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Solrac

@ Solrac @lemmy.world

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  • Anthropic: Our position on open-weights models

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  • I believe this is a clear case of projection...

    Because of course, the Country that has an economic bubble, and in that bubble, there's "just a few" that are very Pro AI-Police and AI-Military, and one of those being the one where the CEO wished he could have a drone with "fent--yl laced urine" to rain on anyone who "messes with" them... is kinda funny, don't you think?

    I could go on, but I assume this isn't news to anyone, specially if they follow money trails.

  • New Parody Site Threatens to Replace CEOs With AI for Tiny Fraction of Their Bloated Salaries

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  • Don't threaten me with a good time

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    Tesseract dev injects malicious code into browser to illegally DDOS the dbzer0 instance

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  • You know, I think this whole situation could've been boiled down to just make an instance and defederate, instead we got the FediKaren of the year with their silly obscured list and petty shoddy ahh ddos script.

  • Freenet - Services Without Servers

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  • This is a problem that will likely happen in every network that isn't exposed.

  • Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

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  • You can use vAlpine or other distros that use OpenRC, or init.d Not to mention machine-I'd is use for enterprise deployments, and some encryption

  • PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony's disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox

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  • I'd like to preface by saying I have no intent of invalidating you. However... It is a bit of a journey. If you are nerdy and like seeing how things come together, you will likely enjoy said journey, if you're someone who just wants things to work out of the box, the road might be a little bumpy...

    I may have grown used to tinkering, but I'll admit I enjoy it, I am such a nerd. You shouldn't have to tinker, nor use the terminal nor know all the little details in your distribution, and as a long time linux user, who has found the value of the terminal (so much so I use the drop down version of it) it annoys me that most tutorials even mention it.

    Lately, there's an incredible emphasis on FPS in games, rather than daily drivability or ease of use for newbies, and in my opinion it adds to the choice paralysis. And I'll say up front, Ubuntu, the once popular distro, shouldn't be suggested for newbies, because of some of their choices too. (Notably Snapd)

    Ideally, the journey should start with something that works with your hardware, offers a decent software selection, But also leaves room for exploration should one want to. I'm a sucker for post installation first boot "wizards" that ask what software you'd like, and there aren't enough distros that do this.

    I'll be honest, distro hopping is inevitable. You will eventually want to try something different, and there's nothing wrong with that. But it shouldn't be at the very beginning. But the solace is that, there is more than a single way to tackle any issue in Linux, and very often the simplest isn't the most obvious, nor the one mentioned in tutorials...

    My journey way;

    Ubuntu 9.04 > Xubuntu > Linux Mint Xfce > Linux Mint Cinnamon > KDE Neon > Manjaro KDE > Garuda Linux

    And frankly, I still suggest Linux Mint. I dont think I personally know another that's a good entryway. It does provide what I assume, to be what most people need, and still offers plenty of ROM to grow.

    Ideally Cinnamon, but if you want a lighter desktop, Xfce is decent and complete, and still more customizable than Gnome (without installing extensions)

    Linux is definitely a rabithole, not gonna deny that, you'll find all sorts of people, but ideally, the journey is your own, there is no score for using "hard mode distros", just enjoy the ride at your pace, and don't be afraid of asking for help when you need it.

  • PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony's disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox

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  • No way the classic issue strikes again. Striking fear into the hearts of men...

    The CUPS system is very decent, practically every printer I've owned is supported on it, but to see that there might be one that isn't... 💀

  • PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony's disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox

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  • I'll admit, I don't play games with intrusive anti-sheet, but frankly, I don't remember the last time I had to configure a game on Linux because they mostly run out of the box for me

  • PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony's disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox

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  • When they say that they're eyeing Windows 11 gaming PCs by the reality tmits to game on Linux

  • Grok is more important than clean air, DOJ says

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  • Quintessential USA move right there, almost fundamental.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Solrac @lemmy.world

    AI companies should release environmental impact, commit to clean energy, says UN chief

    apnews.com /article/climate-united-nations-london-guterres-cdba9edbe2081aec15b115d043b5f75c

  • Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress

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  • That is not the flex that they think that it is

  • TikTok Alternative "Loops" is now on Google Play

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  • Isn't made by the peeps that made PixelFed?

