software, which means anyone — including Pebble’s founder — can make one.
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/25280992
Google agreed to release Pebble OS to the public. As of Monday, all the Pebble firmware is available on GitHub, and Migicovsky is starting a company to pick up where he left off.The company — which can’t be named Pebble because Google still owns that — doesn’t have a name yet. For now, Migicovsky is hosting a waitlist and news signup at a website called RePebble. Later this year, once the company has a name and access to all that Pebble software, the plan is to start shipping new wearables that look, feel, and work like the Pebbles of old.
The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback, with some help from Google
Years after its Kickstarter success and Fitbit acquisition, Pebble’s founder is restarting a company to work on Pebble’s smartwatch again — with open-source software powering it.David Pierce (The Verge)
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Well, on a screen so small, you'd always be limited in what can be shown. I definitely can add events to my Calendar on Galaxy Watch 6 though, the problem is if I'd ever want to do it from the watch or check them on it. I use it for reminders and notifications checking mostly, personally.
Maybe it's way more usable with Bixby or other voice assistants, but I'm really put off by the privacy and battery-draining aspects of those.
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I just want a watch that can read text messages and has a long battery life. The Pebble and Pebble 2 fit that bill for me.
Until the buttons fell of the Pebble 2.
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Think I've had it for 4 years now.
Wait you had a Pebble 2? Most people never received them because the company went under and canceled orders before they officially got released.
Are you sure you’re not thinking of Steel, Time or Round?
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I also had a pebble 2 hr, even had two because I bought another one off eBay (unopened box). 3d printed some buttons and used is for many years until the battery basically died, and the software started to show it's age. Notifications became unreliable and such things, making it kinda pointless.
Still want nothing more than for it to work properly again. It's easy enough to swap the battery, now with the ability to fix the software, there might be a point to it.
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I've made many posts on many platforms wondering the same thing, especially for something like a watch that you want to be always on. Sure, amoled exists, but isn't e-paper much better for that use case?
I'm even daily driving an e-paper android tablet for notes and reading and it's awesome. A charge lasts me over a week with heavy use.
Also, not entirely sure of the exact tech for the original pebble, was it TFT? The RePebble site linked by OP talks about e-paper but maybe that's just what they want going forward
It was a Sharp "Memory LCD".
Basically "visible memory storage".
You treat it as addressable memory and write into it, and it will hold that state using about 15 microwatts to do so.
You can still buy the display modules , there's a few boards that let you easily drive them with arduinos and etc.
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Dude, Migicovsky fucked it up once and already wants back in? He sold the Pebble company and fucked almost all the workers on the way out. They were promised their jobs, that their jobs would be part of the deal. At the last minute they find out, nope, Migicovsky signed off on the deal that left them all without jobs. He walked away with a fat stack of cash.
Then the idiot spun up Beeper and hacked his way into the iMessage system with a workaround which Apple them promptly blocked within a few days. People were paying for this service. What was Migicovsky's plan? None, he gave up after Apple blocked them once.
Further, Beeper is just a re-skinned Matrix client with the Beeper company hosting the open source bridges between services, which means they have always had some weirdly serious access to the chats they're helping you compile all in one place. Initially you basically had to give them way too much control over your Apple account to use the iMessage stuff since they had to have a fleet of Macs for each iMessage user they were supporting.
I'm sorry. I don't care how good it was. Don't let Migicovsky take your money and mismanage it again.
Why do people keep giving this guy good graces when he fucked over his own devs on the way out and didn't even have a plan on how to keep his iMessage system working for paying customers?
Please stop letting this guy fuck up and walk away with the money.
Apple Blocks Android Users From Connecting to iMessage on Macs
Beeper Mini customers were using their Mac computers to connect to iPhone messaging on their Android phones. Now, they say Apple has blocked the messaging service on their Macs.Tripp Mickle (The New York Times)
None, he gave up after Apple blocked them once.
There were actually a couple attempts, but it's kinda in Apple's hands... I think he was hoping he could generate enough public outcry to force them to not block it. You can also still access it now, if you have your own mac.
Further, Beeper is just a re-skinned Matrix client with the Beeper company hosting the open source bridges between services
It's their own client, not just reskinned, and it has a bunch of new features designed to make cross-service nice and simple. Also, the bridges ARE open-source, but the beeper company wrote a few of them and decided to open source them.
Don't let Migicovsky take your money and mismanage it again.
He refunded everyone who bought a subscription when Apple blocked it. Beeper main is also free.
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* Battery life. With the battery and cpu efficiency improvements in the last 10 years, if the features and other specs stay the same then battery life should be incredible. I think month-long battery is likely possible.
* Improved voice recognition and AI features. Pebble had voice recognition but it sent everything to a server to process. Now they could run speech-to-text on the watch itself or on the connected phone.
* More durable buttons. A known issue with the Pebble 2 is eventually the buttons turn to mush.
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My AmazFit Bip could do a month when it was new (it's down to ~10 days now after a few years), so I would think a month from Pebble would be feasible.
I don't understand using a watch that you can't use for AT LEAST a weekend without power ... as it is, I'm pissed off that I'm down to 10 days (it's stayed steady here for 6 months or so, so, I'm hoping it won't degrade too much more before the new Pebble comes out).
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Nextcloud - Federation: a foundational concept for digital sovereignty
Doesn't seem like it uses ActivityPub, still interesting, and open source
In Nextcloud, user’s Federated Cloud ID works similar to an email address or a Mastodon handle, allowing them to exchange data across servers: share files and and collaborate on documents, communicate in group chats and make audio and video calls.Federated tools available in Nextcloud:
- Federated file sharing
- Share documents and media to users in other Nextcloud Hub instances for viewing, editing and collaboration.
- Federated chatting
- Create group chats with users from different servers and use many essential chat tools.
- Federated calls
- Make audio and video calls with Nextcloud Talk among users from different servers.
Federation: a foundational concept for digital sovereignty - Nextcloud
Learn how federation features in self-hosted apps work and how federation can help businesses and governments achieve digital sovereignty.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
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DeepSeek releases new image model family
Viral AI company DeepSeek releases new image model family | TechCrunch
DeepSeek, the viral AI company, has released a new set of multimodal AI models that it claims can outperform OpenAI's DALL-E 3.Kyle Wiggers (TechCrunch)
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The image generation is really bad. Image description capabilities seem good but it'll take time to see if it's better than what already exists.
