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- on Enjoy owning your devices while you still can. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
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on AI Didn't Steal the Mathematician's Work, Sam Altman Did in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Sep 2026
am inclined to believe that people who use the word "sapi*"anything
You mean the word “sapient”? Because sentient doesn’t even have the letter “p” in it.
just very very gullible and/or Dunning-Kruger-victims.
A Dunning-Kruger “victim”…
You completely missed the point
Say that again into a mirror and then you’ll actually be making a real and coherent point.
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on AI Didn't Steal the Mathematician's Work, Sam Altman Did in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Sep 2026
So you’re arguing that we should all continue to support and create open source software, right?
To be clear, that is my position.
People didn’t stop painting when cameras were invented. Ultimate It’s just another tool that can be used.
And LLMs can be used to reverse engineer proprietary software. So there’s that.
And since the (US) courts have ruled that copyright violations are fine for training LLMs, we can extrapolate that using said LLMs to replicate proprietary software is also fine.
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on AI Didn't Steal the Mathematician's Work, Sam Altman Did in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Sep 2026
so you understood neurons better than neuroscientists
No, but I have no idea what that statement has to do with artificial neurons.
You have missed the part where no scientist worth their name claims to be able to fully explain how consciousness works and whether or not it affects our decision making.
And you have missed the part where I explicitly mentioned that LLMs are NOT “sapient” or “sentient”, which would preclude “consciousness” also.
Okay, I think we’re done here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
Says the person using colloquial definitions and applying them to a field of active research.
The facts don’t care about your opinions. A basic program with hardcoded decision trees is “intelligent”. An LLM can do more at a dynamic (and probabilistic) level. Therefore, LLMs fit the academic definition of intelligence.
Even the general word definition:
the ability to learn or understand things or to deal with new or difficult situations.
I can point an LLM to my code that’s never been seen by an LLM and it can read it, explain to me exactly what it does, point out bugs, and even give suggestions on areas that can be improved.
Is it “smart”? Debatable.
Is it conscious, sapient, sentient, or “alive”? Hard no. And that was never the argument.
Edit: autocorrect speaking mistake
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on AI Didn't Steal the Mathematician's Work, Sam Altman Did in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Sep 2026
LLMs clap are clap not clap AI clap.
Yes they are.
They’re built on artificial neural networks that share a basis (a basis, not a replica) with biological neurons that produce probabilistic results (not deterministic).
Plagiarism is the core and only mechanism of LLMs that produces anything that people get impressed by.
As opposed to what? Don’t get me wrong, the blatant violation of copyright is a massive issue, and in a logical world would bury each and every LLM company out there. But what other mechanism to “learn” do you think exists?
gullible people believe there is “intelligence” involved.
If you mean “intelligence” in the colloquial sense, then sure. But that’s not the same word that researchers use. Intelligence is simply the ability to make a decision based on input data. And by that definition even an if-else statement is a form of intelligence (which it is). So then the discussion becomes the degree or “amount” intelligence.
LLMs are absolutely intelligent. The issue is that most people conflate “intelligence” with “sentience” and “sapience”, which they are not. They aren’t “clever” or “creative”. They are extremely good at taking large swaths of information and distilling it, finding hidden patterns, of finding specific data points that are otherwise deeply buried. Good examples are finding bugs in code or novel and massively beneficial uses for existing medication (which has already happened multiple times)
I’m not defending the current state of AI. Energy use is a problem. Water use is a problem. The grift is a problem. The copyright violations are a problem.
But this “LLMs are not AI” rhetoric is just pure ignorance.
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on DigitalOcean contributes 3 million and joins the Omacom (Omarchy) Foundation in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
Well, the “pedophile ring” thing turned out to be mostly true with the Epstein stuff.
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on DigitalOcean contributes 3 million and joins the Omacom (Omarchy) Foundation in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
You know Albert the artist?
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on Looks like Valve themselves added their own charts to the beta client. in c/games@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026
SteamDB buyout money ain’t coming back from their now devalued goods
Wait… did I miss something?
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on Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026
This has always been my problem with the future of self-driving cars too
It’s not an issue with self-driving cars. It’s an issue with internet connected vehicles, regardless of autonomous driving.
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on ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots in c/technology@lemmy.world · 30 Aug 2026
It’s called Metalhead, from Black Mirror
Thanks!
(you could have also just asked, instead of this comment, would have gladly said so)
(That was me asking in an indirect way. You also didn’t have to put that sentence in parenthesis, I still would have read it!)
