Mastodawn

@sil right there with you. Been 2 years for me. I still have episodes when people tell me "Greet your Mom for me." and I think: "And what about my Dad? ... Oh ..."

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David Njoku Mar 1

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crk5 Feb 28

"I worry this attack on Iran undermines the credibility of the FIFA peace prize.."

ArubIslander 🇦🇼 🇳🇱Feb 18

⁂ L. Rhodes Feb 17

Gen AI is an expensive way to create text and images. Right now, much of that cost is being subsidized and hidden, but it will eventually need to be paid. Because charging the actual cost will likely negate most of the value proposition of genAI, the companies that run the big models are focused on altering the social and economic context so that there are big external costs to opting out. E.g. getting companies to fire staff makes it difficult to pivot back away from AI because hiring and training replacement staff can be difficult and costly. Hence, the huge rush and hysterical sense of urgency around adoption: the demand for profitability is an approaching tidal wave, and they need to lock entire industries in before that wave hits.

That's why resistance IN THE PRESENT counts for a great deal. Right now, we have the approaching wave in our favor, and they're counting on cultivating enough dependence before it hits that we'll have no choice to accept the actual costs. The closer they get to locking society into dependence on hyperscale AI systems, the more difficult it becomes to opt out of even the plainly dystopian uses of the technology. And the longer we "wait and see," the less say we may ultimately have in how this technology shapes our society.

ArubIslander 🇦🇼 🇳🇱Feb 15

Mathias Feb 15

"Google has criticized the European Union’s intentions to achieve digital sovereignty through open-source software."

Umm...ok...I think I can see why they did that, but lets read further...

"The company [Google] warned that Brussels’ policies aimed at reducing dependence on American tech companies could harm competitiveness. "

Yeah. For Google itself it can definitely "harm [their] competetiveness".

"According to Google, the idea of replacing current tools with open-source programs would not contribute to economic growth."

Correct again, if you ARE Google. If everyone start using open-source alternatives it will most likely not contribute to Googles economic growth.

It quite likely will contribute to economic growth for a bunch of smaller/new companies. It will also open the playing field for software development which still being possible for anyone to verify/test/check/view the source code to ensure there are no flaws in there, or algorithms for tracking people based on advertising goals.

They are kind of correct too in that it will probably cause a temporary set-back in economic growth for all those companies that live under the illusion of "there should always be growth and we will do anything to make that happen", but I consider that a good thing. When that speed bump has been passed there will be an opportunity to do a controlled/reasonable acceleration.

Given that Google has removed the "Don't be evil" from their Mission Statement, for unknown reason, I think it is wise, for many different reasons, to cut down on the dependence on Google (and Microsoft, Facebook etc), and to look at alternatives. Ideally open-source ones that can be scrutinized by anyone who wishes to do so.

https://lemmy.world/post/43144736

#google #opensource #eu #europe

ArubIslander 🇦🇼 🇳🇱Feb 15

Sid 🇵🇸Feb 15

Say it with me now:

AI is designed to *sound* correct
It is not designed to *be* correct

ArubIslander 🇦🇼 🇳🇱Dec 26

@galacticstone You are running a C=64, emulated or not, for the first time aren't you?

ArubIslander 🇦🇼 🇳🇱Dec 25

@galacticstone What C=64 emulator are you using that has a BASİC compiler built in? The KERNALNROM comes with the BASİC interpreter built in.

ArubIslander 🇦🇼 🇳🇱Nov 8

NL Linux Gebruikers Groep Nov 8

Graag brengen wij nogsmaals de aandacht aan het volgende:

De #consumentenbond doet voor de #digitaalgids onderzoek naar #Linux als #alternatief op Windows. Hiervoor zijn ze in gesprek met onder andere de #NLLGG, maar ze horen ook graag van jou. Ze hebben al enorm veel reacties binnen, maar meer is altijd welkom. Ze lezen alles is ons gezegd 😉.

Gebruik jij Linux (Mint of anders) en wil je #bijdragen? Hier vind je meer info: https://www.consumentenbond.nl/digitaalgids/digitaalgids-uitgelicht/ervaring-met-linux

Deel je ervaringen met Linux | Consumentenbond

De Digitaalgids zoekt mensen die ervaring hebben met de overstap naar Linux of de stap willen wagen.

ArubIslander 🇦🇼 🇳🇱Nov 8

Michael Boelen Nov 8

Heb jij ervaring met Linux en/of open source software?

Dan hoort de @nllgg graag van jou als mogelijke spreker voor een presentatie. De eerstvolgende mogelijkheid is 10 jan 2026.

Uit ervaring kan ik zeggen: Het is een fijne omgeving voor zowel beginnende als ervaren sprekers. Ook qua onderwerp past het eigenlijk altijd wel als het tegen #Linux of #opensource aan zit.

Kom jij ook een keer spreken? Laat het dan weten aan @zandbelt

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