Posts by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
(DIR) Post #AhdX2bflUQ7nD14OR6 by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-05-07T04:26:45Z
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@BrodieOnLinux They suck for hand editing but the redundancy and the extra structuring is helpful for machines. I don't think it is any coincidence that a lot of graphical and WYSIWYG tools target XML, and I've heard that anthropic's LLMs are trained to consume and complete XML rather than plaintext, and prompts are restructured into XML first.
(DIR) Post #AiIbdE1yiYFLtiX8wy by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-05-27T00:01:39Z
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@ZachWeinersmith I think the answer to this is that monopolies that arise from network effects are double-edged. Abusing your apparent monopoly (even if it's simply not keeping up on features) can lead to a critical mass of people adopting a new platform, granting it network effects of its own.So even though Myspace or Skype might appear unassailable, competition is a bigger disciplinary force than it appears, because they can lose their dominant positions quite suddenly.
(DIR) Post #Aiy4kFqUTOkktYd61Y by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-06-16T00:11:01Z
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@ZachWeinersmith They already don't get along and get tied up in conflicts with each other. Since they're not bound by any real ideological commitment, they're both more inclined to marriages of convenience and stabbing each other in the back. There really hasn't been much unity between different authoritarian nations, Syria will act as an Iranian ally while simultaneously tipping off Israel on the location of Iranian command staff, Turkey will trade with Russia but shoot down Russian planes
(DIR) Post #AjWHNPC8MqrXOsGxIO by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-07-02T12:11:27Z
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@BrodieOnLinux What gets to me about this one is that it's one that was already fixed before, where the fix got removed by accident. It seems like something that should have been caught by the diff (and a single comment explaining the fix).
(DIR) Post #AjXUM1j5d8wIt2JunQ by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-07-03T02:11:19Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I would be okay with opt-out if the facts of the matter are clearly stated in an installer or first time setup screen. Opt-in telemetry can be worse than useless since you select for more technical users that understand the value telemetry has in dealing with UI issues, but it shouldn't just be enabled by default with people completely clueless about it either. And if someone was collecting my retina scan with telemetry, I'd be concerned.
(DIR) Post #AjwnHScfxPH3ZE6Mnw by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-07-15T07:12:32Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Third case is devices that expose an unsecured network for first time configuration to let them connect to a secure one.
(DIR) Post #Ak949xXb9OTqG7Fr2u by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-07-21T05:18:14Z
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@BrodieOnLinux There's been so much drama in FOSS spaces recently that I'm getting paranoid about the potential for an organized campaign to undermine these foundations. At least with CentOS it made some sense since IBM was genuinely doing shady stuff to drive anger and forking, and given Mozilla cutting projects and staff I can understand some bad blood there, but these self-imposed losses with the Nix and GNOME Foundations seem out of the blue.
(DIR) Post #AkExu87kbLeHfizdIG by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-07-24T01:36:34Z
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@ZachWeinersmith I think if people used durian as a vegetable, including cooking it first, I might be able to get it. But right now I don't get it. It's like rotten eggs and raw onion in your dessert.
(DIR) Post #AkPU35otg3P9FK5j5U by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-07-29T03:23:23Z
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@BrodieOnLinux C++ made so many mistakes and has such a confused legacy now that even if they had the best modern new features it would be a pain to use in light of the misfeatures it has accumulated.
(DIR) Post #Am3AFMvNjENAoIc59E by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-09-16T04:42:32Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Not just that but even at companies that provide it there is often a cultural expectation that you don't use it. It makes the USA's yellow peril very confusing to me, since the justification for protection is often "we can't work like they do in Japan/Korea/China!" But are we really that different?
(DIR) Post #AmMLDyatUfVmYno7wO by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-09-25T10:45:01Z
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@BrodieOnLinux If it blocks distribution is it even copyleft anymore? Share-Alike is kind of core to the idea of being copy left, but derivative works arguably aren't if we consider CC-BY-ND to be copyleft.
(DIR) Post #AmMRNWq48pd36EqGrg by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-09-25T11:54:00Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Huh, that kind of looks like Microsoft's old "shared source" model. I don't think they stuck with it so I guess WinAmp is going to learn why.It's also hard for me to understand how you're supposed to contribute to this project if you're not allowed to fork it. That's kind of how Git works.
(DIR) Post #AmRqunzgqghQVS6juC by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-09-28T02:33:41Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Valve has built an amazing brand for themselves. That trust their customers and community have in them is so incredibly valuable, if it was say Microsoft or IBM trying to push this I think there would have been much more reflexive suspicion.
(DIR) Post #An2ypGSP3KdxuhByd6 by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-10-16T00:26:38Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Almost wish scottish independence happened just so that this could be even more confusing for people.
(DIR) Post #AngnBSvr1HlQUnklpA by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-11-04T05:24:39Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Replicated, although it explains that it's talking about the "latest release", which makes it doubly wrong.Presumably Gemini look at that GitHub README and see that the GitHub is abandoned, right? I guess this needs some more work.
(DIR) Post #Ao7b1U5gIBgXP5g7Rw by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-11-17T03:45:36Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I guess you can be grateful no actual gimp suit is depicted in the gimp logo.
(DIR) Post #AoDylQ6YuJRmFzisCm by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-11-20T05:39:53Z
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@BrodieOnLinux What do you mean exactly? There's several ways you could interpret this statement, the tamest of which is "yeah, it's called Firefox", second tamest being that the websites are still up and you can get a 15-year old unmaintained Firefox derivative if you really want.Or is it some more spicy story?
(DIR) Post #AoE0Yyg9FbHLd7Ywr2 by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2024-11-20T06:00:03Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Although with proprietary software, you're also now the QA team, even if you pay for it.
(DIR) Post #AzSiKLNy11MmKbP4eu by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2025-10-22T08:49:28Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I suspect that people may have different understandings of "correct" here. Some people are pointing to things like the iPod shuffle, which is a well defined thing that doesn't risk the application crashing or losing the user's data.
(DIR) Post #Azgja5rSQ2OW78rdlA by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2025-10-29T03:09:30Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Grok praising Elon? He really lobotomized it.