A tetrix is a fractal-like object that approaches zero volume and keeps the same surface area as the number of iterations increase. (I only know about it because I saw a 3d printable version of it on a YT video the other day).
Would have to boycott pretty much all hardware. I don't know of any large hardware manufacturer that's not chasing the AI investment money and bribing the Trump admin.
I do try to give it a chance and use it every once and a while (most recently Claude Code; last year, Cursor), and it has been my experience that it personally decreases my productivity and quality. I found that even CoPilot's autocomplete would introduce bugs if I decided to "trust" it and try to work too fast without meticulously reviewing every token generated. I have seen people I work with use AI to quickly create decent looking prototypes (i.e. bog standard, boring design), but I think this is still detrimental because they lose the full benefit of exploratory programming (and of course, the prototypes just have all kinds of faked data and functionality, glaring security problems, bad architecture). I've also experienced people submitting nonsense vibe-coded pull requests that would break tons of things they shouldn't have even touched for the issue. I could see a less interested or overworked reviewer letting stuff like that through, which is why I think we're seeing all these failures and bugs at these big tech companies. So for me, at least, I haven't seen the benefit. Using CoPilot in VSCode actually caused me to go back to using nvim and lsp plugins :)
These are weird times. I feel like any developer who's tried letting AI write code should recognize that it hurts productivity when you have chase down bugs in badly written code nobody on your team understands. For anything important, that will need to be maintained, less time would be spent designing, writing, and maintaining the code yourself. There are even studies showing AI hurts productivity. Yet, many developers seem to have bought the hype, and managers and investors doubly so.
AFAIK, few of these startups that tout heavy AI usage ever ship anything. The large companies that are forcing AI usage are progressively degrading their products.
Seems like the owner class is just going to keep on deluding themselves, companies are going to keep laying off, everybody is going to keep shipping shit that doesn't work, if they ship anything at all, and investors are going to keep dumping money into businesses producing no value. The entire system has never felt so fake. At least during the dot-com bubble corporations weren't doing mass layoffs to excite investors.
I feel like the owner class has got so powerful now, society has regressed to the point where we're back to being ruled by dumb, delusional, psychopathic royalty imposing their will onto the masses. (Yeah, it's kind of been that way for a long time, but it seems to be quickly getting worse).
They already have been. I know that at least one water desalination plant was hit. Civilian fuel infrastructure has been hit. The US openly stated they're going to try to cripple their industrial capacity. Seems the US has adopted Israel's Dahiya doctrine which targets civilian infrastructure. I think Trump said once the US is done there will be nobody left to surrender...
“At some point I don't think there will be anybody left, maybe to say ‘we surrender.’ They’re being decimated.”
Haven't used Mint in a while, but I think it's mostly a function of the kernel. IIRC, there's a nice GUI for selecting what kernel you want on Mint. Would probably only make a difference if you have new hardware and need a newer kernel.
You can check the model number to tell if it's an OEM. I got my last phone off Swappa which allows you to filter by stuff like model number and condition.
There are a few metros around the world that have higher speed community networks (NYC Mesh, Freifunk, etc). If you get a HAM license, you could try participating in stuff like AREDN which uses modified WiFi access points. Depending on where you are, you'd likely have to start a group or club to start building out infrastructure.
I think at least some are scams. I would think there are ways to design cameras to mostly mitigate this too. I'm guessing ALPRs have the ability to see license plates at night even though headlights are emitting a large amount of light over a broad spectrum (including IR).
I've seen some reporting that claims the US and Israel is bombing leftist opposition in Iran. And arming Kurdish militants. Seems like they just want Iran completely destabilized.
At the most basic level, the Trump admin likely has plans to make bank on it. Perhaps bribes or "deals" with oil companies, Israel, weapons manufacturers, etc.
Also, a part of the MAGA coalition consists of Zionists (the Evangelical Christians and Zionists Jews [both are death cults, IMO]), which makes it easier for Trump to do these things without too much opposition from MAGA. And, groups like AIPAC have been somewhat successful at tipping the scales of US elections against politicians that don't support Israel.
MAGA is a cult (and consists of previously existing cults such as Evangelical Christianity). As Trump said, there's nothing he could do to lose their support.
Many countries are supporting these wars, death, and destruction as well (e.g. France, Germany, U.K., many countries in the region, Israel).
A tetrix is a fractal-like object that approaches zero volume and keeps the same surface area as the number of iterations increase. (I only know about it because I saw a 3d printable version of it on a YT video the other day).