Nope I spoke too soon. My bad.
aev_software
Grumpy old software architect and engineer. Usability and accessibility advocate. Makes software better. I made Publizjr, Ged2Dendro, and currently work on UmpireDB.
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Programming@programming.dev•The cardinal sin of software architecture
31·9 days agoELI5?
Author wrote a lot of words about data and state, but I’m not sure I understand the argument. Please explain like I’m 5?
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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•US demands EU exempt its gas from methane emissions law, document shows5·17 days ago“we big. we the biggest. everyone knows. ask anyone. no rules for us. no rules. get rid of them. they got to go. get them out of here.”
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Global News@lemmy.zip•US offers 'NATO-like' security to Ukraine, expects Russia to acceptEnglish
3·17 days agoall he really cares about is personal wealth and the power to accrue.
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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•EU offers simpler rules to comply with methane law after US pressure2·21 days agochoosing profit over people again, are we?
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Global News@lemmy.zip•China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at homeEnglish
5·27 days agoOh good. I hope that means our purchasing price goes down, too.
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Global News@lemmy.zip•Beer giant Asahi not engaging with ransomware hackersEnglish
1·1 month agoThat sentiment happens across country and culture borders, unfortunately.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Chat Control: EU Council vote is a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously
241·1 month agoRemember that the Council is meant to protect and enable trade. They only care about citizens for submitting them to exploitation.
If you discuss “the EU” you have to distinguish between Council and Parliament. The Council has no obligation to act according to the Parliament’s wishes. They are not a democracy.
Meh, that barely fits an empty MS Word doc…
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I’ve used both ProtonMail and MailFence for years. I pay for my MailFence account, and use a free ProtonMail account.
For my needs, the free services ProtonMail offers suffice. Their encryption seems OK, I don’t store my files with them, and I don’t use their calendar or their a.i. chatbot.
The only reason I pay for MailFence is so I can have SMTP access via a separate email client app. I guess paying for their services also gives more guarantees that my email address will be available longer. I care about the address I have with MailFence - not so much about the one I have with ProtonMail. If that changes, I’ll probably start paying for a professional account.
Recently ProtonMail changed the interface of their iOS mobile app. It now is harder to sign out. I guess that’s in an effort to push for more paid accounts. It’s jarring conduct coming from a company that claimed they went non-profit. Clearly they seek profit.
ProtonMail also continues to email me advertisements about their own services. MailFence never has done that. Not once. In fact I had to look up how to transfer to a paid account.
Both services are fairly easy to operate and fairly user-friendly.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Could somebody recommend me a reliable and safe email service to use instead of Google and Microsoft ones?
2·2 months agoYou can create as many free email accounts with ProtonMail as you like.
Proton now is a non-profit but their employees still need salary. Throw them a couple bucks if you like their service.
Do that with anyone whose services you enjoy. That’s how you help them survive.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
4·2 months agoRemember that the commission is a trade pact, meant to increase profit. They would revoke citizens’ rights in a heartbeat if they could.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•ISO Project Ideas For Wyse 3040 & 5010 Thin Clients
1·2 months agoTurn them into an LLM cluster.
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Announcements@lemmy.ml•Lemmy Development Update October 2025English
12·2 months agoYou have my thanks. I asked my spouse to set up a recurring donation.
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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts5·2 months agoClue me in please? Looks like a still from cheesy TV-only publication.
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news@lemmings.world•Why 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry is posting 'Star Wars' memes and betting big against Nvidia and PalantirEnglish
10·2 months agoBecause he prevailed once and hopes he is correct this time too.
tl;dr: money
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Global News@lemmy.zip•US states demand Meta reject EU sustainability directivesEnglish
5·2 months agoI think my country quickly will find out how powerful the EU really is.
The EU may be nothing more than a trade agreement seeking the most profitable ways to profit, but they really don’t like dictators telling them how to make that happen for billionaires who aren’t in the EU.
Cronies be cronies. And our cronies are better than yours.
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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts18·2 months agoOne judge rules you can be a public nuisance while protesting. Another says you can’t. Time for a higher court to rule.



I’m not sure. I wouldn’t want my music project banned just because it uses a.i. to figure out which loops to combine next, live, in real time. But that’s because I composed all those loops myself and configured the rules for how they relate. That I think differs from an LLM that simply steals other people’s work wholesale.