Linus' thread: (CW: bigotry and racism in the comments) https://social.kernel.org/notice/AWSXomDbvdxKgOxVAm (you need to scroll down, i can't seem to link to the comment in the screenshot)
When the only thing that continues to work on you ad-filled web site is the captcha, I’m not interested in supporting your journalism any more.
Protip: You can crash self-driving cars by purposefully misclicking during Captcha checks when they ask you to identify what is a bicycle, a car, a pedestrian, etc. Keep misclicking, your are poisoning the AI with each misclick. Just stay safe on the sidewalk.
don't think you can make a big difference as an individual, given that captchas are used by probably billions of users per day
Imagine if billions of users per day selected the wrong options. So much chaos
Given the number of bots on the internet trying to crack captchas, this is already happening. I don't think captchas are being used for AI training that much, since hCaptcha uses AI-generated images with prompts like "Select the images with a hamster eating a watermelon" for its tests. All of the reCaptcha road captchas I receive also have answer validation and won't let me pass if I answer incorrectly because of a misclick.
comrade linus 🫡🫡
but also he’s finnish, which is communist, so he’s obviously a communist smh 🤷♀️
EDIT: He's actually a Swedish-speaking Finnish guy, mea culpa.
I don't know if you joke or not, but thinking finnish = communist is too far away from any truth. I lived and still live in an ex-communist country and let me tell you: nothing Linus says or does is communist in any way. Socialist? Maybe! But that's a different discussion.
it’s a joke 😉
Thank Joulupukki for that. Phew. :D
Maybe because he's not "American" and comes from a country with regulations like the rest of the world, and people care when they vote to make things work.
And like most of the rest of the world, there are more than two political parties, and is not a drama show.
He has American citizenship and lives in America, he's talking about America here. And I promise you that other countries, yes even those in the magical fantasy land of Europe, also have lots of political drama despite having more than two parties in the government (They tend to form alliances based on left/right and split into two blocks anyway).
I know, im from Europe.
The drama is not compared to USA, we don't vote on celebrities.
In my country we even have a party for the animals and climate, so when USA still trying to vote for basic rights, we already ahead and vote for animal rights and more climate change.
Yeah no, this "America Bad and backwards 3rd world country while us Europeans are so enlightened" circlejerk isn't constructive either. The American political system is terrible but a lot of European countries, mine included, are copying their "celebrity drama show" attitude towards politics because of extreme American cultural influence. We shouldn't deny our own problems.
Laughs in 1930s
Hell yeah. I love watching this man take a stance.
Linus is just such a treat. Love the guy.
average based Linus take.
Linus is stellar example of "good is not nice."
He will rake you over the coals because he cares about quality and expects better from everyone.
Linus delivering the well-deserved beatdown as always.
This is one of the reasons why I respect him so much.
Holy shit a based Linus is not what I expected to see today. Makes me prefer Linux even more than I already did.
Incredibly sensible take on all accounts in my opinion! I share all of the same opinions, though I lack the platform to be listened too haha.
All sensible points, nothing extreme, except maybe the Linus trademark super blunt delivery
Couldn't agree more.
Linus apitting facts
It makes me very happy to hear Linus say this
Linus is based as fuck as always. Level-headed and agreeable as always.
After being disappointed by Steve, Linus lifted my spirits.
based
Based Linus!
That's my man :-D. Love his responses, always from the bottom of his heart.
Based but don't make Linux political
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