free for anyone to copy

I don't think their system architecture is a secret. This kind of stuff is regularly discussed in interviews.

kernel maintainers are pushing the fix burden onto PostgreSQL

Maybe it isn't applicable in this context, but didn't Linus Torvalds send an angry email on an adjacent topic, but regarding the same philosophy?

Found it: we do not break userspace

Disclaimer: I am a noob when it comes to Linux and building operating systems.

Since it's a thing now, I should note that the layoffs aren't related to AI.

As shitty as the situation is, I can respect the fact that they are being somewhat honest about it, as opposed to hiding behind a scapegoat like most other tech companies. (Though they still blamed it on something external / outside of their control 🙃)

~~All dinosaurs are birds~~

All birds are dinosaurs

In the ‘Medium’ difficulty category, OpenAI’s o4-mini-high model scored the highest at 53.5%.

This fits my observation of such models. o4-mini-high is able to help me with 80-90% of the problems at work. For the remaining problems, it would come up with a nonsensical solution and no matter how much I prompt it, it would tunnel-vision on that specific approach. It could never second guess itself and realise that its initial solution is completely off the mark, and try an entirely differently approach. That's where I usually step in and do the work myself.

It still saves me time with the trivial stuff though.

I can't say the same for the rest of the LLMs. They are simply no good at coding and just waste my time.

Y'know, concentrating power in the hands of a single person / group defeats the purpose of decentralisation.

I can understand if the damage is limited to communities within a single instance, but when a ban is so far-reaching - across so many instances - it makes me wonder what's the point of choosing Lemmy over, say, Reddit.

It's still the same problem again, just with different people in charge - like Bluesky vs Twitter.

TLDR: it doesn't make (or save) money for companies in the short-term.

FYI

1. branch protection is a thing
2. commit signing is a thing

A submersible with dead billionaires.

~~OpenAI~~ CloseAI

Help why is my password showing up as asterisks?

Y'all are too mature.

Clearly, it tastes like your mom.