LLMs (Large Language Models, colloquially referred to as "A.I.") are perfect...
Much like so many loud voices in society today, the LLM is incapable of discerning reliable from unreliable sources, identifying the origin and validity of a …
Category: Ethics Tagged: Computing Ethics Life Non-religious post Philosophy Polemic
Read MoreI resolved never to put a web browser on this machine, which is a Thinkpad X200t from early 2010 with the Libreboot firmware flashed to it, and the wifi card replaced with a FOSS-driver-loving atheros-based card. Ever since I got it in early 2019, it's been my "writing machine …
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Read MoreYou may have seen me mention The Fediverse or "FediFriends" in previous posts. Now, I anticipate that 100% of my readers are already in the Fediverse (or within a rounding error of 100% 😄), but just in case someone doesn't know, the following is a succinct description and discussion of the …
Category: Tech Tagged: Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Federated Services Non-religious post Non-technical post WritingMonth
Read MoreBack in September, I posted about using the output of cal and plain text to track things. Here is the example of that format I listed in the post:
August 2023
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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2023/08/02 326 45 …Category: Tech Tagged: BSD Computing FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Linux Non-religious post Productivity Unix Tips
Read MoreI was watching a youtuber I rather like, and he closed out his video talking about his pragmatic approach to operating systems. He said he used multiple OSes (some FOSS and some non-FOSS), and he summed up his approach with "Use what works for you."
This is not a polemic …
Category: Ethics Tagged: BSD Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) FreeBSD Linux Non-religious post UNIX WritingMonth
Read MoreI was re-reading my original UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX article, and I realized something that helped me better classify the various types of UNIX OSes:
I see OSes like the BSDs as UNIXes, while I view MacOS and many Linux distros (particularly the Gnome-oriented ones, more about that …
Category: Tech Tagged: BSD Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Linux Non-religious post Philosophy UNIX WritingMonth
Read MoreI remember once watching a video of presenter at a Linux conference boldly proclaim, "UNIX is dead."
As someone who worked on UNIX systems for over a decade, and who's played with UNIX variants off and on for three decades, that is a pretty incendiary statement.
With apologies to Sophocles …
Category: Tech Tagged: BSD Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Linux Non-religious post Philosophy UNIX WritingMonth
Read MoreI know everyone's got their preferred notes app/platform, but I've been using SimpleNote for several years now, and I'm quite fond of it. Not only does it have very usable mobile and cross-platform desktop apps, it also has alternate apps like nvpy (a GUI) and sncli, an excellent command …
Category: Tech Tagged: BSD Computing FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Linux Non-religious post Productivity Unix Tips
Read MoreI was watching yesterday's video from The Linux Cast on PeerTube, and I really liked how he broke down the various (arche)types of Linux users into seven categories:
Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Federated Services FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) PeerTube Video Non-religious post
Read MoreI was watching The Linux Experiment's latest video entitled "Sometimes, I get tired of Linux," and I realized how similar the issues that he mentioned are to the classic "Last Mile Problem."
First of all, mad props to folks like Nick (a.k.a. "The Linux Experiment"), Veronica Explains, The …
Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Federated Services FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Non-religious post PeerTube Video
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