shalafi
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- Comment on Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19% 6 hours ago:
Opposite for me. I’ve never had 100% Linux drivers, any distro, work out the box. Been screwing around with various distros for 25 years. As of 2026, I’d shit if Windows didn’t light up all my hardware.
- Comment on First highway segment in U.S. wirelessly charges electric heavy-duty truck while driving 2 weeks ago:
Many science fiction stories fall back to using rail for transporting goods. Because it’s efficient. Unless we come up with literal magic like anti-gravity, rail it is.
- Comment on Larian want to release Divinity in "three to four years", and they're making limited use of generative AI 2 weeks ago:
What’s to be torn about? Sounds like the perfect us for AI in this scenario.
- Comment on Larian want to release Divinity in "three to four years", and they're making limited use of generative AI 2 weeks ago:
It’s just a rough draft of a script to see if it’s going to work before putting in real writing time.
- Comment on Report Exposes Instacart's Hidden AI Price Experiments That Could Cost Families $1,200 Per Year 3 weeks ago:
Great call! No, you cannot charge more or less if someone is paying with SNAP. Remember when everyone on here shitting bricks when the government said grocers couldn’t have sale prices for SNAP beneficiaries? Same deal.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Exactly what I’ve been screaming since the election. FINALLY the FTC was breaking up cartels and moving in the right direction. She was the most effective person in government for turning this country around.
First thing I thought wasn’t, “Oh shit, Trump again.” It was, “Oh shit, there’s goes Kahn, our last hope.”
Mamdami’s brought her onboard, so at least she’s still in the game!
- Comment on Beware of flashbangs in the latest Windows 11 updates 4 weeks ago:
Everything Copilot in my Start menu is asking for an install. AGAIN, I have yet to see these things I’m supposed to be suffering.
- Comment on Beware of flashbangs in the latest Windows 11 updates 4 weeks ago:
You are being smug and guess what? I don’t have to worry about whatever MS fucked up this week, because none of this shit happens on my Win11 install.
In my 2-years on lemmy, I haven’t seen a single Window issue that I’m told I’m suffering. Not one. Not once.
- Comment on The Enshittification of Plex Is Kicking Off, Starting with Free Roku Users 4 weeks ago:
Been off Plex for years since my last Raspberry Pi drive died. By the time I got back to building a new media server, Jellyfin seemed to be the thing. Had no idea people actually paid for Plex. All of this is news to me.
And Jellyfin is so stupid easy! I’d say I spent 1/10th the time configuring it as I did Plex, but I don’t really remember configuring it. Installed the server directly on Windows, not even a Hyper-V machine, pointed it at my 2 movie and TV folders, done. No idea what version it is or if I’ve ever bothered to update.
- Comment on Criminal court ditches American software giant– Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft? 4 weeks ago:
I’d like to know how they plan to manage their fleets without Active Directory. Yes, I know what LDAP is and if you consider that a robust alternative you don’t have a handle on what all AD does outside of authentication.
- Comment on US | FCC rolls back cybersecurity rules for telcos, despite state-hacking risks 5 weeks ago:
Cyber security is in big demand and pays suitcases full of cash. What in the world makes you think the field is neglected? If I had serious security creds to match my 25-years of IT experience, I could write my own ticket.
- Comment on Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats 1 month ago:
I have a Sensi thermostat. Highly recommended.
- Comment on Waymo says its self-driving taxis will take customers on freeways for the first time 1 month ago:
Person I was replying to was talking survivability.
- Comment on Waymo says its self-driving taxis will take customers on freeways for the first time 1 month ago:
Explain how that is any different from a crash involving all humans.
- Comment on New data shows companies are rehiring former employees as AI falls short of expectations 1 month ago:
I’ve found that people, I’m assuming young folks, don’t understand that you have to ask for money.
- Comment on China bans foreign AI chips from state-funded data centres 1 month ago:
Sounds like a no-brainer to me. If the government is paying, why would they pay foreigners? Why would they allow foreign tech into state funded DCs?
- Comment on E Ink goes mobile with budget eye-friendly smartphone 1 month ago:
Wow! Not in the market ATM, but I’m sold. IR blaster?! Impressive view in the sunshine. I struggle on the trail, worse on the water, trying to see where the hell I’m at and where I’m pointed.
That review was enough to catch my interest. I may well go for this when I need a new phone.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says the company doesn't have enough electricity to install all the AI GPUs in its inventory - 'you may actually have a bunch of chips sitting in inventory that I can’t plug in' 1 month ago:
So many actors in the AI space are admitting to issues that I wonder if they’re not trying to blunt the crash.
