#Anthropic are boasting about how they make so much code, GIT is no longer suitable as a version control system, and they had to create their own. They write stuff to impress with large numbers, and I get that these might appeal to management that love to see numbers get higher and higher, but please, stop to think about what this actually means...

"In May 2026, Anthropic averaged around 2,500 code changes merged per day; as of September, we merged over 30,000 per day." ... "The history of our main branch alone is almost 100 GB, and a compressed working copy is over 25 GB."

A version control system is a slightly bad name, it keeps tracks of changes in code, not just differences between "released versions". The point is to see what changed, when it changed, who changed it, etc. It's not just a bucket to store things and pull from when needed.

The entire point is gone. No one can validate, or relate to this amount of changes. You create a garbage pile that no one ever wants to look at.

#AI #LLM #noAi

"I am upset about how #FOSS projects fail to take a stand against fascism, so I just make my own software instead, since I can do that using slop #AI!"

I feel like there should be some sorta award for saying something like this.

I can't even...

We can let disabled people who have issues getting around without a car, have access to cars, but still reduce car usage drastically for people that can manage without.

We can let plastic straws be a tool for those that really need it, while banning it for everything else.

There are many such examples where we can cut out the use that most people have, but keep it for those that need it.

#AI is not one of them.

We _cannot_ segment out #GenAI /#LLM as a tool for disabled people. It doesn't work that way. The cost is so enormous, it cannot even find a functioning business model without limitations.

However "helpful" AI can appear to assist blind people, how conically ill people feel it can make their day easier, this will depend on continuous usage for all sorta bad shit as well.

The companies behind these tools are ruining our world, and whatever gain they have is _NOT_ going to be beneficial for disabled people, or most anyone for that matter.

Pro AI isn't #disability activism .

it's the opposite.

I do not quite understand suggested AI policy from #KDE, if it really ends up saying stuff like

"Nobody in KDE should know if you use an LLM—not because you're concealing it, but because your usage of it produces output indistinguishable from what you could produce yourself. Contributions with obvious and lazy LLM usage may be ignored or closed."

The policy basically then say "we allow AI assisted code, as long as no one are able to tell that it is..."

Other projects have stated: "We do not allow AI generated code".

There is really no difference between these two policies other than the latter is taking a stand and the first isn't.

Having a policy that bans AI from being used, does not stop AI from being used if you cannot tell that AI was used.

It seems more like KDE doesn't want AI to be used, but need to word it differently to make certain people happy.

Wow... Did #PixelFed do a 180 degree turnaround on AI policy, or what???

Going from one of the shittiest take on AI, to "we ban AI contribution" within only a few days, this isn't making #KDE looking all too good.

Good to see that some projects can listen.

"Look at these companies and public offices! They are starting to switch their users from Windows to Linux!"

Great! How about the Azure, Google Cloud, AWS services they are running? Replacing those with in house or small, standardized providers?

Oh... Not?

We are at least providing alternatives to phones that does not lock us in to Googles Android hell or Apples iPhone prison?

No???

So, we are doing what hurts #BigTech the least.

Great.

Even Microsoft lets their devs use Linux computers, I don't think they regard this as much of a threat.

Er det andre som bruker SailfishOS, eventuelt ikke-stock Android med microG, som har problem med å installere Vipps?

Vipps skulle fungere, men får det ikke til å fungere. Ser noen andre har rapportert at det "fungerte før, men siste versjon fungerer ikke".

Relativt kjipt om Vipps stenger ikke-google Android ute nå som flere tar veien vekk fra Google...

#NorskTut

It's kinda sad to see BigTech tainting technology to the point where people feel it's best to drop the tech all together.

The "comeback of physical media" is an example. People again investing money in CD's and CD players, because they want to "own rather than rent".

Oki, you at least own the CD, but it's especially bad when this appear to span to DVD's as well. You own a physical DVD disk, sure, but we should remember region locks, content protection and all the stuff that makes your ability to play the content of a DVD a "borrowed time" experience.

But the CD marked was dominated by the same kinda companies that now run streaming. Why desire to go back to this?

Why not turn to sites like #bandcamp where you can buy music from those that make it?

It seems like the "time in the middle", the time where we carried an mp3 collection with us, is forgotten. With the new capacities on storage, we can have the audio in better quality than CD.

Also, software like #Jellyfin exists to stream our OWN music.

Aid organizations that receive funding from the US, can not spend money on diversity and inclusion work.

Not "can not spend the money they get from the US on...", they cannot spend money on these projects, even money from other sources.

A Norwegian aid organization, working a lot with projects like land mine removal in several countries, have now turned down over 40 million US$ yearly from the US.

