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  • Techognito@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•If death wasn't a thing what would be the most unforgivable crime?English
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    1 day ago

    While I don’t have any statistics, other than just my impression after reading news or talking to people:

    There seem to be people unaware that what they are doing is a form of mental torture. There are (at least what it seems) a lot of toxic relationships, and there are instances where neither the victim nor the perpetrator realize how their actions affect themselves or the other part.

    I am far from excusing anyone who behaves in a mentally torturous way and agree that they should be punished, but torture might not be as intentional in all situations.

    IMO, we should properly categorize the different kinds of torture and the different severity, and perform punishment based on those categorizations. It makes sense, at least to me, to have a stronger punishment for IDF, than for a toxic mother somewhere.

    A couple of things I have read as a comment on this post that I would consider torture:

    • Rape (this should be classified as torture today)
    • Burying people alive
    • Throwing someone in a volcano (in a world where dying is an impossibility)

    Some that I am more uncertain on:

    • Environmental destruction (one could argue that this is indirect torture, as the end result could lead to people being starved, or harmed in other torturous ways)
  • Techognito@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•NotepadEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I am a system admin and have to run a ton of Windows servers

    I feel your pain, I am a “Linux System Administrator” and the amount of Windows server crap I have to deal with on a daily basis…

    1. Why is XBOX Live services running by default on Windows Server???
    2. Why is co-pilot running by default on Windows Server??!?!?
    3. And what M$ engineer thought, aah yes the best possible place for a recovery partition is at the end of the main OS partition???!?!?!?!?!
    4. And lastly, what the actual fuck were they thinking when they put Windows 11s shit UI on Windows Server.

    On the less ranty/negative side:

    • AD isn’t horrible, while I prefer freeIPA, I can’t complain too much.
    • powershell other than being wordy commands, is kinda nice.
  • Techognito@lemmy.worldtoFuck AI@lemmy.world•Comparison of Skills (Edit by DeadTickInFreezer)English
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    5 days ago

    I see you point, but I also disagree, but I also somewhat agree.

    “AI” as it is today, is a cancer.

    However, generative algorithms could have its place as tools for different purposes.

    For interactive entertainment. In things like video games, where you get to actually talk with an NPC in a role playing sense (in a speech to text and then get a response in a text to speech fashion).

    Or, as a way to generate concepts to help illustrate a point. I draw worse than most kindergarten children, and could not draw a concept of what I’m trying to explain if my life depended on it. And while I could try and explain the same thing over and over until the person gets it, I find a picture generator able to understand me quicker/better and then able to generate a picture for those I’m speaking with.

    But there are many problems with “AI” today, one of which is that it’s not actually “Artificial Intelligence”. It uses a ridiculous amount of energy, to do statistical calculations on a massive scale. Just so that in can output something that has a “high” probability of being coherent and that also answers the question/prompt (with higher focus on the former, rather than the latter).

    There is also the fact that the data it was “trained” on, in most cases are stolen and in a way that causes/caused disruption to services providing the data they steal (or in Metas case, where the logic is: “We didn’t share the stolen data, so it’s not theft”). And, while I have do have my own not so popular views on copyright, I still see it as stealing.

    tl;dr “AI” is a fucking cancer, but the genre of technology might have potential

  • Techognito@lemmy.worldtoGames@lemmy.world•6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?English
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    18 days ago

    Without prodding too much into what VPN you work uses

    Most VPN solutions run on linux just fine, even Microsoft PPTP VPN solution works fine. I would probably check with your IT department what protocol they use and any connection caveats (like machine certificates used for authentication) and look into the different VPN solutions (some examples; WireGuard and OpenVPN are very well supported, IPSec (libreswan or strongswan are options here) depends on setup, PPTP/L2TP should work with most setups (I have to admin I havn’t touched those enough), vpnc works with Cisco base IPsec setups and openconnect works with most SSL VPN connection)

  • Techognito@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•I Hate The Guardian - Can You Recommend An Alternative?
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    1 month ago

    Unfortunately this is true for advertisements/sponsorships everywhere. Not sure if there is a true one size fit all solution for fixing these products other than individual channels actually vetting/checking who pays them money.

    There are some good channels that unfortunately just take whatever sponsor deal they get. I ended up using sponsorblock for the most part, and then support those channels I care about on patreon/ko-fi

    edit: just changed some phrasing to not make my rambling as rambly