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Xucaen

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I'm Gen-X; C# programmer, laid off & going back to school; interest in Writing; I watch way too much TV & movies; learning languages on Duolingo; Occasionally trying to learn guitar; into RUSH, Atari, Trek, and other nerdy stuff; I workout, cardio & weights; recent stoner, indica is groovy; INFJ-T; Looking for kindred spirits in the void. KBlØDG

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thelinuxEXP, to random
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All it would take for AI to completely collapse is a ruling in the US saying these companies have to licence the content they used to train these tools.

They simply would never reach a sustainable business model if they had to fairly compensate all the people who wrote, drew, edited, sang or just created the content they use.

Simply being forced to respect attribution and licenses would kill them. Will that ruling ever happen? Maybe not. Should it? I think so.

Xucaen,
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@thelinuxEXP

I am in complete agreement with this

mimsical, to random
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I'm looking for people who were laid off from "big tech" and landed somewhere that's not that. This isn't for a particular piece for the WSJ, yet. I just want to listen and understand what stories there are here that need to be told. If you're this person or know one, I'd love to hear from you.

Xucaen,
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@mimsical
I'm not sure what "big tech" is but I've been a programmer since the '90s. I was laid off from a job in 2012 because they outsourced my position to Asia. They did this to all US programmers between 2010-ish to 2013 when they finally closed the office. A few years later they went out of business.

The moral here is that they laid off all of their talent to save money and then went out of business.

I believe similar is about to happen regarding AI..

gamingonlinux, to random
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"You can check out the full change log on our Discord!"

Please, stop doing this. Don't put important info behind a closed login wall. It's ridiculous. You're just making it more difficult for everyone.

Xucaen,
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@gamingonlinux

Just trying to drive traffic to their discord server. It's insanity!

soheb, to music
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Spotify officially demonetises all tracks with under 1,000 streams

This is just an insanely bone-headed move that is so pointless.

These artists don't even get paid that much money, and yet Spotify wants to cut off their revenue.

I'm done with Spotify. In fact, I think I'm flat-out done with music streaming services. All of them are exploitative. back to buying digital albums for me.

https://djmag.com/news/spotify-officially-demonetises-all-tracks-under-1000-streams

Xucaen,
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@soheb

Alternate title should be "Spotify pirates music for profit"

robin, to random
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If you're still using Chrome in 2024, the only question is why?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/technology/google-chrome-browser-data.html

Xucaen,
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@robin
What else is there? I tried Firefox and it's so slow and has other issues that I couldn't use it. (A week after using Firefox my bank account got hacked three times)

Xucaen,
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@robin the ones I've looked at on Google play look shady asf so I stay away from them. Chrome has the best compatibility with the web in my experience. I wish I could find a suitable replacement but I didn't see any I trust.

nixCraft, to random
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A COBOL programmer, tired of the bug chaos in the legacy codebase, decides to have themselves cryogenically frozen to skip the whole mess. Years later, they're thawed out.

"Did I sleep through?" they ask.

"It's the year 9999," the scientists replied, "And we need you to fix some legacy code from 2000, which is still in production ."

Xucaen,
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@nixCraft
I was a COBOL programmer in the 90s. Oddly enough I can't seem to find a job today as a COBOL programmer.

QasimRashid, to random
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Why are pro genocide Nazis treated better by the state than anti genocide college students??🤔

Subscribe here to support my human rights advocacy: https://substack.com/@qasimrashid

video/mp4

Xucaen,
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@QasimRashid

I don't think that's really happening. The only people that care about Nazis are other Nazis.✌️

Xucaen,
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@inkican

That's a weird joke

JohnBarentine, to Astronomy
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“We are at risk of a Wild West scenario due to the rivalries between competing space agencies and commercial interests. … A new International space treaty is urgently needed.”

https://www.space.com/the-moon-far-side-radio-silence

Xucaen,
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@JohnBarentine

Can we maybe first do something about the fascists that are trying to take over the world?

Xucaen, to woodworking
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Can someone please tell me what kind of joinery should be used for a table like this when the table height is about 42 in?

Xucaen, to egypt
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Is there an Egyptologist in the house? I'm looking for information about the attached glyph. I did a reverse image search and I found indication it is related to the god Ra. Where's a good resource of information for this sort of thing?

#Egypt #Egyptology #archaeology

Xucaen, to random
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Laid off C# programmer looking to break into video game dev. I'm not a graphic artist but I have 23 years programming c sharp and almost 30 years in software development in general. If you're an indie game developer and could use some help with coding, I can volunteer a few hours per week.

dimillian, to random
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I just published Removing the M from MVVM with SwiftUI

https://dimillian.medium.com/removing-the-m-from-mvvm-with-swiftui-a58b239e9e3e

Xucaen,
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@dimillian what is Swift UI?

hynek, to random
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If you wondered why I’m mostly boosting humorous takes on xz drama it’s because I find almost all serious takes absolutely nauseating. So much serious thinking by people who have never maintained anything of substance in their whole life.

Xucaen,
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@hynek

🤭

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Xucaen,
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@hynek

I just don't get why anyone is using XZ. Like What's wrong with lha?

AAKL, to ChatGPT
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    Xucaen,
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    @AAKL

    Yes you can get them to say anything. People need to understand it's a tool not a person.

    AnnaAnthro, to solar
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    Our sun once had thousands of sibling stars. Where did they go? Science has found three. Illustrated.

    https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1241063826/sun-space-siblings-mystery-comic

    Xucaen,
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    @AnnaAnthro

    And sibling stars could mean they have planets harboring sibling species . It's exciting to think about. 😊💚

    rooster, to random
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    Xucaen,
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    @rooster

    What video games do you play? I've been looking in WoW for people to hang out with in the mornings, it seems no one wants to.

    mpax, to scifi
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    What ship does she captain? And what does she use her ship for?

    Xucaen,
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    @mpax

    She captains a colony on Mars, with specialties in mineralogy and smelting, heading up a new mining operation.

    grimalkina, to random
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    Truly so irritated that I had to lose blues and fusion dancing as a hobby (bc health needs and covid risk! Literally the least covid safe hobby I can imagine) RIGHT at the same time as I finally developed the skills to make myself the most rad dance outfits ever

    Xucaen,
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    @grimalkina

    Well I suppose you could always make the clothes and then model them in a dance theme on Instagram or something...

    timonsku, (edited ) to random
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    Are you someone who primarily does NOT work on web related software?

    If yes, have you used node.js or deno before?

    Xucaen,
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    @timonsku

    😁✌️

    Keanu Whoa GIF

    Xucaen,
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    @timonsku you asked 2 questions

    AnnaAnthro, to random
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    'Psychic' conman from Canada has finally been jailed for swindling 1.3m Americans.

    He sent them pamphlets about how to get rich in exchange for money.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68831124

    Xucaen,
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    @AnnaAnthro

    Wait isn't that called selling books?

    massivelyop, to MMORPG
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    Massively Overthinking: What’s the most polarizing topic in your favorite MMORPG?
    🔗 https://massivelyop.com/2024/03/22/massively-overthinking-whats-the-most-polarizing-topic-in-your-favorite-mmorpg

    Xucaen,
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    @massivelyop

    In WoW I think it's flying mounts and what to do with dragon riding

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