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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
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Comment on In China, the AI bubble has already burst in ~finance
crulife LinkProducing something at 0% market price just to spite your geopolitical competition isn't profitable, it turns out. Shocking. If anything, this should give the western AI companies more room to...Producing something at 0% market price just to spite your geopolitical competition isn't profitable, it turns out. Shocking.
If anything, this should give the western AI companies more room to operate, not less.
Given how Anthropic is about to IPO, I'll just say that this is not an investment advice in any way or form.
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Comment on Tildes exclusive: the Ethoscore Project in ~creative
crulife LinkDo you enable custom weights, or do you make the ethical judgments for your users? I'm sure there's a lot of variance between what different people want. For instance, in the current world...Do you enable custom weights, or do you make the ethical judgments for your users? I'm sure there's a lot of variance between what different people want.
For instance, in the current world situation, I would like to find all companies that work with Russia in any way and ban all of them from my personal consideration. As for China, I'm not so strict, but would prefer not to get anything produced there. Other countries are mostly fine by me.
Another would be fossilized fuels, anyone working on those would be a big no no.
3rd thing: political opinions of company leaders and owners. That'd be an interesting angle possibly.
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Comment on How do you handle being around other people? in ~talk
crulife LinkI like being around most people but it's exhausting. So I take breaks.I like being around most people but it's exhausting. So I take breaks.
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Comment on Pete Hegseth barred trans troops. US military boards are rejecting those orders. in ~society
crulife Link ParentCould be a simple recognition that their defense secretary is actually honestly incompetent. Like not just a bad person, or someone with bad politics, but actually bad at what he's supposed to be...The Marine decision is honestly shocking though,
Could be a simple recognition that their defense secretary is actually honestly incompetent. Like not just a bad person, or someone with bad politics, but actually bad at what he's supposed to be doing. I imagine they hate being ordered by obviously incompetent leaders more than many other people.
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Comment on Non-queer men of Tildes: PLEASE consider before commenting on ~life.women and ~lgbt without careful consideration. We are losing members over this issue. in ~tildes
crulife Link ParentUsing the same logic, would #YesAllMuslims be a good slogan?Using the same logic, would #YesAllMuslims be a good slogan?
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Comment on #YesAllMen #NotAllMen #MaybeSomeMen How to be better? in ~life.men
crulife Link ParentYou are being a toxic person and I demand that you stop that.You are being a toxic person and I demand that you stop that.
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Comment on #YesAllMen #NotAllMen #MaybeSomeMen How to be better? in ~life.men
crulife (edited )LinkI'm in the perhaps rather rare position of being a heterosexual man who has been seriously harassed by another man, so I don't find it hard to imagine what women have to face. But that didn't help...I'm in the perhaps rather rare position of being a heterosexual man who has been seriously harassed by another man, so I don't find it hard to imagine what women have to face.
But that didn't help much in my 20s and 30s, because when you're in the situation where you might be the man who stops himself or another man from being a toxic moron, you mostly react from the gut. If you want to be able to do the right thing, you gotta have a strong foundation to push that action from. You have to be mentally strong, confident, most likely also physically strong, and you have to have your life in order. Having fuck you money doesn't hurt, in case you have to act against your employer or something like that. Perhaps a bit ironically, this is the kind of stuff Jordan Peterson talked a lot about when he was still sort of sane and not yet trapped by a culture war.
Now I have many of these things, and I've become pretty good at controlling myself, I think. But controlling others is still a thing that doesn't come easily.
#YesAllMen is ragebait and/or clickbait. Better just block them. Incidentally, it's roughly the same idea as when far right-wingers accuse all 2 billion muslims of not doing enough to combat the problem when a tiny subset of them does something evil. This is also why I didn't watch the video, so apologies if I'm arguing against something that was never said.
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Comment on Non-queer men of Tildes: PLEASE consider before commenting on ~life.women and ~lgbt without careful consideration. We are losing members over this issue. in ~tildes
crulife (edited )Link ParentGenerally speaking, it's the reverse of "I have experienced this so it's a real issue", which might also be false. People often experience things that are not true, just like they might have not...'I haven't seen/experienced this so it's not a real issue.'
What happens in your mind/body/emotions that allows you to construct such strange logic?
Generally speaking, it's the reverse of "I have experienced this so it's a real issue", which might also be false. People often experience things that are not true, just like they might have not experienced things that are.
Of course, I wouldn't consider it polite to barge in to a specific discussion with that angle.
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Comment on What can be done about Linux being slopified? in ~tech
crulife Link ParentFrom a Finnish perspective, he's like an unironically enlightened centrist with an european liberal slant. There's a reason why he moved out of the welfare heaven of Finland to USA and I suspect...From a Finnish perspective, he's like an unironically enlightened centrist with an european liberal slant. There's a reason why he moved out of the welfare heaven of Finland to USA and I suspect it's not about the weather.