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on Stopping the smart TV from being used against you. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 29 Aug 2026
Well, certain inputs like <up> <down> <left> <right> will map directly to keyboard equivalents. The OK button generally maps to <enter>. And then other inputs like play/pause, volume, skip forward/backward are standard PC inputs that just about every OS supports out of the box. Most keyboards have those buttons on them and they “just work”.
For additional functionality you can use specialized software to manage it.
The IR receiver is just a “translator”. The input the computer sees is just a standard HID peripheral (Human Input Device).
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on Stopping the smart TV from being used against you. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 29 Aug 2026
We already saw LG load malware via windows when connected.
This was 100% a Windows driver issue as opposed to a TV issue. And I could see possibly Roku doing this, but not Apple. Apple being Unix based precludes the type of driver loading that Windows is susceptible to.
Same goes for Linux. Just use Linux.
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on Stopping the smart TV from being used against you. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 29 Aug 2026
Get a media TV remote and a USB IR receiver.
Edit: I wrote Bluetooth when I meant USB
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on Stopping the smart TV from being used against you. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 29 Aug 2026
ad software
I prefer my TVs to have no ads, thank you very much.
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on ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots in c/technology@lemmy.world · 29 Aug 2026
No one is going to tell everyone else which show and episode you guys are talking about?
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on AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable” in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
Why do you think he gives a fucking shit of a fuck about that?
Because he’s a diva and WANTS to be liked. And he knows his approval ratings are at their lowest.
I’m not saying this is absolutely what’s happening. It’s just my theory.
And about the lying thing. I don’t think he’s lying most of the time, because I think he genuinely believes the things he says. TO BE CLEAR! I’m not saying he isn’t a liar (he is), just that he truly believes the things he says.
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on AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable” in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
He doesn’t give one shit about the US debt
True., but he is an emotionally delicate diva and I think he realizes that his approval is at the lowest level ever. He wants people to think he’s great. Why else would he constantly post on social media and post cringe videos on Tiktok unironically?
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on AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable” in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
He thinks this is a quick way to reduce the US’s $40T debt. It won’t.
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on New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT!
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on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026
Already did. Even rebooted to be safe.
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on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026
Won’t install for me
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on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026
No, open forever. The core of android is open source. It’s the reason that projects like GrapheneOS exist.
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on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026
The Pixel camera is different. It has features that I use regularly.
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on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 26 Aug 2026
You can install that like a normal app from the Play Store.
Wait, you serious?
Losing camera functionality is really the only thing that’s been holding me back at this point!
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on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 26 Aug 2026
No, despite Google’s gradual loving down of Android, it’s still leagues ahead of Apple in terms of openness.
Edit: I meant “locking”, but the original is funnier
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on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 26 Aug 2026
I’ll be switching to GrapheneOS myself soon.
Quick question: can I use the default camera that comes with Pixel on GrapheneOS? I’m going to be using a Pixel 7
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on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 26 Aug 2026
We’ve been quiet for years now. Google’s been on a path to turn Android into a locked down system for many years at this point.
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on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026
That’s your clapback? K
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on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026
I suggest you to not play proprietary junk that belongs to evil corporations.
You have no idea what you’re talking about, and frankly you sound like a psycho.
Companies like EA make up a small fraction of the available games. Most of them are small studios with people who have a passion for making games.
So do other evil corporations like microsoft and google.
Which proves my point that FOSS can’t exist in a vacuum. I hope your using the Hurd kernel, otherwise you’re still benefiting from and using the work of evil corporations!
Valve ceo owns more megayachts than bezos or elon musk
He owns a shipyard. It’s a side passion of his. And most of his vessels serve a scientific purpose, like marine research.
He seems a bit like James Cameron in that sense. Cameron’s first passion was marine research, and he used his earnings from film production to fund his own research stuff.
There is NOTHING wrong with someone who made bank using their money for their passion. It means they keep they money flowing through the economy instead of just sitting in a bank account.
They are just as bad
Then either you are ignorant of the world or have a child’s understand of things.
You are defending a billionare corporation
A bit, ya.
do you have any reputation at all?
Yes, lots of people know me. Therefore I have a reputation.
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on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026
Both of them.
Between 2003 (the launch of Steam on Windows) and 2013 (the launch of Steam on Linux) Microsoft acquired two game studios. Whereas in 2018 alone (the start of their acquisition spree) they acquired six.
