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  3. Comment on AI the product vs AI the feature in ~tech

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    I feel like - at least to a degree - what’s going on with the AI hype is sort of a bubble. I’m more interested in what companies are doing in response, personally. Meta as far as I can tell has...

    I feel like - at least to a degree - what’s going on with the AI hype is sort of a bubble. I’m more interested in what companies are doing in response, personally. Meta as far as I can tell has not done much with their AI recently, Apple is integrating it into iOS and MacOS is ways that make sense, while Microsoft and Google seem to be hedging a lot on it, though indeed 95% of that is marketing.

    I don’t expect the AI startups that have appeared in the last couple years to be successful for very long.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    I’ve not been watching much anime lately but I intend on rewatching Kill La Kill here soon, saw it last year and it might be one of my favorites.

    I’ve not been watching much anime lately but I intend on rewatching Kill La Kill here soon, saw it last year and it might be one of my favorites.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on archive.org went down today in ~tech

  6. Comment on archive.org went down today in ~tech

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    I was quite surprised when I noticed. It seems they experienced a power failure.

    I was quite surprised when I noticed. It seems they experienced a power failure.

    7 votes

  8. Comment on What is your opinion of the ActivityPub protocol? in ~comp

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    In my own opinion Bluesky's AT Protocol seems to be much better than ActivityPub, however the development of both the protocol and bluesky itself seems to be taking a long time, which can harm its...

    In my own opinion Bluesky's AT Protocol seems to be much better than ActivityPub, however the development of both the protocol and bluesky itself seems to be taking a long time, which can harm its success I believe.
    https://atproto.com/guides/overview

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Any ThinkPad enthusiasts here? in ~tech

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    I'm currently waiting on shipping for a T480 with a GeForce MX150 built in. I'm hoping to upgrade to that from my T430 I have gotten a shit ton of use out of.

    I'm currently waiting on shipping for a T480 with a GeForce MX150 built in. I'm hoping to upgrade to that from my T430 I have gotten a shit ton of use out of.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Any suggestions for getting into DnD? in ~games.tabletop

  11. Comment on Tildes Userscript: Tildezy in ~tildes

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    Hey, trying it out now this script is fantastic. Do you plan on turning it into a proper browser extension?

    Hey, trying it out now this script is fantastic. Do you plan on turning it into a proper browser extension?

    1 vote

  13. Any suggestions for getting into DnD?

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    I've been interested in getting into it for the last few years but haven't managed to get started, no one I know personally is into it, and within online communities I'm a part of I sometimes miss...

    I've been interested in getting into it for the last few years but haven't managed to get started, no one I know personally is into it, and within online communities I'm a part of I sometimes miss dates for campaigns, often due to my work schedule.

    18 votes

  14. Comment on Free wiki farm Miraheze will shut down in ~tech

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    This is honestly terrible news. I used Miraheze a couple times a few years ago to host wikis, and they were fantastic to work with.

    This is honestly terrible news. I used Miraheze a couple times a few years ago to host wikis, and they were fantastic to work with.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Back in November me and two of my friends participated in a web application competition through the career technical organization we were members of. We created a social media gaming website using...

    Back in November me and two of my friends participated in a web application competition through the career technical organization we were members of. We created a social media gaming website using Flask and TailwindCSS. We also had to get it operational on the net, which given our IT class is traditionally about computer networking, it was the easy part (besides setting up the web server itself).

  16. Comment on What operating system do you run your home servers on? in ~tech

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    For me it's pihole on an old Dell Inspiron mini from the early 2010s, running Debian.

    For me it's pihole on an old Dell Inspiron mini from the early 2010s, running Debian.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on The most liberating decision: just deleted my Reddit account in ~tech

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    I fully agree. Looking back at these I kind of realized that I genuinely miss being active in some of the subreddits I was active in during middle school and high school, and how it feels...

    I fully agree. Looking back at these I kind of realized that I genuinely miss being active in some of the subreddits I was active in during middle school and high school, and how it feels disappointing to see the website become what it is today. It's almost like a slow betrayal with how reddit has gradually lost what made it seem special, and I didn't realize how bad things have become as I had been using third party clients and old reddit + RES.

    While I hope Reddit reverses their decision, I honestly doubt they will.

    7 votes

  18. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    That was the turn off for me when I joined back in 2020. Now it seems like that problem is solved for the time being, though I suspect it can't continue if the invite system stays in place...

    That was the turn off for me when I joined back in 2020. Now it seems like that problem is solved for the time being, though I suspect it can't continue if the invite system stays in place indefinitely. Of course doing away with that would probably cause the site to need more than one admin, with all of the reddit refugees.

    I'm certainly tuning in to see how this goes now :)

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Cities: Skylines II | Official gameplay trailer in ~games

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    Ah my mistake lmao, that suddenly makes perfect sense. I remember outrage about it but forgot given I never had the chance to play it.

    Ah my mistake lmao, that suddenly makes perfect sense.
    I remember outrage about it but forgot given I never had the chance to play it.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Reddit appears to be down during blackout day 1 in ~tech

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    In my own experience I was late to making one of my subreddits private, and I couldn't get into reddit for about an hour to get it done. Strangely navigating through my pms worked though. Now that...

    In my own experience I was late to making one of my subreddits private, and I couldn't get into reddit for about an hour to get it done. Strangely navigating through my pms worked though. Now that the site is back up I honestly find it hilarious to see that r/AnarchyChess is on r/all currently when it wasn't being actively moderated for a short period of time.

    10 votes