- Comment on 'Godfather of AI' says tech giants can't profit from their astronomical investments unless human labor is replaced 1 month ago:
And what economic system fails to allow the money to flow to the top? The Soviets tried socialism as a ladder to communism, were about instantly corrupted. Any system we wish to discuss has to take human behavior into account, and not idealized human behavior.
The government has to be the brake, and the people have to have the education in history, math, politics, current affairs and critical thinking to power that engine.
Now the trick becomes keeping the wealthy from taking that education. I have no answer.
Socialism works in small groups, no better system. But we didn’t evolve to work in groups of more than 150-200 individuals, let alone 8 billion.
Anyway, I posted more on c/unpopularopinion. I’m sure I’m taking a beating over there. :)
- Comment on E Ink goes mobile with budget eye-friendly smartphone 1 month ago:
Not using mine for video or even social media. Main uses cases are calling, text, GPS, map, compass, web surfing when I have to. E-ink sound good for me?
- Comment on 'Godfather of AI' says tech giants can't profit from their astronomical investments unless human labor is replaced 1 month ago:
Capitalism ain’t the problem. Capitalism for the economy and democracy for the government is the best we humans have figured out. Problem being, money, as in any system, has been funneled to the top. The top took our vote via lack of education and media control, and it has been snowballing for the last 20-30 years. Now we’re too ignorant and misled to vote in our own best interests. We’re seeing the end game, the end game of any unregulated system.
Said many times, almost every evil of capitalism gets nullified when the government disallows and breaks monopolies and megacorps. Adam Smith, the father of capitalism, argued vehemently against monopolies.
Having grown up in the 70s and 80s, I am stunned by what is allowed. A handful of corporations own and control our health, food, entertainment, news, banking, everything. Education is the one thing that’s not wholly corporate, and the oligarchs have had that sector in their sights for decades.
And they’re not after education merely to skim more money. Education in history, math, critical thinking, is how they can be beaten. FFS, we’re repeating the mistakes of exactly a century ago, people can’t figure when back-of-the-napkin math doesn’t make sense and can’t tell when they’re being conned. I see the latter two on lemmy, daily.
Blaming capitalism is as naive as saying, “Trump did this!”. We can acheive nothing but backlash. Instead say, “The GOP did this!” (politically) and “The billionaires did this!” (economically). Words matter if you want to win hearts and minds.
- Comment on E Ink goes mobile with budget eye-friendly smartphone 1 month ago:
So, at that price point, what’s the catch? I’m fine with Android, don’t watch video on my phone, would love the battery savings.
- Comment on Microsoft's OpenAI losses hidden as part of $4.7 billion 'other' expense — stake in AI company still doesn't turn a profit as companies grapple with ongoing contract negotiation 2 months ago:
This crash will be Great Depression 2.0. Not being funny, not exaggerating.
- Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright 2 months ago:
Smart devices are just dandy when they don’t require an internet connection. Got a cheapo smart thermostat that works no matter what. Google could cancel my Minis and my internet could go offline, I can still control it with buttons.
Bought that 5-years ago. At this point I assume all IoT devices require internet.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 2 months ago:
“Tangentially” doing some heavy lifting here.
- Comment on Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors 2 months ago:
My view of the danger is that people are sourcing facts from AI instead of Wikipedia. Not worried about volunteers, they’re not going anywhere.
- Comment on ‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app 2 months ago:
I used a free online service to rip my Spotify playlists to MP3s. Now what? (for Android)
- Comment on FCC could roll back rule requiring ISPs to list every fee, apparently, there are too many 2 months ago:
Hurts consumers by taking away transparency in their billing. Why would they do this? How does this benefit the consumer?
I’ve worked for a few ISPs, on the phone and in the field, can’t come up with an argument for this roll back being a good thing for anyone but the ISPs.
- Comment on FCC could roll back rule requiring ISPs to list every fee, apparently, there are too many 2 months ago:
I was playing this game long before Trump came around, didn’t lose once, got boring.
When you see a headline that doesn’t include any mention of Democrats or GOP, ask yourself, “Do this law/proposal/regulation hurt people?” By hurt, I mean that it hurts more people than it helps. Don’t think I need to explain the rest.
- Comment on Phones may come without bundled USB cables in the future, if OEMs have their way 2 months ago:
Had a guy on eBay wanting me to overnight a long outdated Fast Ethernet (10/100) switch because theirs had died. I was too late to get the message and lost the sale. Wrote him back saying any switch would work. NOPE. Had to be replaced with the exact model.