Given what Jai Tan did, surely it would have been better if they’d done nothing /but/ touch grass, and stayed away from computers altogether?

(Whilst nobody knows for sure, it’s possible JT was a state actor rather than an individual)

That confirms it, Omarchy is the official operating system of bigots.

One of the few stories around that paints Anthropic in a good light. Looks like they did what they were required to and potentially saved lives.

How many flaws does this add?

Good shout. I do much the same - in fact /just/ created a step by step markdown list to replace a shower pump in my home.

No good for bigger projects, gantts etc, but for small stuff it’s ideal. Also means you’ve got a permanent and portable archive that’s easily searchable.

Are you ok, mate?

I had a report for AI slop today. 1m LOC in 3 months.

I don’t understand this, is it human slop?

Would love to hear your thoughts.

AI is here and not going away. Almost every programmer I know, professionally and hobby, uses it to a greater or lesser extent.

We have plenty of crap software in foss that was authored by people, always have, even when it was called public domain. I’ve certainly shared crap code going back over three decades and I don’t need a clanker to make it bad.

Bad software gets rejected or unused because it’s not very good. Why can’t those same standards apply whoever or whatever created it?

The only thing I think is important, is to be honest.

Thanks for adding the model ranges, @IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz

Lenovo has pimped out the Thinkpad name ever since they bought it from IBM. Whilst some thinkpads are still durable (the business class especially) they also slap the name on some very poorly made laptops. Worth spending time researching models rather than just assuming every thinkpad is built like they used to be.

We use framework, and they are very good and I like them a lot. (Noting OP explicitly excludes them though)

But I wouldn’t say they’re particularly durable. The chassis has some flex in it and we’ve had two screens fail out of 30 without being particularly abused.

But of course, parts are available and repairs are very easy, so there’s that.

Omarchy is Hannah Montana Linux for bigots.

OP doesn’t say they bought it, only it’s coming to them.

I suspect it’s entirely grift motivated. There’s obviously going to be a takedown so owner is likely going to earn what they can and then bail the second X’s lawyers send a cease and desist. I can’t see any honest or altruistic motivation to do this.

Absolutely - anything can have more than one objective. But when money is an objective, the one constant is that it changes what it affects. Sometimes better in some ways, sometimes worse.

Sport is a good analogy here, I think. Amateur sport has little impact beyond those directly involved. Adding money increases exposure of those sports, better facilities, lots of scope for good - and yet big money sports are also very often mired in corruption and greed. (FIFA being a timely example) Those base human behaviours never go away.

“Make the best software we can” vs “Make the most money we can”

As a Blackadder fan, I’m struggling with this because of Nursie.

Out you popped, out of your mummies tumpkin and everyone shouted : “It’s a boy, it’s a boy!”. And somebody said “but it hasn’t got a winkle!”. And then I said “A boy without a winkle? God be praised, it is a miracle. A boy without a winkle!” And then Sir Thomas More pointed out that a boy without a winkle is a girl. And everyone was really disappointed.

If this affects European users then the GDPR does make it a crime.

Same.

Clickbait article seems to be (poorly) written about people who are unhappy rather than people in IT. Some overlap doesn’t equate to totality, and you’ll find the same in every profession.

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Yes, absolutely. Good point.