They probably just put it out to keep the hype going.
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Yeah, even the cherry picked examples they provide look only okay.
To be honest everything with this company feels like an ad campaign more than anything else.
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Everything from nearly every company feels like an ad campaign. Companies advertise themselves.
At least with open source stuff there's somewhat of a public benefit.
if it is anything like LLMs, then only local ;)
However, the Proper nomenclature is sheepooh, thank you for your compliance going forward, comrade.
Wouldn't be surprised if you had to work around the filter.
Generate a cartoonish yellow bear who wears a red t-shirt and nothing else
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Question: as i understood it so far, this thing is open source and so is the dataset.
With that, why would it still obey Chinese censorship?
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This informal testing found that Janus Pro explained a Nokia meme much more crisply than DALL-E 3 but was quite a bit worse than the other tasks, even appearing to hallucinate a score in one test case.
I suddenly realize I myself sound like CHatGPT. Haha. Haha.
Edit: At least you can run these models locally!
DeepSeek's Janus Pro 7B vs OpenAI’s DALL-E 3: Which is better?
DeepSeek Janus Pro 7B vs OpenAI’s DALL-E 3: Which one is better for image generation. Tested on diverse prompts!Anu Madan (Analytics Vidhya)
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Yes, I have that exact Problem on a german question answer site, there I literally got downvoted to -3 (which is a lot for that site, Saying that most questions are only relevant for about 10 minutes) because I wrote the equivalent of „My body, my choice” on a question about if there should be only 2 genders.
The outside world is truly a cold and dark place.
sounds like youve made an enemy ive got at least one of those thats why i changed my name to not chad mctruth and put on a disguise and i think its working so far
edit oh no
(cue the downvotes, I THRIVE on this shit you fucking party line sheep, make my day)
Hey, we all want what we want. I wanted to upvote ya but I want you to be happy.
Hey dude, I just wanted to let you know there is an option in your settings so you don't see upvotes or downvotes.
Lemmy (AFAIK) doesn't even show you your total upvotes (karma... whatever it's called) by default either. None of these imaginary points fucking matter.
So why don't you do yourself a favor and uncheck these boxes and not give a fuck what others think about your comment.
I know I have.
(Lemmy is rad as fuck)
Pebble cements its smartwatch legacy as Google shares source code with the community
Google releases Pebble Watch source code - Android Authority
Google has just released the source code for the Pebble watch, paving the way for more aftermarket development and potentially new hardware.Mishaal Rahman (Android Authority)
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Why all that rage against windmills?
Because ...
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Why all that rage against windmills?
Because of his playground sightseeing:bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north…
Scottish government wins Donald Trump wind power legal costs
Donald Trump had claimed the 11-turbine wind farm off Aberdeen would spoil the view from his golf course.BBC News
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New Social: The Campaign, The Designer, & The Box
New Social: The Campaign, The Designer, & The Box
An improvise as you go classic. Once there were three adults whose names were Michael, Freddie, and Saskia. This story is about something that happened to them when they decided to do something to help raise awareness for New Social in the UK.Saskia (FORbetter)
Ukraine’s Existence ‘At Risk’ Without Peace Talks by Summer, Says Intelligence Chief
Ukraine’s Existence ‘At Risk’ Without Peace Talks by Summer, Says Intelligence Chief
“Ukrainska Pravda” attributed this statement to Budanov, citing anonymous officials at the closed meeting, but other lawmakers say the publication distorted it. HUR has also denied the claim.Kyiv Post
You just gotta admire blueAnon dedication to debunked conspiracy theories.
Special counsel Robert Mueller concluded that President Trump and his campaign didn’t conspire or coordinate with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election, according to a letter Attorney General William Barr sent to Congress on Sunday that summarized the final report on Mr. Mueller’s investigation.
Russiagate was one of the most brilliant propaganda moves in US history because it managed to marry Trump and Russia in minds of liberals into a single entity.
Or you could also read these facts:
Robert Mueller did not disagree with the conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In fact, his investigation confirmed that Russia engaged in "sweeping and systematic" efforts to influence the election through social media manipulation, cyberattacks, and other methods. However, Mueller's findings on whether the Trump campaign conspired with Russia or whether President Trump obstructed justice were more nuanced.
Key Points from the Mueller Investigation:
- Russian Interference: Mueller unequivocally stated that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to benefit Donald Trump's campaign. This interference included hacking Democratic emails and spreading disinformation.
- No Criminal Conspiracy: While Mueller found numerous contacts between Trump campaign officials and Russian individuals, he did not establish sufficient evidence to prove a criminal conspiracy between the campaign and Russia beyond a reasonable doubt.
- Obstruction of Justice: On obstruction, Mueller did not reach a definitive conclusion. His report outlined evidence on both sides but noted that Department of Justice policy prevented him from indicting a sitting president. He explicitly stated that the report "does not exonerate" Trump.
- Congressional Testimony: During his 2019 testimony, Mueller rejected claims of "total exoneration" by Trump and emphasized the seriousness of Russian interference, warning it remained an ongoing threat to U.S. democracy.
While Mueller's investigation found no criminal conspiracy, it highlighted significant ethical concerns and vulnerabilities in U.S. democratic processes exposed by Russian interference.
Citations:
[1] americanbar.org/news/abanews/a…
[2] apnews.com/article/f109a539220…
[3] time.com/5610317/mueller-repor…
[4] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller_…
[5] acslaw.org/projects/the-presid…
[6] justice.gov/archives/sco/file/…
[7] npr.org/2024/09/24/g-s1-24189/…
[8] pbs.org/newshour/show/inside-t…
Inside the Mueller report, a sophisticated Russian interference campaign
The 448-page Mueller report contains copious detail about how Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, both by using social media to influence American voters with misinformation and by hacking into the Clinton campaign's computers.PBS News Hour (PBS News)
While it's true that both Russia and the United States have engaged in foreign interference, Russia's approach has been notably different and more pervasive in recent years.
Russia's election interference efforts have indeed been systematic and far-reaching, often focusing on fanning extremism and undermining democratic institutions rather than direct regime change. Key aspects of Russia's approach include:
- Global reach: Russian interference has been documented in elections across Europe, the United States, and beyond.
- Digital tactics: Russia has extensively used cyberattacks, hack-and-leak operations, and online disinformation campaigns to influence elections.
