I think LLMs and generative AIs are a really interesting technology with many potential applications in the future and even today.

But it is ridiculous how tech bros and marketing are pushing and overselling the capabilities of a technology that is yet in its early childhood. Infancy is already past as it knows basic motor functions.

And it is m funny when these companies publish their ambitious attempts and hilarious failures like this article right here. It reminds me of a more funny and diverse and geeky internet when nerds got money from investors to do whatever with a domain name. Maybe it is still there, behind the wall of marketing execs.

I want it curled up and snoozing on my chest.

It was a mistake to leave the oceans in the first place.

If you are comfortable with command line and want to learn the Swiss army knife of such uses for future scripting and whatnot - curl.

I’m on the fly right now but search for “curl crawl web pages” and you’ll find.

Star McStarface.

Regardless of opinions, this article opinion piece is written like by an angry teenage nerd.

I don’t understand what these angry anti FF people want that keep on having weekly rants on the topic. You are free to not use the software if you don’t like it or the company or whatever. Just move on and be happy.

I’m getting tired of these haters any time Mozilla does literally anything and there is not a single constructive idea ever but the demand that Mozilla must operate like a benefactor for nerds that do not have to pay for anything ever.

Damn, I almost wish Mozilla went commercial with FF to fund the development of it just because.

I’m in the same position. I’ve got several paid VST that I’d like to use in Reaper on Linux but haven’t gotten around trying to fiddle about when the installer fails. Not very experienced with Wine and quirks.

Somebody told me I’d be easier off getting installer free cracked versions of the software I already paid for but idk about malware and such in pirated software nowadays. Is it possible to containerize VSTs so they have access to nothing but their instance of Wine?

I remember expanding my Amiga with 512KB to 1MB Fast RAM and later going crazy with another two megabyte Slow RAM.

Me of yesterday is a lazy fuck and me of tomorrow is a whiny bitch.

I don’t know why I stay with these guys.

Future me is always judging me, that smug bastard.

Mnjeh njeh njeh njeh

Cauldron? What? I don’t follow.

Edit I can’t seem to escape that URL properly on mobile. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauldron_(video_game)

Unrelated: The top bar in this article indicating the article position is so fucking stupid. Guess what the scroll bar on the right hand side is for?

Fun fact of the day: Xylitol is a type of sugar that is extracted from trees, typically from birch.

Instructions unclear, dick computer stuck in post.

That floppy begs to be copied.

I feel like this about Linux news that are YouTube videos and no description text in the post. I don’t want to watch your video or podcast. I’m not interested in your broadcasting career. I want to know what was worth being posted about.

The first sequel is so so, but the others that are all centered around Burt Gummer are plenty of silly fun too.

I feel like a flock of seagulls

Anybody using obfuscation for securing algorithms is fooling themselves. It can be useful in fringe scenarios when you know and accept the limitations but for general use it is not. There is no obfuscation clever enough that can not be broken down and figured out.

Example - delaying cracking of copy protection for the first few weeks of a game release. It will be cracked eventually though, regardless the obfuscation and protection. Nobody expects it to be secure - but complicated enough to buy some time.

Other example - obfuscating assets loader for your game app to make it slightly harder to steal the graphics for scams and knock offs. It will not stop anybody dedicated to it but it can make the lazy skip it and go for the next game instead. Nobody expects it to be secure, but it might work as a deterrent because the next bicycle has a simpler lock to cut.

Counter example - thinking you’re clever by obfuscating your homebrew cryptographic algorithm. Just don’t. Use a FOSS crypto library, learn how to secure keys and be done with it. It’s not secure or safe in any possible way ever and it is a really bad idea all over.