[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 1 points 3 minutes ago

Probably some bureaucrat decades ago making an incorrect assumption that passed down through generations. Happened to my family. No Irish roots whatsoever, yet somehow we ended up with the annoying form-breaking apostrophe in our 'legal' name just because it begins with the letter 'o'.

"Oscar??? Surely, you're mistaken. I hereby decree your name to be O'Scar!" ~Arsehole circa 1937

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Affidavit@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hi.

Does anyone know why is there a red cross on the icon here?

This device is a Corsair USB flash drive. I initially thought it may be because the data was corrupted as there were a couple of years where it remained unconnected and I know SSD does not like that. But I formatted the drive (ExFAT) and it still shows up with a red cross in Nemo file manager.

Any idea what this actually means?

Thanks for any insight.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 60 points 1 month ago

I used to pay for 4 streaming subscriptions.

Now no one gets my money. I would love to support developers, but I'm unwilling to put up with this bullshit to do so.

Ads even though I already pay? Have to turn off my VPN to use your website? Incomplete series? Inability to watch content offline? Regularly increase the cost well above inflation level? Geolocking content?

Streaming services get shittier and shittier with each passing day. Glad I 'opted out'.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

Here's my first attempt at that prompt using OpenAI's ChatGPT4. I tested the same prompt using other models as well, (e.g. Llama and Wizard), both gave legitimate responses in the first attempt.

I get that it's currently 'in' to dis AI, but frankly, it's pretty disingenuous how every other post about AI I see is blatant misinformation.

Does AI hallucinate? Hell yes. It makes up shit all the time. Are the responses overly cautious? I'd say they are, but nowhere near as much as people claim. LLMs can be a useful tool. Trusting them blindly would be foolish, but I sincerely doubt that the response you linked was unbiased, either by previous prompts or numerous attempts to 'reroll' the response until you got something you wanted to build your own narrative.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 31 points 1 month ago

Can't help but notice that you've cropped out your prompt.

Played around a bit, and it seems the only way to get a response like yours is to specifically ask for it.

Honestly, I'm getting pretty sick of these low-effort misinformation posts about LLMs.

LLMs aren't perfect, but the amount of nonsensical trash 'gotchas' out there is really annoying.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago

I was very doubtful about this when it first came out, but it was really cheap at one point so I gave it a try, even though I don't like spam. This stuff is delicious.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 23 points 2 months ago

This somehow makes me feel both old and young at the same time.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

Thanks. What a shitty news article to not even provide the video (yet still include a completely unrelated random video at the top of the page anyway).

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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Edit: Call IT to reset password costing the company money because of their idiotic password policy

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[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 38 points 2 months ago

The Harry Potter series was such a prominent part of my childhood. I remember my teacher reading the books to the class as they came out. I loved every moment and eagerly looked forward to each book release. It is truly a disappointment that someone I held in such high regard has decided that making other people feel bad is how they wish to be remembered.

JK Rowling created a magical world that has evolved and surpassed her in every way.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 74 points 3 months ago

I wonder how much of their income actually goes towards development. At a glance, it seems a great deal of unnecessary administrative bloat has been added to Mozilla.

I honestly don't see why a browser company needs to be so large (>700 employees).

Not that I want people to lose their jobs, it just seems unnecessary.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 55 points 3 months ago

Could be worse. I was the only member of my entire team who didn't get stuck in a boot loop, meaning I had to do their work as well as my own... Can't even blame being on Linux as my work computer is Windows 11, I got 'lucky'; I just got a couple of BSODs and the system restarted just fine.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 84 points 5 months ago

I equate Samsung TVs with HP printers. I would rather go without than have to put up with their nonsense.

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