- Promoting division: Russian efforts often aim to exacerbate existing societal divisions and promote extremist views, including far-right ideologies.
- Long-term strategy: Russia's interference is part of a broader geopolitical strategy to weaken adversaries by creating doubt, uncertainty, and distrust in democratic institutions.
- Evolving sophistication: Russian tactics have become more advanced over time, adapting to new technologies and countermeasures.
While the United States has historically engaged in foreign interventions, often involving regime change through military means, Russia's recent approach has been more focused on covert influence operations that don't necessarily involve direct military action. This strategy allows Russia to impact a larger number of countries simultaneously with less risk of direct confrontation.
The scale and persistence of Russian election interference in the last decade have made it a significant global concern, prompting increased awareness and countermeasures from many democratic nations. This widespread and ongoing campaign of influence distinguishes Russia's recent activities from those of other nations, including the United States, in terms of its scope and potential long-term impact on global democracy.
Citations:
[1] thebureauinvestigates.com/stor…
[2] csis.org/blogs/strategic-techn…
[3] il.boell.org/en/2022/01/25/glo…
[4] news.yale.edu/2020/08/20/rigge…
[5] reuters.com/world/us/us-intell…
[6] justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-dep…
[7] brennancenter.org/our-work/ana…
[8] washingtonpost.com/news/monkey…
Russian interference threatens elections across the world — including ours
The spectre of electoral interference from Russia has hung over elections and referendums from France to Ukraine, and from the USA to the UKJames Ball (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
Then there's also:
Russia has been widely accused of interfering in the socioeconomic and political stability of other countries through a variety of methods, including cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, election meddling, and leveraging economic tools.
Key Examples of Russian Interference
- Election Interference:
- Russia has been implicated in meddling in elections globally, including the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The Kremlin used covert influence campaigns, cyberattacks, and proxy organizations to manipulate public opinion and sow discord.
- In Europe, Russia has interfered in elections in countries like Ukraine, Germany, and France by supporting fringe political parties, spreading disinformation, and conducting cyberattacks.
- Economic Leverage:
- Russia uses state-controlled firms like Gazprom and Sberbank to gain economic influence in regions such as the Balkans. These investments are often designed to deepen dependency on Russia while undermining Western institutions like NATO and the EU.
- The invasion of Ukraine has caused global economic disruptions, including food shortages and inflation. While sanctions have strained Russia's economy, Moscow continues to exploit economic tools to exert influence.
- Destabilization Campaigns:
- Beyond elections, Russia has engaged in broader destabilization efforts, such as its annexation of Crimea and support for separatist movements in Ukraine. These actions aim to weaken neighboring states' sovereignty while expanding Russian influence.
- In Moldova and other post-Soviet states, Russia has sought to subvert democratic processes and maintain control through both overt military aggression and covert operations.
- Soft Power Tactics:
- Moscow cultivates influence through cultural and religious institutions, media outlets, and social organizations. These efforts blur the lines between state-sponsored activities and independent initiatives, providing plausible deniability for the Kremlin.
Russia’s interference strategies are part of a broader effort to assert itself as a global power while challenging Western dominance. These actions have drawn widespread condemnation but continue to evolve as Moscow adapts its tactics to avoid detection and attribution.
Citations:
[1] home.treasury.gov/news/press-r…
[2] cfr.org/backgrounder/russias-i…
[3] home.treasury.gov/news/press-r…
[4] economicsobservatory.com/ukrai…
[5] csis.org/blogs/strategic-techn…
[6] bti-project.org/en/reports/cou…
[7] atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-…
[8] carnegieendowment.org/research…
[9] academic.oup.com/cjip/article/…
Experts react: The US just accused Russia of meddling in the 2024 election. Here’s what to know. - Atlantic Council
Atlantic Council experts share their insights on the Biden administration’s newly announced response to what it alleges is an expansive malign influence operation by the Kremlin.jcookson (Atlantic Council)
I'll repaste what I just replied to you...
While it's true that both Russia and the United States have engaged in foreign interference, Russia's approach has been notably different and more pervasive in recent years.
Russia's election interference efforts have indeed been systematic and far-reaching, often focusing on fanning extremism and undermining democratic institutions rather than direct regime change. Key aspects of Russia's approach include:
- Global reach: Russian interference has been documented in elections across Europe, the United States, and beyond.
- Digital tactics: Russia has extensively used cyberattacks, hack-and-leak operations, and online disinformation campaigns to influence elections.
- Promoting division: Russian efforts often aim to exacerbate existing societal divisions and promote extremist views, including far-right ideologies.
- Long-term strategy: Russia's interference is part of a broader geopolitical strategy to weaken adversaries by creating doubt, uncertainty, and distrust in democratic institutions.
- Evolving sophistication: Russian tactics have become more advanced over time, adapting to new technologies and countermeasures.
While the United States has historically engaged in foreign interventions, often involving regime change through military means, Russia's recent approach has been more focused on covert influence operations that don't necessarily involve direct military action. This strategy allows Russia to impact a larger number of countries simultaneously with less risk of direct confrontation.
The scale and persistence of Russian election interference in the last decade have made it a significant global concern, prompting increased awareness and countermeasures from many democratic nations. This widespread and ongoing campaign of influence distinguishes Russia's recent activities from those of other nations, including the United States, in terms of its scope and potential long-term impact on global democracy.
Citations:
[1] thebureauinvestigates.com/stor…
[2] csis.org/blogs/strategic-techn…
[3] il.boell.org/en/2022/01/25/glo…
[4] news.yale.edu/2020/08/20/rigge…
[5] reuters.com/world/us/us-intell…
[6] justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-dep…
[7] brennancenter.org/our-work/ana…
[8] washingtonpost.com/news/monkey…
Russian interference threatens elections across the world — including ours
The spectre of electoral interference from Russia has hung over elections and referendums from France to Ukraine, and from the USA to the UKJames Ball (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
I'm going with Oscar mostly because I'm constantly finding weed bits all over myself. I also really enjoy the idea of the "grouch" toking away in his little hideaway while everyone thinks he's angry.
Relevant Dave Chappelle-
No he's not quite wrong I'm not sure if they've ever showed grovers house.
But oscar lives in a trash can. which would indeed make him look like he lives a dumpster...
