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  • GIMP rebranding as WLBR?

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  • If we're going to wildly speculate, hey, isn't this what we have AI for nowadays?

    I asked ChatGPT: "give me ideas what the abbreviation WLBR might stand for if that is the name of a piece of image editing software". Here's the result:

    🧠 Professional / technical-sounding

    • Wide Layer Blending & Rendering
    • Workflow Layer-Based Retoucher
    • Weighted Light Balance Renderer
    • Wavelet-Based Light & Blur Reconstruction
    • White-Level Balance & Retouch

    🎨 Creative / artistic branding

    • We Love Better Retouching
    • Wild Light & Bold Retouch
    • Wavelength Brush
    • Wonder Lens: Blur & Refine
    • Whitelight Brush

    ⚡ Modern / software-product style

    • WizLayer Build & Render
    • WarpLab: Blend & Refine
    • Web-Level Bitmap Renderer
    • Workflow Lens & Brush Renderer
    • WLB Renderer (treat WLBR as a stylized acronym)

    🧩 Slightly abstract (like many real apps)

    • Wavelength-Based Rasterizer
    • Layered Bitmask Refinement
    • Light Balance Reconstruction Engine
    • Wideband Luminosity Brush & Retouch

    🧠 If you want it to feel like real software naming

    Most image tools (like Photoshop, GIMP, etc.) don’t strictly spell out acronyms anymore—they use:

    • suggestive tech words (Layer, Light, Render, Brush)
    • or abstract brand terms

    So something like:

    WLBR = “WaveLight Brush & Render”

    feels believable without being overly literal.

    (end of ChatGPT response)

    Out of these, I think "Workflow Layer-Based Retoucher" works best. But interesting that ChatGPT thinks "GIMP" doesn't "strictly spell out" an acronym anymore, or that "Photoshop" ever did?!

  • Das Internet stirbt

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  • Naja, zu hoffen, dass es nicht zu populär wird, ist nicht unbedingt meine Position. Wir sollten doch wollen, dass mehr Leute es entdecken und wir vielleicht dadurch auch mehr Einfluss auf die öffentliche Meinung bekommen.

  • Das Internet stirbt

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  • Absolute Zustimmung. Laut kurzer Recherche ist die Autorin des Artikels noch sehr jung (ca. 18 Jahre alt? nicht sicher, wie alt die Seiten sind, die ich gefunden habe), was erklärt, warum sie unter dem "Internet, wie wir es kennen" anscheinend vor allem die kommerziellen sozialen Medien versteht. Für mich, der mittlerweile erschreckend viel älter ist als das, ist das "Internet, wie ich es kenne", ja eigentlich das, das aus klassischen Webforen bestand, die großteils wohl keinen Gewinn oder zumindest keinen besonders hohen gemacht haben. Niemand kann etwas dafür, wann er geboren wurde und in welcher Welt er daher aufgewachsen ist …

    Nur: sind wir hier wirklich langfristig immun gegen KI-Bots? Was garantiert, dass das nicht hier auch passiert, wenn das Fediverse mehr in der Mitte der Gesellschaft ankommt?

  • YSK: even modest increases in time spent outdoors significantly reduces a child's odds of developing short-sightedness

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  • ok, "Kurzsichtigkeit" in German definitely has both meanings without this causing confusion in practice

  • The idea of sending humans to other planets is ridiculous until we solve core problems here on Earth first

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  • DeclineIntoCensorship @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Manitoba to ban social media, AI chatbots for youth, premier says

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-social-media-age-restrictions-9.7177470

  • GIMP rebranding as WLBR?

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  • Is WLBR supposed to be an abbreviation for something? I realize it is a reference to the mascot Wilber, but apart from that?

  • Banning from social media

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  • I remember once meeting someone (a woman) on IRC who was over 40 or even 50, I don't remember the exact age. I remember just being surprised that someone that age would be on the same part of the Internet I was hanging out on. But I don't think that person was there for any bad purposes.

  • Banning from social media

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  • Mid 2000s. Web forums based on UBB, WBB, vBulletin, phpBB, etc.

    Went on to discover wikis at age 11, IRC at age 12, most of my social contacts in my teen years were with people I met online because they were generally a lot nicer than people I met IRL.

    I would see nothing wrong with people born after me doing the same, although admittedly those years would have been a lot better if my school hadn't been full of people I had nothing in common with and I hadn't needed to use the Internet to socialize.

  • Nicht der Postillon @feddit.org
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    MAGA-Ikone Emily Hart ist KI-Müll eines Medizinstudenten aus Indien

    www.derstandard.at /story/3000000318049/maga-ikone-emily-hart-ist-ki-muell-eines-medizinstudenten-aus-indien

  • YSK: even modest increases in time spent outdoors significantly reduces a child's odds of developing short-sightedness

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myopia says that both terms exist in English? Not a native speaker; I think I have seen "nearsightedness" more often in English but my first language's term for it translates to "shortsightedness". 🤷‍♂️

  • Netzkultur / Netzpolitik @feddit.org
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    Das Internet stirbt

    netzpolitik.org /2026/breakpoint-das-internet-stirbt/

  • What are your favorite video games that feel like gambling but are not gambling games?

