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msage ,

Don't scare me like that

msage ,

Crypto fellaz always forget that we actually have this solution in most databases, and it's called write-ahead-log.

msage ,

There is - Firefox

msage ,

I know, precisely. But it is an alternative without this nonsense, kinda the only one. And the only option to actually stop the Google monopoly that led to this.

msage ,

Just post the sources first, arguing emotionally with 'trust me bro' should get the exact response it's gotten.

msage ,

I went to Linux because a colleague next to me handed me a Fedora DVD after having issues with company Windows.

I installed Linux many times on various hardware configurations since then.

I don't think I've ever had a pain installing it, perhaps once when Ubuntu had messed up installer with custom LUKS setup.

msage ,

While I agree with your attitude, the whole 'laissez-fair' thing is probably a misunderstanding:

There is nothing we can do to stop the AI.

Nothing.

The genie is out of the bottle, the Pandora's box has been opened, everything is out and it won't ever return. The world will never be the same, and it's irrelevant what people think.

That's why we need to better understand the post-AI world we created, and figure out what do to now.

Also, to hell with CP. (feels weird to use the word 'fuck' here)

msage ,

I hear you, and I don't necessarily disagree with you, I just know that's not how anything works.

Regulations work for big companies, but there isn't a big company behind this specific case. And those small-time users have run away and you can't stop them.

It's like trying to regulate cameras to not store specific images. Like, I get the sentiment, but sorry, no. It's not that I would not like that, it's just not possible.

msage ,

Physical things are much easier to regulate than software, much less serverless.

We already regulate certain images, and it matters very little.

The bigger payoff will be from educating the public and accepting that we can't win every war.

msage ,

Fuck matrix.org, just selfhost.

msage ,

I use Matrix for my personal 1 on 1 chats with family and friends, so dunno

msage ,

What passwords where?

msage ,

I don't know, I have a couple of tracks that I love, but could never get them in FLAC. I listen to them on a very high volume and always feel like there are bits that would feel smoother if they were lossless. I am unable to confirm or deny that.

msage ,

I mean, bash is a code.

Till next time

msage ,

Please add some eyelashes too!

msage ,

Damn, I was looking forward to the Jesus API

msage ,

Use Gentoo, add -telemetry to FLAGS, so every software will be built without it - no spyware.

You can /s me later.

msage ,

Reminded me how Windows would set the hardware clock to different timezone that Linux uses, can't remember which.

It would make my blood boil, that's when I decided to never boot it again. 100% Linux everywhere, I get it on routers when I can.

msage ,

I will never expect Windows to respect any preference. Updates burnt me too many times.

Linux for life.

msage ,

Not anymore I'm not, you are correct.

Also wrote that earlier.

msage ,

laughs in Gentoo

msage ,

Remember the South Park movie, when they wanted to invade, and when their visualisation failed, called for Bill Gates?

msage ,

Using a population of hundreds of millions billions

Billions of people were vaccinated. Hardly anything happened.

msage ,

Wasn't the immunity against covid relatively short-lived? I remember something about even getting covid not building long-term resistance, so that would mean that even the vaccine did reverse its effect at some point.

What I absolutely despise, and my own friend brought up in an online conversation, was the abortion embryos.

He claimed abortion clinics everywhere were a conspiracy to harvest matter for the vaccines, all government controlled.

After nagging him a lot, he provided a link from which he wanted to prove his claim.

Surprise surprise, the journalistic piece only said there were cells used to develop the vaccine, mostly for testing, from a single embryo from like 1970s.

We are both from Europe btw.

msage ,

My own mother told me shit like this. Also "they" will turn off the electricity, internet, water,... omg

msage ,

In Europe you can return the Windows licence and get your money back... at least I think you should be able to.

msage ,

I tried to get our team to move to Matrix when COVID hit and there was no infrastructure for remote work.

It was such a shame that it was that exact time Jitsi had issues with Firefox (which most of us use), so we couldn't videochat.

If Jitsi had that resolved immediately, we perhaps could have used something open for at least couple of years. Maybe others would follow suit.

