not_a_shill (u/not_a_shill)

not_a_shill commented on Fine dining restaurants researching guests to make their dinner unforgettable sfgate.com/food/article/d... · Posted by u/borski

PeterStuer · 2 months ago

Does that imply you have to like it or be labeled a hypocrite?

Life isn't a series of black or white choices, but full of multifacetted grey areas where some bad will always be mixed in with the good.

I can very much dislike restaurants sleuthing me even if I have sites with add revenue.

I do not care for their imagined 'marginal service improvent potential'. For excellent service and good food, you do not need to know anything about me beyond my reservation and any food allergies me or my party might volunteer.

not_a_shill · 2 months ago

Of course you can like your targeted ads/data collection and not the restaurant's targeted experience...the restaurant isnt paying you!

So yes you're a hypocrite, but no one really cares--most people are.

not_a_shill commented on macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive shirtpocket.com/blog/inde... · Posted by u/zdw

deaddodo · 9 months ago

This isn't me trying to convince you to use Linux, but the listed reasons (other than LLM testing) aren't real deterrents (and there are plenty that exist for many people, no use pretending not):

> Acorn

GIMP (or Glimpse, if you want a more modern UI) or Krita can definitely do pretty much anything Acorn can.

> Keyboard Maestro

GNOME and KDE have been able to do this out of the box from pretty much the beginning. The OSes are still mostly terminal-first (one of the big complaints, actually), and that translates into the DEs and Applications. A keyboard automation is just a sequence of commands.

This is probably one of the few areas where Linux almost definitely beats macOS or Windows.

> OnniGraffle

There's a large swathe of diagramming tools in Linux.

> Alfred App

Yep, both KDE and Gnome are able to handle this task as well as Alfred. Like automation, this is probably an area Linux will be able to shine above macOS.

> MS Office

LibreOffice would be the common alternative.

> MS Teams

They used to have an official client. They now recommend you create a PWA, and there are some unofficial clients that do pretty much that:

https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux

This seems to be the route they'll be going all around, similar to slack (web + an electron app).

> I test LLMs locally.

LLMs run fine on Linux, but you will be limited to about 16GB on the VRAM side. Though, you could technically use Asahi + Apple Silicon as the support matured if you want.

Most of these are open source applications, with cludgy UIs/warts and all; and aren't really designed by teams with UX masters, so operate oddly and require relearning. But if you were interested in making the move, they're options.

not_a_shill · 9 months ago

Libreoffice isn't the alternative, office on web is. And even that is still gimped compared to Windows Excel. (Which is the true killer app for professional use of Windows in general)

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throw__away7391 · a year ago

I tried it, I found everything you said true _at the beginning_ but after a few hours as it wore off I paid the price for the initial boost and the net effect was near zero, or possibly even negative.

I've also been around a ton of people who are taking it constantly and well...they act weird, a bit more frenzied and not necessarily more productive on deep thinking tasks. Not sure if this was the case for me. It's an enjoyable experience, like a recreational drug. I see why people take it, and further I see why people believe it helps them be more productive, but I am highly skeptical of these claimed benefits.

not_a_shill · a year ago

>well...they act weird, a bit more frenzied and not necessarily more productive on deep thinking tasks.

This matches up with some research on that exact subject.

"Our findings suggest that “smart drugs” increase motivation, but a reduction in quality of effort, crucial to solve complex problems, annuls this effect."

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4165

not_a_shill commented on It was almost impossible to make the blue LED [video] youtube.com/watch?v=AF8d7... · Posted by u/keepamovin

BadHumans · 2 years ago

Seems like an extreme stance for a easily solvable problem.

not_a_shill · 2 years ago

That's how you can tell it's a joke

not_a_shill commented on Plastic bag bans work zmescience.com/science/ne... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

gambiting · 2 years ago

I have a feeling we might be talking about different things. I'm talking about bags like these:

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChcSEwjk8p3YqZKEAxVQZZE...

not_a_shill · 2 years ago

They sell those kinds of bags here too, but these are the ones that a lot of people in this thread are talking about

https://www.northjersey.com/gcdn/presto/2019/06/07/PNJM/74a3...

not_a_shill commented on Plastic bag bans work zmescience.com/science/ne... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

gambiting · 2 years ago

Really? Why? I have a bunch of thick Sainsburys bags that I bought probably 5 years ago and I still use them for shopping every week - they will have been used probably 200 times each, easy. No idea why I'd throw them out.

not_a_shill · 2 years ago

I just use them like trash bags /bin liners. I have fabric reusable ones I just forget or are unable to bring half the time.

Re: throwing them out vs recycling them, our bags you can only recycle at the store themselves...so just a bit too much friction to bother with. I can't recall ever seeing or hearing of anyone recycling them that way either.