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Comment on Ukraine struck Yandex data centers, Russian bots went silent—now questions are mounting in ~society
crulife (edited )Link Parenthttps://dashboards.cluvio.com/dashboards/qxny-9e5q-k65v/shared?filters=%7B%22platform_filter%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22political_content%22%3A%5B%22political%22%5D%2C%22political_lean%22%3A%5B%5D%7D&reportI...Zelenskyi is provably correct (unless those stats are fabricated, I guess).
This should be huge news.
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Comment on SpaceXAI joins Omacom and gives $1.5m Grok tokens for Omarchy in ~tech
crulife (edited )Link ParentThe comment I replied to suggested that what Omarchy adds could be done by any individual by just writing configuration. That's the idea I was challenging.The comment I replied to suggested that what Omarchy adds could be done by any individual by just writing configuration. That's the idea I was challenging.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
crulife Link ParentI've been playing the whole game with +400% damage output and I think the fights are a waste of my time. Cannot imagine what it would've been on normal settings :-oI've been playing the whole game with +400% damage output and I think the fights are a waste of my time. Cannot imagine what it would've been on normal settings :-o
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Comment on Ukraine hits second major tech site, expanding range of targets inside Russia in ~society
crulife Link ParentAll guessing of course. Have to go with circumstancial evidence, like for instance every time Musk or Trump is angry at Zelenskyi, he obviously did something right. And they both are, right now....All guessing of course. Have to go with circumstancial evidence, like for instance every time Musk or Trump is angry at Zelenskyi, he obviously did something right. And they both are, right now.
Could be just diesel prices and the fear of losing big in midterms, of course.
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Comment on Ukraine hits second major tech site, expanding range of targets inside Russia in ~society
crulife LinkGreat timing for destroying the russotrolls' platforms. They would certainly be influencing the US elections. I hope they can knock them all out. Already even X looks like somehow like a cleaner...Great timing for destroying the russotrolls' platforms. They would certainly be influencing the US elections. I hope they can knock them all out.
Already even X looks like somehow like a cleaner place, and Musk is seething.
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Comment on SpaceXAI joins Omacom and gives $1.5m Grok tokens for Omarchy in ~tech
crulife Link ParentHow did they manage to do that? When did you try it?it took multiple attempts to even boot
How did they manage to do that? When did you try it?
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Comment on SpaceXAI joins Omacom and gives $1.5m Grok tokens for Omarchy in ~tech
crulife Link ParentGnome has had more work done on it, in some sense over several decades, so it's of course more polished. I feel like you're arguing against something I didn't say.Gnome has had more work done on it, in some sense over several decades, so it's of course more polished. I feel like you're arguing against something I didn't say.
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Comment on SpaceXAI joins Omacom and gives $1.5m Grok tokens for Omarchy in ~tech
crulife Link ParentIs that what you feel or what you have witnessed? Genuine question since like I said I haven't tried it myself.Is that what you feel or what you have witnessed? Genuine question since like I said I haven't tried it myself.
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Comment on SpaceXAI joins Omacom and gives $1.5m Grok tokens for Omarchy in ~tech
crulife (edited )Link ParentYes, at the start of the project, but no, not at this point. As it stands, omarchy has almost 7000 commits from over 560 contributors. That's an amount of polish you cannot just do yourself, even...could you not just do most of this yourself with any old distro?
Yes, at the start of the project, but no, not at this point. As it stands, omarchy has almost 7000 commits from over 560 contributors. That's an amount of polish you cannot just do yourself, even with heavy LLM usage.
That said, I haven't tried it myself, and possibly never will. But it's not honest to say that it's nothing.
Context: been a Linux user for 30 years, also spent some of it developing one of the major ones.
Is this just a way for AI companies to funnel money into a distro to try and have their models being a bigger priority for usage in said distro?
I think they're just excited and hence motivated about things happening on their side of the political fence. Whatever that side is.
They also hired a security lead and announced a $100K security bug bounty program. https://omarchy.org/news/2026/10/omarchy-launches-bug-bounty-program-on-hackerone/
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Comment on Unofficial Linux app for music streaming service Qobuz QBZ shut down after receiving cease and desist letter in ~music
crulife (edited )Link ParentSeemed like corporatespeak to me. But that's probably subjective. I'll still judge their actions over their words, and their actions were obviously hostile.Seemed like corporatespeak to me. But that's probably subjective. I'll still judge their actions over their words, and their actions were obviously hostile.
(copying a post over here that I made for last week a bit late)
Interview With The Vampire keeps being pretty great still. Going on S2E5. Some of the actors are superb -- Sam Reid as Lestat, Ben Daniels as Santiago to mention a few -- and the others are at least ok. The character of Louis is unfortunately a pretty weak one, also in the books, so even though I don't quite like Jacob Anderson's portrayal, it's probable that the character is just ... like that.
And I just heard that it was renewed for a fourth season.
Fun meme from an interview with Anne Rice: https://i.redd.it/aegeht12lcnh1.jpeg -- yeahp, the series stays true to the source material in that way. The book and especially this adaptation drift to blatant romantasy at times.