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If gen AI is so awesome, why are companies mandating it? Shouldn't its value just become obvious?

I am reminded of something Tim Bray wrote about blockchain years ago:

" I’m an old guy: I’ve seen wave after wave of landscape-shifting technology sweep through the IT space: Personal computers, Unix, C, the Internet and Web, Java, REST, mobile, public cloud. And without exception, I observed that they were initially loaded in the back door by geeks, without asking permission, because they got shit done and helped people with their jobs.

That’s not happening with blockchain. Not in the slightest. Which is why I don’t believe in it."

Quote from https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2017/05/13/Not-Believing-in-Blockchain

I Don’t Believe in Blockchain

ongoing by Tim Bray

lbnvds 2d ago

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Joanna Bryson, blathering 2d ago

Most people cannot relate to trillion-dollar figures on a government ledger. So divide every number by 100 million — drop eight zeros — and federal finances look like a household budget in freefall.
That household earns $52,446 and spends $73,378 — running a $20,932 annual deficit. Its total liabilities and unfunded promises amount to $1,361,788 against just $60,554 in assets, leaving it $1.3 million in the hole. Uncle Sam, by any accounting standard, is insolvent.

lbnvds Mar 11

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice/116127473892309749

Amazing news!

lbnvds Mar 11

LibreOffice Feb 24

Another update for today: We're planning to revive LibreOffice Online, a web-based version of the suite that users can deploy on their own infrastructure: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/24/libreoffice-online-a-fresh-start/

lbnvds Mar 11

dansup Mar 19, 2019

"We have enormous freedom. That’s not a gift that was given to us, it’s a legacy that was left to us by centuries of struggle. By centuries of people that most of whose names are completely forgotten, the ones who created the freedom and the rights we now have, and that will be taken away unless you constantly defend them."

- Noam Chomsky

lbnvds Mar 1

Luis Falcon Mar 1

Acabo de publicar el artículo "El Software Libre se humilla ante Google".

https://meanmicio.org/2026/03/01/el-software-libre-se-humilla-ante-google/
#SoftwareLibre #android #google #privacidad

lbnvds Mar 1

Fesshole 🧻Mar 1

Forced to use AI at work, hate it. Usage is monitored so I can't avoid it. I've set up mine to play a Sim City clone. It burns through tokens, making crap cities that quickly go bankrupt. Just been told that I'm getting a bonus for being a top user.

lbnvds Feb 1

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dansup Jan 26

@lbnvds Yes, it's actually a bit cheaper than a Mastodon server tbh, we have a much more efficient schema/database and use S3 for file storage, but we do need to process videos through ffmpeg, so you do need a decent CPU

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lbnvds Jan 26

@dansup - Are you costing it all by yourself right now? #Loops

lbnvds Jan 26

I’m very excited about #Loops as an alternative to short-video social media. But… How expensive is it to run a server? I’ve read that having a simple mastodon instance can be very expensive, is running a Loops instance is even pricier?