tante

festal, 3 hours ago to random

I say this as a citizen of Europe (I know, this technically doesn't exist, but I still feel it's aspirational pull). The West is in its terminal phase.

Ukraine/Gaza policies might we'll be the final nail in the coffin of enlightenment values of critical reason and universal human rights. Unchecked capitalism is ripping societies apart, condemning large parts of the population to abuse and misery amidst incredible wealth. And the political system of representative democracy has been so captured by special interest that it can no longer enact broadly popular programs (social safety and environmental protection).

And the reactionary surge is only accelerating the decline.

tante, 4 hours ago to random

That Jack Dorsey interview is mostly just a sign that he's not really a serious thinker.

tante, 1 day ago to random

Video game publishers are getting into gaslighting now. What an insulting behavior.
https://mastodon.social/@dedalusroot/112411108708868790

baldur, 1 day ago to random

those devs and tech “influencers” who pioneered the technical work of putting “AI” shit in everything everywhere, and are—for the most part—the assholes who enabled our brave new “AI” world by actually figuring out how to make it run, are also going to be the people who get credit for criticising it after the bubble pops, aren’t they?

Everybody will latch onto their vague concerns and ignore the fact that they literally implemented the shit that got smeared everywhere, aren’t they?

tante, 1 day ago to random

I applaud Apple for their new iPad ad: "We are a huge corporate machine that will crush anything you love in order to make a buck" is refreshingly honest.

tante, 2 days ago to random

Microsoft has deep pockets but at some point they need to see returns. Them shattering 4 game studios they recently bought is more that one sad singular fact. At some point every business unit there needs to show results. Which means you will see a lot more aggressive monetization for "AI" stuff given that at least half that "industry" is just propped up by MS's wallet.

scy, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to linux

Edit: Found it, it's sfdisk. Thanks @tante and @trilader!

I'm looking for a specific command-line utility for Linux to do partition and file system manipulation. It's not fdisk.

I remember that it had an option to remove existing filesystem signatures, and you could pass it a desired partition layout as command line arguments, which it would then create.

But I can't remember the name, and it's 2024 so search engines suck.

What's the name of the tool I'm looking for?

#Linux #CLI

tante, 3 days ago to random

7 Förderanträge in den letzten 6 Wochen und jetzt ist der letzte (Abgabe heute bis 23:59) schon fertig runtergekürzt. Wirds heute also doch keine Nachtschicht?

tante, 3 days ago to random

What's the best book on nonlinear storytelling/narrative you've read? (Boosts appreciated)

tante, 4 days ago to random

"Altman is a guy who has the potential to put whole industries out of work who is saying, with no capital letters, that what he's doing is what the world has always wanted and then acting surprised that anyone has questions. It's truly amazing in a sense."
https://open.substack.com/pub/garymarcus/p/the-sam-altman-playbook?r=1pb4bt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

janl, 5 days ago to random

JKR getting burned by EM was not on my Bullshit Bingo card, but I’ll drink to it. 😭😭😭

tante, 8 days ago to random German

Ankunftszentrum in Berlin-Tegel: Fatale Zustände für Geflüchtete
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1181267.fluechtlinge-ankunftszentrum-in-berlin-tegel-fatale-zustaende-fuer-gefluechtete.html

tante, 8 days ago to random

Mozilla celebrates their "AI" project.

• By pointing at their Discord
• project also directly pays a fascist

Just if you were wondering how things in tech are going.

https://mozilla.social/@mozilla/112366201277570326