sgtlion

joined 3 years ago
[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

If you have Gemini installed, and if you're running Google Android, then yeah, you never were in control of your phone anyway

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 65 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Because the US is what the article is referring to in regards to technofeudalism.

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Since when is China fascist in any sense of the word?

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 43 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (10 children)

Isn't America the one with huge overinvested private AI company bubbles, that are all closed- source, and whose only chances at profits come from ignoring small creators' copyright?

Meanwhile China's contribution to the common good includes open sourcing one of the most efficient models to date, enabling anybody with a half- decent home computer to run one.

Not saying it's perfect, but that's a meaningful difference in attitude.

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

This has literally always been a thing. Who's "invading"???

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 1 points 6 days ago

Great, I know everyone's biggest bugbear of modern life was enjoying the absolute sliver of communication we get to do in this hyper atomised world. Good thing they're automating that away.

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

It's very Corbyn reminiscent. Amazing how scared the slightest electoral progress makes them.

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Once they open these stores, absolutely everyone will buy their groceries from Shady Joe's Discount Foods of Unstated Origin! Especially the people who can afford food from private stores.

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

This is true of many games even on non-game-optimized Linux distros. Windows' bulky driver stack and windowing has long been catching up to itself

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm on Fedora - Nvidia drivers used to be an issue for me some years back, but since then it's all automatic, I haven't even thought about drivers since buying my 3060.

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

Cromwell trying to cancel Christmas was basically his worst move

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'll concede this to a minor degree, but basically every president is business as usual but worse

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