Oh well. Teams it is.

msage ,

But I also harp a lot to my superiors about donating to open-source projects we utilize, make loads of money thanks to them, yet never give anything back.

I kinda get that some projects with limited backing can't "get their shit together", when successful users don't give them anything. It's a stupid pattern, and I hope we can break it.

msage ,

I don't think that is necessary, as some companies do actually help, either with money or even dedicated staff, which can be as good or better.

We should push for developers to promote the idea of more help towards FOSS projects, maybe find some hours a month, or send any money saved from not paying for licenses.

msage ,

Lose the critical part of your business, see how fast you can move around it.

msage ,

Use Firefox, don't use Chrome or any of its forks.

msage ,

cough Canonical cough

msage ,

Disclaimer: I only think this is true, correct me if I'm wrong.

GPUs do floating-point math, in their own precision. They have way more computing cores than usual CPUs do, because they do only FP, so are smaller. Also they have their own memory on the board, which has faster access timing than RAM.

Usually we put multiple matrices (multi-dimensional array of numbers) inside, and expect some back, while the entire load of math is done on the GPU. Now it can do milions of computations very fast, in parallel, never care about anything external like RAM or goodness forbid disk or network (which is monumentally slower).

Now CUDA is the 'platform', that lets you write the code for general programming and to utilize not only the computing cores on the GPU, but also move data between the GPU, CPU and RAM.

This is a weak example, but back in the day, I mined BTC on my PC. IIRC, it just runs md5 hashes until it finds specific output. MD5 is just a mathematical algorithm, and you can run it on both CPU and GPU.

My CPU at the time (I think it was 6 core Phenom II?) could output 12 milion of md5 hashes per second. My GPU - AMD Radeon 6990 - after some tweaks and full table fan blowing from the side inside chasis could get close over 800 Mhash/s.

So there are direct incentives to use GPU for other cases than gaming, specifically machine learning is all about floating point math. But to do that, you want to be able to write your own software that implements the algorithms to squeeze every last bit of performance out of it, and that's what CUDA lets you do.

CUDA is specific to nVidia GPUs, AMD is trying to catch up with ROCm, but came almost a decade later, so they have a lot of catching up to do. Intel also started their own oneAPI, and both oneAPI and ROCm are open-source, with CUDA being closed source, so only nVidia can modify it.

msage ,

Their GPUs have brute force, and are always top recommendations for gaming PCs. I buy all red, but feel like nVidia is still more popular among the gaming community, excluding Linux.

msage ,

It can go anywhere if you want it to.

msage ,

Redesigning cities to be circular with frequent public transports around and in between the circles would be optimal

msage ,

Yesterday this image randomly popped into my head.

Today I see it on Lemmy.

It's always hilarious.

msage ,

It was 41% of execs saying workforce will be replaced, not 41% of workforce will be replaced

msage ,

Ads are the absolute least problematic thing about Meta.

Unmoderated content, a literal firehose of absolute vile stuff is my biggest fear.

msage ,

Instances like threads.net?

Moderation might be lacking now, but it will become unmanageable after.

msage ,

So make your own instance then?

msage ,

Hey!

Girls und Panzer is an entirely wholesome experience and I won't let anyone disagree!

(there are no dragons though)

msage ,

Because it's just... girls in tanks man, it's hard to forget. Insanely cute, and pretty funny at times.

msage ,

Fuck that could be interpreted very racially with regards to Obama

msage ,

Obama seen as a black person could be accused of being able to do 'black magic' or voodoo.

It's just a dumb thought, nothing more to it.

msage ,

How many, percentually, do you think are critical to input?

msage ,

I don't even care about the boot times.

Perhaps because I don't use DEs my PCs boot up quickly, and servers aren't supposed to be rebooted outside their maintenance windows. So why would I care about pArAlLeL bOoTiNg.

Oh well, I'm just an old man yelling at clouds.

msage ,

Yeah, I get you.

Though perhaps in such use-case it would do better with sleep states than poweroffs.

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