Balder @ balder1991 @lemmy.world

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Now we just have to wait for the crash.

Still it’s a positive net balance for the planet if it happens this way. But I think the “plastic safety” (in a food sense) would also end?

It also impresses me that there’s bacteria eating metal under the sea.

I think UEFI was something that took a while to be standardized and mostly because of Intel’s influence over it, while ARM seems more diverse both in manufacturers and types of devices. When things are decentralized it becomes much more difficult to get everyone on board of something.

That’s something I’d volunteer to contribute.

As a foreigner, this is more of a US (maybe England?) thing in my perception (together with some Muslim and East cultures). The US was always a bit strange with sexuality themes.

Or using a virtual machine if the computer isn’t too crappy.

Apparently anything running on top of .NET is also harder than it should be.

Linux has a lot of hardware problems, so the safest choice is always to do like the time I had a Hackintosh: buy hardware you already know it’s compatible.

But regarding making Linux easy for the average consumer, I don’t think it will ever be. The incentive just isn’t there. Even though some distros try to simplify things, there’s too many layers and different configs where problems can happen and not enough resources to handhold users through all the steps. Apple can only polish their operating system because they sell very expensive computers, so they actually make a profit from the average consumer.

In the end, it’s all about money and incentives, Linux philosophy was never to make things easy for the non computer savvy person. It could change, absolutely, with enough money, research, hardwork (most likely voluntary, which is scarce) and collaboration with other areas, such as good designers and UX people.

It’s just like everything else in the world, 90% of things are shitty, but the good 10% of things are always worth finding.

I think they do have their help, but it’s not nearly as dramatic as some companies earning money from it want us to think. It’s just a tool that helps just like a good IDE has helped in the past.

I mean, if LLMs really make software engineering easier, we should also expect Linux apps to improve dramatically. But I’m not betting on it.

Then I guess people will use the web less and less.

Yeah, I think the problem is really that language is ambiguous and the LLMs can get confused about certain features of it.

For example, I often ask different models when was the Go programming language created just to compare them. Some say 2007 most of the time and some say 2009 — which isn’t all that wrong, as 2009 is when it was officially announced.

This gives me a hint that LLMs can mix up things that are “close enough” to the concept we’re looking for.

Yeah, that’s fair.

You're doing it right now. You're criticizing that user for saying it's okay to talk about AI's failures. You're the example, evangelizing and shilling. My advice: STFU.

It seems like you missed the memo on reading comprehension. I literally quoted the exact part I'm criticizing, which clearly isn't what you claimed.

And being overly emotional and telling people to STFU online? That's a masterclass in civility right there.

AI evangelists act like it’s already perfect and anybody who dares question the church of LLM is declared a Luddite.

I don’t think that’s the case, though. The only people I see actively “evangelizing” LLMs are either companies looking for investors or “influencers” looking for attention by tapping on people’s insecurities.

Most people just either find it useful for some specific use cases or just don’t care. And a large part actually hate on it.

Yeah it is a bit weak on the arguments, as it doesn’t seem to talk about trade offs?

Thanks, I’ll try to use it from title to time.