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by negura 6mo ago
framework advertises themselves as "laptops you own" and "linux-first". but they're misleading you. they're not actually driven by genuine values, but by marketing. unlike the other big manufacturers of linux-f
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by negura 6mo ago
> Some of the big players in tech may have beliefs that align with some of the tenets of fascism. But the label is so well-worn that it's meaningless. the article you're responding consists of a very long list of very specific
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by negura 6mo ago
towards the end of the article, the section "AI is fascy technology" and the one after seem to address your points, to some extent
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by negura 6mo ago
+ cloudflare captcha, in my case
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by negura 6mo ago
yeah, a lot of people pinpoint the moment when it started going downhill at around 2010. re: explosion of mobile devices, i'd say the release of apple's iPhone was a key event
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by negura 6mo ago
because your host might be compromised
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by negura 6mo ago
the vulnerability was fixed upstream by mozilla anyway
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by negura 6mo ago
correct. the ordering persists for as long as the original process continues to run
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by negura 6mo ago
that line in the article also made me wonder what the privacy-conscious movement is like in japan. and how it compares to the west. have they not had as many cases yet, of database leaks, doxxing, etc?
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by negura 6mo ago
the idea that apple's CEO is somehow indifferent of ROI, in any conceivable context, is laughable. sadly it also seems like exceptional advertising
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by negura 6mo ago
is this your argument? "the fact that they're dying as a direct result of us becoming unbelievably prosperous does not suggest anything needs to change"
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by negura 6mo ago
we now have empirical evidence of where liberalism leads us: to an amoral, predatory marketplace. which profits from exploiting people who are helplessly addicted to poisons like nicotine, processed foods and alcohol. how much worse does it
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by negura 6mo ago
a better solution is banning processed foods which fall below a threshold for calories/micronutrient content (and no artificial enrichment allowed)
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by negura 6mo ago
not could, should. i'm fully in favor of banning processed foods that fall below a threshold for calories/micronutrient ratio (and no artificial enrichment permitted)
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by negura 6mo ago
+1 for starlabs. they make sleek looking devices with strong specs
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by negura 6mo ago
framework doesn't open source their firmware. despite major demand from their community [0]. they're the only ones among major manufacturers of linux-ready laptops (novacustom, starbook, system76) who haven't bothered to do i
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by negura 6mo ago
avoiding this is one of the use cases for cryptocurrencies
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by negura 6mo ago
i've wasted 2 weeks of my adult life on diy mechanical keyboards.. i did build one in the end. unless you're in desperate need of a recreational hobby, i'd not advise anyone to get into it. i'm convinced the whole thing
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by negura 6mo ago
> the much promised impacts aren’t there and aren’t coming anytime soon at least according to industry analysts, the thesis at the moment is that reasoning models (which loop over their own output and backtrack if necessary) will bring f
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by negura 6mo ago
i agree that discrediting communism wasn't really the topic of his talk. but the phrase is a call to unionization in itself. especially when shopkeepers use it, like in the story carney referenced. capable politicians don't leave
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by negura 6mo ago
> Do these people realize that every time they sell a piece of their soul to increase their personal wealth it destroys a piece of their society? Do they care? you should look into how wealthy elites live. this is not "their" s
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by negura 6mo ago
yeah exactly. it's bizarre to highlight that quote from his davos speech completley out of context. he inteded it as a way to completely discredit communism. and to ridicule the idea of unionization. he then spent 10 minutes passionate
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by negura 6mo ago
this was formely the fanbase of the dark enlightenment movement. an avantgarde techno-capitalist alt-right underground culture. Musk, Thiel, a16z, Altman, Srinivasan, many in the Trump administration (including Vance) have acknowledged thei
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by negura 6mo ago
any website that is using Cloudflare and has a legal obligation towards you (like processing refunds, registering complaints, GDPR data requests, etc.) can be forced to fulfill that obligation via manual human labour. just contact them and
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by negura 6mo ago
i suggest talking to people about their experiences with tech. i've been surprised how much they've soured on it. and how aware they are regarding issues like privacy, effect on mental health, predatory business models etc. show t
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by negura 6mo ago
enjoy your free product. while i do my business on other websites that didn't block me
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by negura 6mo ago
the internet has become a psychotic corridor of mirrors. where truth and fiction, humans and bots, propagand and anecdata can no longer be told apart. what am i still doing here?
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by negura 6mo ago
interesting. i can definitely think of similar use cases. but can all of this be accomplished with local LLMs? do you run it on expensive hardware? are there specific models, agent frameworks and other tooling you recommend? btw as another
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by negura 6mo ago
as of november last year, data centre capex was only 60% of their revenues. which provides the bussiness justification to increase investment further
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by negura 6mo ago
regardless, it's true that AI-related spending is the largest mobilization of capital in history

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