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Gaming on Linux hasn't been great so far... | JayzTwoCents [27:59]

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@TheBat @grue how do you define not working correctly ? ...

the GFX Card booted
the GFX Card rendered the desktop
the GFX Card rendered Games

... the only issue it wasn't as fast as possible ...
-> solution on windows -> you report and get a new driver or you get a new driver cause you don't know that you don't have the max performance
-> solution on linux -> you report and get a new driver or you get a new driver cause you don't know that you don't have the max performance

^^^ where is the difference ?

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Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery

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@michaelmrose @swordgeek I 100% agree that Mozilla is important but it's also clear that currently their is not enough business to keep Mozilla going. I don't blame them for trying to make a Business , i blame them for not following their former values. You can make a business and still mostly follow values ( look for example to GOG ).
And what i don't like the most is the change from opt in to opt out. Every new feature most users don't want. You can argue that they know this and make it harder and harder to turn off those new "features" . The last time it was hidden in a sub menu in the settings ( switching off sending data to their ad service ) now it's hidden in about:config.
I guess next time you need 3rd party patches and compile the browser yourself to switch a "feature" off.

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ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4 — research institute estimates medium-sized GPT-5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity

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@themurphy @rigatti There is one difference ... LLM's can't be more efficient there is an inherent limitation to the technology.

https://blog.dshr.org/2021/03/internet-archive-storage.html

In 2021 they used 200PB and they for sure didn't make a copy of the complete internet. Now ask yourself if all this information without loosing informations can fit into a 1TB Model ?? ( Sidenote deepseek r1 is 404GB so not even 1TB ) ... local llm's usually < 16GB ...

This technology has been and will be never able to 100% replicate the original informations.

It has a certain use ( Machine Learning has been used much longer already ) but not what people want it to be (imho).

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Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette

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@DarkSideOfTheMoon @1984 and all this additional JavaScript and Elements and makes the side's just horrible slow. Compare this with CSS+HTML only sides omg how good they can feel ... I also prefer nowadays text mode browsers again, cause a good readable font + focus on what is important ... the content itself. I really get pissed if websites with public content can't be run anymore without javascript (wtf is up with you guys ?) ....

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Why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment

@AnonomousWolf

IMHO -> you wouldn't need to write up such an article if people would think that AI adds an value to their life which is in replacable.

Example:
As of now AI is a big toy which you try to justify the use. A google search / fulltext search is much more efficient than using a AI Summary which you should by definition check after anyway.

You try to justify that we spending more electricity on a technology where we already have working solutions and will need those working solutions in the future too.

PS: I personally think the fundamental flaw in your article is that you define something can get replaced which is often not the case or you don't compare it to the current most used solution. Example -> Most books aren't printed anymore but only digitally published. The books which are printed needs to be printed as reference and to archive it long term or are printed for book lovers. So you can't say there will be 3000W less because it's not printed anymore.

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It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"

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@Septian @pet1t

My take is a little different. If people really want AI they should pay additional cost and AI should be a addon feature on your PC.

Additional Costs -> more powerful AI centered Chips ( as least as possible power consumption ) which can use much much more local fast memory ( imho 256 GB should be in the long term the minimum ).

That enables local AI's to be the solution for privacy and control of long term costs and i guess in 99% local AI's will do the job fine enough.

Sadly noone will be on our side cause they want to put AI Usage / PC Usage overall behind a monthly subscription in the long term.

Right now we are just as always in the phase of making people depending on a technology.

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A Blunt Message Against Collective Shout

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@Canconda who knows how many people get moved by this topic. Let's say noone believed in >1.4m people signing a petition for game preservation either ... noone would have believed that europeans say that US Tech Companies should be regulated even if it means worse tarrifs ... if you already give up before trying to change something you lost already. From my point of view this creates something which can be used in a really bad way for content moderation ( some would call it censorship ).

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YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

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@the_riviera_kid @drosophila

As always on Linux you have different possibilities. Most big Desktop Environment's like KDE / GNOME / Cinnamon .... can mount devices automatically or on a click on the device. No need for additional entries in fstab.

If you however want a more general approach you can use systemd's automount or a fixed mountpount using fstab.

Most normal Desktop User's will be totally fine with the DE Solutions.

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Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30

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@theunknownmuncher @TheFeatureCreature

Ok let's give you some more software which still don't work with linux

- recordbox
- serato
- traktor
- engine dj

While recordbox 6 still worked in a kvm environment ... recordbox 7 crashes even in this environment.
You can to a certain degree avoid maybe serato or traktor and use "engine dj in a kvm" to prepare denon stuff but you always need recordbox for preparing usb sticks too as a dj.