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[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

The world is in the middle of a data explosion. We’re generating and using more files than ever, but the apps we’re using to manage our files don’t even understand them.

thunar doesn't need to understand wtf a jpeg is, it just needs to show me where it is and tell gwenview to open it when i click on it

It’s time for file browsers to become useful. When you search for “dog”, it should show you content with dogs in it, not just files with “dog” in the name!

no it shouldn't, that would use a ridiculous amount of system resources for no real benefit

When you want to edit, convert, summarize, or organize a file, your browser should do that, too.

no it shouldn't, you have other programs for that

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

no it shouldn't, that would use a ridiculous amount of system resources for no real benefit

Not to mention that a meta tagging system would be way more useful and efficient with the added bonus of not letting a tech bro have even more access to my shit.

[-] shallot@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Do everything and do none of it well

[-] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

You know, the more of this I see, the more I start to appreciate the Unix Philosophy. Doing multiple things well is hard and a lot of software that tries sucks at at least some of them. Doing one thing well is much more achievable.

[-] Posadas@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

But how else are you gonna send all the data on your system over the internet to an llm to "sort"?

[-] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

It’s time for file browsers to become useful. When you search for “dog”, it should show you content with dogs in it, not just files with “dog” in the name!

no it shouldn't, that would use a ridiculous amount of system resources for no real benefit

Hard disagree. I would love it if ~/Pictures were classified and indexable by whatever was found in the photos. Just as long as the classification process didn't send all my shit to the cloud for processing.

Local inference isn't that expensive. If confined to a single folder it would be like playing a game for a handful of hours.

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