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  • markkotoTechnology•OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weeklyEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I think the majority of people use it to (unreliably) solve tedious problems or spit out a whole bunch of text that they can’t be bothered to write.

    While ChatGPT has been intentionally designed to be as friendly and conversational as possible, I hope most people do not see it as something to have a meaningful conversation with instead of as just a tool that can talk.

    Anecdotally, whenever I see someone mention using ChatGPT as part of their decision-making process it is usually taken less seriously, if not outright laughed at.

  • markkotoTechnology•Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget easilyEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Oh yeah there’s definitely a bit of effort involved, but most distros have very similar directory setups, so it’s often just a matter of copying across the relevant folders, with the “home” folder being the one that typically contains most or all of your user data.

    Being able to test run distros off a USB drive is a great (and easy) way to see if it might be for you without making any sort of commitment.

    Another option is to install the distro to a second hard drive so you have a more permanent environment to test it. I’ve done this before, and when I was content that I wanted to switch to it I just copied all my stuff across.

  • markkotoNews•Convicted rapist receives no jail time after granted youthful offender status
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    18 days ago

    Which is why…

    The court sentenced Butler to 78 years Aug. 25, but as long as he complies with his rehabilitation plan, he will not serve any jail time.

    …which was omitted from your summary. This guy is clearly getting a ridiculously light sentence, but this quote is vital information that shows how serious his offences were.

    While rehabilitation is a much better way to prevent re-offending compared with incarceration, this guy needs way more than just a year of counseling and a few weeks of community service.

  • markkotoTechnology•Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget easilyEnglish
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    23 days ago

    As someone who was in your exact position several years ago, nice!

    I’d recommend Linux Mint to newcomers though. It’s based on Ubuntu and is even easier to get comfortable with (much better GUI for updates and app “store”), but it strips out all the Microsoft-like stuff that Canonical have been doing in recent years.

    Pop!_OS (also based on Ubuntu) and Bazzite are also meant to be beginner friendly, and are particularly geared towards gaming on Linux, especially the latter.