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Linux memes are just built different

nouaa

Linux memes are just built different

and @Learath2

For him it's the opposite

Jupstar ✪

For him it's the opposite

Hm, systemd vs openrc is settled in my mind, so I never have to think about it. But my hate of systemd is never forgotten

this really makes me understand my small life problems could always be MUCH more serious and that I have to be thankful each day I wake, just like she was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh5sswbaC5U

Charlotte Eades

Brain cancer: Dying to Live, Living to Die in 4:42 minutes

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What do you guys think about ai image generators?

20:10

Some people claim that ai is stealing real artists' work

20:11

Because thier images are used in learning process

20:11

I think that's totally stupid

20:12

I can look at some art and create similar thing too

nouaa

this really makes me understand my small life problems could always be MUCH more serious and that I have to be thankful each day I wake, just like she was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh5sswbaC5U

Eh, I find this kind of revelation to be quite pointless. Yes your problems are small compared to hers, but thinking like that you'd have to worry about nothing

Yup

There are always bigger problems then yours. You still have to worry about your own ones. I'm not starving, just having food on my plate will never be as significant to me as someone who has experienced hunger

pilonpl

What do you guys think about ai image generators?

My stance on AI art is that the cat is out of the bag. The models are trained and out in the open. They can barely be discerned from "real" art. Everyone just has to suck it up and adapt to the post ai art world

It would be weird to be greatfull all the time for having food and water

maybe we could get a copyright reform

pilonpl

It would be weird to be greatfull all the time for having food and water

That's just not how the human brain works

heinrich5991

maybe we could get a copyright reform

This is I guess the only feasible demand, but I'm not sure where one would even begin. After a model is generated, the source material just isn't there to detect. How would we even enforce rules on ai training material?

20:20

Abolishing copyright overall would I guess be almost impossible

pilonpl

Some people claim that ai is stealing real artists' work

That's just people trying to farm followers by creating useless controversies

pilonpl

That's just not how the human brain works

Exactly, the brain is extremely contextful. You can't just think of your life as a subset of the experiences of all of humankind. You think in context of your own experiences and maybe the experiences of people close to you. That's about as far as you can reasonably go without becoming a monk

20:24

You think of problems in terms of your life and the life of those around you.

Learath2

Eh, I find this kind of revelation to be quite pointless. Yes your problems are small compared to hers, but thinking like that you'd have to worry about nothing

I understand what you're saying, and it's true that we all have different challenges and struggles in life but for me, acknowledging and being grateful for the good things in my life helps me to put my own problems into perspective and approach them with a more positive attitude. it doesn't mean that I don't worry about things or try to avoid dealing with them, but it does help me to keep things in perspective and not get too overwhelmed

20:36

I don't know if I'm clear enough

I completely understand. It just might be me but I find it extremely challanging to focus on the good

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@Learath2 apparently we didn't start burning more coal due to it: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018-03-REandNuclearPhaseout-1024x717.png

File:2018-03-REandNuclearPhaseout-1024x717.png

22:31

although it's prboably still more coal than without it

heinrich5991

@Learath2 apparently we didn't start burning more coal due to it: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018-03-REandNuclearPhaseout-1024x717.png

I think that changed this year with the loss of russian natural gas

heinrich5991

@Learath2 apparently we didn't start burning more coal due to it: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018-03-REandNuclearPhaseout-1024x717.png

why not use perpetual motion machine smh

Learath2

I think that changed this year with the loss of russian natural gas

that doesn't sound related to any gas stuff?

