ArkyonVeil

joined 2 years ago
[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey folks, just sharing the message. I believe it's related to piracy as it frequently comes into contact with the preservation of media. As whatever is DRM Free and capable of working offline, is effectively able to last indefinitely.

If you're European and eligible, please consider.

Cheers

[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I've already tried Linux several times over the years. My problems were mainly poor program compatibility and RTX card related driver issues for the latest attempt. At the time I couldn't afford to change since critical work related programs did not run at all properly on Linux. Albeit that has changed in time. Also, because of the AI craze, NVIDIA has finally shipped decent drivers to linux land.

What prevents me most nowadays is mainly having to setup everything, which I'd rather do once when upgrading the whole system. The Power User moat has been filling over time and the confy guys upstairs are non the wiser.

[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's the third god damned time I find newly installed MS software doing "something" in the background that I never authorized. I don't even have Onedrive. I purged that sin from the metal as soon as I had the chance.

I already intend to change OSes. The real question is now if I do it when I decide to upgrade, or in the fast lane. Which is it Microsoft?

[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know you mean this is as joke, but oddly enough, Pitfall, by Activision is still available!

[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Not sure, but the blast radius is tremendous, even games from the Atari 2600, a console released nearly fifty fucking years ago have been taken down.

[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not strange at all. Even though it was a success, it wasn't a cash cow and only had limited ability to be milked though micro transactions and other revenue opportunities.

When the axe comes, all that matters is the numbers in the balance sheet. Creativity, enjoyment and artistic value be damned.

[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 year ago

Still saves a ton of time from learning from either somewhat related tutorials. Garbage courses. Or digging through the modern spam infested web.

It's a decent tutor, never said that it's perfect. I will not hesitate that using it as an assistant has bumped up my productivity and learning by roughly 50% when it comes to programming.

Of course, it has it's myriad problems, specially in bleeding edge fields like AI development with libraries iterating sometimes nightly. As well as it's trend to not exactly teach, but instead answer your specific question. So you still need to have some initiative and still rely on a few human resources.


HOWEVER, I do agree that blindly copy pasting code from an AI is a TERRIBLE idea. And all the buzz about AI developers seems like a disaster waiting to happen (and it certainly will!).

[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Correction, AI in the LLM/Diffusion sense is a decent tutor for cheap. Can cobble together rough temp art, and if used by an actually capable artist, make cool stuff.

Anything else and it's a garbage firehose, it's the undisputed king of mediocrity. Which, given the standards of SPAM and the modern web, is exactly what it's being used for.

What a shame.

[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I initially thought about installing UBlacklist on Firefox and block the spam, but then I had a thought? Let us do the HouseFresh.com test on Duck Duck Go and see how far up it is?

Apparently, Housefresh.com stands behind world famous Air Purifier reviewers like:

  • Best Buy
  • popular mechanics
  • CBSnews
  • NationalGeographic
  • PCMagazine
  • Rollingstone
  • Yahoo
  • UsNews
  • Forbes
  • Choice
  • MrGadget.com.au
  • CNET
  • Amazon
  • TopConsumerReviews
  • Bustle
  • ConsumerReports
  • Parents
  • Health
  • bhg
  • thekitchn
  • rd
  • learnmetrics
  • homedepot
  • iheartdogs
  • telegraph
  • msn
  • livestrong
  • sethlui
  • nytimes
  • reviewed.usatoday
  • popsci
  • oransi
  • healthline
  • seattleweekly
  • bestreviews
  • thesprucepets
  • tomsguide
  • gearhungry
  • consumertestedreviews
  • bobvila
  • prevention
  • nbcnews
  • nypost
  • foodandwine
  • consumeradvice.in
  • news.com.au
  • esquire
  • gq
  • wsj
  • verywellhealth
  • consumerreports
  • moderncastle
  • consumeranalysis
  • independent.co.uk
  • hollywoodreporter
  • hgtv
  • consumersadvocate
  • thehindu
  • toptenreviews
  • people.com
  • popsci
  • money
  • endadget
  • businessinsider
  • gearpatrol
  • trustedreviews
  • digitaltrends
  • menshealth
  • howtogeek
  • techyearlab
  • nymag
  • livescience
  • portugal(what?)
  • nj
  • iqair
  • mashable
  • billboard
  • prevention
  • techhive
  • architecturaldigest
  • huffpost
  • reviewed.usatoday
  • realsimple
  • techradar
  • wired

Well, nevermind guess. I can have either HouseFresh and literally nothing else. Or an ocean of spam, intermixed with the rare human written article that was produced by the main branch of the publisher, rather than its SEO garbage chute.

The web search is a lost cause. No wonder Kagi keeps growing in popularity.

(Also keep in mind, in that giant list? Some of those websites are so GOOD at their Air Purifying review job that they get to be featured more than once, thrice even at times)

[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

If the assignments are in Maya, you'll have a hard time passing the class in Blender.

[–] ArkyonVeil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Long story short:

  • They pledge to keep the status quo. (IE perpetual licenses in new versions)
  • Development is going to speed up.
  • Subscriptions are 99% coming. (Albeit optional at least at the start)
  • Free in schools. (IE training new artists in the Canva ecosystem. So they can be milked later. Here's a personal anecdote: Maya, the paid 3D alternative to Blender is free in schools. Come out of school and it's 235$ a month)

&

  • Now throw all those pledges out because words mean nothing. This is not a partnership, this is an acquisition, and unless the contract is provided for us, in writing of the agreed upon terms. Nothing else matters but the actions that we'll see in the near future.
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