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byET3D
26 @02:42PM
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Attached to: Author of Systemd Quits Microsoft To Prove Linux Can Be Trusted
"Linux celeb Lennart Poettering has left Microsoft and co-founded a new company... It is unclear why Poettering decided to leave Microsoft. We asked the company to comment but have not received a response."
The writer might have early onset of dementia, or perhaps early onset of AI syndrom.
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byET3D
26 @02:17PM
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Attached to: Windows 11 Has Reached 1 Billion Users Faster Than Windows 10
Lot of people implying that hardware requirements would prevent people from switching. This might have been true for some, but apparently for many users it wasn't (which made sense; the TPM requirement is for very old PCs). So "ending" support for Windows 10 did what Microsoft wanted, moved users to Windows 11.
By the way, I just recently tried to update an old Windows 10 PC (of a family member), and Windows Update simply offered me to extend the support by a year.
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@09:13AM
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Attached to: AI Luminaries Clash At Davos Over How Close Human-Level Intelligence Really Is
People are largely idiots. They spend their time consuming media and trying to do selfish things for their enjoyment, while serving as wage slaves to corporations, where most of them do nothing of actual importance. AI hallucinations are nothing compared to humans' stupid beliefs. Even academia is filled with bad research and some outright fraud.
So it's not clear to me what is this "human level intelligence" that people want AI to aspire to.
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byET3D
@05:17PM
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Attached to: China Makes Too Many Cars, and the World Is Increasingly OK With It
The Trump administration has been pushing Canada away from US brands, so it's a question whether Tesla will have that much success.
It's a pity that the US is pushing the rest of the world into the arms of China, but it's hard at this point to tell which authoritarian regime will end up worse for the rest of us.
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byET3D
5 @02:26PM
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Attached to: Sal Khan: Companies Should Give 1% of Profits To Retrain Workers Displaced By AI
I think it's important to consider how AI will affect the job market, but I certainly don't expect anyone in the US, an ultra capitalistic country, to provide a solution for this problem, or even thing about it in reasonable terms.
There can't be a quick solution to this, because we don't fully know what AI will replace and what other jobs will be created by it. It's also clear to me that we will need to address job loss of older employees different from young ones. We might want government support while the transition to AI is taking place. The pace of change is too fast for that to work well without it. Again, I'd expect nothing from the US on that front.
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byET3D
5 @05:58PM
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Attached to: 'Memory is Running Out, and So Are Excuses For Software Bloat'
Pivoting development to address a temporary shortage isn't necessarily good business strategy.
Someone told me that the best thing is to assume that in a couple of years when the AI bubble bursts will have a deluge of RAM and GPUs with lots of RAM, and it would be best to design for that.
I think that's too optimistic, but seriously, investing into optimisation as a response to a market shortage doesn't sound to me like the best use of development time unless it's simple to do. If it's simple to do, it would often already be done.
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byET3D
025 @02:09AM
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Attached to: 'Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes'
I think that there are better ways to waste time than rewinding cassettes. I mean, really, if a person is advocating low audio quality media that can easily break and wastes time, that person has issues. Trying to claim that this is a lifestyle and somehow offering this as a good thing?
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byET3D
5 @05:09PM
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Attached to: All That Cheap Chinese Stuff Is Now Europe's Problem
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Of course when prices go up people buy less. They can't afford to buy as much as before.
The rest of your post is just a spin. You're trying to claim that "they don't need it". Yes, they can make do with 2 pencils instead of 35, but that's just saying you're in a recession, and people can't afford to live at the same level as before.
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byET3D
5 @02:46AM
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Attached to: New Rule Forbids GNOME Shell Extensions Made Using AI-Generated Code
I think it's a viable way of "coding", but if the result doesn't compile ("imaginary APIs") or doesn't fit the requested style, then it shouldn't be submitted.
I certainly let AI code things for me for research or as utilities, without attempting to fully understand the code. I ensure it does what I want and often try to get the opinion of more than one AI. It's a nice tool for getting stuff done that's not my main work. But submitting such code would require at least a code review and ensuring it works. At least where I work, doing a code review doesn't mean that you fully understand what the other person did. We have different expertise. It's does help find problems with both code and documentation. I think it's reasonable to apply this to AI-generated code (although it's probably best to assume that it's an error-prone developer).
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byET3D
5 @02:30AM
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Attached to: New Rule Forbids GNOME Shell Extensions Made Using AI-Generated Code
I assume that Aviation Pete simply didn't read anything but the title.
Anyway, I replied not because of this but because of your sig "A cat can't teach a dog to bark." I'm sure this means to say something, but considering that dogs don't need to be taught to bark, I do not think it means what you think it means.
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byET3D
25 @04:20AM
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Attached to: New Project Brings Strong Linux Compatibility To More Classic Windows Games
A minor addition to Windows compatibility that will sway very few people in Linux's direction.
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byET3D
@12:54PM
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Attached to: Exxon Sues California Over Climate Disclosure Laws
Surely if it's decided that disclosing something you don't like is against the First Amendment, then any libertarian will be able to say that disclosing their income and expenses forces them to "serve as a mouthpiece for ideas with which they disagree."
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byET3D
025 @12:53AM
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Attached to: Windows 10 Support 'Ends' Today
Well, you know, you can continue to get security updates for Windows 10 for another year. It's not hard.
And if you're still on hardware that doesn't support Windows 11, then you could probably upgrade to a new PC for under $200. If you have a device that old you probably don't require a lot from your PC.
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byET3D
25 @04:32PM
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Attached to: PIRG, Other Groups Criticize Microsoft's Plan to Discontinue Support for Windows 10
It's possible to get another year of Windows 10 support by either backing up files to OneDrive, redeeming reward points of paying $30. So claiming that Microsoft has pulled support is factually wrong. Sure, extended support isn't automatic, but it's also not that hard.
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byET3D
25 @02:05PM
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Attached to: PIRG, Other Groups Criticize Microsoft's Plan to Discontinue Support for Windows 10
Thanks for the detailed and interesting reply.
I don't think that Microsoft's TPM decision was arbitrary or benefits them or most of their partners. Forcing a standard is rarely a benefit to large corporations, more like a financial liability. But it's a good way to get the ecosystem to adopt something if it feels beneficial. That said, at this point TPM 2.0 is standard, and I think that Microsoft can relax the requirement. It's kind of like DRM in games: I can see why publishers want it, but once the game is old enough, it remains a liability.
I think it's also worth noting that Microsoft doesn't stop Windows 10 support on October 14. Support will continue for another year, and people can get this support as simply as backing files to OneDrive.
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