

To fulfill their mandatory AI usage quota
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To fulfill their mandatory AI usage quota


https://nitter.net/realUpScrolled/status/2022787667654537686#m
And then they immediately got a surge of new users, well played Google


I’m okay with a few crawlers, but not what’s effectively a DDoS attack by AI companies who abuse my resources generating terabytes of traffic and crashing my server while costing me money. I use Anubis now, which sucks from an accessibility standpoint but I’m not dealing with their malicious traffic anymore.


Yes if it’s tunneled to your self-hosting setup. With CGNAT you have to use similar services if you want to self-host.


Engaging algorithms is the reason people stay on proprietary services. Fediverse users love to shoot themselves in the foot talking about how algorithms and AI sucks then wonder why people don’t want to switch


Engaging algorithm, no paywall, funding or monetization strategy, viewpoint diversity, and a large amount of people already using it


So does Wikipedia


Is there a difference between using this vs OpenCode with search extensions and ollama (or whatever people use nowadays)?


Macbook touchpads are so good I actually prefer them over mice most of the time
At my university there are CS clubs specifically for women because only like 1% of the CS students in both classes and clubs are female


It takes more than one post to describe how fucked this is


It’s harmful to everyone not just children, and so is Instagram. This sounds like more mandatory ID propaganda given how the government won’t stop the most obvious of pedophile sex traffickers.
Edit: It literally is:
Of course, if TikTok is removed, many children will just move to TikTok’s competitors: Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. This is why it’s so important for countries to follow Australia’s lead: raise the age for opening social media accounts to 16 and require the companies to enforce it.
Reddit feels like Quora at this point with all the affiliate links and promotions


Fortunately we have a few more weeks to plan out how to make use of this model before it goes into effect


Niri, I think Hyprland did also


Two finger scroll on my touchpad and another finger lightly presses it turning it into a middle click paste


I do too but it’s usually unintentional


Middle click paste sucks, I keep accideE&4nry!NAnY6Yfntally activating it in the middle of my documents which is bad when I have st6SFMzZkTR7!b^yuff like passwords copied and don’t notice, so good


DIdn’t know Indie Beat TV was a thing
That sounds like something YouTube would promote