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  • Linux just cracked 10% desktop usage in North America, but no one's sure why

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  • I do buy the argument that the majority of the shift is due to AI bots / agents. Just looking at the robots.txt I had to implement just to try to keep the majority of bots off my websites is insane (literally 160+ lines of user agents).

    But there are some other factors, such as the seemingly steady migration of users from Windows to Linux. I don't buy the Valve hardware argument as much since the majority of those will be used for gaming on Steam, and not likely to be seen by StatCounter or Cloudflare.

  • Linux just cracked 10% desktop usage in North America, but no one's sure why

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  • StatCounter itself has flagged the possibility that some of the new Linux activity could be bot-related, including traffic generated by AI agents and other automated workloads, which would make the jump appear much larger than a shift driven entirely by human users.

    Oh, it's because of AI alright. Because Windows users are tired of it being shoved down their f***ing throats.

    (I'm just being sarcastic for the fun of it…)

  • Xonaly – Canada's Independent Search Engine

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  • Ehh, unless I'm missing something this doesn't seem all that good. I gave it a softball search, and it came back with two answers… Both obviously wrong. (literally it should have comeback with my search term +.community and .social domains. It had neither.)

    Maybe it's still working on building an index?

  • Age verification now required for DNS resolution

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  • My only question is: Did they post the comment too?

  • X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts

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  • My thinking is similar - that there are an overwhelming majority that are state actors. But, my guess is that in the non-state actor accounts it wouldn't just be some accounts that got "swept up" as a side effect. I would be there would likely be some very noticeable targeting of certain types of accounts (ie, those that have social values that are more left leaning, or those that are trying to promote verifiable information that flies in the face of conservative narratives).

  • X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts

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  • I would love to see an independent research team go through all the data from these 800m accounts, and determine which ones were actually state actors, and which were just accounts that Musk personally disagrees with.

  • "Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens

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  • That's not the argument at all. The argument is that there have been warning signs, big flashing warning signs, about the dangers of using AI for years now. Most technology, in general doesn't come with anywhere near as many warnings.

    And, it's been a known fact that people using AI are also training in the AI. That's an active choice that people that signed up for accounts are making.

    So yes, users of this technology are taking an active role in the training of the technology, that makes them complicit.

    That is a far cry from data brokers going out and harvesting public records, or companies tracking your spending habits and feeding that into a database. If those companies then turned around and made a weapon, no I wouldn't point the finger at people whose information got scraped. OTOH - if you continued to use a platform that you know is using you to gather information (aka, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc.) and let them do it, then yeah...you have some level of complicity.

  • "Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens

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  • Making a mistake is one thing. Ignoring the BIG FLASHING WARNING SIGNS is another. There have been massive warning signs around AI for several years. If you looked at the warning signs and proceeded anyway, you deserve what you get.

  • "Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens

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  • That's no judgment on me. I don't use AI. I tried it one night 3-4 years ago, realized that it wasn't ready for widespread adoption, and haven't touched it since.

  • "Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens

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  • Yes, there are applications that can be used for good or evil. But being super reductive and claiming the whole internet has tons of negative uses is ridiculous. The internet itself is a series of protocols running on communications hardware.

    It is up to the users of the applications to judge whether the application is inherently positive or negative, or whether the use of the technology is being handled in a positive and/or ethical manner. And more so, it's up to the user to judge wether the technology aligns with their personal values.

    Social networks: Xitter, Farcebook, Instawhore, TikTok, Reddit... all of them have proven they are platforms of manipulation, so I walked away. In fact, most of them I walked away from before it was shown how just how bad they were.

    Cryptocurrencies: had the opportunity to be good, but grifters set in on them, so I never got involved.

    NFTs: the next generation of CryptoGrifters, stayed away.

    AI: has never been ready to be a public application / platform. That has been apparent for the last 3-5 years. If you didn't read and pay attention to the signs and still signed up for an account despite all the warnings being out there, then yes, you have aided and abetted in the use of the technology in manners that are going to have a severely negative impact on the world.

    Here's the thing: we have a long, long history with technology. We know that it can be used for both good and bad. However, we also should have evolved in our thinking over the past 6-7 decades in terms of how technologies are being applied.

    Nuclear reactors: Mostly good with negative side effects. Judgment on this needed longer terms study to understand it's implication. Nuclear bombs? Clearly evil.

    Cassette recorders, VCRs, CD Recorders: predominantly good, but open to bad uses (i.e., piracy). The balance: mostly good, minimal negative effects

    AI? Potentially good, but immediately threw up huge red flags in terms of negative uses (deep fakes, revenge porn, etc.). Even AI researchers have expressed concerns over the direction of the research.

    The thing is, technology is something that we've lived with since the industrial revolution. Every single technological invention since that time has had major implications for it's impact on society. We can choose, on an individual basis, how that impact is shaped. If you chose to use a technology, then you are better that it's uses will align with your values. Don't cry when it's used in ways that don't align with your values, or is used against you.

  • "Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens

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  • Impossible purity test? That's utter bull crap. There have been many warnings about the negative uses of AI for years now, for example: https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/addressing-the-dark-sides-of-ai/

    To expect people to be able to understand that this use could be expanded to committing state sponsored atrocities is not a stretch.

  • "Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens

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  • Canceling now only means you are not continuing to contribute to the war atrocities that the technology is going to be used for. If you had an account and used it, you have already contributed.

  • "Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens

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  • Honestly - it's too fucking late. Anyone who had an account with OpenAI and used that garbage is already an abbetor and/or accomplice to anything that is done by Hegseth and his henchmen.

  • 'Peanut butter' pay raises could cost companies their top performers

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  • Okay - just reading this headline I somehow thought the cheap-ass bastards running companies were tieing raises to the price of peanut butter. Admittedly it's not much better reading the article, but at least it isn't as stupid as I thought it was.

  • How does one go about contacting the admins of a Piefed instance?

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  • If you don't get a response to a pm, you could go to c/piefed_meta or c/piefed_help - most of the admins will be watching those communities.

  • Good command line ebook reader?

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  • Wow - lue looks pretty cool.

  • Schizophrenia sufferer mistakes smart fridge ad for psychotic episode

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  • True, but this is why we have consumer laws... To correct situations where there is over-reach by corporate entities.

    Admittedly, these laws are insufficient, and the government is inadequate in addressing many situations.

    But, this one I feel there would be a better chance of seeing some action on. Healthcare is a touchy subject in politics, especially the cost of healthcare. Studying and showing the strains this puts on the health system, the consumer and the government resources would have a chance of getting some action.

    Likely it would be an uphill battle, but I still think it's worth pursuing.

  • Schizophrenia sufferer mistakes smart fridge ad for psychotic episode

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  • My question is: how many more people are negatively affected (in a concrete manner, such as this case) by this proliferation of forced garbage?

    I would really like to see a study of exactly these kinds of situations done so the larger social impact can be measured. But, it's not only social impact and there may be financial impacts -- such as the need for this woman to go to a hospital, and now the examination of her medications. All of that costs money, and it's likely money that the taxpayer is shouldering the bill for...no matter what country it is happening in.

  • Ly – A lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD

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  • This looks like a cool project.

  • MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable

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  • I think the mistake is assuming they actually hold all of those beliefs.

    Umm, more like any beliefs. Well, okay, they do hold the belief in their expanding pocketbooks.

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