darkphotonstudio

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darkphotonstudio ,

The main reason I like Winamp: Advance Visualization Studio. And skins. Bring back skins in applications. I don't care if 99% are ugly and unusable. We don't need jerks like Gnome team deciding what everything should look like.

darkphotonstudio ,

I despise ads. I can't even bring myself to watch Netflix or Amazon Prime. If there is advertising, it ain't worth it, no matter how cheap.

darkphotonstudio , (edited )

Idk what age your dad is, but I'm 53 (gen-x) and my generation are notorious for being difficult to market to. Maybe he just blanks it out, like an automatic mute button. I used to do that but ads are far too mentally disruptive for me these days. I've had enough.

darkphotonstudio ,

Why is it always "pods"?

darkphotonstudio ,

"Communist" country.

darkphotonstudio ,

How long before Google ends up on killedbygoogle.com?

darkphotonstudio ,

I wasn't aware of this search engine. Thanks!

darkphotonstudio ,

These people just need to stop. We don't need yet another social media service

darkphotonstudio ,

Small businesses that can’t afford a dedicated IT department and pro licenses are gonna love this. I’m sure Linux will pick up more users but the real winner will likely be Apple and Macs.

darkphotonstudio ,

That kind of depends on the business, doesn’t it? I’m sure there are plenty of small businesses that don’t even know what a SMB consulting space is. I suspect there a lot of people running businesses off their laptop. You might have a narrow view of what constitutes a small business.

darkphotonstudio ,

Unless everyone stops using Google, trying to stop this is like fighting windmills.

darkphotonstudio ,

Yeah, it couldn’t possibly be because they’re a bunch of bigots in a delusional cult violating TOS agreements and generally being shitty people.

darkphotonstudio ,

I'd be interested if it was a proper application. But it's a web app.

darkphotonstudio ,

Until it goes offline for whatever reason after a few years. Then you're fucked. If it's in the cloud, it's on someone else's computer.

darkphotonstudio ,

They are discussing a very specific approach and a paper that lays out the issues with pursuing this one specific type of generative AI. It's not about AI in general. The headline is a bit click-baity.

darkphotonstudio ,

Just ignore this clown and his bullshit. Stop reporting on him and his companies, it'll drive him nuts.

darkphotonstudio ,

I'm not going to bother reading the empty headed thoughts of yet another techbro billionaire. I'd rather do just about anything else, like watch paint dry or grass grow, a far more productive use of my time.

darkphotonstudio ,

I've heard rocks bounce around in an empty, echo-y space in the past.

darkphotonstudio ,

I think people would have less issues with AI training if it was non-profit and for the common good. And there are open source AI projects, many in fact. But yeah, these deals by companies like this are sleazy.

darkphotonstudio ,

I don't think OpenAI actually released any FOSS code, did they?

darkphotonstudio ,

I would be making a huge mistake if I didn’t bring this up. A significant portion of the Nostr community loves Bitcoin, and many clients implement NIP-57 to hook into the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

Fuck no.

darkphotonstudio ,

That was a short honeymoon.

darkphotonstudio ,

I'm seriously wondering. All these billionaire types seem to be getting a taste for attention and can't help shouting crazy bullshit at the top of their lungs. The louder these people are, the more scrutiny they will receive. Do they believe that will end well for them?

darkphotonstudio ,

No. Not unless you want a nasty-gram from your ISP.

darkphotonstudio ,

Nice additions. Shotcut is the editor I settled on because Kdenlive and Openshot…cut(?) we’re just too unstable and crashy.

darkphotonstudio ,

Gnome might as well be proprietary with their shit attitude.

darkphotonstudio ,

It’s kind of happening naturally as it picks up more users and developers. There are really only a few distros that all others are based on. And as many have already said, it’s not fragmented and actually very healthy, and that’s a good thing.

darkphotonstudio , (edited )

Gnome can eat a steaming hot bowl of dicks.

darkphotonstudio , (edited )

I don’t think I’m saying anything new here, but if the free software is superior, then it’s easier to make the argument to try it out. If it just has similar functionality, then there’s little incentive to move over. A good example is GIMP being presented as an alternative to Photoshop. It’s not. Not even close. And I hate Adobe and refuse to pay for their crap. Even price isn’t enough. If your job/business depends on a piece of software that cost a lot of moolah Vs. an unknown free application, the free software loses. So you need a superior application plus an easy way to migrate all your data.