Im the silly transfem Anarchist :3
(Im also a syndicalist)
'This is ethnic cleansing': Trump faces backlash over Gaza proposal
'This is ethnic cleansing': Trump faces backlash over Gaza proposal
US President Donald Trump is facing widespread criticism and accusations of proposing ethnic cleansing after stating that he would like to “just clean out” Gaza and relocate its Palestinian population to neighbouring countries.Ayah El-Khaldi (Middle East Eye)
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"Jordan and Egypt rejected the idea of displacing Palestinians, and Hamas condemned it, stating that Palestinians would “foil such projects,” as they have done to similar displacement proposals over the decades."
I don't know why I was expecting something more compassionate to come from Jordan and Egypt...
should have left the context out. ruins the enlightenment of discovery as you consider - also, to enjoy the comments battle over it.
but punchy nonetheless.
The State and Revolution — Chapter 5
The State and Revolution: Chapter 5: The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the Statewww.marxists.org
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National Federation of the Blind advocates for restoring Facebook accessibility, following Meta's removal of the MBasic interface
Access On (@AccessOn@nfb.social)
In October 2024, we initiated discussions with Meta regarding accessibility regressions on Facebook. The most critical concern was the deprecation of the MBasic Facebook site.Mastodon
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Isn't not providing accessibility options illegal and leaves you open to lawsuits?
Oh what am I saying? I forgot that laws don't exist for the rich anymore.
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Isn't not providing accessibility options illegal
WRT online services, I think that only covers public (as in governement) sectors and services
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Pentagon doc shows why 'deep state' fears release of JFK files
Chilling Pentagon document reveals war-provoking reason 'Deep State' has always feared release of...
The US military drafted plans to commit heinous acts against American citizens to provoke war with Cuba in the 1960s, a declassified CIA document reveals. Here are the shocking details.Ellyn Lapointe (Daily Mail)
Why? Anyone involved would no longer be in the CIA.
That's like saying they have something to fear about MKUltra.
Why does the Fediverse even matter?
Watch @frankramblings's loop on Loops.video
Why does the #fedive... • 54 likes • 3 commentsLoops.video
Some thoughts from this Loops user on why the Fediverse matters. I've seen some people push back on the idea of "It's like email, but for X", but that way of explaining it really makes sense to me.
I agree with the thesis that centralization is bad. Centralization breeds concentration of power, and power corrupts, or something like that
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how'd you get that spinning icon in your username?
edit: my bad, it's your profile pic.
Hier heißt er nur "mf" (ich bin mir zumindest zimlich sicher, dass er das ist), also nur "Motherfucker".
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I thought he was maybe behind the driver's seat but it's hard to tell.
What I don't understand is how in the hell he's wearing that seatbelt. It looks like a great way to ensure you don't survive an accident
He's definitely not driving.
That other strap is probably a bag or something. It's not seatbelt material.
Pentagon doc shows why 'deep state' fears release of JFK files
Chilling Pentagon document reveals war-provoking reason 'Deep State' has always feared release of...
The US military drafted plans to commit heinous acts against American citizens to provoke war with Cuba in the 1960s, a declassified CIA document reveals. Here are the shocking details.Ellyn Lapointe (Daily Mail)
Congolese General Cirimwami Assassinated in North Kivu, Escalating the Region’s Crisis
The assassination of Major General Peter Cirimwami marks a critical escalation in the conflict in DRC, amid a geopolitical scramble for the country’s vast mineral wealth.
Major General Peter Cirimwami, the military governor of North Kivu province, was shot near Kasengezi this past Thursday and later succumbed to his injuries. The incident occurred as he visited the frontline to assess the deteriorating security situation. His visit occurred while DRC President Félix Tshisekedi was attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Speaker of Parliament Vital Kamhere was in Vietnam, and the Minister of Communication Patrick Muyaya was in France.
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman accused of sexual abuse by sister in lawsuit
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman accused of sexual abuse by sister in lawsuit
Tech entrepreneur and family say Ann Altman’s claims that abuse started in childhood are ‘utterly untrue’Joanna Partridge (The Guardian)
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The timing is a bit off
But yeah this is a criminal matter and should be handled with proper care.
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And AI, and general manufacturing, and science....etc.
US done and fucked up because would rather vote for MAGA fuckwits and remain stupid as can be to feel more in tune with their shithead upbringings than think about the future.
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My grandpappy got to work in the mines with a high school education! He got paid well, he could raise a family, and he only died from black lung at 43! I deserve to work a shit job for lower wages than I deserve to be able to pretend I'm getting a good deal out of society like my grandpappy pretended until he croaked! That's when grandma got to stop pretending, too, and she married her neighbor Ruth. Fucking women ruining men's lives and killing them young with black lung is the real issue!
Or something like that. A big big part of it seems to be genuinely a deep resentment for anyone educated and skilled, and a feeling of being deserving of a certain quality of life while not contributing much... which is wild because like... How do they not see that everyone deserves a decent quality of life even if they don't have a great education? Because they can't feel positive about their quality of life if they're not lording it over someone who has it worse than them? It feels like all these things that they rail against like higher minimum wage and unions and whatnot all would give them what they want but they're somehow too fuckstupid to put it together. It's such a deeply fucking broken way to live, and it must be really lonely.
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Pretty much. Social norms in the US have been eroded by the rich as they were by the CCCP/Russians post-WWII.
If everyone isn't equally stupid, we'll make them stupid to bring down the averages. All of this is about Russian playbooks on dumb fucking influencer people on the Internet. So sad.
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It’s a very different picture in the US, where the economic case for EVs without subsidies is weaker, he added, because gas is “extraordinarily cheap” and Americans prefer “absolutely massive vehicles.”
That preference may be true to some degree, but at least some of it is due to federal regulation, which as-structured creates an incentive to sell larger vehicles.
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Since 2012, manufacturers have faced GHG emissions requirements that depend on the mix of vehicles sold; a manufacturer that sells larger vehicles and light trucks rather than cars faces less stringent requirements for GHG emissions. This regulatory structure incentivizes manufacturers to shift their product offerings to avoid strict GHG requirements, which potentially increases emissions.Since the adoption of size-based standards in 2012, new vehicles have been getting larger, and sales have shifted from cars to light trucks. Between 2011 and 2022, the average vehicle footprint (roughly, the area defined by the four wheels) increased by about 4 percent, and the share of cars in total sales dropped from about 65 percent to 40 percent. In the GHG standards that EPA proposed in April this year, the agency notes that the increasing size and shift from cars to trucks has increased average emissions rates by about 10 percent.