22:33

my diagram

APFFF

why not use perpetual motion machine smh

Because god would get mad at us for breaking his universe

I'm saying the nuclear capacity you decomissioned back then could have been used right now to offset the loss of natural gas. As in the hydro renewables germany built didnt require the decomissionning of nuclear. You could have built renewables and kept the nuclear capacity

yep

heinrich5991

although it's prboably still more coal than without it

this was supposed to be part of this message

But yes. I think the phase out was handled in a sane way. Didn't burn more coal due to it

APFFF

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This is elon musk

heinrich5991

this was supposed to be part of this message

Ah, I see. That makes sense

22:38

In other euronews, did you see trenitalia started operating outside italy?

its been operating in france for more than a year

It's interesting to see the free market sort of work for once. Competition on the high speed lines really seems to be bringing down cost of travel and these huge state entities have never really liked eachother so they will never become a oligopoly

snail

its been operating in france for more than a year

They are also operating in spain now, under the iryo brand, and they are also trying to secure funding to make a highspeed corridor from milan all the way to spain

22:40

Tho sncf really doesnt want to upgrade the coast line. I wonder if I'll see it within my lifetime

ye sncf sucks

22:41

im happy they cant abuse their monopoly anymore

Such a shame too. I live right across the border and it takes the same time for me to take a train from turin to nice vs turin to paris

22:42

Just because sncf refuses to upgrade the damn coastal line

its "planned"

Atleast they sort of agree on the turin lyon base tunnel. Tho there italian people absolutely hate the idea because it will be too close to some village or other pepeW

22:43

So much politics in this trainbusiness

planes have a real advantage there

22:44

you just have to negotiate with two airports

Yeah, much less ground infra needed for planes

22:46

I've been really enjoying having pretty great trains in italy. I hope it really becomes usable across europe in this decade. It's such a pleasant way to travel

22:47

Big seats, no airport security, no need to travel 1 hour to the airport

I heard that trains are free in luxembourg

Learath2

Ah, I see. That makes sense

dont they just buy french energy

in germany we had a 9€ ticket for a couple of months, for all non-high speed trains in germany

btw fraance is shady in the way that it blocks spain from selling energy

22:48

gas

in what way?

heinrich5991

I heard that trains are free in luxembourg

All public transit is free in luxembourg starting this year iirc. Tho I hear their issue hasn’t really been fares but consistency

https://www.gem.wiki/Midi-Catalonia_Pipeline

Midi-Catalonia Pipeline

22:49

https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/france-trades-midcat-pipeline-for-an-already-controversial-new-project/

22:49

spain can get cheap gas from south

You can’t make some of the richest people on earth take public transit that won’t arrive on time for their important business meeting

but france blocks distributing it

22:50

cuz they ofc profit a lot from being a energy exporter

heinrich5991

in germany we had a 9€ ticket for a couple of months, for all non-high speed trains in germany

That sounds pretty amazing, tho I hear DB suffers a lot from scheduling issues

yea, it was quite nice

22:51

now that the public got a taste of it, it's now on the politicians to get a longer-term solution ^^

public transport should be free

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enag%C3%A1s#MidCat

Netherlands gives it’s recent graduates free public transit across the netherlands for a year or two iirc

politicians are just greedy and direct tax money into useless places, actually not useless for them, they usually help their friends and get a fee

no, I don't think all are like that

i think they are all ultimetely

22:53

some hide it better

heinrich5991

no, I don't think all are like that

Sadly many are, so the few that aren’t get drowned out

I'd even guess it's the other way around, but not sure

here our mayor funds stupid art pieces that her friends make

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with public money

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to show off in the city

22:54

its so stupid

In italy they keep electing whoever promises any kind of change, no one changes anything, it’s the most bizarre political climate I’ve ever been in and I’m from Turkey

in spain, the 2 parties that win are controlled by "ibex-35", since they promise favours and a top seat at their companies once the politician retires

22:55

so they will never do laws that go against that group of companies

heinrich5991

I'd even guess it's the other way around, but not sure

Maybe in germany it’s better. Honestly I don’t really know enough about german politix

or atleast, in a direct sense

there's high-level corruption

22:56

see e.g. schröder I posted above

22:56

but it seems to me that generalizing it is incorrect

Schroder is like an extreme case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolving_door_(politics)

Revolving door (politics)

In politics, a revolving door is a situation in which personnel move between roles as legislators and regulators, on one hand, and members of the industries affected by the legislation and regulation, on the other, analogous to the movement of people in a physical revolving door.In some cases, the roles are performed in sequence, but in certain ...