Yeah, I would at least try a different distro before tossing the GPU

Which distro? Switch to Wayland, I’ve only experienced screen tearing with Xorg. Edit, it’s probably your hardware.

Cliphist sounds like it might work for you. Depending on what’s running under Gnome you might need a few dependencies.

Vinyl records, analog tube amplifiers, a good pair of speakers 🤌

Honestly though digital compression now is so good it probably sounds the same.

That’s a good point. The model weights could be voltage levels instead of digital representations. Lots of audio tech uses analog for better fidelity.I also read that there’s a startup using particle beams for lithography. Exciting times.

Totally agree, but at this point Microsoft is so ingrained in the US federal government that it’s practically a branch of it.

That sounds like a very functional and rational solution to the problem of age verification. But age verification isn’t the ultimate goal, it’s mass surveillance, which your solution doesn’t work for.

I like your boat analogy. It does take more work to keep it running in top condition, and when it’s firing on all cylinders it will run circles around windows. Also, people that don’t have one and talk shit are just jelly.

Moto Droid vibes

Damn that hits the nail on the head. Especially that analogy of watching a robot lift weights on your behalf then claiming gains. It’s causing brain atrophy.

I’m not really sure why it was such a small sample size. It definitely casts doubt on some of their conclusions. I also have issues with some methodology used. I think a better study that came out a week or two ago was the one that showed visible neurological decline from AI use.

I think you’ve got a point. My initial thought was that because this platform is decentralized and there’s no Elon or Zuck at the helm, this isn’t applicable. But as you pointed out, the vast majority of users don’t interact or post anything, so that naturally amplifies the users who do, particularly if they have an agenda to push.

F/A 18s have zinc in their brake disks that if they ever catch on fire the best option is to push the jet of the carrier.

I didn’t realize how temporary and disposable Starlink’s satellites were. They incinerate 4 or 5 a day by de-orbiting them into the ozone. Here’s a pretty good CNET article that talks about how they “dispose” of them. IDK, doesn’t seem sustainable. They also mention the bandwidth gains are being diminished with the influx of new users, so their solution is more temporary satellites.

They’re just following in the footsteps of Comcast. The FCC gave SpaceX/Starlink $885.5 million to provide rural broadband after they gave Comcast over $1 billion less than 5 years ago to do the same thing. Starlink actually works out there from what I understand, so I guess that’s something.

I hope they both choke on their own bots.

Yup, I worked there in the late 90s and this was my experience. Also, at the end of the night the managers would lock the doors and make us clock out and clean the store. I didn’t know about wage theft back then, but I did know what they were doing was wrong.

Yeah, I got a phone warning before the last earthquake I experienced in Washington. It’s pretty cool, but I got the notification probably 15 seconds before I felt it. Maybe I could have planned better if I had longer, but it was like a 4.5 so it didn’t matter. Japan has a really good advanced warning system, the notification sound is pretty eerie.

A stable diffusion plug-in or something to export 3d models for blender would be awesome. I’ve been waiting for something like that.