FFS. How are these ideas remotely patentable in the first place? Software patents are pure dogshit.

LLMs won’t get smarter in the next 10 years, but they will rapidly outpace humans.

If Trump’s goal isn’t to cede most everything to China, he’s doing a poor job.

A trick you can use there is to form the connection with different intent, e.g. to learn more about the field. Maybe it leads to something and maybe it doesn’t, but at least you learned something.

Yeah, we computer people don’t typically count networking as a forté. But I fear that while before the network was merely important, now it could turn into the only thing that matters.

States rights! Lol

Hypocrisy is considered a strength. So they’re definitely not against it.

How much does Firefox development cost? The Mozilla Foundation itself has a dearth of friends even among hackers. But Firefox is worth preserving. Could we get enough paying supporters to continue development?

I don’t disagree about what most people want. Personally, I don’t really care for the features, so I’m an outlier. The one thing I do miss on my 25-year-old Saturn is cruise control.

Plastic panels are awesome, BTW. 25 years and zero door dings.

I really like this concept. Definitely catches my attention. But I think minimalists are in the minority these days.

https://archive.ph/5RXO0

More like “I’m not paying for DRM books”. If they want my money, they can sell a non-DRM book. I buy those all the time.

Is it DRM-free on bookshop?

“In the Ukraine area”… Smells like code for “Russia” that Trump is going to use as additional rationale for abandoning Ukraine.

I generally agree, but I think we’re already past step 1.

Kinda looks like Trump is wanting to be Ruler of North America and wants Putin to be Ruler of Eurussia. Maybe that’s what the Ukraine “peace talks” were about.

https://archive.ph/3fPCB

It’s possible to dodge the deluge of ads, of course, by signing up for the YouTube Premium subscription service.

Oh yeah! That’s another way to do it. I forgot.

The USGS has renamed “jadeite” to “jate”.

I always wished the Dems would leverage this power a bit more. But who knows–maybe this Biden move is trying to get Trump to ban it.