1984

1984 , 8 hours ago to linux in Would being a Linux "power user" increase my chances of getting a job in IT/tech?

Depends what you mean with a job in tech. If you want to work as technical problem solver or programmer, then it’s very useful, almost required.

1984 , 8 hours ago to asklemmy in What is the current state of Lemmy?

A better question is… Is Lemmy better than reddit in some way so it’s worth for users to switch to it?

I like that it’s decentralized, but the largest instances seem to have moderation policies that are very similar to reddit.

1984 , 22 hours ago to technology in Researchers discover battery-free technology which harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered devices

It will be used for ads…as usual…

1984 , 23 hours ago to android in It's official: Moto Edge 50 is the slimmest MIL-STD-810H phone, launching on Aug 1

Not warm at all except when charging with the super charger. This is for the edge 30 though, maybe 40 or 50 have different thermals since they have more powerful cpu.

I’m currently looking at edge 50 as a replacement but not sure which one to get. But not the ultra, very expensive and not worth it.

1984 , 1 day ago to android in It's official: Moto Edge 50 is the slimmest MIL-STD-810H phone, launching on Aug 1

The performance of phones are almost irrelevant these days for most people. What matters is how they look, their battery time and if they have a good user experience without forced shitty apps.

Being slim is nice too because why not. :)

1984 , 1 day ago to android in It's official: Moto Edge 50 is the slimmest MIL-STD-810H phone, launching on Aug 1

I have an edge 30 pro and I’m super happy with it. There is no bloatware at all, default android experience, and great battery time.

I tend to recommend Motorola to people who care about those things.

1984 , 2 days ago to technology in The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B

Can you run this in a distributed manner, like with kubernetes and lots of smaller machines?

1984 , 3 days ago to technology in Dear AWS, please let me be a cloud engineer again

Aws serverless is a scam also. Lambda with step functions just to run some functions in order without having to scale servers?

Its just ridiculous how much complexity it adds, and the performance is abysmal compared to local function calls as well. It’s like younger devs have never written a fast application without aws.

1984 , 3 days ago to linux in Nvidia 560 beta driver release

Lols. :)

Nvidia programmers strike again…

1984 OP , 5 days ago to technology in Netflix officially removes Basic - the cheapest ad-free tier

The stock is doing good so there must be plenty of people thinking Netflix is essential. And I guess it is if you have no tech skills at all.

1984 , 6 days ago to linux in KDE signs petition urging European Union to continue funding free software

All the cloud services are built on top of free software, and big tech just built user interfaces on top of them.

That wasn’t the intended purpose of course, to support billionaries becoming multi billionaries. So maybe a percentage of the profits should go back to the makers.

1984 , 6 days ago to technology in Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face.

It’s about normalizing survellience, and the article also says this as an opinion further down in the text.

Everyone can see that we are going towards the society in black mirror, with social scores, and people being punished for not complying with rules of any kind. I’m glad I’m kind of old because the future will suck.

1984 , 6 days ago to memes in couldn't be me

It’s just based on the trans people I have met so it’s highly subjective. For example, I saw two trans people on vacation in Italy wearing dresses, tons of makeup, tight clothes, open chests, and walking in a line like fashion models, looking straight ahead as into a camera.

That’s what I mean when I say “showcase their sexuality”. They are proud trans people who wants everyone to notice them.

I’m sorry to hear you are getting hate. Nobody deserves to be hated for how they look. But at the same time, we live in a extreamly superficial world. Quite an awful world if you ask me.

1984 , 6 days ago to memes in couldn't be me

That’s true. I have no idea about the size of the group.

1984 , 7 days ago to memes in couldn't be me

Maybe in the heads of trans people but not really. I understand it’s easy to think everyone hates you, but if you believe that, you are no longer open to seeing the alternative and you see what you expect everywhere.

You can exist just fine but for some reason, it doesn’t seem enough to exist. Quite often trans people feel they have to showcase their sexuality, instead of just chilling and being cool with it like everyone else.