notnotmike

notnotmike , 8 days ago

I was looking for resources for a custom LLM and noticed they had a ton of copyrighted books and wondered to myself how the heck that was legal

I guess this answers that

notnotmike , 8 days ago

They definitely weren't monitoring the one at a time rule... I downloaded the file and now have it forever

notnotmike , 6 days ago

How does that make sense? How does putting a "Download PDF" button on their site with no restrictions make this a "me" problem?

notnotmike , 23 days ago

I have concerns about the success of this platform. I am convinced what makes TikTok great isn't necessarily the algorithm (its good, no doubt) but the volume of content. There are so many users producing content that the amount of content you find enjoyable is always more than you could scroll through in a day.

A platform like this will be boring pretty fast when you scroll through the 100 new videos uploaded that day in an single hour, and you skip many of them. It's tough to generate enough content without enough users, and most of the content will likely just be aggregated from the other short-form sites. Of course that's not necessarily a bad thing, it's a more privacy-friendly way to browse that content, which is a plus.

Also, not particularly a fan of more brain-rotting short form content. It's crazy how addictive it is and I'm wanting less, not more. But if I had to choose a "shorts" platform I'd sure like a federated, free one to be the one to succeed. But it's got a long way to go

notnotmike , 24 days ago

Ask this in the Perchance community https://lemmy.world/c/perchance

notnotmike , 29 days ago

What do you mean by clean? Firefox UI is highly customizable, you can even add spacing where you want it, or select a more compact view

notnotmike , 29 days ago

Regardless of how many people do it, you can do it. Then you can have the "clean" interface you want

notnotmike , 1 month ago

Boy this is... Something else

notnotmike , 1 month ago

The US has a lot of bullshit in their labeling requirements. My wife studied food science in university and some of her biggest complaints are:

• Serving sizes aren't always the entire package*
• "Natural" has almost no meaning on a package, it is just a hand-waving word
• They can hide a lot of things in the ingredients under umbrella terms like "spices" and "flavorings"
• "Made with real juice" does not mean it was made with the juice on the label. For example, a pineapple fruit juice may be more apple juice than actually pineapple juice
• They can round down to 0 calories if the actual amount is below 5

The most egregious example I've seen lately was a jar of pickles I bought where the serving size is 1/3 of a pickle (now the website says 1/2). That's just so that the sodium doesn't get out of control and, in all likelihood, because an entire pickle may be more than the 5 Calories allowed to say it's "0 Calories".

*This is changing, slowly. Manufacturers now have to put servings for the entire container if it's small enough

notnotmike , 1 month ago

Kind of torn my niece is starting to like video games.

On the one hand, they're amazing and I still play them all the time. They're integral to my life and are a medium above others in quality, accessibility, and affordability.

On the other hand, they're a double-edged sword. It's hard to be healthy while playing video games without good discipline. And I think back to times I chose video games over homework and I regret it. I don't necessarily want her to follow an unhealthy hobby, even if I love it

notnotmike , 1 month ago

Apparently unpopular but I use Mozilla VPN

notnotmike , 1 month ago

Actually, the middle man is why I picked them... I'm just trying to give Mozilla extra revenue streams besides donations from Google.

But it is good to know its at least not a bad option. Their client is decent enough, I have no problems with it, so I'm happy to continue to support them and think of it as a monthly donation

notnotmike , 2 months ago

They're more expensive because they aren't filled with advertising. Consumer TV prices these days are heavily subsidized by brand deals and ad space

notnotmike , 2 months ago

In the spirit of these kinds of changes, I'd love to hear some honest Linux distribution recommendations. I'm leaning towards Ubuntu because it is the most widely advertised and UX focused from my perspective. But I've also heard good things about Arch. Any others I should be considering?

I'll probably not go full Linux any time soon - I want at least one Windows OS to play games on - so whatever option it should be dual-boot friendly.

notnotmike , 2 months ago

Seems like the general consensus in this section is Mint, so I'll give that a look over for sure

notnotmike , 2 months ago

Sorry, forgot to specify in the post. But I'm looking for a desktop replacement. We thankfully don't use Windows Server anywhere at the moment.

notnotmike , 2 months ago

Most people recommended Mint so far. What sorts of things do you like about Fedora?

notnotmike , 3 months ago

My guess is that it has something to do with the image where you can clearly see a tag? But I can't read what it says

notnotmike , 3 months ago

I think you'd have better luck with the "corporate wants you to find the difference between these two pictures" one instead

notnotmike , 4 months ago

This feels like the OP thinks that the journalist is mocking poor people, but if you read the article it's just statistics about how breakfast foods were particularly impacted by inflation in 2023. The title is more tongue in cheek, more '"god damn are these high prices or what"

notnotmike , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

I feel this. While I am not overly fond of capitalism or the United States government, most of the memes criticizing them are so un-funny they hurt. They weren't made because the OP had a funny idea for a meme, but because they wanted to insult the U.S. or capitalism and had to find some joke to do it. They feels so forced.

I think we as a community can balance making a political point with being actually funny at least a little better than we do