  • Trillionaire Elon Musk's Destruction of USAID Takes Food Aid From Millions Facing Deadly Hunger

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  • When people say Billionaires should not exist, this is a very God example of why they shouldn't

  • Fox Is Buying Roku in $22 Billion Deal

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  • I mean a BC-250 is still not a terrible option for a steam machine

  • Nintendo's Palworld Lawsuit Is Falling Apart

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  • Good, maybe with this Nintendo learns their place

  • WhatsApp is the worst app on your Windows 11 PC right now, eating 1.2GB of RAM doing nothing

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  • Your setup, with Win11 and Claude is the bait.

  • OpenAI says China ran a covert campaign to turn Americans against data centers, but used facts that happen to be true

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  • "These dirty commies! Making everyone woke with their factually correct propaganda! They just want lil ol me to not have my american dream!"

  • Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow

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  • Maybe it is because people shame others into using "the most popular" browser, by asking stuff like "who uses X?" or "I use Y, lke a normal person" and so on and so forth. However, spend any time in the privacy-oriented community, and you will find that there is a significant disdain for Chrome, and Edge is never truly accepted as a viable option, and well; Opera, by Chinese scare is also shunned; but more often than not, Privacy-oriented browsers, (to my disappointment, a Chromium-based browser,) Brave is often recommended for most who don't want to tinker, and that's understandable.

    But, when you look at things like the LinkedIn spyware, the aggressive anti-ad and also anti-privacy practices of these "popular" browsers, you really start to question, is it worth it? So tell me, IS IT worth it? My bare minimum is Containers, Chromium has to use an extension that kinda works, but for everyone else, why keep using something that constantly tries to invade your privacy? -- The "Everything spies on you" or "I have nothing to hide" mentalities that try to normalize this are, in my eyes, outright defeatists.

    The question once again, becomes; Why are we allowing this? If we don't get a say; then the trusty old "Vote with your Money" comes into play; cause you always have a choice to switch browsers. We will always have that choice, and yet, I keep seeing the perpetuation of Chrome, and less Brave, and to my personal disdain, even less Firefox-based options, which are objectively better, and have built-in containers (kinda wish you didn't need the extension to unlock it on the toolbar)

    Nothing against you, you provided me with a peak at a concerning common perspective; "Why are you hating?" "If you dislike it so much why don't you suggest something better?" and the far too common, "I dismiss everything you say, because you dislike/hate X" and truth be told, between that, and the in-person shaming and questioning, we ignore everything that is factually wrong, until something like the LinkedIn spyware or an AI Forcefully-yet-Repeatedly being downloaded without your consent, only then do they THINK, but not necessarily commit to switching to something else, the companies know this, and they just keep doing their... questionable practices.

    So, I'm sorry, but yes. Chrome, is a trash browser, one that will continue to invade your privacy. De-googled Chromium would be better than Chrome. Brave is still far better, but it's still Chromium based, that matters because if something affects a Chromium-based browser, there's an exceedingly high chance it'll work on all Chromium-based browsers (again, look at the LinkedIn spyware). I would personally suggest a Firefox-based alternative, simply because a lot of these exploits, which again, are a (Non-Google) Search away (just look at the efforts to remove malware from the chrome store), would simply not affect the browser. Easy suggestions are LibreWolf, WaterFox and the Mullvad Browser.

    Tech isn't meant to be complicated, it's meant to facilitate things, but convenience should never have to come at the cost of bundled consent nor privacy.

  • Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow

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  • And people still use these trash dumpster of a browser?

  • Programming @programming.dev
    Solrac @lemmy.world

    If not Github, where would you host your projects?