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What would be the problem if Threads federated with Lemmy&co in the future? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] justgohomealready@lemmy.pt 9 points 2 years ago

Think of the fediverse as a federation of states, some bigger, some smaller, but all in the same ballpark. Threads had 10M signups just yesterday, which is more than the whole existing fediverse combined. Federating with them would be like the US adding China as a state - it would immediately be the biggest state by far, and would have the power to set politics for all others. And we know what sort of politics they would set, right?

Reddit's API protest just got even more NSFW in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] justgohomealready@lemmy.pt 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One of its answers in a thread was the classic "as a language model, I am not able to (...)"

Reddit's API protest just got even more NSFW in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] justgohomealready@lemmy.pt 65 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

At least one post was defending reddit in r/programming has been shown to be chatGPT, that's for sure. If they have one bot, who's to say they don't have thousands?

Kinda strange that people are so crazy about ChatGPT's abilities for bad in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] justgohomealready@lemmy.pt 1 points 2 years ago

Those bots wouldn't pass the turing test, that's for sure. One thing is pure spam like you're describing, another is to be arguing with an AI (and losing) without even being aware that it's an AI on the other side.

Kinda strange that people are so crazy about ChatGPT's abilities for bad in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] justgohomealready@lemmy.pt 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The problem with chatGPT is that it allows for automation of content creation.

Imagine a a single guy using chatGPT to control thousands of social media bots, who answer in a human-like way and are able to follow conversations and context, but who all defend the same point of view.

Or imagine a single guy controlling thousands of "local news blogs" that have a constant stream of fresh AI-generated content (both articles and comments), once again all pushing the same narrative.

That is the main problem with things like chatGPT, if not controlled - they allow anyone to create their own "troll farm".

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Bug na versão mais recente do Jerboa (lemmy.pt)
 

Na versão mais recente do Jerboa aparece-me o texto do server, a dar as boas vindas, sobreposto à lista de posts, o que torna o uso da app muito difícil.

Alguém mais tem este problema? Alguma dica para resolver?

What's the correct way to link to a community on a different instance? in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] justgohomealready@lemmy.pt 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In my phone, for some reason, Jerboa crashes when I tap your link.

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Esta instância é escalável? (lemmy.pt)
 

A comunidade ainda é muito pequena e o software work in progress, mas é relativamente fácil fazer a transição do RIF para o Jerboa e, uma pessoa nos primeiros dias andando perdida e sem perceber nada disto, o instinto é fazer o registo no lemmy.pt.

Imaginando que se começa a atingir uma massa crítica que, por si só, a atrai gente a uma velocidade cada vez maior, e que o spez continua a ajabardar o reddit e a trazer vagas de utilizadores para o lemmy, há planos para escalar a instância tanto a nível técnico como financeiro?

Da minha parte, não me importava de apoiar a instância através de doações ou de um patreon - mas o texto na sidebar dá a entender que as doações existentes já são mais que suficientes, o que acredito uma vez que há tão poucos utilizadores.

Mas coloca-se a questão - se essa situação mudar com um crescimento quase exponencial, o que nos garante que não sejam necessárias cada vez mais doações para cobrir os custos (de hardware e de tempo de admin e devops) e que, daqui a 20 anos, o atual admin da instância seja o novo spez? Afinal, o reddit também começou por pedir doações "só para cobrir os custos".

O que proponho aqui é gerar uma discussão "filosófica" sobre como evitar repetir o passado, ou como evitar que custos cada vez mais elevados possam um dia levar o lemmy.pt a ser abandonado ou vendido.

‘Scanners are complicated’: why Gen Z faces workplace ‘tech shame’ in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] justgohomealready@lemmy.pt 3 points 2 years ago

I've taught a basic web programming class to 17/18 year old's. Hardly anyone had ever heard of file extensions (windows by default doesn't show them anymore), and most of them didn't understand the concept of folders and files, at all. I was shocked.

I spent 4 hours with them before the whole class was able to create a "index.html" file inside a specific folder, it was like teaching old people. I now feel a lot safer in my programming job.

Help Finding Old Whistleblower Video in c/ufos@lemmy.world
[–] justgohomealready@lemmy.pt 2 points 2 years ago

I think this is what you're looking for: https://youtu.be/GLU0NSTC9oU