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EPA regulations require a vehicle with X emissions to be relatively X size -- the size is relative to emissions.This means that to meet modern American emissions standards, for a vehicle to get the kind of gas mileage a pickup should get while still being useful, it needs to be huge to fit in the emissions bracket. The only way around this is to have a hybrid or have an electric vehicle, but even then, it is incredibly hard to fit within these regulations, which get tighter every period especially while still being remotely "affordable."
How Much Do Regulations for Fuel Economy and Emissions Incentivize the Production of Larger Vehicles?
Auto manufacturers have skewed toward producing larger vehicles in recent years, in part because of vehicle regulations and consumer demand. Exactly how much have emissions standards incentivized a shift to larger vehicles?Resources for the Future
‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media
‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media
As major platforms face mounting scrutiny over content moderation and user privacy, a developer's vision for ethical social media draws supportEsat Dedezade (Forbes)
Fuck the real girl & not Sex Toy toy
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Its working by tapping into a woman's animal brain, and forces her to act on her deepest, darkest sexual desires, in such a way that she literally loses control of her decision-making ability, and has to fuck with you. You just need to communicate with the girl just like normal talking. But it works like a magic for you. I have uploaded a video on this you can watch it from my profile. I wish you all the best for your fucking future.
Distrowatch - Linux Facebook Ban
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Starting on January 19, 2025 Facebook's internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being "cybersecurity threats". Any posts mentioning DistroWatch and multiple groups associated with Linux and Linux discussions have either been shut down or had many of their posts removed.We've been hearing all week from readers who say they can no longer post about Linux on Facebook or share links to DistroWatch. Some people have reported their accounts have been locked or limited for posting about Linux.
The sad irony here is that Facebook runs much of its infrastructure on Linux and often posts job ads looking for Linux developers.
Unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do about this, apart from advising people to get their Linux-related information from sources other than Facebook. I've tried to appeal the ban and was told the next day that Linux-related material is staying on the cybersecurity filter. My Facebook account was also locked for my efforts.
We went through a similar experience when Twitter changed its name to X - suddenly accounts which had been re-posting news from our RSS feeds were no longer able to share links. This sort of censorship is an unpleasant side-effect of centralized communication platforms such as X, Facebook, Google+, and so on.
In an effort to continue to make it possible for people to talk about Linux (and DistroWatch), as well as share their views and links, we are providing two options. We have RSS news feeds which get updates whenever we post new announcements, stories, and our weekly newsletters. We also now have a Mastodon account where I will start to post updates - at least for new distributions and notice of our weekly newsletter. Over time we may also add news stories and updates about releases. Links for the feeds and the Mastodon account can be found on our contact page.
Distrowatch - Linux Facebook Ban
Starting on January 19, 2025 Facebook's internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being "cybersecurity threats". Any posts mentioning DistroWatch and multiple groups associated with Linux and Linux discussions have either been shut down or had many of their posts removed.We've been hearing all week from readers who say they can no longer post about Linux on Facebook or share links to DistroWatch. Some people have reported their accounts have been locked or limited for posting about Linux.
The sad irony here is that Facebook runs much of its infrastructure on Linux and often posts job ads looking for Linux developers.
Unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do about this, apart from advising people to get their Linux-related information from sources other than Facebook. I've tried to appeal the ban and was told the next day that Linux-related material is staying on the cybersecurity filter. My Facebook account was also locked for my efforts.
We went through a similar experience when Twitter changed its name to X - suddenly accounts which had been re-posting news from our RSS feeds were no longer able to share links. This sort of censorship is an unpleasant side-effect of centralized communication platforms such as X, Facebook, Google+, and so on.
In an effort to continue to make it possible for people to talk about Linux (and DistroWatch), as well as share their views and links, we are providing two options. We have RSS news feeds which get updates whenever we post new announcements, stories, and our weekly newsletters. We also now have a Mastodon account where I will start to post updates - at least for new distributions and notice of our weekly newsletter. Over time we may also add news stories and updates about releases. Links for the feeds and the Mastodon account can be found on our contact page.
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Question about flip cap bottles on mastodon, do you have any suggestions where to get them?
Arne (@feinschmeckergarten@norden.social)
Attached: 3 images In December, I started watching all episodes of the Danish programme bonderøven about a smallholder's life.norden.social
The Ikea bottles warn against using their bottles for pressurized uses. Iir the glass isn't rated for that.
Also, nothing I've used flip caps for has kept carbonation well after priming.
Do they need to be wine bottle shaped?
If swingtops that are shaped for beer work for you, find a local independent bar or pub. Stop by before opening and ask if they'd mind saving their swingtops for you.
When I did this, the answer "Sure, just bring one back for me with your first brew." More, they already had a box of them set aside.
Grolsch bottles are by far the most common and will be 450ml, green, and with a raised glass patterning. Those are the most common. 9 ounce bottles from small commercial breweries will be smooth clear or brown with paper labels you'll want to soak off, and they'll have significantly fewer of these.
No idea where you're from but in UK they sell beer in lithuanian/polish/Russian shops with these caps, use one as a water bottle, would love this mechanism on a larger necked glass bottle.
Bonus you get a free beer with purchase of a bottle.
My local homebrew shop used to sell these. I think they stopped selling it since people used bottles which couldn't take the pressure.
What were you planning on using them for?
Distrowatch - Linux Facebook Ban
Starting on January 19, 2025 Facebook's internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being "cybersecurity threats". Any posts mentioning DistroWatch and multiple groups associated with Linux and Linux discussions have either been shut down or had many of their posts removed.We've been hearing all week from readers who say they can no longer post about Linux on Facebook or share links to DistroWatch. Some people have reported their accounts have been locked or limited for posting about Linux.
The sad irony here is that Facebook runs much of its infrastructure on Linux and often posts job ads looking for Linux developers.
Unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do about this, apart from advising people to get their Linux-related information from sources other than Facebook. I've tried to appeal the ban and was told the next day that Linux-related material is staying on the cybersecurity filter. My Facebook account was also locked for my efforts.
We went through a similar experience when Twitter changed its name to X - suddenly accounts which had been re-posting news from our RSS feeds were no longer able to share links. This sort of censorship is an unpleasant side-effect of centralized communication platforms such as X, Facebook, Google+, and so on.
