Doesn’t matter. That company and its leadership are worrisome, with or without that trivia.

Switching from Windows 11 to Linux Mint, I expected some headaches after last using Debian 15 years ago. But it feels like home.

Spicy

Wouldn’t such turbulent times be exactly when established companies are at risk as well? E.g., what electrification is doing to VW.

Although the risk for AI-first vs general big tech does depend on the root cause of the disruption.

I think it will be triggered by the massive overvaluation of many AI labs. Investors will sell. In the meanwhile, other sectors will still have to adjust to the new reality of token generators, so the wider economy is impacted.

LLMs will not disappear, just like real estate did not disappear after 2008,and the internet did not disappear after the dotcom bubble burst.

But I can imagine the end of hyperfocus on the “AGI race”.

Different Linus. Took me too long.

Yes. And TIL :-)

Do you have more info?

I would first build a cable lift, then a pipeline for concrete, then the dam.

Warming: Not an expert at all; I live in the flattest country on earth.

https://youtu.be/6iFbuIpe68k

Depends on your entry point. If youre in a country, don’t use that country. I you’re in EU, don’t use EU.

Mark Zuckerberg shizzle sounds eaga to get young peeps hooked on online gamblin

Half of the bots I encounter just share news articles in non-news communities. Thats what I dislike most. I get my news from reputable sources, the Fediverse is for social interaction.

‘Falling asleep’.

I have seen people pass out while that album was playing.

Left: wine glass with broken off foot.

Right: chess piece reveal party.

I will repeat myself: Perfect is the enemy of good. In my opinion, you’re spending your finite attention arguing with the wrong person.

Yes, thank you for clarifying this.

Not sure why anyone would assume monetary/commercial benefit here.

Yup. And if you want to take a small step without major hardware requirements: connect your setup to a paid subscription Mistral or Anthropic API. They allow you to switch off training on your data.

On top of that, the costs are way lower than the normal consumer grade chat subscriptions, and your searches + memory are kept locally (e.g., managed through open webui).

My point is: ethics should not be confused with a single dimension of ethics. Whether something I’d ethical, depends on your beliefs.

Simultaneously, if animal welfare is all we optimize for, vegetarianism is a step forward. And indeed, so is pollotarianism when optimizing for just environmental impact. Perfect is the enemy of good.

The bottom line is: 1 cow birth per year (or let’s call it cow deaths, because that’s what is most relevant here) yields around 10.000L of milk. Out of which around 1000kg of cheese can be produced, plus of course the meat of that calf.

Does that make it ethical? I don’t think so. But I would say around 1.5-2x less unethical compared to eating meat, which is significant.

If ethical = animal welfare, perhaps.

But when factoring in e.g. water consumption and CO2e per unit of food consumed, I would argue the average vegetarian diet to be significantly more ethical compared with the average omnivorous diet.

Obviously the type of animals involved, the way they are treated and killed, and religious views add more complexity to this case.

edit: the essence of my point is that this isn’t a black and white matter.