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frankzanderon Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

To all RB/Energy Drink consuments ... why do you drink RB instead of a good ol cup of coffee/tee? Please ... don't just write "it tastes good" ... no it don't. A strawberry or a cherry from the tree tastes good but not RB.

frankzanderon Google changes its search box

I just want a relevant website ... no I don't want to use your agent. Just give me search results that are interesting to read, no AI slop, which teach me something new ... no I don't want to buy if I don't show this intent. Just serve the public interest and not your own financial interests. Thank you.

frankzanderon US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional

Interesting one.

frankzanderon US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional

Alcohol is always poisonous (but mixed with methanol quite a bit more poisonous ) :-)

frankzanderon How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?

But beware if someone say to them Microslop ... they don't like it if someone other make up new names :-)

frankzanderon 99% of adults over 40 have shoulder "abnormalities" on an MRI, study finds

got a similar advice ... "in your age we find almost every time something abnormal"

frankzanderon 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

Tbh I would like to have a donation button on a artist website so I can donate and than download the album I like where I like.

frankzanderon Fahrplan – 39C3

That example is a really good one I also stumbled upon. Feels like a Indymedia meeting.

frankzanderon Fahrplan – 39C3

That have to be the tolerance they're everywhere talking about

frankzanderon Fahrplan – 39C3

I can fully relate ... back in the days there wasn't much (at least I don't remember) of "this kind" of ppl and everything was just hacking. However I can imagine what you mean. At the end this growing craziness does not change any time soon so you are right ... "finding the folks that fit you" is maybe the best advice (and this hasn't to be the CCC). Fortunately the interesting talks are often recorded so nobody has to attend who don't want in order to get the interesting stuff.

frankzanderon Fahrplan – 39C3

this wasn't the point ... the point is that the whole thing is getting more and more political and less technical and fun. I was at the camp and some congresses in the past and they where always fun but nowadays it seems like it's like a political movement event for certain strands and ideologies and way less fun and interesting things (thou there are gems) and it seems that you have to think a certain way or at least accept certain positions even if it's not your position because otherwise you are silly or something else.

frankzanderon Fahrplan – 39C3

From year to year more politics and less interesting stuff.

frankzanderon Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

I'm sure he's prompting wrong.

frankzanderon What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you?

Giving me a simple bottle of water when I was in need

frankzanderon Doing Rails Wrong

and the problem is that if you apply for a job in this area you have to know them all +10 years experience with all the frameworks and backend stuff, sql, docker

frankzanderon Linux phones are more important now than ever

Very much thanks for this text. This makes much sense. I don't think regulation would help ... only ppl who show their raised middle finger to this vendors. I mean this scenario is the scenario ppl thought of when TPM came up ... a fcking closed up device and you are in the hands of the vendors.

frankzanderon Linux phones are more important now than ever

What does it have to do with the regulations? Does they forbid open phones?

frankzanderon Linux phones are more important now than ever

I've always assumed that there is some money related intend behind this. But I can't figure out what money reason it is.

frankzanderon Linux phones are more important now than ever

What I don't get (plz help me) is why out of a sudden this vendors close up their phones and why is Google going this way? What's their intend?

frankzanderon Apple pulls iPhone torrent app from AltStore PAL in Europe

if you don't have root it's always theirs. I wonder why ppl just accept this.

frankzanderon New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life expectancy of 100 unlikely

Good point. Glad someone pointed this out

frankzanderon How I code with AI on a budget/free

You are the product no matter how much you pay tbh

frankzanderon How I code with AI on a budget/free

Hm why pay for something when I can get it for free? Being miserly is a skill that can save a lot of money.

frankzanderon PHP 8.5 adds pipe operator

Amen ... I mean PHP could have been such a good language if the syntax wouldn't be such a show stopper.

frankzanderon The Great Unracking: Saying goodbye to the servers at our physical datacenter

... and like fall for marketing pitches

frankzanderon Clashes between web and X11 colors in the CSS color scheme

I never use color names (except if I quick want to set a color in CSS for testing purposes) so I wonder who is using color names and why? Does all this has any real world implications?

frankzanderon The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public

This already exists around 20 years ago and didn't consume as much resources as an AI bot would ... Bayesian-Filters.

frankzanderon Matrix.org Will Migrate to MAS

Does actually exist matrix servers for warez?

frankzanderon Everything is Ghibli

Infact it isn't the style which has been copyright infringed but the original works which had been fed into the Neuronal networks in order to learn how to produce such works. There is no consent from the authors. I'm not a fighter copyright but if someone makes money from someone others work than the author should be compensated. The AI industry is standing on the shoulders of giants and make a lot of money. If the authors had been asked beforehand if their works could be use to train NN than I'm sure this whole AI blubble is has burst long time ago.