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Mereo

@ mereo @piefed.ca

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Mereo is a sociologist who is also a nerd. He believes in open-source software.

I switched from: https://lemmy.ca/u/Mereo

  • A 25-year-old Brazilian video patent just expired, ending a lingering legal headache for Linux

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  • Wait, you don't use an adblocker?!?!?!?!?!

  • First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity

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  • The first flight of the largest battery-electric aircraft to take to the skies lasted nearly half an hour while costing just $5 of electricity. That aviation feat comes at a time when jet fuel prices have skyrocketed because of the US war with Iran.

  • Scammers Are Cloning OnlyFans Creators With AI Telling Fans a Kid Is Sick in the Hospital Then Vanishing With the Cashapp Money

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  • I hope you will have better standards soon.

  • Scammers Are Cloning OnlyFans Creators With AI Telling Fans a Kid Is Sick in the Hospital Then Vanishing With the Cashapp Money

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  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Microsoft never learns, IT admins rage as a new OneDrive app invades Windows 11 and keeps coming back when you remove it

    www.windowslatest.com /2026/08/04/microsoft-never-learns-it-admins-rage-as-a-new-onedrive-app-invades-windows-11-and-keeps-coming-back-when-you-remove-it/

  • Chinese CXMT to Match Micron's DRAM Manufacturing Capacity This Year

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  • Watch how quickly the US government will try to ban them in the name of security. They'll claim that they transmit RAM data to the Chinese government 😛.

  • FreeBSD Just Removed The Last Of Its GPL-Licensed Code

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  • In my opinion, I just don't understand permissive licenses. For example, with FreeBSD's license, companies can essentially "steal" the hard-earned efforts and use them to enrich themselves. For example, FreeBSD could have been a gaming OS, as the PlayStation's OS is FreeBSD. However, they didn't give anything back to the community.

    Copyleft licenses, on the other hand, require companies to contribute any changes they make to the code back to the community so that it benefits the community as a whole. In this case, there's no "stealing", companies need to respect the community's efforts by giving back.

    That's my two cents anyway.

  • Big Companies Are Starting to Hire Again, Defying Predictions of AI Wipeout

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  • In my opinion, AI is here to stay. But OpenAI and Anthropic will suffer because companies realized that don't need a Ferarri all the time, they can do with a Honda (Chinese open-source models) 90% of the time.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Mereo @piefed.ca

    Big Companies Are Starting to Hire Again, Defying Predictions of AI Wipeout

    www.wsj.com /business/big-companies-are-starting-to-hire-again-defying-predictions-of-ai-wipeout-f4974e99

  • AI bet goes awry: Oracle fires 21,000 employees

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  • Chinese open-source models are becoming the norm. You don't need the latest model from ChatGPT (e.g., a Ferrari) to complete your task. A simple Honda will suffice (open-source models), and it uses a lot less energy since it runs on your home or company's infrastructure.

    Because of that, I predict that we're going to see a lot of financial hardship among AI companies.

  • Finished my first coding project in a very long time. A watch face for the Pebble's.

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  • PSA: the bitwarden clients got an upgrade that makes them incompatible with vaultwarden

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  • Thank you for the PSA good friend!

  • New Jersey bans grocery stores from using shoppers' personal data to set prices

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  • And the fact that it is a debate tell you everything about the state of the world today... sigh

  • [AIP] 🎉 Dreeve v5.0.0 released (formerly Statistics for Strava). No more Strava or any 3rd party dependencies.

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  • We should care, vibe coded projects are not maintainable.

  • In addition to hardcoded blocklist, Tesseract downloads secret censorship list at runtime without telling anybody

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  • We need to upvote this to oblivion for maximum visibility. This is disgusting.

  • Self hosted photo options for the family?

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  • I didn't give them their own accounts but you can if you want to.

  • Self hosted photo options for the family?

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  • It does. My Immich installation is behind a reverse proxy, and I simply share the link to the albums with friends and family.

  • I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200

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  • This article ISN'T AI slop.

  • New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is targeting deceptive AI-made apartment listings

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  • When politicians are not beholden to lobbyists, they are truly serving the people because they have no conflicts of interest.

  • Removed

    SpaceX stock sinks below $135 IPO price for the first time(70% off from its peak); SpaceX has lost more than $800 billion in market value from its closing high seen a month ago

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  • Wealthsimple Canada advertised that clients could buy shares at IPO prices, but they couldn't sell their shares right away. Why would I do that?!?

  • Mayor Mamdani Announces Landmark "Click-To-Cancel" Consumer Protection Rules to Ban Subscription Traps and Junk Fees

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  • Doug Ford was not the mayor of Toronto. It was Rob Ford, his brother that was the mayor.

  • Running @lemmy.world
    Mereo @piefed.ca

    For those who had covid symtoms for some time, how did you get back in shape to run?

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Apple seeks to buy memory chips from blacklisted Chinese company

    archive.ph /gmsp3
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Mereo @piefed.ca

    Windows 10 support quietly extended until Oct 2027, as users reject Windows 11

    www.windowslatest.com /2026/06/25/windows-10-support-quietly-extended-until-oct-2027-as-users-reject-windows-11/
  • Linux @programming.dev
    Mereo @piefed.ca

    A Moment in History: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows 2000

    people.freebsd.org /~murray/bsd_flier.html
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Mereo @piefed.ca

    Bill Gates warns AI will take over most jobs and leave humans working just two days a week

    www.the-express.com /tech/tech-news/188384/bill-gates-predicts-world-brink-2-day-work-week-ai-taking-over-most-jobs-2034
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC’s The View

    arstechnica.com /tech-policy/2025/09/after-getting-jimmy-kimmel-suspended-fcc-chair-threatens-abcs-the-view/