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@rossdavidhprofilefollowwrote:
I think more than 50% of our economy's businesses, are cosplaying. Not in it for customers or profit; in it for investors and investments. "Looking like a business", as your real line of work.
@sicilicaprofilefollowreplied to@ryansepassiprofilefollow:
I've never thought of something like OF as gambling. But I guess your point is that young adults are pushed to a lot of "you have a 0.1% chance of hitting it big and a 99.9% chance of getting no online traction at all" types of careers?
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@rossdavidhprofilefollowreplied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:
I know many small business owners, and a clear majority do have investors, whether spouse, parents, or a small business loan. Easily more than 50% never make a profit. I know a woman who ran a clothing retail store for over a decade, who was never able to pay herself a dime. When the pandemic hit, everyone closed, but the ones who actually needed the business to pay their bills opened up as soon as it was allowed or shortly thereafter. Many took years. They are cosplaying.
@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancerreplied to@rossdavidhprofilefollow:
a business loan is not an investment, it is debt financing that pays back with interest. An investment means putting money into a company to gain ownership or a share of future profits. to me it feels like youre arguing against cosplaying, showing small businesses struggle and arent just playing boss for the funzies.
@personprofilefollowwrote:
az interneten nem lehet egy kรฉpet sem รกtmรฉretezni, sem Windows alatt, a Grok is csak hozzรกvetล‘legesen dolgozik, mi kรถvetkezik ebbล‘l, muszรกj lesz beengedni Gemmรกt, mintha Linus Thorvalds a napokban panaszkodott volna, hogy a Linuxot is elรกrasztotta az ai
You can't resize an image on the internet, not even under Windows, Grok only works roughly, what follows from this, we'll have to let Gemma in, as if Linus Thorvalds had complained the other day that Linux was also flooded with AI
@pemulisprofilefollowwrote:
if for some reason you find yourself flying from burlington vt to a dc/baltimore airport: this is a perfect time to enjoy larksโ€™ tongues in aspic [the album]
@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancerwrote:
crush-tui: A lightning fast, terminal-first dating app written in rust. supports custom themes!
@dc๐Ÿ˜Šprofilefollowwrote:
I truly love the experience of using apps with rich, deeply interactive, beautifully animated, gorgeous user interfaces. Then I see a beautiful text-based interface and something about it feels so natural, so inevitable, so perfectly clear, and I'm instantly captivated by its simplicity and clarity. Hypertext is fascinating.
@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.wrote:
The dream of Twitter circa 2007 is alive in 2026
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyersreplied to@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.:
Twitter was 140 chars. That makes it double the dream, right?
@personprofilefollowwrote:
รฉs รญgy nem kell egy ilyen zรถld modulba applikรกlt, baszott nagy integrรกlt chipet venni hozzรก, pedig nem is nรฉz ki rosszul, de jรณl sem
and that way you don't have to buy a fucking big integrated chip applied to a green module, even though it doesn't look bad, but it doesn't look good either
@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโ€ฆmostlywrote:
Is open source dead? Everyone has the power now to make their own stacks of things. The people aspect of open source is dead or dying. I don't think the bunny is going back in the box.
@chanuxprofilefollowI ain't no nothing!replied to@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโ€ฆmostly:
One nice thing about Open Source (at least for me) is different people doing the same thing in different ways and one of those happen to suit my taste perfectly. And in many cases, I won't be able to come with it myself even with Super Intelligence.
@paulprofilefollowadamspaul.short.gy/notesreplied to@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโ€ฆmostly:
Evgeny Morozov has pointed out that using ai through chat interfaces is based on an individualised and privatised model, which (heavily paraphrased) is inherently anti-social. With an extra layer now of people making small personalised tools, do bigger things still need teams of people who know what theyโ€™re doing? FWIW Iโ€™d like to see more sharing of vibe coded tools instead of everyone making their own more less the same ones. Mine are here: pauladams.neocities.org
@gruntprofilefollowI am just a grain of sand on your beach. www.gruntsoft.comreplied to@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโ€ฆmostly:
I don't think so. I have been using more open source software than ever before. You may argue that with LLMs I have the power to make my own stack of things, but this doesn't eliminate that I still need knowledge to properly steer an LLM to create something worthwhile. If I have no knowledge of what I intend to build, the best thing the LLM will generate is a half-assed copy of something that already exists. Which is what we have been drowning in the past couple of years.
@gruntprofilefollowI am just a grain of sand on your beach. www.gruntsoft.comcontinued:
AI can be a superpower in the hands of someone knowledgeable. That makes the people aspect of open source more important, not less. If you offload your curiosity and desire to learn to AI, you will be a slave to it's limitations instead of being a master of its capabilities.
@hippo๐Ÿฆ›profilefollowStrictly no LLMs. No exceptions.replied to@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโ€ฆmostly:
Of course not. I think it is much more relevant to ask "Is closed source dead?". Anyone can now replace a proprietary program with a vibeslopped alternative which might suit them just as well. It will have the same level of trust (ie. none) and none of the other drawbacks.
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyerswrote:
Well, I think my IRCd (Eris v2) is close to be complete.
@cgast๐Ÿ“ถprofilefollowcurious & creativewrote:
Are tokens an equivalent of work? Like a currency and therefor a tool to steer and prioritize work in large orgs. Hypothesis: In the end all workpackages will consist of 1 accountable human and 99% tokens burnt by an ai.
