Spiracle

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Isn't fresher always better?

Due to the nature as a community of tech enthusiasts, normal end-users can easily get software that is a bit too fresh. You probably don’t want to be a beta-tester unless you don’t mind updates frequently breaking your system.

Usually, default settings put you a few levels down from that, depending on which distro you go for. This doesn’t keep you completely save from some developers doing stupid shit (Manjaro), but this shouldn’t be a concern for any distro I’ve seen recommended here.

Based on the ~2 videos I’ve seen, the newly released Debian 12 stable might actually be good for newbies without being noticeably out-of-date. Thanks to Flatpak etc, new software versions can be installed / updated easily without compromising stability.

OsmAnd is my family’s go-to app for navigation. I didn’t notice it missing information compared to Google Maps. The opposite really, with several hiking trails or small side-roads not being on Google some years ago. The only issue it has is navigation for more than ~200km at a time. Often, it just times out if you try that. That’s why Google Maps is still installed on some devices.

I haven’t added anything actively. I think I might have enabled an option to send location data to improve the accuracy of the streets or something at some point, but I’m very unsure about that one.

Just a warning, some vendors sell locked Pixel phones, apparently. I remember seeing a bunch of very dissatisfied posts when it was new.

It is also not recommended to use 2FA on PC to verify stuff on PC. (Personally, I still do that for some stuff due to laziness, though…)

Basically, hacking/stealing one device should not be enough to get your stuff. Smartphones are relatively often compared to PCs. As long as you still have a secure password you need to enter, I wouldn’t care too much, though.

I love that drawing. Did you make that in response or did you already have that somehow?

Sadly, the majority of AI-generated art on some bigger websites is of prepubescent children. Of those, far too many go for the photorealism style.

Usually, I’d say people should just enjoy whichever art they want. With how close we are to being indistinguishable to actual photos, though, this raises some severe ethical concerns, in my opinion. I’m just waiting for a headline about some child trafficking rings mixing real photos into "art" or using the defence that those are definitely just generated images.

Consistency is not yet there, yet. It’s far too close for comfort, anyway. I consider the above headline to be inevitable at this point, and that is depressing.

1. Das klingt als ob Schimmel im Biomüll ein Problem wäre. Das verstehe ich nicht ganz. Schimmel kommt auch in den Biomüll.
2. Wenn die Mücken da so schnell sind, dass es zur Plage wird, warum nicht öfter ausleeren? Das Problem habe ich bisher nur gehabt, wenn ich vergessen hatte auszuleeren und die Wohnung für ein paar Tage alleine gelassen hatte, also kann ich das momentan noch nicht so ganz nachvollziehen.

Sadly, not that easy, since "income" no longer accounts for the huge wealth gap. Until stocks and assets are counted and taxed appropriately, the top 0.1% will remain just as wealthy.

It might work on parts of the 1% to 0.1%, though.

The questionable part is the potential ambiguity. Some people use that emoji just to confirm they received the message, and the defendant argued they meant it that way.

As @cynar said, the judge ruled based on all the previous times this farmer has apparently confirmed contracts that way. So, in this case, it’s not dystopic.

The only thing boringdystopia about it is that someone actually wrote that article. LLMs will say anything and everything. They do not really have plans for anything.