Exactly, don’t use it
Well, I want to use it. There is no better game store with as many good deals, and that supports Linux.
Show me a game store that supports Linux with a good selection of games of modern and major game titles.
Also, Steam directly supports and funds a plethora of open source tools that benefit everyone.
My interests are in free, open source and decentralized platforms. What about yours?
Agreed, which is why I use Linux and support companies that also support Linux.
Making billions is a crime because there is no good way to do it
Billionares and corporations do not simply exist, they are built on the exploitation of others
You’re right about 99.99+% of cases. And I’m not defending Valve as some altruistic company. But lumping in Valve with the likes of Amazon, Oracle, Nvidia, Monsanto, Elon Musk, etc, simply on the amount of money they make is desingenous at best, but frankly is insane.
You’re one of those people that have a militant mindset when it comes to FOSS that gives open source a weird and bad reputation.
Open source literally cannot exist without companies using it to make money. The majority of funding for things like development of Linux itself comes directly from donations from for-profit companies.
Hell, the historically two largest distributions by install count (Ubuntu and Fedora) are developed and maintained by for-profit companies.
Say “hi” to Tim Sweeney. Tell him Canada is just fine without him moving here.
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on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
Any non profit company who’s products isn’t a proprietary third party software launcher.
You’re being disingenuous. You know full well the context of the argument precludes non-profits.
They have built a semi-monopoly on videogames relying for two decades on closed source products and windows, they are now looking at the linux share because microsoft in the past years made bullish acquisitions in the videogames industry.
You might want to check your math on that. Steam on Windows was originally released in 2003, and released on Linux in 2013.
And the reason for their interest has nothing to do with Microsoft’s game studio acquisitions, and everything to do with Microsoft’s attempts to lock down the Windows ecosystem back in the Windows 8/RT days.
If the client doesn’t matter that much that’s even more reasons to release the source code.
No one said it doesn’t matter. It’s their software/platform/service. They can do whatever they want, and it’s their right to do so. If you don’t want to use their platform, you don’t have to.
companies usually make money, non profit organizations help people
Usually. But the fact that Valve’s interests align with the benefits of its userbase isn’t a bad thing. Making money isn’t a crime, and making money while building a system people like also isn’t a bad thing.
You seem to have a strange hatred towards Valve for simply existing. Are you friends with Tim Sweeney or something?
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on Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
Users with local non-AD connected systems (which bypass GPOs)
Found your problem. Nothing to do with Linux/WSL.
Windows that needs the Ol’ Yeller treatment.
FTFY
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on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
Name one other company that’s doing more for open source and open platforms than Valve.
They’ve helped push gaming on Linux from a very niche process to basically having Windows native games work better on Linux than on Windows. They do this via Proton which they upstream into WINE (all open source and free to use by anyone).
They’ve silently funded an x86 to ARM emulator for years and it’s entirely open source (anyone can use it).
The Steam client is a 1st class citizen on Linux. It doesn’t matter that their client is closed source, because all the tools they employ is open source. The client is mostly just the store portion of their stuff. The actual tools that run the games are open source.
They’re also the only major games store that supports Linux natively (itch.io exists, and they’re great, but Steam is so much bigger).
Name a company that does even half of that. Just one company.
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on Chinese memory can now match the speed and latency configs of the RAM in our gaming PCs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
That would officially be WW3, and it wouldn’t go well for the US.
Pretty much the entire world either dislikes or outright hates the US right now, and that’s not going to change anytime soon. There’s far more positive sentiment towards China around the world than towards the US.
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on Best Buy 'repairs' customer's gaming laptop by simply removing half the RAM— claims unit in question only accepts 32 GB of RAM despite listing a 64GB configuration in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
this type of bullshit is common across the repair industry
No it isn’t. Most independent repair shops actually know what they’re doing and care about customer satisfaction.
This only happens at “corporate” repair places, just like BestBuy.
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on Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026
Good idea
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on Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026
You mean don’t tempt you with a good time?
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on Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026
!Evil!< Odo!
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on Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware in c/technology@lemmy.world · 11 Aug 2026
Yes, that exact thing was the crux of a major lawsuit at one point.
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on Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware in c/technology@lemmy.world · 11 Aug 2026
Only if we stay quiet.
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on 2027 RAM Capacity Has Reportedly Been Sold out in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Aug 2026
Dodge must be pretty happy.
Thinking that any modern CPU vendor would lock out Linux is not naive, it’s the demonstration of pure ignorance and utter lack of knowledge in the world of technology.