In an effort to continue to make it possible for people to talk about Linux (and DistroWatch), as well as share their views and links, we are providing two options. We have RSS news feeds which get updates whenever we post new announcements, stories, and our weekly newsletters. We also now have a Mastodon account where I will start to post updates - at least for new distributions and notice of our weekly newsletter. Over time we may also add news stories and updates about releases. Links for the feeds and the Mastodon account can be found on our contact page.
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.distrowatch.com
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I'm guessing it's automated stupidity. Meta has cut staff and we're seeing the results.
Much of the big tech companies have done this over the past year or two, and also been pushing "AI" to replace roles like moderation. I think we're seeing the results of over relying on AI and cutting staff to boost share prices.
Lets face it, Meta is dying; Facebook is declining, and Instagram seems to be in decline too, the pivot to VR failed and the pivot to AI will fail. It's best chance seems to be trying to get its hands on TikTok in the US and even that is hardly going to drive the company forward.
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Can someone tell them that they didn't link to their mastodon in the post?
I guess they don't understand the concept of instances yet. We need to know which server you're on, guy
DeepSeek releases open-source AI multimodal model, Janus-Pro-7B
GitHub - deepseek-ai/Janus: Janus-Series: Unified Multimodal Understanding and Generation Models
Janus-Series: Unified Multimodal Understanding and Generation Models - deepseek-ai/JanusGitHub
Homelab upgrade! - Looking for suggestions on new setup 😀
Hi there good folks!
I am going to be upgrading my server within the next couple of months and am trying to do some prior planning. My current setup is as follows:
- Case: Fractal Define R5
- Mothberboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Designare-CF
- CPU: i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
- Memory: 32 GiB DDR4
- Storage: 15TB spread across 4 HDDs (10x2x2x1) + 1HDD at 10TB for Parity.
- OS: Unraid 🧡
While this setup as served me well, I am completely hooked on these mini-racks(Rackmate T1) and am thinking of getting one eventually. Fortunately I'll be getting my hand on my first mini-pc soon, a ASUS ExpertCenter PN52. This little badboy has the following specs:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX
- Memory: 32 GiB DDR4
- Storage: Comes with one NVMe SSD 1TB
From my little cpu knowledege this one is superior in almost all ways, so it feels like an easy choice to swith out the old one. This leads me to my question. I need an enclosing for my 5 HDDs that connects to this minipc. What are your suggestions?
::: spoiler Pictures of the mini-pc for those interested:
PORTS
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DeskPi RackMate T0 Rackmount, 10 Inch 4U Server Cabinet for Network, S
Descriptions: 10-inch 4U rack External dimensions: 280mm*200mm*274mm Internal dimensions: 222mm*200mm*241mm The maximum installation depth of this 10-inch rack is 20cm Easy to install: 4U rack is shipped assembled, saving you the trouble of installat…DeskPi Store
Homelab upgrade! - Looking for suggestions on new setup 😀
Hi there good folks!
I am going to be upgrading my server within the next couple of months and am trying to do some prior planning. My current setup is as follows:
- Case: Fractal Define R5
- Mothberboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Designare-CF
- CPU: i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
- Memory: 32 GiB DDR4
- Storage: 15TB spread across 4 HDDs (10x2x2x1) + 1HDD at 10TB for Parity.
- OS: Unraid 🧡
While this setup as served me well, I am completely hooked on these mini-racks(Rackmate T1) and am thinking of getting one eventually. Fortunately I'll be getting my hand on my first mini-pc soon, a ASUS ExpertCenter PN52. This little badboy has the following specs:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX
- Memory: 32 GiB DDR4
- Storage: Comes with one NVMe SSD 1TB
From my little cpu knowledege this one is superior in almost all ways, so it feels like an easy choice to swith out the old one. This leads me to my question. I need an enclosing for my 5 HDDs that connects to this minipc. What are your suggestions?
::: spoiler Pictures of the mini-pc for those interested:
Ports overview
Front
Easily configurable
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DeskPi RackMate T0 Rackmount, 10 Inch 4U Server Cabinet for Network, S
Descriptions: 10-inch 4U rack External dimensions: 280mm*200mm*274mm Internal dimensions: 222mm*200mm*241mm The maximum installation depth of this 10-inch rack is 20cm Easy to install: 4U rack is shipped assembled, saving you the trouble of installat…DeskPi Store
Instance policy update: Votes are in and Xitter links are now banned on this instance
Ahoy mateys!
We are closing the voting on this topic a couple of days early as the result is already conclusive., Our threshold for passing the motion was for 2/3 of voting members in favor. We have far exceeded that threshold (see below) and have a good number of overall responses, so the proposed policy change has now been approved and takes effect immediately.
Our new policy on Xitter links
- No Xitter links are to be posted on this instance from the date of this announcement.
- Workarounds such as link shorteners and alternative front-ends that resolve to Xitter posts are also banned.
- Screenshots will still be permitted as per the overwhelming number of comments in support of this option.
- Exception: In rare cases there may be a need to verify the veracity of a Xitter post. If this need arises, then you may post a xcancel.com/ version of the link. Please note this option should only be used sparingly and exclusively for fact-checking purposes.
We will begin communicating this instance policy change to all our users today.
Please try to be helpful to anyone who accidentally posts a Xitter link who may not yet be aware of the policy change, and/or feel free to report in the usual way.
N.B.: For the loopholers - by "Xitter links" we mean any links to content hosted on X (formerly Twitter). Alternative Xitter front-ends are also banned under this policy, unless exception #4 applies. Edit: The ban also applies to other Xitter-owned domains such as their photo blobstore (pbs) domain at pbd.twimg.com
Thanks to everyone involved for participating in the vote!
**The final tally is as follows: **
- For:
(2),
(7),
(5),
(3),
(2),
(1)
- Against:
- Local Community: +2.6
- Outsider sentiment: Very Positive
- Total: +22.6
- Percentage: 100.00%
To break this down a little differently:
- Home instance users voted 93% in favor of the proposal (284/307)
- External instance users voted 97% in favor of the proposal (70/72 note: these are not counted, but good to know)
- Donating and vouched for users voted 100% in favor of the proposal (20/20 votes).
Community vote on banning X/Twitter links aka "Twitter in the shitter?"
