Notices by nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social), page 16

Forget innovation, user experience, and ethical considerations. In today's tech world, the fastest route to the top is questionable practices. Who needs happy users when you have soaring stock prices? It's a proven business model!

Want to build a thriving tech company? Easy! Just ignore user complaints, double down on those privacy-violating features everyone hates, and exploit user data to the max. That's the winning formula, right? 🤡

Software Engineer Titles Have (Almost) Lost All Their Meaning https://www.trevorlasn.com/blog/software-engineer-titles-have-almost-lost-all-their-meaning

Do AI detectors work? Noop. About 2/3s of teachers report regularly using tools for detecting AI-generated content. At that scale, even tiny error rates can add up quickly.

https://archive.ph/2024.10.18-195252/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-10-18/do-ai-detectors-work-students-face-false-cheating-accusations#selection-1513.0-1513.150

Why are these teachers giving money to third parties sending kids homework for verification? I can't believe teachers can't detect kids' writing. Most humans can easily tell if AI writes it or not. Why does everything have to be so difficult now? It is like nobody wants to use their brains anymore.

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I still don't understand what problem smart rings solve. Smartwatches have many functions besides telling time and acting as an accessory. I just don't see any benefits to those smart rings.

@spokeek Well, it's up to us, the users of the web and apps. We made these apps powerful, and if we stop using them, their value will be gone. Sadly, it's not that easy, and I agree with that, but a boy can dream, can't he?

Mark and his tech bro gang essentially hijacked the Internet with 4 or 5 apps. Luckily, open source is rescuing with decentralized social networking apps such as Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, etc. I hope more people join these open-source movements and set the web free once again.

All social networks discourage linking to external sources. When they detect such links, they often hide the posts from followers. The only way to ensure visibility on these platforms is by paying to boost posts. It's interesting to note that the foundation of the World Wide Web, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), relies on hypertext links to load webpages. Essentially, these platforms are working against the use of hypertext links.

Remember to share links to independent art, text, videos, tutorials, and news articles from reputable sources that you trust on your federated social network. This will help support these original creators and ensure they receive beneficial traffic, rather than directing it to big tech platforms like Facebook, X, Instagram, Reddit, and others. In the age of generative AI, these platforms often fail to give credit to creators.

Why was the Apache web server feeling down?

It was experiencing a low traffic day.

In 2023, Meta (the parent of FB/IG/WhatsApp) made 134 billion US dollars. It is projected to make around 158 billion US dollars in 2024. Yet CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared 2023 the 'year of efficiency' and will fire people until morals improve. It is all about profit and stupid AI now. Who cares if people lose their health care and other benefits despite a company making record-breaking profits?

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/24272195/meta-layoffs-whatsapp-instagram-reality-labs

https://fortune.com/2024/10/17/meta-staff-layoffs-meal-credits/

sudo cat sit # no response
sudo cat sleep 8h # walks away

Sudo would be a great name for a dog or puppy 🐶

sudo sit
sudo fetch ball
sudo sleep 8h
sudo killall intruder

#unix #linux

Everything is a file under Linux and ls* and friends can help you to dig out more information from the system than you originally thought. These Linux tips may come in handy when you need to find out information quickly without going through /proc or sysfs.

ls* Commands Are Even More Useful Than You May Have Thought https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/command-line-hacks/linux-ls-commands-examples/

#linux #opensource

@jerry 😂

#linux #unix #sysadmin #IT

Large language models reduce public knowledge sharing on online Q&A platforms https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/9/pgae400/7754871 GenAI companies all take and do not give back to anyone. So why would anyone contribute back? People contributed on forums or wikis, hoping the knowledge base would be helpful to fellow humans. Still, they are used by AI companies, ignoring all licenses and not giving any credit to anyone.

Just a friendly heads-up! While there might be Debian-related Discord servers out there (it is unofficial server), the Debian Project doesn't officially endorse any of them. For official support, you can connect with the community through the forums, IRC, newsgroups, or mailing lists. You can find the details on their website:

https://www.debian.org/support

TL;DR: There is no official Discord server for Debian Linux.

@catsalad 😂