Even the Oxford comma couldn't save that one.
I hope you're right.
Yes, that's the catch. Maybe we can encourage ridicule directed only at "society-level" behaviours and make it clear that individual quirks are off-limits.
How would you rate the odds of all those things happening in order for your scenario to come true?
You obliquely touched on a pet theory of mine. We s a society have for decades now rallied against public shaming and bullying and that kind of thing, but I wonder if we've gone too far with it —antisocial behaviours are left to run unchecked, whereas 100 years ago these people would have been mercilessly mocked to their face every day. Without the fear of that public mockery and ridicule, we get this.
I like Jason but he completely missed the boat on this one.
The active migration away from social media networks that are owned, controlled by, and distorted by the richest men and most powerful companies in the world to a decentralized platform that is not owned and controlled by billionaires is one of the more hopeful things to happen in what has largely been a bleak year for the human internet as AI slop infects everything and billionaires put their thumbs on the scale of what we see on social media.
He says this and yet jumps to Bluesky, a platform created by Jack Dorsey and now owned and managed by a crypto bro? You don't need powers of prophecy to see where Bluesky is headed.
That's great in theory. How are you going to force foreign actors to do it?
"Russia, stop spamming Facebook with all that manipulative fake garbage"
"Oh OK you only had to ask. Sorry about that"
This all highlights how many loopholes and deficiencies there are in a system that prides itself so much on checks and balances.
I don't think it's practical or even really possible to remove all fake content. The safer and far more effective solution IMO is to digitally sign authentic content instead, and assume that anything unsigned is fake.
I often wonder what the world would look like if Sufism were the dominant doctrine.
I had to look up the vaguely Kurdistan-looking flag in the background — for anyone else wondering, it's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Êzîdxan_Protection_Force
And the other flag is of course the pre-revolution flag of Iran (which always reminds me of St. Mark's Lion on the flag of the Venetian Republic)
I agree, but the problem is that the media (encouraged by tech companies) use the sci-fi definition, and the layman doesn't know any better.
Right, I forgot he singlehandedly destroyed the USSR, which was a glorious utopia until his leadership and would totally still be around today otherwise. Thanks for the correction.
LLMs are AI in the same way that the lane assist on my car is AI. Tech companies, however, very carefully and deliberately play up LLMs as being AGI or close to it. See for example toe convenient fear-mongering over the "risks" of AI, as though ChatGPT will become Skynet.
It reads to me like "hey we're still working on stuff here, please subscribe!". If it were to be merged with Proton I'd expect silence and no changes.
He's just trolling us at this point.
I really hope as a Proton Unlimited subscriber I’ll have access to the full version of Standard Notes eventually,
I was hoping for the same, but this announcement makes me think that won't happen.
Absolutely, I don't trust them at all. There's a reason I'm on Mastodon and not either of the corporate platforms. It is nice to at least be able to follow people there though, and interact with them.
AFAIK that's still the case, yes. I don't have a Bluesky (or Threads) account so I can't confirm.
Bsky federates. I follow several people from my Mastodon profile.
Edit: I should add a caveat here. Federation doesn't work as smoothly as Threads yet. You have to use a bridge service: https://fed.brid.gy/
‘China is not Cuba’s sugar daddy’: ties between communist nations weaken
In which China tells Cuba that it should stop being so communist if it wants to succeed:
>China publicly supports Cuba’s right to choose its own path to economic development “in line with its national conditions”, but privately Chinese officials have long urged the Cuban leadership to shift from its vertically planned economy to something closer to the Chinese model, according to economists and diplomats briefed on the situation.
>Chinese officials have been perplexed and frustrated at the Cuban leadership’s unwillingness to decisively implement a market-oriented reform programme despite the glaring dysfunction of the status quo, the people said.
Why does VirtualBox keep launching on boot?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/28766034
> Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?
Based on recommendations in that thread, I also checked:
/etc/systemd/system /etc/default/ vboxautostart.service KDE "restore session" settings
Any ideas are much appreciated!
