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Luke, is that you?

I've heard the name, but don't know what a docker is used for. Kinda like a vm? Not really a geek, I'm afraid ;)

Either someone randomly downvoted (ok, bye). Or someone thinks downvoting me is punishing me in some way for daring say something they don't agree with (no idea how that could be punishing me, but hey). Or someone is too lazy to explain their reasoning. In any case, I don't think it's worth much consideration.

And, yep, as far as I'm concerned I consider this an OK approach. Not faultless, but usable ;)

Fasting. Hard to make money off not eating food.

FFS, don't give them ideas!

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Not much

• Full disk encryption on my computers.
• Password manager, for strong & unique passwords everywhere
• Linux as my OS
• Firewall.
• Backups: local (encrypted) and remote (encrypted).
• Computers are all wired to the network, no WiFi.
• Also, I use my phone as a... phone and for little else.
  I mean, there is a 2FA app and the few mandatory apps I must have access to (finance, and banking) and that is it. No social, no games, no nothing. Not even email is configured on that trash piece of corporate spyware. I sincerely consider it a threat to our privacy so I don't trust it beside what I have no option to trust it with. I also suppose that this device, even though I deactivated the setting, is constantly listening to what we say nearby. So, when I don't need it, I store it in a thick box to reduce whatever it may be recording.
• I use as little digital tools as I can. I went back to analog (ie, for my agenda and I hardly see any reason to go back to digital). I take all my notes longhand too, and it's been more than a year I have not read an ebook as I went back to analog there too. Why? No spying, no tracking of what I read and what I write. And no sudden 'termination' of services or 'removal' of a book from my device for any reason.

• Daily walks. I started barely being able to walk more than a few steps, I was in a really terrible shape. Nowadays, I will walk at least 8km daily. More as often as I can. It feels too good. Exercising regularly and in the long-run is key.
• Eating healthier food, aka fresh fruits, veggies, real fresh bread and NOT eating industrial pre-processed food anymore. Like none at all. No 'just this one time' or 'just one byte'. No more feeding myself with ready-made dishes, no more fast-food (I still ate delicious burgers and fries mind you... just all hand-made with fresh food), no industrial sweets or whatever either. And no industrial beverage either, aka no soda not even light.
• Not being an asshole with myself. I failed many times at keeping my motivation. No blaming and no hating (I was already punished enough by all that wasted time it meant for me to fall back into my bad habits) but I kept on going while trying to understand how/why I failed (so I would not do the same mistake again).

I halved my weight and I still eat plenty (even chocolate, pastries or things like that, just... a lot less and never industrially made), I replaced me eating shit (literally, industrial are feeding us shit) by me eating actual food (and enjoying preparing it), and I also retook control my body, muscles and joints, by starting to move it... like it is was designed to. We're not designed to sit on a couch or in front of computer all day long (be it to work or to play).

What are the ethics of using AI to imitate art styles?

I don't understand the question.

AI has no ethics, AI doesn't copy or steal, no more than a photocopy is stealing the pages of the books it copies. AI is not a person.

The persons writing the code of the AI to make it able to 'learn' (aka remix) from existing art and artists are the one stealing art and artists. As well as the user asking that AI to 'create' new art hoping to make some money out of it while knowing 100% that it's pure copying from other artists.

On that I could not tell much: I'm really not a dev and I use my Linux like I used to use my Mac. But I have little doubt there are a few more interesting alternatives to Fedora.

But if the GPL is a thing this should not matter that much. That's also why I worry to see a big distro like Ubuntu considering replacing GPL core tools with non GPL ones. Maybe I'm just paranoid but I see that as a long-term way to get rid of the GPL and took control of Linux to make it their product, not ours anymore.

what is an American distro?

I mean does the kernel or DE have a nationality if they're Free Software? Anyone is supposed to be able to reuse them, no? Exactly like China has already building its own OS based on GNU-Linux

That's why, as a mere user myself, I consider the GNU-GPL license so essential (so much more than the code being 'Open Source') as GPL makes it so that no one can limit what anyone else wants to do with the code. And even if the USA one day stopped being our best friends, they would have no legal claim to prevent us (or China, or anyone else) from building on top of their code or to fork it. Freedom, is great.

I use to think I was moderately good at computers

That doesn't say a lot. It all depends what you already can do with a computer. Setting up a server is already somewhat technical stuff. Using a computer to browse the web and click stuff, is not—heck, even I use Linux and I'm no expert ;)

Just looking fro advice on my first build.

As a true beginner, imho you need a beginner-friendly distro aka one that will do most of the work for you. I use Mint and I like it a lot but there are plenty choices available (and I don't run my own server neither). So, take some time to find one you would like to use. Also, if you only want to create a server (not use it as your personal computer) you should focus on a distribution for servers, not your usual end-user one. I mean, any distribution can be used to setup a server (they all have access to the same tools) but some are more focused on general users (like Mint) while other are more on technical users like people that will admin a server.

