This is such bullshit. Models have already consumed all available data and have nothing left to consume, whole needing exponentially more data for progressive advancements

You need yo block the alibaba subnets primarily. In my experience this is where most of them originate

Not gonna argue with you mate, I know we disagree fundamentally on what the fediverse means. Me and most others never will see eye to eye with you with your capitalist growth-focused approach.

Network effects are incredibly strong. Xitter is now a disinformation and fascist hellhole, and yet people who should know better still refuse to leave. We have the advantage that we’re not growth focused, so we can can bide our time. The inevitable enshittification will do its job eventually, but there’s no telling when the tipping point will happen.

Author admits they don’t ask for donations and then use the lack of donation as evidence for their arguments. Amazing logic there.

Also whatever the fuck this is

By the way, next time you see a request for donations at any project, think about the reasoning in the head of the product owner.

Some of us ask for donations because we know people don’t actually think about it. Fuck you for implying we’re closer to being sellouts than you are.

This blog gives me right-libertarian vibes with its promotion of “open - core” shite and how focused it is on money.

I’m not close to burnout but thanks for the concern. I don’t run my instance like lemm.ee does for a reason ;)

Unfortunately that philosophy led them to close down their instance due to burnout, so maybe it’s not exactly a winning one 😅

If we get pwned, or otherwise compromised, one cannot tie your username to an email. The same reason the OP doesn’t want to provide an email I guess.

We require a valid email for registration as an anti-spam measure, but you can garble the email afterwards.

Israel’s element of surprise was enhanced by Iranian officials’ apparent assumption that Israel wouldn’t attack while talks over its rapidly advancing nuclear program were ongoing with the U.S.

Relevant

Yes lemmy can serve as a good replacement for a picture sharing group

Ewww

VC-backed OpenAI is the most valuable company in the world and is engaging in massive environmental destruction. The US state just went into cahoots with them to the tune of billions

VC-backed Uber and AirBnb disrupted multiple estabilished industries for the worst by undercutting them through loss-leading.

VC-backed Facebook killed or purchased all its rivals and consolidated almost all social media to the detriment of the whole world.

So, basically what every VC-backed capitalist is doing. But we don’t see these constant articles of “But at what cost” for every VC-backed venture

OK but seriously, “China does something potentially good, but at what cost” is a meme at this point.

Again, python 2 still exists. nothing would be “trashed”. If you want backwards compatibility just keep using python2. We clearly don’t see things the same way, but given that python is the most popular languge in the world, I’m happy most see it my way.

Python 2 transition took decades and EOL was almost a decade ago, get over it. If you still want to use it, use it!

I don’t understand this approach at all. Software evolves and sometimes you need breaking changes. Godot did it as well, but I guess that “great for tinkering” as well.

It fills me with confidence that the language is the most widely used in the world and is not afraid to do what must be done instead of growing stale and unwieldly so that lazy developers don’t learn anything new.

Mate,you have a 20 year old perception of python. “good for tinkering”, Cheezus…

If you rent rack space, you can at least call the DC to send someone to reboot it or smt.

Sad to hear, had a very inspired name and the admin was very strong with hosting tech. Unfortunately however a generic instance with lax federation rules and no solid ideology, is a recipe for burning out your admins. The owner seemingly losing interest in lemmy also didn’t help.