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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

I am largely concerned that the development and evolution of generative AI is driven by hype/consumer interests instead of academia. Companies will prioritize opportunities to profit from consumers enjoying the novelty and use the tech to increase vendor lock-in.

I would much rather see the field advanced by scientific and academic interests. Let's focus on solving problems that help everyone instead of temporarily boosting profit margins.

I believe this is similar to how CPU R&D changed course dramatically in the 90s due to the sudden popularity in PCs. We could have enjoyed 64 bit processors and SMT a decade earlier.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Driving a manual is pretty easy, but it depends on how you handle failure. The learning process requires making a few mistakes while you become familiar with a clutch and shifting gears.

Also, I think it's much easier to learn if you know what the parts are doing. Watch some videos on how it all works and what different RPMs sound like.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Well said and thanks for expanding on the topic. It's great to get more information out there and give others extra perspective.

I find Haskell fascinating too - it really changes your expectations of programming languages!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not interested in arguing. You're welcome to your opinion as well.

Multiple individuals noted the value of diving into non-GUI server administration, and I wanted to share a tool that could be of interest down the road.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

😄 Sometimes it's hard to remember the differential

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The learning curve might be a little high in some regards, but you may want to try NixOS. There are quite a few services ready to enable and customize for self-hosting, and the design makes updating packages fairly simple.

To be clear, NixOS is not a "simple" solution, but it does work well for self hosting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You're not wrong! I worded that poorly. It should have read:

~~especially~~ mostly (all?) church-goers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I keep misreading this post because of the Canadian election

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've never experienced any negative opinions of Canada until the current administration. Instead, everyone I have encountered saw Canadians as remarkably similar to Americans (but much nicer) and held them in high regard.

I've been stunned by the change in some members of the population, especially church-goers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Alpha bidet is where it's at

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I'm not sure about this. People with money spent a lot to tell everyone that these things are problems. If we spent the same amount of money to say the opposite, opinions would differ.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I'm confused by this. Can you explain?

 

The work these groups do will be critical during a second Trump Administration.

 

Vice President Kamala Harris will propose a tax deduction of up to $50,000 for new small businesses on Wednesday, a tenfold increase over existing relief and her latest economic policy aimed at winning over middle-class Americans after jumping into the presidential race over a month ago.

 

Harris pledged “to be a president for all Americans” in a speech highlighting the former president’s legal woes and dismantling of abortion rights.

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