The article is good, but the headline seems clickbaity:
Debian is discussing requirements about hosting software with LLM generated code in their repos, and disclosure of that.
“Ubuntu embraces AI” is talking about putting ML inference engines in their repos… which, ironically, are largely human written.
These are two completely seperate issues. And TBH its not clear how Debian is approaching inference engines or how Ubuntu is approaching disclosure.
Have you seen the movie “Don’t Look Up”?
Its just ragebait.
Trump is like an ascended internet troll.
My point is that it doesn’t take a lot of money to surpass flagship smartphone cameras anymore.
…It will soon though. Thats what Im saying.
Current Xiaomis and Hisense, and the next iPhone, are gonna be straight up better than a $1800 OM-3, hand down. At least outside of the supertelephoto range. Loifc is a HUGE deal, it is coming to most smartphones, and OM’s processing is stuck in 2015.
I dunno. The flood of cheap 3rd party lenses (Viltrox airs, Sirui snipers, Thypoch 24-50, Tamron…) kinda put old M43 lenses to shame, for less money, while being smaller and built for bigger sensors.
Native OM lenses are expensive. Sync IS doesn’t work with Panasonic.
I’m not sayings its a terrible mount like RF, but they are starting to lose the value and size advantage because there is so little R&D done for M43. You could get a much sharper image out of an old sony/nikon/fuji body + a $150 Viltrox Air.
Actually, I tried again, and it seems to work on my desktop! But it still doesn’t work on my iOS phone. It must be some specific incompatibility with mobile?
No, I got no recommendations for an alternative, unfortunately.
Tried it again… all 8 sources are down.
This is the thing I dont get about invidious, TBH. A YouTube proxy is never going to work unless its self hosted. Wouldnt it make more sense to use an alt YT client plus a VPN?
Im not blaming you or the hosts/devs or anything, but it just seems like a impossible war for these instances.
Also.
…Does anyone else feel like they spend more time doomscrolling gaming drama than actually playing?
Because this is both my struggle, and observation. I struggle with gathering too muche new, and I know a person that spends more time watching YT play sessions than they actually play.
Link is dead for me:
Here is their Patreon link with an embed, for those struggling like me:
https://www.patreon.com/SecondWindGroup/posts/every-game-is-167306401
Not gonna lie, this is a great meme…
I did say it was a hot take. I am not caffeinated yet.
Yeah. “Lets try centralized algorithmic corporate social media again.”
Im sure this attempt will end up just as wholesome.
Well each has its quirks. Leica is hilariously expensive. Ricoh is fixed lens, fixed focal length. I nearly got an OM-3 myself, but honestly it is big, and M43 lenses and sensors are starting to show their age.
I’d probably point the average person to an L10, an X-E5, an S9, or the A6700 with a pancake lens if they can swallow the price.
I think the S9 in particular is a glorious “smartphone replacement.” Its a full frame ILC, its connectivity app is fantastic, yet with a pancake lens it is no bigger than an OM or Leica.
It has a resolution advantage with a long zoom, or going very wide.
I went on vacation with an ancient Rebel XS and a 50-250 lens, and 250mm shots are still better than the iPhone 17 Pro.
Okay, thinking on this more, I have a very hot take here.
What’s the big deal?
Google is seemingly offering a locally processed machine vision API to other apps, as far as I tell. This might manifest as some messaging service nagging you if you try to send nudes to someone, or filtering porn out of a feed. Or other “safety” features I suppose, like classifying slur-laden messages as abusive.
…But Google was most certainly doing this with Google apps already. Like the stock photo library most apps use.
If people are already using unprivate services for this kind of thing, honestly, they were digging their own grave, and this hardly moves the needle. All it does is make the spying/censorship more apparent.
I say those users need a cold bucket of water to the face, and this may provide it.
…But otherwise, it wont affect apps that dont use the API, right?
You may come off as hyperbolic, but this is exactly what Canon is trying to do.
They already try to funnel users into a canon.cloud subscription with cloud editing features, and a DPP editing software subscription. Their HDR mode uses a weird curve that makes using anything but their software annoying. They made their crappy free webcam app subscription only, and neutered many cameras so that’s the only option to use.
Not to speak of locking the RF mount out of third parties…
But to be fair, Canon is only doing that because they are #1 in marketshare, though. Panasonic, Fuji, OM aren’t behaving so badly. And the Chinese pocket cam makers are rapidly catching up (though obviously they have their own enshittification issues).
Old “pro” cameras like full-frame SLRs are bulky though. That’s not always ergonomic to have.
And honestly, modern phones/gadgets with a lofic sensor (like Xiaomi or Hisense now, Apple soon) are absolutely crazy. They blow the dynamic range and shadow noise of old full frame sensors out of the water, and give new ones a run for their money:
Don’t get me wrong; you are preaching to the choir here. I love cameras. I am trading in my Canon and buying a Fuji or Panasonic ILC soon.
But I think its a mistake to underestimate modern smartphones based on how bad older phones were. The sensors have gotten big, their sensor tech is a few years ahead of dedicated cameras, and you can bypass the overprocessed look with 3rd party apps. That, and lofic is the biggest jump in sensor tech in a decade+, and its only coming to small sensor cameras for now.
Apple already uses machine vision for photo searching, that weird auto categorization it does and such. They have for years.
I would bet the photos app already classifies nudes, but silenty, mostly so it doesnt add your nudes to an auto album.
Eh, they are alright. Issue is they dont get better than smartphones until the cameras are expensive.
Nah.
Where is the backlash?
Facebook. Twitter. YouTube, Reddit.
Doesn’t matter how angry they get, they will ALWAYS go back to the very spaces those AI datacenter companies own.