Lmao is it April 1st already? This is so fucking funny to me

Different group. You should submit a feature request to the Wayland devs!

As long as Linus Torvalds lives, which I hope will be forever, the Linux kernel will never be AI slop.

Whether any particular distro is slop, that’s another story.

AI ethics aside (but not discounted overall), if there’s one person I trust above all others to use an LLM to assist in coding properly, it’s Linus Torvalds.

I have sympathy for non-profits. Did you ever use Gmail or Google Drive? Same concept.

If they’re smart enough, they’ll look for greener pastures, if they double down that’s when my sympathy ends.

I disagree, all three must addressed whether individually or collectively. In today’s America, there is little distinction between corporation and government, especially in the tech sector.

I get it, it’s hard to afford therapy when the system doesn’t want you to get better

The problem is Microsoft. It’s also the datacentre builders. It’s also the governments.

All three are a fucking problem

You know how people have been doing those horrible crimes where they destroy datacentres?

I hope people don’t realize the same thing can be done to places like Google’s offices. But if they do, I also hope they’d be responsible enough to make sure no low/mid level employees were in the building. I bet, and this is just too sad, that the executives would be the prime targets 😔

That would be tragic. Super duper tragic.

So tragic.

Tragic.

It certainly is. If you wanna feel like you’ve rewound 10 years in the past, you gotta pony up. And even still everything feels wrong.

But in the interim, before the bubble pops, I do see the value in having no AI as a feature, especially when the immediate alternative is “go fuck yourself”.

One payment for actual slop removal, priced by devs properly to allow them somewhat equivalent revenue compared to if you were being data harvested - that’s basically the only good way to do it if we’re gonna do it.

No micro transactions and no double or triple or quadruple or quintuple or sextuple dipping on larger payments either.

When did everything become a fever dream?

I guess I’m of the mindset that even running this as a local model, it’s a waste of electricity. And the guy posted it on Github, inevitably some other fools will try it with cloud models, especially since it’s made the news. And obviously we know how bad the cloud models are.

And the difference I see between this and playing a videogame is that a videogame is doing something valuable - and yes I will argue with anyone who tells me that art and entertainment don’t hold real value - while this is just akin to running the AC when you go on vacation, it’s just wasteful no matter how I look at it.

Good time to mention,

Check out the EFF’s ‘Cover your tracks’ site.

Lots of us know about traditional tracking methods but one that doesn’t get enough attention imo is canvas fingerprinting.

Its easy to utilize countermeasures and its worth the time. Canvas fingerprinting is awful.

Actually they’re torturing humanity by wasting electricity and water which affects real people in real ways.

I know we’re not stopping foolish use of LLMs any time soon but this is very, very, very, very stupid.

I didn’t know pasta was on the lemonade stand’s menu!

Speaking of pasta, Italy has such a vibrant food culture don’t they? Speaking of Italy, wasn’t Luigi Mangione an Italian American citizen? Boy, what he did sure was a shame… But these streets, they’re just too full of criminals these days…

Lmao judging by those photos he filed a request to blur his property on Google street view. How incredibly ironic.

However I’m sure there are many photos of the street with the public toilet elsewhere if you want to see it in all its shit-covered glory.

Edit: oh perhaps I am mistaken. The Flock CEO’s name is Garret Langley, but my maps app says the address of 2588 Winslow Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30305, United States is actually Jeff’s Lemonade Shop.

I would love to go try some lemonade!

I shine bright like a diamond, but that requires sunlight

Every three letter agency can suck my tiny little cock

The article says it seems to have been an organized group. I wonder how one gets into such a group?

Like, do they just send somebody a private message on a decentralized platform with a link to some sort of encrypted messaging app or something?

Unrelated, my inbox is open to anyone wanting to just say hi!

No I am not kidding.

I want to get off Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride.

Self-hosted is a great way to go for those who can afford the initial cost and can get the setup done. I’d love to see more of it but I also know that most people won’t do that, and I get it because if I asked my mom to self-host right now I think her brain would explode.

Second best we can do is start using and promoting alternatives. Us nerds tend to be some of the earlier adopters. If enough users flock to the right platform, and if the platform is easy for non-nerds to sign up, then the shift may happen. Now is a climate where the desire for change is higher than normal.

No company is too big to dominate the landscape, the momentum and desire just needs to grow. And we should be careful of jumping from one pirate ship to another pirate ship. TikTok to Reels, Twitter/X to Threads, these are not the kind of changes we need to encourage.

But I’m not one for social media overall, so I can’t do much except inform my family and friends in a way that doesn’t drive them crazy. To anyone reading: don’t be that guy either, because if you pester too hard you’re likely to breed resentment and cause people to become further entrenched in their current habits.