darkphotonstudio , (edited )

Krita rocks! It's amazing if you're a freehand artist. I think the brush engine is better than PS. Krita is also fast and can handle large images with multiple layers with no problems.

darkphotonstudio ,

Has anyone here ever tried punching themselves in the dick repeatedly?

darkphotonstudio ,

While I really like the Genesis/Megadrive, and PS1, I have to say the SNES is an almost perfect console. It had everything that made the NES great, but with beautiful 16 bit graphics.

darkphotonstudio ,

Where was all that outrage from you all when everyone was downloading and pirating copyrighted music by groups like Metallica? If you were around back then, my guess is, you were all firing up Kazaa and Napster and didn’t give a shit.

darkphotonstudio ,

AI can’t kill the World Wide Web, capitalism already did.

darkphotonstudio ,

Copying isn't theft. There is no "theft".

darkphotonstudio ,

Reddit is a lost cause. Even without ads, it's clear that Reddit management is pushing a lot of mindless junk to the front page. It didn't used to have so many moronic and fake AITAH and AskReddit posts (which in turn are posted by bots or paid posters) at the top. The whole thing is a steaming pile but people who've spent years on the site don't want to give it up.

What're some of the dumbest things you've done to yourself in Linux?

I'm working on a some materials for a class wherein I'll be teaching some young, wide-eyed Windows nerds about Linux and we're including a section we're calling "foot guns". Basically it's ways you might shoot yourself in the foot while meddling with your newfound Linux powers....

darkphotonstudio ,

I've reinstalled a few times throughout the years, simply because I didn't want to deal with fixing something, mainly a bloated mess with multiple desktops. Sometimes it's faster to back up home and nuke it from orbit.

darkphotonstudio , (edited )

No matter how stupid the management is, I'll still use FF over Chrome. Even so, Mozilla is lost in their own bullshit. That "workshop" is like some crap from kindergarten. Just make a good browser ffs. They can't get it through their thick skulls that the browser isn't the destination, it’s the means to getting there.

darkphotonstudio ,

Don't underestimate the power of nerds. Computer nerds influence tech purchasing decisions, both at home and on the job. The less tech savvy often ask "the computer person" what they recommend. Nerds have actually been astonishingly patient with MS, for decades. But the worse MS makes Windows, the less and less likely they're going to go with the default, "just buy Windows" answer.

darkphotonstudio ,

Yes, we need more artists defending capitalism with futile, annoying, and inaffective attempts at DRM. I guess we didn't learn anything from the music DRM wars in the 00s.

darkphotonstudio ,

It's weird to me how no one is talking about how it has a strong and blatant anti-capitalist message. Without getting into spoilers, the ending really drives it home. I'm surprised right-wing dickheads aren't screeching about it.

darkphotonstudio , (edited )

I disliked DS2 as well. All those stupid QTEs and cut scenes made it a slog. It just wasn't fun or scary

darkphotonstudio ,

Not one of his better articles. A lot of prevaricating with very little substance or conclusions. While AI investment is most certainly a bubble, few are taking into account the technology improving. This is a bone the tech dogs aren't going to give up easily. They have a whiff of the possibility of AIG becoming a reality. Like all promising tech, the potential for long term damage is as, if not more so, catastrophic for society as the World Wide Web and social media. He's looking at this as an echo of past Silicone Valley bubbles. It so much more than that.

darkphotonstudio ,

I didn't say anything about a grand vision. And this has little to no connection to NFTs, other than the usual hyped tech investors.

Citation-fucking-needed.

That's my opinion. You don't have to agree. You also don't have to be obnoxious.

darkphotonstudio ,

Throwing billions at a problem to save a few millions just isn’t worth it.

When did that ever stop Silicone Valley investors?

darkphotonstudio ,

Anyone taking bets on how long before we find out some shitty thing Proton is doing that completely undermines it's supposed privacy?

darkphotonstudio , (edited )

The way I read it on his blog, it seemed he was paying for it. It's entirely possible I misunderstood. I didn't know what his Xitter handle is, I haven't use that site in years.

darkphotonstudio ,

It's not even worth indie and small artists time to put it on there. Spotify has now officially demonetised all songs with less than 1,000 streams: https://www.nme.com/news/music/spotify-has-now-officially-demonetised-all-songs-with-less-than-1000-streams-3614010

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