He didn't have to go all enterprise with docker which eats ram and stupid library managers that transcode video for some unknown reason and thus need cpu.

My videos are exported through samba and i play them with vlc on a chromecast plugged into the TV. VLC can decode everything so there's no need for transcoding on the server end, or containers and crap.

For books there's Calibre for a Kindle, or just a directory exported via http for getting them on a tablet.

You can have a home lab, but you don't need it. It's all your fault if you start on it.

But I don't need the car to commute, I need it for holidays. 300 miles is enough when you need 2 minutes to fill up, but not when you need to stop for 45+ minutes if there's a free spot, more otherwise.

It's great that the already expensive Mercedes is adding an option that will make their cars even more expensive.

Time for government pressure for affordable EVs and charging infrastructure though.

... know that a bunch of private companies are making their national currency open source?

... to promote illiteracy.

After all, people who can't use the fastest way to absorb information - since no youtube influencer can beat the density of well written text - will be less educated and more likely to click on ads.

... that i noticed ... ... was to replace the native cllient with a "modern" Electron abomination with less features, more CPU consumption and that never syncs properly across devices.

... i'd very much like if the western world got over their fear of subtitles.

I stil remember the dvd for sci fi channel's Dune that had no subtitles whatsoever. Afraid they'll exercise the viewer's brains too much?

Also, there are the stupid Netflix movies that have english subtitles because they're in a non english language, but the second someone speaks english the subtitles magically disappear.

For one, accents vary and crap like that. For two, I don't watch movies with the volume up like i'm at a rock concert. And for three, I don't care about mistranslated subtitles in my native language - at least for languages I do understand. Please do full subtitles in english.

The setting is choosen to be very low budget, props wise. All you need is a few metallic looking rooms and some screens.

And the idea has been done to death since ages ago. Especially if you can read.

I mean if a friend shares a piece of news, maybe. If it's something selected by their engagement algorithms it's probably worthless.

And stop calling them Meta. Don't fall for the rebranding.

It's not the CEO's decision if it's for sale or not.

Where's the sugar free version? And how do the rest of the ingredients mess with the taste of coffee?

I bet there's nothing "AI" about their language. They're working on a python alternative and marketing changed direction.

They've always encouraged ready to paste answers instead of teach the man how to fish answers.

And now everyone trains their text generators on them and because the answers are enforced to not require understanding it works great. For the text generators.

... that put out "free" applications.

I'm too poor to afford free apps anyway, so I'm totally unimpressed.

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Being a part of some group that does sports/hiking regularly is also a good idea. You'll also make new friends to hang out with that way :)