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by rnd0 3mo ago
>But lately, because of AI, I've completely lost interest in this kind of stuff. I'm a few years older -and yes, I feel the same way. Not just in programming and geek stuff but in creativity too. It seems literally pointless, s
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by rnd0 3mo ago
I originally wasn't going to try it -but now I have to!
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by rnd0 6mo ago
Particularly since the first version of Windows shipped in what -1985? Contemporary with 4.2BSD? Did 4.2BSD even use /etc/hosts the same way or DNS?
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by rnd0 6mo ago
Elon bought Twitter to destroy it, this is simply the latest step in that process.
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by rnd0 6mo ago
>And at that point you also realize that are better OSes Nothing beats Windows 11+WSL2; literally the best of both worlds.
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by rnd0 8mo ago
Great for svardos users, not ideal for the rest of the FreeDOS community, however. [edit]Additionally, it looks like people's IP address is included with their posts. YUCK!
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by rnd0 1y ago
OS/2 was more stable than Windows and it had threaded application support -so the analogy does hold, IMO.
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by rnd0 1y ago
Another One Rides The Bus (I first heard it on Dr. Demento)
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by rnd0 1y ago
Litigation in some form or another. This is undoubtably related to the take it down legislation recently passed. Porn isn't the only worry; there's also getting sued by the estates of dead celebrities, being misused for misinforma
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by rnd0 1y ago
From what I understand, Brave is a shit-show in its' own right.
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by rnd0 1y ago
>Lxcore.sys, the kernel side driver that powers WSL 1 This isn't open source, and considering that this is probably what ties into/sets up WSL as a windows subsystem that's a bit of a bummer. The rest is just a Virtual Mac
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by rnd0 1y ago
>Let's not get sidetracked with the whole LGTBIQH or whatever topic No -LET'S; because it's not a sidetrack; it's the primary motivation. Quoth project 2025: "Pornography, manifested today in the *omnipresent pr
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by rnd0 1y ago
I'm worried on a personal level that it's too easy to begin to rely on chatgpt (specifically) for questions and such that I can figure out for myself. As a time-saver when I'm doing something else. The problem for me is -it s
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by rnd0 1y ago
The mention of lovebombing is disconcerting, and I'd love to know the specifics around it. Is it related to the sycophant personality changes they had to walk back, or is it something more intense? I've used AI (not chatgpt) for r
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by rnd0 1y ago
It's interesting that a few of these projects seem to be reaching milestones at the same time. It's reassuring to see that there are people out there who are still working on this deep of a level with computers and sharing their r
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by rnd0 1y ago
Clearly people care very deeply about sources and evidence -and they're attacking things (wikipedia, various gov websites) which can be used as objective sources. If you don't have objective sources, it's easier to lead peopl
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by rnd0 1y ago
Basically we've seen this movie before -look at the trajectory OSX took. As far as I know, it's not really possible to build a useable pure darwin installable OS. Puredarwin itself is stuck in whatever was released in 2018 or earl
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by rnd0 1y ago
Literally how it will be used; you are correct.
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by rnd0 1y ago
The irc client (not naming it) is an interesting choice for a secure-by-default OS. My understanding was that it has several security concerns?
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by rnd0 1y ago
no one who voted for this regime is familiar with the idea of shame.
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by rnd0 2y ago
In practice? Very much no.
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by rnd0 2y ago
Trump is a puppet. The people pulling his strings, however, should be taken very seriously. This video breaks down who those people are as well as what their motivations are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpPTRcz1no
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by rnd0 2y ago
They is NOT Trump; THEY is Musk and he has economic ties to China and Russia. Musk the lens that all future U.S. actions and rhetoric needs to be seen through, at least in the near-term.
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by rnd0 2y ago
So they've now zoomed past 'don't be evil' right to turning into snidely freakin whiplash.
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by rnd0 2y ago
It would be very nice if the press didn't just fall over itself trying to be a free PR agency for OpenAI.
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by rnd0 2y ago
>Which means there will be bad actors with a special interest in spreading narratives on every relevant forum Which brings us neatly to OpenAI
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by rnd0 2y ago
I attempted to post the distrowatch link to my feed and it was blocked as 'spam'. That seems pretty automated to me.
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by rnd0 2y ago
>Because an educated populace is harder for the ultrarich to control and abuse, This is the bottom line; this right here. We're being led to a second dark age ON PURPOSE.
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by rnd0 2y ago
>History teaches us where the story goes. I think my book is missing that chapter -where does it go?
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by rnd0 2y ago
Thank you, and also I'd like to know how they'd even evaluate the results to begin with... I hope to GOD they're holding on to the originals so they can go back and redo this in 20,30 years when tools have improved.

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