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McDyver
·há 4 dias·discuss
It's all coming together: Even if an open protocol was developed and published, and everyone would just use AI to create their own app in order to be private, Google is shutting down that path by preventing "unsanctioned" apps from being installed (not to mention Apple, which already does it).

People wouldn't be arrested for writing code, but as it happened in Spain, people with Pixels and GrapheneOS are already treated as drug dealers
McDyver
·há 13 dias·discuss
> As I said in another comment, speaking for myself, I don’t like that he made this donation and I know this view is shared by many of my colleagues.

Maybe there's a case to distance Mullvad from him, then. Not taking a stand is also a political choice.
McDyver
·há 16 dias·discuss
Maybe not in absolute terms. But if there is no access to the actual SOTA models, it's as if they don't exist.
McDyver
·mês passado·discuss
It goes to show that privacy is not a priority. And it should be.
McDyver
·há 2 meses·discuss
> it saves me 2k a month in taxes. There are also workarounds in avoiding paying the higher EU taxes.

Interesting how in a different comment you say

> I want the same for all Spaniards and will gladly pay high taxes if my family, friends, and my neighbors can also have that same opportunity.
McDyver
·há 4 meses·discuss
They literally bombed a school full of girls.

It's irrelevant whether AI "makes any mistakes" or not, there are no morals either way, and people just seem to be desensitised to all of this
McDyver
·há 6 meses·discuss
That's good for you!

Isn't that a selfish view, though? "Works for me,so I don't care that systemd is creating dependencies everywhere for everyone else".

I appreciate that it simplifies some things, but I can't understand that you can't choose which parts of it to install, or even replace parts of it with alternatives.

Isn't linux about choice? It feels we're going on a downwards spiral where choice is being taken away from us in every domain
McDyver
·há 6 meses·discuss
I see a "top-down" approach, actually.

Government and public services change to (ideally) open source, and "impose"/"require" downstream compatibility.

This would create the incentive and make change easier
McDyver
·há 6 meses·discuss
I'm using Pipepipe. I believe it's a fork from NewPipe, and has more features, namely skipping sponsor block, and intros
McDyver
·há 6 meses·discuss
So now you are still the product, even if you're paying.
McDyver
·há 6 meses·discuss
Again, that's an internal affair. It would be up to the Native Americans to decide. It's their country after all
McDyver
·há 6 meses·discuss
It's very black and white. It's an internal affair, and no one elected the USA to be the police of the world.

We could also argue that even internally in the US, the current president was not democratically elected. Maybe you agree that another state should go there and remove him, just because.

I for one would support a Native American take over of the White House, and giving them back their country. You seem to support this logic
McDyver
·há 7 meses·discuss
I agree with your 2nd statement, but people should bring up things that should be discussed.

Otherwise, at some point, one of the 10000 [0] won't know there are alternatives and different ways of doing things.

[0] https://xkcd.com/1053/
McDyver
·há 7 meses·discuss
It makes a lot of sense. Whoever wants to continue developing "these apps" will do it privately, and sell the service to those who want to keep doing things in hiding. Well done, watchdog!

So again, it just harms the general public, while making it harder to catch criminals.
McDyver
·há 7 meses·discuss
You're actually making the exact point you want to attack.

That's why Europe needs that push to get their act together and start being self-sufficient, digital services-wise.
McDyver
·há 9 meses·discuss
Until the next update, when they conveniently have a "bug" that enables it by default
McDyver
·há 4 anos·discuss
Just because the project is moving, doesn't mean it's moving in the right direction.

What I like about linux in general, is that there are lots of small tools, with a reduced and specific scope, that do their job well. Systemd seems to want to do and control everything.