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  • I think it was after Diamond/Pearl that they were forced to remove the game corner so they could be deemed suitable for children…

    The thing is that I remember playing the game corner, especially the one in gen 3. It taught me that casinos are very boring and frustrating places which I'll inevitably get tired of after a few minutes. I've never used a real-life casino in part because, if it's anything like it was portrayed in Pokémon, why would that be a fun activity?

  • If there was a baby boom, does that mean there will be a death boom

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  • Legal News @lemmy.zip
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    EFF Challenges Secrecy In Eastern District of Texas Patent Case

    www.eff.org /deeplinks/2026/04/eff-challenges-secrecy-eastern-district-texas-patent-case

  • The AI Industry Is Discovering That the Public Hates It

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  • That doesn't have a lot to do with AI as far as I can tell?

  • Banning from social media

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  • Most people I communicated with at the time were also minors, maybe a few young adults, and it happened almost entirely in public forums, not private conversations.

  • The AI Industry Is Discovering That the Public Hates It

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  • Hard to miss the articles about that. I realize that and don't think it's an actively good thing, but ultimately this is a matter of market forces. I don't find that an especially good argument, they're buying water and energy like all other participants on the market.

  • The AI Industry Is Discovering That the Public Hates It

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  • I dislike the "business world" in general. Nothing special about AI.

  • Banning from social media

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  • I first became active on web forums at the age of 10 and didn't keep my age secret at the time. Not once (!) did I encounter anyone who appeared to be a child predator or anything like that. So forgive me if I don't see a lot wrong with "kids talking to strangers online" although it certainly depends on the kid's age and maturity level and also what kind of online space it is.

  • The AI Industry Is Discovering That the Public Hates It

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  • Is it not possible to have a more nuanced opinion than to either "love" or "hate" AI?

    I don't do either. AI is technological progress that has the potential to be useful to humanity, there is no point in attempting to stop technological progress. I don't think AI can or will or should replace most jobs, though maybe it can replace some human labor, which (if true) is a good thing, a lot of technological progress before AI replaced some human labor and that was a good thing in retrospect!

    But there are some genuinely horrible things that AI is actually being used for. Why would anyone ever think that customer support is a good use for AI, for example?

    I'm in favor of AI being developed further as long as there is economic interest in it; I am not in favor of governments doing anything to either support or hinder its further development. Of course I think AI, like all software, should be free and open source, but somehow that is hardly ever discussed.

  • DeclineIntoCensorship @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    EFF Letter Opposing MA H5349 (Social Media Ban)

    www.eff.org /document/eff-letter-opposing-ma-h5349-social-media-ban

  • Banning from social media

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  • We shouldn't do either nor do we need to. Billionaire-owned social media can continue to exist if people want it. The important thing is that there must be alternatives to it.

    And the result of literally any new government regulation of "social media" (I still don't like that term, but if everyone is using it, so am I) at all, including but not limited to age verification, is to make that harder.

  • Banning from social media

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  • because they made friends through social media and have no other communication channels with those friends?

  • DeclineIntoCensorship @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Norway plans to ban social media use by children under 16

    www.reuters.com /world/europe/norway-government-plans-social-media-ban-children-under-16-2026-04-24/
  • Datenschutz - Privacy - Digitale Selbstverteidigung @feddit.org
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    Wir müssen verhindern, dass Altersverifizierung die Anonymität online zerstört

    proton.me /de/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online
  • Legal News @lemmy.zip
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    EFF to 9th Circuit (Again): App Stores Shouldn’t Be Liable for Processing Payments for User Content

    www.eff.org /deeplinks/2026/04/eff-9th-circuit-again-app-stores-shouldnt-be-liable-processing-payments-user
  • Netzkultur / Netzpolitik @feddit.org
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    Wir müssen verhindern, dass Altersverifizierung die Anonymität online zerstört

    proton.me /de/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online
  • Inkscape Vector Graphics @feddit.uk
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    Download Inkscape 1.4.4rc

    inkscape.org /release/inkscape-1.4.4rc/
  • Inkscape @lemmy.world
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    Download Inkscape 1.4.4rc

    inkscape.org /release/inkscape-1.4.4rc/
  • Austria - Österreich @feddit.org
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    Geräteinitiative des Bildungsministeriums lässt Open-Source-Alternativen links liegen

    www.derstandard.at /story/3000000317688/geraeteinitiative-des-bildungsministeriums-laesst-open-source-alternativen-links-liegen
  • Enshittification @slrpnk.net
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    Good News If You Have A Sony TV And Were Hoping It Would Become Less Useful For No Reason

    www.techdirt.com /2026/04/24/good-news-if-you-have-a-sony-tv-and-were-hoping-it-would-become-less-useful-for-no-reason/
  • Stallman Was Right @programming.dev
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    Good News If You Have A Sony TV And Were Hoping It Would Become Less Useful For No Reason

    www.techdirt.com /2026/04/24/good-news-if-you-have-a-sony-tv-and-were-hoping-it-would-become-less-useful-for-no-reason/
  • Enshittification @lemmy.world
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    Good News If You Have A Sony TV And Were Hoping It Would Become Less Useful For No Reason

    www.techdirt.com /2026/04/24/good-news-if-you-have-a-sony-tv-and-were-hoping-it-would-become-less-useful-for-no-reason/
  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social
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    This Week in Plasma: fanciness in Discover and more power efficiency

    blogs.kde.org /2026/04/25/this-week-in-plasma-fanciness-in-discover-and-more-power-efficiency/