Ahoy me hearties!We were thinking this might be a good test run topic for instance voting in our !div0_governance@lemmy.dbzer0.com community. Please be patient with us if anything breaks or isn't working properly. Feedback is welcome.
The voting topic
Given the current political backdrop and recent video of Elon Musk performing clearly identifiable Nazi salutes at the Presidential inauguration, some communities have started banning all links to X/Twitter. A couple of examples I noticed yesterday:The vote is on whether our instance should follow suit and implement an instance-wide ban on X/Twitter links in posts and comments.
I've noticed some people suggesting allowing screenshots to still be used (e.g. for memes). Feel free to drop a comment if you have an opinion on that.
How to vote
Simply upvote or downvote this post. The /0 Bot will automatically calculate and update a tally of votes every 15 mins or so according to the voting rules (so don’t expect instant updates). An upvote is counted in favour of the resolution. A downvote is counted as against the resolution.Note regarding crossposting: please be aware that only votes on the original post in !div0_governance@lemmy.dbzer0.com will be counted.
When to vote
Voting starts as of now. We'll close voting once the flow of votes stops - not sure exactly when that will be yet, but I'd like to keep the topic open for at least 2 or 3 days (maybe a week?) to give everyone a chance to vote.Who can vote
TLDR here is that anyone can vote, but your votes will be weighted differently depending if you are a financial supporter, local instance member or external instance member.As discussed in the announcement post, the initial plan was that only stakeholders can vote and open threads. That now includes everyone who is supporting us with any monthly donation amount.
Voting rights have also been extended so that votes of other local instance members who otherwise have no voting rights will be accounted at a rate of 1/100 from a random sample of up to 1000 of their votes. This means that a vote can go up to max +/- 10 from local community votes and it’s a fractional count (i.e. +1.1, or -0.7) which should make the local community sentiment an excellent tiebreaker, without overwhelming the people who are directly supporting the instance. Furthermore, I decided to display the “outsider sentiment” which is votes from non-valid-voting users from other instances. The outsider sentiment is only flavour (“Positive”, “Negative” etc) and is disregarded from the total. This is just shown for reference of the outsider sentiment which I think might be useful.
What constitutes a successful vote on a topic?
We are totally open to debate on this. I was thinking for this topic, a 2/3 majority vote would be a good target to aim for so we can be certain the community vote represents a clear majority of our users' opinions.My thinking here is that if some topics are split close to 50/50 then achieving a 51% vote for example does not produce a clear mandate and may simply cause unnecessary division.
Having said that, I acknowledge a 2/3 majority is an arbitrary choice, but unless we implement a more complex voting system hopefully it is "good enough" to indicate a clear majority. As mentioned previously, feedback is very welcome and we will review and make adjustments where necessary.
Community participation
I strongly encourage all our instance members as well as subscribers from different instances to vote on this topic. If we only get a small handful of votes it's not going to be very representative of overall sentiment. This is a test run, so if things don't work out in terms of participation we will re-assess and perhaps revisit the topic.
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Why Chatbot Development is a Game-Changer for Businesses
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Chatbot development is becoming essential for businesses looking to enhance user engagement and streamline customer service. With AI advancements, chatbots now offer more than just basic responses—they can help automate customer interactions, process transactions, and provide real-time support, improving both customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
If you're considering integrating a chatbot into your business, Glorium Tech provides an excellent resource for understanding the full scope of AI chatbot development. Their Complete Guide to AI Chatbot Development covers everything from the basics of chatbot technology to advanced implementation strategies, ensuring you get the most out of your investment.
Whether you're a startup or a well-established company, embracing AI chatbots could be one of the best decisions you make for enhancing user experience and improving customer support. Highly recommend checking out the guide for deeper insights and step-by-step implementation!
How to Develop a AI Chatbot: A Complete Guide
The high efficiency of ai chatbot development technologies makes them a great acquisition for any customer-centered commercial company if implementedAnna Vozna (Glorium Technologies)
Le alternative "open source ed etiche" a TikTok, WhatsApp e Instagram potrebbero trasformare i social media
In un momento in cui le piattaforme di social media consolidate stanno affrontando critiche e turbolenze (dalla chiusura temporanea di TikTok al ritiro di Meta dal fact-checking, fino alle crescenti critiche sulla moderazione dei contenuti politici), un nuovo approccio ai social media sta guadagnando una certa attenzione.
"Aiutateci a restituire il controllo alle persone!" dichiara lo sviluppatore canadese Daniel Supernault, le cui piattaforme open source mirano a fornire alternative incentrate sulla privacy ai social media tradizionali.
La campagna Kickstarter di Supernault , lanciata il 24 gennaio, ha già superato il suo obiettivo iniziale di CA$50.000, secondo quanto riportato da TechCrunch , raccogliendo CA$93.022 (circa US$64.839) alle 11:02 PT di oggi. Il finanziamento sosterrà lo sviluppo di tre piattaforme all'interno di Fediverse, una rete decentralizzata di servizi di social media interconnessi. Queste piattaforme includono Pixelfed, Loops e Sup, progettate come alternative incentrate sulla privacy a Instagram, TikTok e WhatsApp, rispettivamente. Ogni piattaforma rifiuta i tradizionali finanziamenti di capitale di rischio e modelli di ricavi basati sulla pubblicità a favore dello sviluppo guidato dalla comunità.
Alternative a Instagram, TikTok e WhatsApp
Per quanto riguarda le app alternative in sé, Pixelfed è il più maturo dei progetti di Supernault, che offre un'alternativa senza pubblicità a Instagram, che ha lanciato le sue app mobili il 14 gennaio . La piattaforma fornisce le tradizionali funzionalità di condivisione di foto come filtri e album, mantenendo al contempo una rigorosa politica di non tracciamento e di non vendita di dati. La sua istanza principale, Pixelfed.social, ha accumulato più di 200.000 utenti e ha raggiunto il 6° posto nella categoria social media nell'App Store di Apple, diventando il secondo server più grande nel Fediverse dietro Mastodon.social, secondo le statistiche di rete di FediDB .
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‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media
As major platforms face mounting scrutiny over content moderation and user privacy, a developer's vision for ethical social media draws supportEsat Dedezade (Forbes)
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Océane
in reply to buwho • • •Thank you, a tip for finding valuable resources is to add the best tools to your query, e.g. "org emacs para method".
You may lookup specialized jargon on Wikipedia, and then merely append them to your query.
