Posts by Cloudseer

Chrome dumped support for Ubuntu 18.04 – but it'll be back

> though with the usual disclaimer that the success of this browser retrofit operation comes with no guarantees.

There was a guarantee?

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows

Thunderbird comes installed and has a matrix and irc client, why not stick with it?

Experimental Mir-based tiling WM is winning acceptance outside Ubuntopia

Missed opportunity

Should have named it the miracle maker Wizard of the word, MC Undertaker

'Little weirdo' shoulder surfer teaches UK cabinet minister a lesson in cybersecurity

Prefer living under a rock these dsys

With Asmi 24.04, Ubuntu's never looked so snappy (without the Snaps)

I’d just switch the interface to the Inter font, but this looks really good.

Lightweight LXQt 2.0.0 updates to same toolkit as KDE Plasma 6

Xwayland

How to coax ChatGPT into making better predictions: Get it to tell tales from the future

Re: FFS !!!

Yes, exactly. In a dataset of economic data, a generative AI model could analyze the patterns, trends, and relationships present in the data, such as GDP growth rates, unemployment rates, inflation, stock market movements, and other economic indicators. Once trained, the model could then generate new data points that resemble the learned patterns, potentially providing insights into future economic trends or scenarios.

For example, the model might generate simulated economic scenarios based on historical data, allowing policymakers, economists, or analysts to explore different potential outcomes or make predictions about future economic conditions. This capability can be particularly valuable for scenario planning, risk assessment, and decision-making in various economic contexts.

Flox rocks the Nix box by conquering code chaos

Re: “Declarative” ≠ “Functional”

It manages a declarative yaml file

Fresh version of Windows user-friendly Zorin OS arrives to tempt the Linux-wary

I used to run a Mac as my daily driver, I installed a bunch of popular gui automation tools, setup keyboard macros, tweaked the animation speeds, failed to find a satisfying multiple monitor full screen workflow, and waited ages for homebrew to finish updating my open source apps.

For me Linux works more the way I want it, adapted to how I work. Most people don’t sit behind a screen 7 hours a day and don’t share my requirements.

IAB Europe's ad consent popups pose privacy problem

Re: But here in Blighty ...

Browser fingerprinting

Re: Shut it all down, please

The Netherlands also ruled against them.

Miracle WM, a new tiling window manager built on Mir

Would love to have been linked to the wheel? Great article as always.

Forcing AI on developers is a bad idea that is going to happen

There’s nothing substantial here and no one links to jetbrains responses that explain how the product works only with subscription, works on device and your code isn’t used for training.

SparkyLinux harbors a flamboyant array of desktops

It looks like it even supports the Pantheon desktop which makes it a prime fallback distro for elementaryOS, which I’m running as my daily driver.

What's the golden age of online services? Well, now doesn't suck

Re: Ah the good old days

And calls to landlines are 20p/min now on most mobile networks. Regression

Canonical shows how to use Snaps without the Snap Store

Re: Snap usefulness

A benefit is that the program you install with snap cannot access everything in your home directory, quite a benefit. And works when you’re distrobhopping.

GhostBSD makes FreeBSD a little less frightening for the Linux loyal

Software developers are restricted in the features they can add to apps because of app review, default interpreters like Python are no longer included, incrementally more features are linked to subscriptions and Apple IDs, Safari addons must be distributed via the store.

Netherlands digital minister smacks down Big Tech over AI regs

LLMs are not cars, but it's not hard to see how they can influence the people that use it to take decisions that negatively affect thousands of people a day (and lead to early deaths), especially in government.

Microsoft Windows latest: Cortana app out, adverts in

Participation requires trust

The lack of trust in how these voice messages are processed is why I haven’t been using these features. Making them AI based will only increase these concerns. Same with putting ads around personal computing.

MS needs to invest billions in cleaning up its act on user trust first, then maybe we will see some usage.

They might not track user trust however. So the data will be distorted. And then wonder why open source and Apple take their customers and why their mobile strategy isn’t working.