So, my first advice would be to tell you to decide what exactly it is you want to do with that Linux computer. From that you will then be able to pick a good distro and then start reading teh docs as needed. And that reading will also depends your skills level. Something like Arch (a great distro) has an amazing Wiki, like it's really excellent. But it's also very technical and not that beginner-friendly. Then, there are things like https://linuxjourney.com/ that are so cool for beginning but won't be as complete ;)

I would not try to setup a server if I had not started using Linux already to get some familiarity with the system and its basics. For that you can pick any distro you like. Once again, I would suggest Mint out of personal preferences but I should probably say that before that I was a very happy Arch user too (I just realized I preferred to get less frequent updates).. There is not one best distro everyone would agree upon but there are various ones that are better suited to whatever type of user one may be.

Sure. But don't worry, our bright leaders have obviously considered that tiny little potential but veeeeeeery unlikely issue the day they decided to rely on US-tech. They must have a backup plan. They did have a backup, right?

Beside Windows and Office, thinking about all the European data that US clouds have been tasked to 'safekeep' for us by our so very lucid leaders, the same leaders that have persistently refused to listen to the few people around here telling them that maybe that was not the fucking smartest idea ever to let go of that control on our essential data... I do wonder how many vital, key or even just nice to have European services will instantly stop working if the US was to ever pull the plug?

I also wonder if my bank would still be able to work? And what about my medical data?

Not that our US friends would ever do such a thing to their dearest European allies, obviously they love us (read the last few paragraphs).

USA + EU = BFF & <3

I really, really don’t understand how people see LLMs as the only options for stuff like this…

We can't tell that is what the OP thinks and I would rather not assume anything. But if that was the case, I would imagine OP is from this generation that seems to have completely lost connection with the written word. It's a huge loss for them (and for the whole society), a dramatic one even but one can't realize how tragic it is, and how much they are losing, if they don't have an opportunity to experiment what it's like to be writing (and reading).

To the OP, if you're wondering about writing in a journal (paper or digital, it's up to you but be assured it can be private), feel free to come say hello in the !journaling@sh.itjust.works. I'm the admin there and if there isn't much activity going on, I'm pretty sure this kind of situations may be of interest to way more people than we imagine. At the very least, if you have questions I will do my best to answer them, hopefully others would chime in too ;)

Edit to clear: not being able to read/write long-form content anymore is a tragic loss for younger generations, and that will cost dear to most of them because the few that will have learned to master those 'low-tech' activities, and to focus their attention, will outperform the others and they're the ones that will get the all the rewards we associate with 'winning'. But if they're the ones that will pay, for the most part they're not at fault. It is us, the adults that were supposed to be educating them, that are responsible. We failed. Hard. Now, they will pay the price.

But lately I’ve been in a rough state mentally (I say lately but it’s always been with me) and having GPT guide me and being able to just dictate what I think helps me a lot on various levels, for various reasons.

Do you mean you use it to brain dump your thoughts and things like that?

If so, have you considered simply... writing stuff down with a pen on paper? Aka, journaling.

I've been doing that for, well, almost all all my live (started as little boy, I'm now well into my 50s) and it has always been tremendous help to better understand whatever is going on in my head/happening around me/with other people/the world.

Pen and paper journaling is also 100% not online, unless you want it to be. And it's cheap, when it's not completely free ;)

+1

We use that too. It's less impactful than using a clim and it's still enough for us.

Beethoven and Bach. Depends.

I have a few pictures of flowers. So, in a metaphorical way I reckon those could be considered NSFW? Beside that, I'm afraid I have nothing to show. Or should I say to hide? ;)

I have a few more NSFW books on my bookshelves at home, mind you. Not porn even though I do have a few Sade and other authors like that. They're mostly books that would today be (or had once been) considered unsafe reads. The kind of books more and more people (those same people that don't read much outside their comfort zone) believe can do harm and want them to be removed from certain public libraries, or want them to be more or less completely edited to fit their own narrative.

Quite early in the year to pick one favorite, but so far I would say:

• A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) by Marcel Proust. I'm reading it right now, and probably will take the rest of the year to finish it. I’ve failed for 30+ years reading it, like I just could not get into it and gave up countless times. Earlier this year, it somehow clicked and I’m in awe. It’s amazing.
• An essay and still in French (like Proust, there are many translations available): Du contrat social by Rousseau. Today more than ever, a fundamental text that is worth (re-)reading. What does it mean to live and to work together, in a society? Where does it come from? And how do we make it work and not end in a civil war? The text itself is a rather short read, but the moment one realizes each sentence has a lot of offer and to reflect upon it becomes a lot more massive. Real slow reading is highly encouraged for that text.
• In English (American): The World-Ending Fire, a collection of essays by Wendell Berry. I wish I had started reading him 40 years ago.

• Reading. Like I do with online content, I select very strictly the books I read, doing my best to keep hate/anger (as well as proud idiocy) at bay.
• Writing (& journaling)
• Long walks (edit: nicer weather makes it even more tempting ;)
• Quality time with my spouse
• A little music too.

Nothing fancy, but very efficient as far as I'm concerned.

Oh, thx a lot for the clarification :)

Android is from Google, how come would they behave differently if the US government was to require US corporations to act in a certain way?

That may be a silly question (?) but I really don't understand why it matters with an iPhone and not an android phone that they're US?