Interstellar_1
in reply to Océane • • •Océane
in reply to Interstellar_1 • • •Hi, because there are messages on 4chan claiming that “Linux is only free if your time has no value.”
Thank you for the nice message, but to be honest, I regret posting it. I should've put more care into the style – anyway, there have been daily persistent anti-free software messages on 4chan for more than a decade, leading me to think about Olgina-style contractual workers. Some patterns seem to (1) defend Google, (2) put users back into depression, (3) promote the confusion between libre software and open source software, (4) shatter the EU and US IT work forces over demographic traits, through anti-LGBTQIA+, racist, misogynistic, antisemitic messages.
Some of these pattern seem to match known Kremlin strategies, others defend the interests of Microsoft and Google so well, matching other patterns I've observed with Android, YouTube, and Windows/Office 365 development, that I'm starting to collect evidence in Denote. I need to sort out coincidences, to account for the fact that many orgs may actually post anonymously on 4chan (including Nazis and orgs false-flagging as Nazis) but that's one hell of a lot of coincidences.
neox_
in reply to Océane • • •Hi there, Océane!
Firstly, I find the definition of free software as "Everyone should be able to write open source software!" quite problematic. It seems like if it were interchangeable with open source software, or at least somewhat equivalent. However, free/libre software and open source software are very distinct concepts:
- Free software emphasizes ethical principles, ensuring actual people have freedom to use, study, modify, and share software. Having access to the source code is important to do that, but that's not the main point.
- Open source software focuses on practical benefits like collaboration and transparency, without raising ethical concerns.
Your statement conflates these two ideas, which could confuse people about the philosophical differences between both movements.
Secondly, I think the comparison between software "written for developers" and software "written for the GNOME community" oversimplifies the diverse motivations behind projects. While GNOME aims to provide a polished experience, many other projects, like KDE or Linux Mint with Cinnamon, also cater to non-technical users with user-friendly designs. GNOME's approach isn't unique in prioritizing ease of use.
Additionally, focusing on specific examples like Linux Mint's printer notifications doesn't address the broader landscape of user experiences
across distributions and desktop environments... It's only one example of something that works well.
Your post argues that platforms like Stack Overflow provide a "stupid experience" for learning, advocating instead for books. While books are excellent for foundational knowledge, dismissing online resources is, I think, short-sighted. Stack Overflow, forums, and community wikis are invaluable
for solving real-world problems and learning practical skills, especially when combined with books. The problem is perhaps more how to use this kind of resources efficiently and not only copy code one doesn't understand.
Additionally, the mention of tools like GNU Guix, Skribilo, and Haunt without context might overwhelm newcomers. While these tools are powerful, recommending them without explanation of their benefits or practical
examples seems not very accessible.
The critique of Google's algorithms promoting a "far-right agenda" lacks nuance. While it's true that Google's algorithms have biases, the argument oversimplifies a complex issue involving corporate incentives, algorithmic design, and user behavior too. Similarly, the statement about LaTeX being "intuitive" but requiring a good
book overlooks the steep learning curve many users experience, even with resources. LaTeX's complexity lies not just in learning its syntax but also in troubleshooting issues, configuring packages, and navigating its ecosystem.
It's important to acknowledge these challenges rather than dismiss them.
Finally, the suggestion that learners should "install any distro" and read books is well-meaning but overly broad. Books are good for foundational knowledge, but most people need practice and repetition while solving real-life problems to acquire competences. Encouraging curiosity and providing a variety of resources tailored to different learning styles would be a more inclusive approach.
Your post touches on important topics, but a more balanced view would celebrate the diversity of learning tools, acknowledge the complexity of issues like algorithmic bias and relation to people's behavior, and emphasize the variety of approaches to free software development. By doing so, I think it can foster a more welcoming and informed community for both technical and non-technical users.
Océane
in reply to neox_ • • •Hi, this is an excellent answer.
I didn't mean to dismiss online resources, but to highlight the continuous entrepreneurship in dismissing foundational knowledge. My post was honestly, rather bad for the reasons mentioned a few minutes ago, but the sentence “Linux is only free if your time has no value” erases the pleasure of reading books and getting new skills. It literally means that free and open source software can't be more useful than whatever Google and Microsoft are developing, which doesn't even include passwords managers.
Secondly, the difference you make between free and open source software are very interesting but to my understanding, it may boil down to the freedom 0 : free software is made for everyone, whereas open source software is made for specialized communities. Because most people don't even write simple software, and I'm not talking about enterprise-level complexity here, most open source software is written for other developers. I've observed thousands of anonymous messages which coincidentally blurred the difference between free software and open source software by e.g. promoting the sway window manager that we know and love. On 4chan at least, calling people to hurt themselves has become an acronym (to whomever reads this, please don't hurt yourself).
I'm not sure my own definition of free vs. open source software is the right one, but I know the actual difference is leveraged to kill people – comrades even.
And finally, I agree about everything else. I didn't properly develop about GNU software because I was trying to leave my screen.
rhabarba
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noisesMr. Satan
in reply to Océane • • •Speaking personal experience hence extremely biased.
Books ain't worth shit by them selves. There is no better resource than experience. I learned programming and other stuff just by trying and the googling and reading up on the problem.
Books are only as good as they are searchable and can be used as a reasource to solve problems (and I'm not talking about literature in general, I love reading, just not profession related stuff).
TL; DR
I strongly disagree. Nothing tops just tinkering and figuring things out practically. My whole career is based on my ability to learn and solve IT problems and google is still the best tool for that.
Océane
in reply to Mr. Satan • • •Hi, it may depend on the background, but personally I've been stuck on problems for months, only to solve them by spending 2 hours reading a book. I'm talking about basic self-taught tools like Git, your first programming language, and so on – Microsoft and Google build and leverage platforms to keep specific demographics stuck for years, and to some extent, to kill them.
I'm not talking about solving problems on a complex stack with tools that you already know, but rather about learning to program the output of a Skribe document as a social media-addict 4chan user. We're not even talking about Makefiles here, but about hundreds of thousands of people actually giving a hand to free software development, instead of trying to change the world in free form fields.
loveknight
in reply to Océane • • •Very specifically for learning about GNU/Linux and Unix, I highly recommend the book Classic Shell Scripting by Arnold Robbins and Nelson Beebe (O'Reilly Media, 2005).
ISBN: 9780596005955
I recently wrote the following about it in a post: