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  • Gnubyte@lemdit.comto> Greentext@lemmy.mlAnon is tired
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    10 months ago

    Hmm.

    I think capitalism isn’t the problem nor is liking and consuming a product or experience. We have great products turned into entire experiences here in the US, and I’m not terribly upset anymore about it.

    The problem is the late stage unchecked capitalism running rampant. I think allowing individuals the freedom to pursue their ideas and allow others to even build livelihoods from it works great. But there’s gotta be checks and balances, its what the USA was founded on.





  • Our ancient legal system trying to lend itself to “protecting authors” is fucking absurd. AI is the future. Are we really going to let everyone take a shot suing these guys over this crap? Its a useful program and infrastructure for everyone.

    Holding technology back for antiquated copyright law is downright absurd.

    Edit: I want to add that I’m not suggesting copyright should be a free for all on your books or hard work, but rather that this is a computer program and a major breakthrough, and in the same way that if I read a book no one sues my brain for consumption I don’t think we should sue an AI: it is not reproducing books. In the same manner that many footnotes websites about books do not reproduce a book by summarizing their content. With the contingency that until Open AI does not have an event where their reputation has to be re-evaluated (IE this is subject to change if they start trying to reproduce books).


  • Those are all expensive, used Thinkpad is below the ground-dirt cheap…$150?!

    My Thinkpad Ultrabook was insanely cheap even with a docking station. I do donate to Pop OS once a year though as a thanks for their work and I recommend the same. It’s like $12 a year on their site and they do great work.

    Trying to get one of their laptops but thats in short order for me, for now.

    Adding on:

    • lack of quick shipping
    • proxied payments like PayPal or apple gpay
    • some use laptop kits that are supposedly cheap
    • hardware different from software if it breaks and there’s no store or big company to ask for a refund from, you’ll be pissed
    • some of the hardware reviews about bugs and their handling of them are damning







  • Gnubyte@lemdit.comtoProgrammer Humor@lemmy.mlSounds great in theory
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    11 months ago

    Write code to test your code then repl build and run it anyways and smoketest it to see if it actually works

    Sounds like activities for people who don’t have real work to do. These tech layoffs cut deep because there was so much fluff in the industry. I sort of blame these companies that marketed devops too hard and oversold overcomplicated solutions, but it’s also the fault of the tech leads advising managers.



  • I don’t think GitHub is social enough or the right tool to address bugs, talk about issues, or completely missing - ask for expertise. It’s not even democratic enough and done in such a way that makes what to work on clear at times.

    Some code is still more art than work or science but still there is a notion that maybe if there was a better tool than GitHub there would be no need for a discord.