"This will greatly affect our work, but we do not have a choice other than to say no to this money"

RE: https://systemli.social/@anneroth/117224382426870269

This is why we leave Google
This is why we leave Microsoft
This is why we leave Apple

This is why we cancel and move subscriptions.

This is why we self host.

This is why we pick community run projects to donate to. We vet projects to make sure the money are not going to fascists, and we donate what we save on going away from the giants to open, community driven projects and independent artists.

This has never ever been more important.

It's funky. Most places it seems to be the norm that the more left wing you are, the higher the chance is that you are a republican.

This seem to confuse people from the US...

When asked the question "why is Candy Crush so popular", a psychologist answered that games like Candy Crush give people the feeling of accomplishment despite not accomplishing anything.

It's a "shortcut" to feeling like you have mastered something, without needing to master anything.

In the age of GenAI / LLM-craze, I feel like this explains a lot.

"MEAL DEAL! 39kr" står det på Circle K, med bilde av rundstykke og juice-flaske mellom "Meal Deal" og pris. Så jeg tar med en appelsin-juice sammen med rundstykket.

Det ble et godt stykke over 39kr.

"Er det ikke sånn meal deal?"
"Kortet ditt er ikke registrert som medlem..."

Gikk tilbake for å sjekke. Med små bokstaver under MEAL DEAL sto det "medlemstilbud".

Aldri opplevd dette noe annet sted. "Medlemskupp!" "Medlemspris!" er normen, de vil ha deg som medlem.

Dette virker med som de vil svindle deg.

Litt stresset når man skal haste vidre fra bensinstasjon, kjøper flere ting, merker ikke at man betaler for mye.

#NorskTut

Hva f... er dette? "Unikt håndtverk" - kan man ikke vise bilde av noe håndtverk som skal være der? Ballongkunst som er umulig, hvor vanskelig hadde det vært å få et bilde av noe virkelig?

"Dette er første gang det blir arrangert" er kanskje argumentet deres, men er sikker på at en av de som skal ha bod med lokalmat der kunne sende et bilde de kunne bruke, enn et AI generert bilde med noe generiske greier som kanskje skal være ost og syltetøy?

Hele greia ender opp med å se delvis marerittaktig ut, "uncanny valley" er ikke en følelse man vil ha når man tenker på å dra til sommermarked.

#NorskTut

"Det er beklagelig at toalettet på bussen var i ustand, og at de forsøker å finne andre løsninger når det skjer, opplyser kommunikasjonssjefen."

Hæ?

#NorskTut #Allheimen

Most all technologies that people think of as "bad", are "bad" for a reason. The reason has generally very little to do with the technology itself.

#SmartHome solutions can be extremely helpful, time saving, energy saving, and several other advantages. Instead, people experience vendor lock-ins, incompatibilities, security issues, "forced app & cloud" setup, etc. Smarthome could be a tech most would love.

#Capitalism broke it.

We can keep pointing to the damaged solutions, but we will never fix the underlying problem.

This includes #AI. AI could have been part of a set up helpful technologies.

Instead, the broken capitalist system has allowed "financially smart" people to use false promises about a technology to tunnel even more money into their own pockets.

We can hate AI as much as we want, we have many reasons to, the AI that is pushed on us now, is not anything that benefits us.

But we should not look away from the reason this keeps happening.

When the bubble bursts, they find another tech.

"Oljefondet må kjøpe aksjer i SpaceX, OpenAI og Anthropic"

Nei, altså, det må de ikke...

#NorskTut

"#AI is a threat to the environment, and a threat to humanity. Here, read my scientific article where I present my finding, extensively using AI generated images to illustrate my points."

WHY IS THIS A THING????

"Ikke rør!"???

Beklager, men det der er et rør!

#NorskTut

"Time for annual review. First, the standard question: Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?"

"I have quit this job. I work at a consultancy called "No #Slop", rebuilding and fixing non-maintainable #Vibe coded systems.

There is way too much job for us, we work overtime to make sure critical infrastructure is working so society does not collapse. The pay is amazing, I make so much money, but the stress

I drink fancy drinks and drive fast, expensive cars. I don't drink now, but 5 years from now, I guess I gonna have to. I have taken onto doing this to distract myself from the horrors at work. Regular people envy me, those that got fired because #AI slop was all they knew how to create, hate me.

Every night, I secretly cry myself to sleep, knowing I have become what I hate, what I promised myself I should never become. I am rich, I have everything, but really, I have nothing. No life, no real joy...

Please, help me prevent this future from becoming my reality"