[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 8 points 4 days ago

Well, that's good. The less features the site has the better. Here's to hoping they'll fade to obscurity!

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 20 points 6 days ago

"the job market is so fucked up so but I've done a lot of open source work, here's my Github"

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 58 points 1 month ago

This is the moment in Scooby-Doo where the gang unmasks the person they've just caught and underneath is just the Microsoft Bing logo

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 61 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The only AI function I could see myself using is one that would summarize 15 minute youtube videos into coherent readable text in blog format. That would be nice. Especially when they're posted like this, just links without much context.

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Pulling this off requires high privileges in the network, so if this is done by intruder you're probably having a Really Bad Day anyway, but might be good to know if you're connecting to untrusted networks (public wifi etc). For now, if you need to be sure, either tether to Android - since the Android stack doesn't implement DHCP option 121 or run VPN in VM that isn't bridged.

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 35 points 2 months ago

Someone being enraged about snap on behalf of Windows users was certainly a take I didn't know I needed.

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Teaching kids good, healthy anticapitalist values is important. It's also good to teach them some basic computing and privacy skills, because they're not going to get that anywhere else. They're going to be under lot of social peer pressure to have the latest phones and being connected on social media, consuming information from algorithms.They need to understand how to minimize the harm from Meta and the big tech.

Same applies to the copyright industry and their practices (along with corps who are heavily anti-repair like Apple) - they need to understand the exploitation model of capitalism and lobbying - from there, let them make their own choices.

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 96 points 2 months ago

Gamers are so fucking weird. Really enjoyed the show. Hope they make 2nd season.

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 80 points 2 months ago

Luckily I've changed my default OS to Linux

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 46 points 3 months ago

2024: Blizzard discovers enshittification and embraces it fully.

Rossman does rant quite a bit in his videos, but he's often very spot on.

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My current Dell XPS 13 has been my trusty old companion for the past 4.5 years and I'm very happy with it.
Inevitably, the battery isn't what it used to be anymore - it won't reach full charge anymore and discharges in 2-3 hours of normal use (webrowsing, coding etc).

I could replace the battery, but at 4.5 years, I guess it's time for an upgrade.

My general requirements:

  • Good Linux support
  • Portable (13-14")
  • Great battery life
  • Good keyboard
  • A nice screen that doesn't have too much glare
  • At least 16Gb RAM / 1Tb SSD

This is my work machine so I'm not especially budget-sensitive.
Durable build would be awesome, I travel quite a lot and it gets banged around in my bag.
I work in cybersecurity and do coding, so it doesn't need "content creator" features. The less "bells and whistles", the better.
I'd love a microSD-card slot.
I think I'd melt of happiness if it also has a HDMI port.
I don't game on this machine (except chess.com, lol) , so don't really need gfx performance.
I don't need touchscreen or 2-in-1 functions.
Reasonable mic/cam - but I think that's pretty much given on a modern high-end laptop..

I'm thinking I'm probably going with new Dell XPS 13 or some ThinkPad variant, but I'd be happy to hear some suggestions and experiences (both good and bad) of recent purchases from the community.

Ps. Framework/System76 don't ship here. Unfortunately. I'm stuck with the big-corpo brands.

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 87 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In a memo sent to employees Mozilla says it wants to bring “trustworthy AI into Firefox”. To help it do this sooner it’s merging its Pocket, content, and AI/Ml teams.

Yeah, I'm not sure this is the "renewed focus" we're looking for, chief

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 49 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Once, not so long ago, streaming was more convenient than pirating. But, as expected the commercial services went through their Standard Cycle of Enshittification and now we either let ourselves get flogged by 50 competing predatory services or just take the easy way and sail the high seas.

The choice is not that hard. Yarr.

Of course this returns us to the state where the streaming companies who have literally "enshitted their own beds" now turn to legislators and policymakers (who they hated, just couple of weeks ago) to ask them to provide some "law and order" to this unruly mob and to defend the corporations right to put thumbscrews on the population for ever increasing profits.

And so it goes.

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[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 40 points 5 months ago

So hear me out. What if we took $6.9M out of the CEO bonus and dropped the Mozilla AI project?
Maybe that would be enough to hire a maintainer or two for Firefox iOS port?
Maybe that could work?
I don't know, just an idea. Crazy.

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Our AI-generated future is going to be fantastic.

Archive link, so you don't have to visit Substack: https://archive.is/hJIWk

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