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There are unfortunately still useful things that only work on Windows, which is why I still begrudgingly dual boot. I like the idea of ReactOS, but development is slow-going and it’s still only alpha quality at the moment.

Geeks are enthusiasts who collect and engage with specific topics, often focusing on trends and memorabilia, while nerds are more academically inclined, concentrating on mastering knowledge and skills in their areas of interest. Both terms can overlap, but they emphasize different aspects of passion and expertise.

https://laist.com/shows/take-two/whats-the-difference-between-a-geek-and-a-nerd

True, and having the hubris to think otherwise makes you even less immune.

Fair point. The title should be something more like “Normie Marketing Doesn’t Work in Nerds”.

A website with pricing, extensive documentation, and a download button effectively IS marketing.

“Flying car” is a bullshit term. They are aircraft and must be treated as such.

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I suppose there are benefits to gig work like Instacart in that you get to pick your own schedule, but what is the benefit of driving for Amazon? You’re a contractor, but Amazon picks your hours?

If the state of open source phones are anything to judge by, we will have open source cars at some point, except the foot brake isn’t working yet, so you’ll have to use the hand brake for now. Cars and phones both take a lot of resources to develop, and maybe you’ll be able to “de-Stellantis” your car at some point instead of going fully open source, but judging by the recent steps Google has taken to weaken de-Googling, I’m not sure how long that would last either.

Not really my area of expertise, but this article lays out her perspective on this for anyone who isn’t aware: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-world-doesnt-need-a-new-gigantic-particle-collider/

TL;DR - Many times the cost of the LHC and unlike the LHC, the gains are likely to be incremental instead of revolutionary. The same funding could do much more good elsewhere.

To your point, agreed that even small, incremental gains for science are more valuable than what we are likely to get from AI.

I have started using Copilot more lately, but I’ve also switched from plastic straws to paper, so I’m good, right?

I enjoyed Sabine’s analysis in another video that continuing to make increasingly larger models with more compute is about as effective as continuing to make larger and larger particle accelerators. Come on, bro, this million km Gigantic Hadron Collider will finally get us to the TOE. Just one more trillion, bro.

Yikes, I have a Samsung smart TV. Guess I’ll be wrapping it in tin foil after reading this.

I use Copilot at work and overall enjoy using it. I’ve seen studies suggesting that it makes a dev maybe 15% more productive in the aggregate, which tracks with my own experience, assuming it’s used with a clear understanding of its strengths and weaknesses. No, it’s not replacing anyone, but it’s good for rubber ducking if nothing else.

I use Linux for almost everything, but I do have some important software that only works on Windows, so my solution is dual booting Windows 10 with a different static IP than the Linux partition, with the Windows IP blocked from the internet in the firewall.