Why does VirtualBox keep launching on boot?
Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?
Is there any reason I shouldn't visit?
My wife and I are thinking of going to CR this winter, but we have a few other potential destinations on our shortlist. Talk me out of going to Costa Rica!
It's hip to be square(ish)
I don't think I've seen anyone else here with an 8:9 monitor, so I'll break the ice! The color theme is Layan Light; everything else is stock KDE.
Why do you grow mushrooms? What for?
I stumbled upon this community for the first time a few minutes ago. I like gardening and houseplants, but never heard of people recretionally growing mushrooms of the non-magical kind. Is it for food?
In unsurprising news, Reddit prepares IPO
Reddit's cofounder Steve Huffman said in its early days he filled up most of the site with content using different accounts until it got more users.
> Now the social media platform is aiming for an IPO in the first quarter of 2024 with a valuation of $15 billion, and has been in talks with potential investors like Goldman Sachs and and Morgan Stanley, per Bloomberg.
Fifth Order of Angels (1974 radio broadcast)
This was recorded in Cleveland for a radio broadcast; the tape became available as a bootleg and is known as one of the most important ones in the band's history.
It's the first-ever recording of "Fly by Night" and only their third performance with Neil. We can hear snippets of what would later become "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" in the Working Man solo.
A quote from Geddy regarding bootlegs:
>A lot of people say 'It takes away from record sales' but [...] the fact is that any fan who buys a bootleg is still going to buy your record. So, who is it harming?
USB webcam lagging only in Zoom?
Sorry if this community isn't the right place to ask — I got a USB webcam that works great in Teams, but lags tremendously (3-4 seconds) in Zoom. I doubt the Zoom app is introducing that lag on its own, but how would I troubleshoot this?
This is on EndeavourOS (basically Arch)
Geddy Lee interview w/Ian Hanomansing
Good interview with Geddy about his autobiography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkvpWMTuUI
LG DualUp (899 - 220 = 679)
Get more information on the LG 28MQ780-B Click for pictures, reviews, and tech specs for the LG 27.6-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor with Ergo Stand and USB Type-C™
Just picked one up. This is the best price I've seen this year. Very strange monitor but awesome for work - it even serves as a USB-C docking station with 90W power delivery.
Why does Pandoc get updated nearly every day?
Please forgive the noobish question, but what's going on with a document converter that it gets such frequent updates (and by extension forces a ton of Haskell updates)?
Trying Fedora. Never rebooted so often in my life
Even back in the Windows 3.1 or 95 days I didn't have to reboot this often - sometimes twice a day. Seems a bit excessive?
File permissions on mounted drive - can read/write but can't drag into apps?
RESOLVED: it was caused by the app being flatpak. use Flatseal!
I have a network drive mounted to my computer (PopOS). I have read & write access to everything in the drive and can drag and drop files between two Nautilus windows, but if I try to drag a file from the network drive into an email for example, I get a popup about file permissions. Is it because flatpak apps don't inherit my user permissions?
Finally using Linux full-time thanks to PopOS
I've been using Linux on and off for about 15 years, but was never able to make the leap to using it full-time until PopOS. It's been painless to use and does everything I need with only minor tweaks. Thank you System76! I can't wait until the Cosmic DE is released.
(too bad about the name, though...)
Using Linux for work - need a good email/contacts/calendar system
(apologies in advance if this isn't the right community for this question)
I've been flirting with Linux on and off for about 15 years and I think I'm ready to make the switch mostly full-time. I use a laptop for work and have a Microsoft 365 plan with email and such. I need to replace that with something Linux-friendly and would much prefer something that works with a desktop email client. Easy syncing of email, contacts and calendar to Android is a must.
Proton seems like it might be a good option but the privacy features aren't a huge selling point for me so I'm open to other options!
Great interview with Alex by Chris Shiflett
Chris (Foo Fighters guitarist) did a great job here. Nice interview with some gear and history insights by Alex and a breakdown of the Limelight solo.