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by axegon_ 6d ago
insert linkin park-numb.exe meme Jokes aside, luckily for me, I live in a country where torrenting isn't illegal at all and frankly, everyone working for the public sector is too incompetent to do anything about it, even if it were.
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by axegon_ 6d ago
I'm not fully convinced here. Objectively it's a lot easier than it was 15 years ago and that is partially because now more people have the skills to expand the ecosystem and the resources to focus on creature comforts. Since 2022
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by axegon_ 6d ago
Hence the reason I ditched all of this. 1. Paying subscription for temporarily available content(i.e. pulled shows or music) is not viable for me. 2. They operate in a winner-takes-all model, so the movies/actors/producers/mu
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by axegon_ 11d ago
You'd be surprised how many people pay hundreds of bucks per year for hosting wordpress sites that are completely static with 0 updates. Sites that can easily be hosted as static for free on codeberg (or github pages if you are a socio
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by axegon_ 12d ago
I picked up the skill from my granddad when I was a kid. Yeah, 6 year old with a soldering iron, what could go wrong, right? Welcome to eastern Europe. There are really 2 things: good soldering iron(and soldering helping hands kit) and prac
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by axegon_ 15d ago
I'm not a huge fan of his style myself but fundamentally he isn't wrong. The whole "growth" so far has been all show and no go. I see people pouring in millions only to end up bankrupt a few months later. Evangelists por
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by axegon_ 20d ago
So, I have this strange habit: whenever I can't fall asleep, I'll open up wikipedia on my phone and hit "random article" until something barely interesting shows up. I'll start reading and a few minutes into it, I&#
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by axegon_ 20d ago
This one is pretty interesting. I was ready to cancel my account on the spot when the news popped up but it still works on my phone. And I've updated the app as many times as they've made a release since the announcement. I honest
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by axegon_ 20d ago
It was a response to the gun example which is a physical risk. My argument is that Paypal (much like all other tech-bro companies) are incompetent. The incompetence grows exponentially the larger a software company is. I speak of experience
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by axegon_ 20d ago
> unsecured devices that account for a significant portion of the noise. Requiring device profiling aggravates this vector. Bullshit! Source: > The reality is that European laws are much harsher when it comes to payments and personal
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by axegon_ 20d ago
Yet another weak point. My question stands: A user with an OS from 2019 is "secure" and dozens of unpatched CVEs but a literally-last-night-patch OS is not? That's the "stuff they have to deal with"? I was lucky and
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by axegon_ 20d ago
I suggest you read up the graphene documentation.
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by axegon_ 20d ago
That's your argument? Mate, you can make explosives out of stuff you can buy in literally any supermarket and no one bats an eyelash. You don't have to legally be adult to buy any of the things you'd need and I say that as so
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by axegon_ 20d ago
Fine by me. My example illustrates their incompetence if they are willing to let a user with an OS that hasn't received any updates in half a decade, then clearly, they don't give a single crap about security.
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by axegon_ 20d ago
This is arguably the most irritating thing with just about every largecorp developer: "os that hasn't been updated in 6 years? Sure boss!". Os that is built specifically around security and privacy with daily updates: "N
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by axegon_ 21d ago
This is going to suck. Open weight models need to become the norm on torrents.
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by axegon_ 21d ago
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand dario meltdown on twitter in 3, 2, 1...
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by axegon_ 23d ago
Every tech curriculum covers some fundamental cybersecurity. The crucial difference is that if you run models locally and with some basic knowledge, you are far safer than any corporate "we will not be using your data in any way".
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by axegon_ 23d ago
Sensible and reasonable take? Idk if everyone has set the bar so low or I'm simply this fed up, but seeing reasonable takes is certainly a breath of fresh air. Even in places such as HN which historically were filled with people who ca
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by axegon_ 24d ago
And the proprietary one cannot!?!?!?!?? jfc... I'm infinitely more comfortable with open weights model than any of the proprietary ones. To be clear: running any agent locally and giving it unrestricted access to your system is the sec
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by axegon_ 24d ago
Almost, though I understand I am the exception rather than the rule: Personally I have an aftermarket android head unit since the standard one was incredibly basic, no real time navigation updates, updating maps was a pain in the ass and so
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by axegon_ 24d ago
I've said it multiple times: I'm in a position where using AI is completely optional. And in a place where there's a strong divide between those that do and those of us that don't, the result is apparent: ship fast and h
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by axegon_ 1mo ago
The reason for switching was shoving all the slop down my throat, even when just browsing. There are a couple of things I have published and a handful of others I plan on open sourcing some day so for the purpose, codeberg does a brilliant
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by axegon_ 1mo ago
I'm not into that kind of stuff honestly: in my case Forgejo is for stuff I don't feel comfortable with leaving the boundaries of my apartment.
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by axegon_ 1mo ago
I migrated everything to codeberg several months ago (and created an annual donation schedule). I was never a big fan of github but what ultimately pushed me to ditch it was the way github was shoving copilot/chatgpt in my face without
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by axegon_ 1mo ago
Called it! He was bound to squeal after the release of QWEN 3.8 in one way or another and here it is. I wasn't even a teenager but I'm getting so much Jobs/Ballmer flashbacks with internet explorer and microsoft office. Edit:
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by axegon_ 1mo ago
I prefer hectic work and impossible deadlines at 3am over the flat-but-not-really hierarchy and the constant dick-measuring contests.
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by axegon_ 1mo ago
Quality? Calling those "quality" is a bit of a stretch. Installing was and still is a gamble and so is every tiny system update. That hasn't changed a bit. And I'm saying that as someone who was first introduced to Linux
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by axegon_ 1mo ago
My dad used to say "It's easy to be generous and kind when things are going well for you. You can only tell what a man is worth during hard times". Nvidia is at it's high financially. When shit hits the fan, things will
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by axegon_ 1mo ago
I've worked long enough at large tech giants to know how things really are. Also a large part of the reason why I'd never join one again, no matter what they have to offer. Meta, Google, Amazon, Netflix, Openai, anthropic, oracle,

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