@chenxiangprofilefollowwrote:
็œ‹ๆฅๅฏไปฅๅ‘ไธญๆ–‡ใ€‚ๅ› ไธบๆฒกๆœ‰่บซไปฝ่ฏ๏ผŒๆ‰€ไปฅไธ่ƒฝๆ‹ฅๆœ‰ๆ‰‹ๆœบๅท๏ผŒๆŽฅ็€ไธ่ƒฝๆณจๅ†Œ็จณๅฎš็š„email๏ผŒไนŸๅฐฑๆฒกๆณ•ๆณจๅ†Œๅ†…ๅฎนๅนณๅฐ๏ผŒๅ‘ๅธƒๅ†…ๅฎนใ€‚hotmailๅ› ไธบๆˆ‘ๆฒกๆœ‰็จณๅฎš็š„ipๅœฐๅ€๏ผŒๅธธๅธธๅฐ็ฆๆˆ‘็š„email่ดฆๅท๏ผŒๆˆ‘็š„mastodon่ดฆๅทๅ› ๆญคไนŸๆฒกๆณ•้•ฟๆœŸไฝฟ็”จใ€‚ๆˆ‘ๅธŒๆœ›่ฟ™ๆ˜ฏไธ€ไธชๆˆ‘ๅฏไปฅ้•ฟๆœŸๅ‘ๅธƒๅ†…ๅฎน็š„ๅœฐๆ–น
It seems I can post in Chinese. Because I don't have an ID card, I can't have a phone number, and therefore can't register a stable email address, which means I can't register on content platforms or publish content. Hotmail frequently blocks my email account because I don't have a stable IP address, so my Mastodon account can't be used long-term. I hope this is a place where I can publish content consistently.
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyersreplied to@chenxiangprofilefollow:
ๅ—ฏ๏ผŒๅฅฝๅง๏ผŒไธบไบ†ไฝ ่‡ชๅทฑ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅธŒๆœ›ๅฎƒ่ƒฝๆŒ็ปญๅพˆ้•ฟๆ—ถ้—ดใ€‚ไฝ ็š„ไบ’่”็ฝ‘้—ฎ้ข˜ๅพˆ้šพ่งฃๅ†ณ๏ผŒ้žๅธธๆŠฑๆญ‰๏ผ :-(
Well, okay, for your own sake, I hope it lasts a long time. I'm so sorry your internet problem is so difficult to fix! :-(
@chenxiangprofilefollowreplied to@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyers:
่ฐข่ฐขไฝ ๏ผŒๆฒกๆƒณๅˆฐ่ฟ˜็œŸๆœ‰ไบบๅ›žๆˆ‘็š„ๅธ–ๅญ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅœจไบ’่”็ฝ‘ไธŠ่‡ณๅฐ‘ๅ‡ ๅนดๆฒกๅ’Œไบบๅฏน่ฏ่ฟ‡ไบ†
Thank you. I didn't expect anyone to actually reply to my post. I haven't had a conversation with anyone online for at least several years.
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyersreplied to@chenxiangprofilefollow:
ๅพˆ้ซ˜ๅ…ดๆˆไธบๅพˆไน…ไปฅๆฅ็š„็ฌฌไธ€ไธชไบบไน‹ไธ€๏ผŒๆˆ‘็š„ๆœ‹ๅ‹๏ผๅฅฝๅฅฝ็š„๏ผŒๅ‘จๆœซๆ„‰ๅฟซ๏ผๅŽŸ่ฐ…ๆˆ‘็š„ๅฐ้”™่ฏฏ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๆญฃๅœจ็”จ็ฟป่ฏ‘ๆฅๅ›žๅคใ€‚ๆˆ‘ไปฌ้ƒฝ็Ÿฅ้“ๅคงๅคšๆ•ฐๆ—ถๅ€™้ƒฝไธๅคชๅฅฝใ€‚
So happy to be one of the first people to reply in a long time, my friend! Have a good weekend! Please forgive my little mistake, I'm replying using a translation. We all know things aren't always great.
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyersreplied to@chenxiangprofilefollow:
I am sure pretty much everything that isnโ€™t criminal, abusive, or illegal. I know those definitions vary from country to country. Just be a good human, and you should be OK.
@gikkmanprofilefollowwrote:
I am a remote worker, and has been for 4 years now. It works great. But the owner of the office I've been renting have sold the building, and the new owner has different visions. I could work from home, but my 3 month daughter is a screamer. I had a great, cheap deal. All alternatives I find is like 3x the price.
@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.replied to@stagas๐Ÿคธprofilefollowcreative technologist creator of textlog:
A company called Spacious triedEater SFNew Start-Up Turns Popular Restaurants Into Coworking Spaces By DayPlus SFโ€™s beer, bourbon, and hummus empire expands and Eaterโ€™s holiday gift guide to do this with restaurant spaces that arenโ€™t used during the day. Always seemed like a good idea to me, but they went under.
@kapankatsuragiprofilefollowI may know more about Disney History and trivia than you. Maybe, I dunno. I write about pop culture on Super Review Time.wrote:
trying to revive the blogging golden days. recommend some blogs with rss feed about game, movie reviews, and animation. or comic strips, traditional or webcomic.