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1 month ago
+34 34 0Researchers gave AI an 'inner monologue' and it massively improved its performance
Scientists trained an AI system to think before speaking with a technique called QuietSTaR. The inner monologue improved common sense reasoning and doubled math performance.
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Current Event
1 month ago
+36 36 0Artificial Intelligence Act: MEPs adopt landmark law
On Wednesday, Parliament approved the Artificial Intelligence Act that ensures safety and compliance with fundamental rights, while boosting innovation.
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1 month ago
+26 26 0Earth, Kiss, and Fire - I Was Made for Boogie Wonderland
Music used in this mashup: * Kiss - I Was Made for Lovin' You * Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland * Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
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1 month ago
+36 36 0#Happy: The Dictatorship of Happiness on Social Media
We spend hours on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, seduced by their promise: to be able to share our life and our opinions with the whole world. In this virtual world, everyone is happy. Everyone has perfect bodies, lives fulfilled lives in stylish ...
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Review
1 month ago
+34 34 0Best Arch-based Linux distro of 2024
Explore the power and flexibility of Arch Linux with the best Arch-based Linux distros
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1 month ago+16 16 0Commented in 5 reasons why desktop Linux is finally growing in popularity
As someone who helps out people with their liberation from proprietary software (read: I install Linux distro's on their laptops and PC's and give them a nice headstart by teaching them the basics and essentials of the respective distro's), I am seeing a new trend: the SaaS (Software as a Service) doesn't go down as good as Microsoft (and Apple) want. Most of the people realise, finally, that in principle their machine is not theirs anymore in that way. To be more specific: according to Microsoft Windows User Agreement (since the haydays of Windows 95) it never was, but now it is more obvious with cloud services. It has become a more important reason to switch for people.
Another big reason is simple economics: people do not want (or can't) pay for all the online services and also, people want to use their machines for longer than anticipated by hardware producers and accountants. "Every three years buying new equipment is good for the books" is a long time mantra, which I always found a bit peculiar, because writing things off of your taxes is letting society pay for your costs as company. It is also far from durable or environmentally responsible. Hardware producers design their products also with obsolesence in mind, which is nice for their coffers, but not for the environment and/or the budgets of users.
And about the article itself: I understand the reasoning behind seeing Android and Chrome OS as a Linux version, but it needs to be nuanced: only the kernels of both OS's are originating from Linux kernels and that's about it. Most of the software that runs on it is proprietary and has hardly anything to do with Linux or Open Source. For the rest it was a nice read and I see articles about Year of the Desktop as a nice utopian tradition. Utopian, because in this neoliberal world of commercialising everything I do not see Linux distro's rule the consumer world. It already does so in the back end of it all: as far as I know, all the fastest supercomputers run some version/distro of Linux and pretty much the entire internet runs on it. :-)
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1 month ago
+19 19 0Which Linux Mint is Better? Comparing Debian Edition & Standard
Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is a very interesting distribution to say the least. It looks and acts nearly exactly the same as the standard version of Linux Mint, but LMDE is built on top of Debian instead of Ubuntu. In this video, Jay compares L ...
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Analysis
1 month ago
+23 23 0Donald Trump is broke hahahaha
Did you hear the news? Donald Trump is broke as s—t! Sure, you already knew that the former president’s empire was built on bankrupt casinos, skyscrapers that are cratering in value, fake universities, fake shoes, unpaid vendors, dodged taxes, undrin ...
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Video/Audio
1 month ago
+17 17 0What Happens When Evil Wins?
Over the last five months, we've seen an unprecedented escalation in violence in Gaza. Most people I know feel like they're going crazy. We're all seeing the same footage, but no matter how angry we all get and how much we try to chang ...
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1 month ago+11 11 0Commented in Utah Bill that requires statewide removal of school library books deemed pornographic by 3 districts close to passage
Is there a word for the mix between theocracy and kleptocracy?
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Expression
2 months ago
+28 28 0Sick and tired of the gaslighting
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2 months ago
+25 25 0Abused By My Girlfriend
Abused By My Girlfriend tells the remarkable story of Alex Skeel, a 23-year-old man from Bedford who survived an abusive relationship with his girlfriend Jordan Worth.
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2 months ago
+21 21 0A brief history of starter homes
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2 months ago
+25 25 050 Megaton Tsar Bomba Declassified • Ivan RDS-220 Hydrogen Bomb
The Soviet RDS-220 hydrogen bomb (code name Ivan or Vanya), also known as Tsar Bomba (Russian: Царь-бо́мба, tr. Tsar'-bómba, IPA: [t͡sarʲ ˈbombə], lit. 'Tsar bomb'), was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and tested. Tested ...
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2 months ago+8 8 0Commented in IIHF extends ban of Russia, Belarus from worlds
And the USA and Israel are not banned? Hmmmm, how weird.
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2 months ago
+16 16 0Family Trip
A mother (Michelle) and her daughter (Lacey) take a therapeutic dose of MDMA with an experienced facilitator (Mikaela) in an attempt to heal generational trauma created by addiction, neglect, racism, divorce and alcoholism. As they begin to peak they ...
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2 months ago+16 16 0Commented in LinuxONE 4 Express: How IBM's budget mainframe could be right for you
Dear Santa, I've been a good man this year and I know it's rather early to write you a letter. This is to give you some time to save up for this magnificent piece of o̶v̶e̶r̶k̶i̶l̶l̶ equipment.
Joking aside, it looks pricey, but for the mentioned applications (like medical imaging) this is actually a cheap solution. And very safe also. I applaud IBM for using Linux as a starting point, which is a no-brainer for this kind of hardware. Nice article. -
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2 months ago
+21 21 0Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.
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2 months ago+15 15 0Commented in Shim vulnerability exposes most Linux systems to attack
I think that not using network-boot is a good solution, but not in a work-environment. Another, and way better solution that fits the Linux (and open source) mentality is using computers that are built to run Linux.
My experiences with Secure Boot are, at best, really bad unless it was truely possible to turn it off. IMO Secure Boot has hardly anything to do with security, but more with enforcing products on consumers and reducing options and choice. -
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2 months ago+17 17 0Commented in Mozilla CEO quits, org pivots, but what about Firefox?
You're absolutely right that it is worrisome, but here's a page to save the day!! Some of the Firefox-forks that are presented there are more than worth looking at or even change entirely to.
