Onboard the train to dystopia.

Sadly, testing a Linux distro isn’t something you can do without having unused SSDs laying around or reserving tens of GBs in space. Else I would try it and see how it is. It seems to be missing some visual identity, though. That’s always nice. It got the spirit of what to do right, though.

Very nice achievement, favoring and stimulating FOSS use. OpenSCAD no less.

What happened to China going for Open Hardware?

I personally find weird the read on web mechanism.

ChatGPT is worse. The others not so much.

I think owning a platform like GitHub and acting like you can profit out of your code (not your product) isn’t good news.

What wouldn’t I be able to access without compatibility investments? Spotify, LinkedIn? I think I’m fine.

Besides, what’s the point of OSS that is owned 85% by a big company?

I don’t think being afraid of it is the right way to go. But that is really convenient for Big Tech isn’t it? At least as of now, being online (or a digital being) means you only see what Google or the LLMs want you too. There is a complete detachment of local culture to give in to this global vision, but as envisioned by Big Tech.

I’ve searched for local newspapers using Google Maps localization, which is far from perfect, just to see if my local culture is still there. If people actually live like they lived 10-15 years ago. And they’re the same. It’s just that, as incredible as it may seem, the local physical culture of the city is getting superseded by digital realities. The people are the same, but they’re more or less invisible now.

It’s crazy the way things are going, but I think the response should be technological also and not avoiding knowledge or the effort necessary for it.

The Court doesn’t even hide its unfairness. This isn’t good.

I can ask AI things and then check if it is correct somewhere else. It’s very good at guiding you towards knowing things. Sometimes it will avoid giving information, but it is always useful at answering things. It’s like someone you can bother without having to resort to forums or other boards. It advanced my knowledge a lot. I already read a lot, but you can’t ask a book to clarify things.

I learn a lot using AI. In a way I wouldn’t be able to learn on my own.

I completely get that someone used to monopolies can’t understand Mastodon. I don’t think it has anything to do with understanding technology, though.

It could be good.

I’ve heard about it before, it’s based on a Skyrim Mod. It isn’t exactly top on my list but I’ll get to it eventually. Thank you for sharing.

It isn’t that bad. It also stated new facts to me, like that GTA is owned by Take-Two.

#ebooks is composed of datahoarders that have a lot of stuff available. You declare the data source you’re getting the book from (e.g. Oatmeal) and then the name of the book.

Most programming books start with tips for starters. I don’t think that’s a good way to do it. I want books that get into the programming techniques the pros use. What to use when building functions, how to build a proper class within the goals set. I think this is better than explaining the reserved words or other things that belong to an encyclopedia.

I agree. Commercials get in, you get what happened to the Internet. We need something new.

Thief (1998)