To be clear, that doesn't mean AI is going away. It just means no one is actually going to pay for AI models anymore because open-weight free models will be extremely cheap and powerful.
The Japanese leader's election gambit, fueled by the power of her personality and some unlikely help from young voters consumed by “Sanamania,” appears to have paid off. ...
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP; Japanese: 自由民主党, romanized: Jiyū-Minshutō), also known as Jimintō (自民党), is a major conservative[14] and nationalist[15] political party in Japan.
I'm so fucking confused. This is why Japan's population is in decline.
Who wants to wait in line to pay that much? Starbucks is a luxury in my eyes now. I get organic instant coffee in bulk because it's cheap and convenient. I get over 10 cups of good organic coffee for the price of what 1 cup would be at a coffee shop.
No, the AI boom will falter one way or another. Free open source models will out perform proprietary models by the end of this year. The amount of money that customers will actually pay for AI services is much lower than expected. It really is similar to the dotcom bubble and how briefly people thought domain names were going to be insanely valuable.
Hydroponics, how heavy a 10 gallon tote is filled with water. With about 8 gallons of water in it, it's about 67 lbs. Thankfully I don't need to move my basic deep water culture setup and it's stable. It's been a great learning experience, but moving forward if I expand I'm going with the nutrient film technique.
A few years ago, Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options from companies like AWS and Azure. ...
So stupid, given how quickly computers have become more powerful and cheaper over time. Local PC hardware will never be antiquated, and is only becoming more important over time.
I think you give them too much credit, I think it's just incompetence and feature creep, and Microsoft desperately trying to hold on to users while more switch to Linux. The enshittification will rapidly increase, and more will realize they don't have to pay at all for a good operating system.
Any time you talk about people such as celebrities or politicians, even if it's negative, you are giving them power. Talk about your ideas, and you give your ideas power.
"A false analogy is a logical fallacy that occurs when two things are compared based on misleading or superficial similarities, leading to incorrect conclusions. It suggests that because two entities share some characteristics, they must be alike in other significant ways, which is often not true."
JavaScript was originally built in just ten days to handle lightweight tasks within a web browser, like validating forms or animating buttons, not to power the heavy logic of server-side infrastructure. Using Node.js forces this fragile scripting language to do work it wasn't designed for, lacking the strict stability, type safety, and multi-threading capabilities of robust languages actually engineered for servers, like Java or Go. By pushing JavaScript onto the backend, the industry prioritized the convenience of not learning a second language over engineering rigor, resulting in bloated applications, security vulnerabilities from excessive dependencies, and significant performance ceilings that proper backend languages simply do not have.
On Lemmy and Reddit there's a rule that everyone understands, but it's not really mentioned often. The fact that one account gets one vote on each post or comment is a fundamental thing to both platforms. The problem is that one account is not one person, and one person can have multiple accounts. Do people do this? Absolutely. ...
If someone wants to put in twice the effort to like a post or comment twice on two different accounts, then go ahead, you put in the effort to play the games.
I think you may not have a full understanding of Kinpax, here's a very clear explanation:
What is Kinpax?
Kinpax is social media where every interaction has meaning. Play games in the Arcade to earn points called Pax, then spend them to like, comment, or post.
Why it matters
Meaningful engagement
Every like costs Pax earned through gameplay. When someone likes your post, you know they invested real effort.
Bot-proof by design
Pax can't be bought. Bots can't spam because they'd need to solve puzzles and play games at scale, which is expensive and difficult.
Creators get rewarded
Earn 1 Pax for every 2 likes you receive. Quality content is rewarded, creating a positive feedback loop.
How it works
Play games — Visit the Arcade and play mini-games.
Earn Pax — Win games to earn currency.
Spend & connect — Like (1 Pax), comment (1 Pax), or post (10 Pax).
Key features
Radical simplicity: No email or recovery. Just your username and password.
No downvotes: Only likes focus on positive engagement.
Permanent decisions: Likes can't be undone. Posts can't be edited.
Tag-based discovery: Simple tagging system, no complex rules.
Cred leaderboard: Permanent reputation score based on quality engagement.
Account deletion: The power to delete your account history and content.
You're clearly still not understanding. In order to interact with the platform it requires having earned points. Even if someone creates multiple accounts, and earning pax on the 5 accounts, they still have to put in 5 times the effort. Sure, you could pay someone to play games all day and like posts, but you'd still know that a human had to earn the points to interact. All of the games are server side validated. It makes it prohibitively expensive.
Where as Lemmy and Reddit are wide open for bots, especially with the downvote feature to lower the visibility of posts and comments below content that hasn't received any interaction at all.
Because it takes a human to interact yet all it takes is someone with 10 accounts to down vote brigade. Good question. What I'm writing to you has value, clicking a button is easy.
Venezuela’s claim to Guyana’s oil-rich Essequibo region, including a 2023 referendum, raised the risk of conflict in a zone where ExxonMobil and others operate
"It's not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn't have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It's about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn't. Especially to distract from Epstein + skyrocketing healthcare costs," she claimed in a social media publication.
64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six months ( www.techradar.com )
'What a great way to kill your community': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks — and are now hunting for alternatives ( www.techradar.com )
Japan's Sanae Takaichi wins a supermajority after gambling on a snap election ( www.nbcnews.com )
The Japanese leader's election gambit, fueled by the power of her personality and some unlikely help from young voters consumed by “Sanamania,” appears to have paid off. ...
Farming insects mostly replaces already low-impact plant ingredients, not high-emission animal products. Farming insects is “Not Recommended” as an effective climate solution. ( drawdown.org )
America is drinking more coffee but less of it from Starbucks ( apnews.com )
AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast ( arstechnica.com )
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns ( www.irishtimes.com )
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
ChatGPT is getting ads. Sam Altman once called them a 'last resort.' ( www.businessinsider.com )
Crossposted from ...
What do you wish you'd have known before you started your hobby(s)?
Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud ( www.windowscentral.com )
A few years ago, Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options from companies like AWS and Azure. ...
California oil refinery to close ( kinpax.app )
One of the most detrimental things to a productive society is when people think their actions don't make a difference
More than 1,000 events planned in US after ICE shootings in Minneapolis and Portland ( kinpax.app )
California is completely drought-free for the first time in 25 years ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: ...
The most powerful thing people give to one another begins with their attention
Any time you talk about people such as celebrities or politicians, even if it's negative, you are giving them power. Talk about your ideas, and you give your ideas power.
Stack Overflow in freefall: 78 percent drop in number of questions ( www.techzine.eu )
Kinpax v0.6.9 Update
Kinpax v0.6.9 Update Log ...
Good riddance to bad rubbish
source: https://www.instagram.com/cartoonmonkeystudio/p/DTG_Uc3ARZv/
Node.js shouldn't exist and JavaScript should only be used for what it was originally intended for
Popcorn
On Lemmy and Reddit there is a broken rule that's accepted by all users
On Lemmy and Reddit there's a rule that everyone understands, but it's not really mentioned often. The fact that one account gets one vote on each post or comment is a fundamental thing to both platforms. The problem is that one account is not one person, and one person can have multiple accounts. Do people do this? Absolutely. ...
I did some research on why the Venezuela strike happened
Anyone have any thoughts? ...
AOC Slams Operation To Capture Maduro: 'It's About Oil And Regime Change' ( www.latintimes.com )
"It's not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn't have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It's about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn't. Especially to distract from Epstein + skyrocketing healthcare costs," she claimed in a social media publication.