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Comment Re:Entire article is misinformation (Score 3, Informative) 166

Parent is correct.

In fact, I'd go so far to say that the real reason for the decision to be revisited probably doesn't actually have anything to do with building nuclear, but simply that the juicy EU subsidies for research and development of new energy tech is affected by this decision. And it so happens to be that Denmark has two nuclear SMR startups that would really love to get their hands on some of that money. They've been lobbying for years.

Comment Using GNOME on a tablet (Score 1) 40

I recently bought a second-hand Microsoft Surface Go tablet and installed Debian on it, and lo and behold, GNOME actually works decently on it. Not quite as polished as Android or iOS in some places, in others it actually works better, but the fact that it's all well-known standard Linux stuff is just incredible. I was wondering how to sync books from my OpenWRT router. Well, I could install some kind of dinghy - or I could just write a one-line script calling rsync over ssh. Job done.

I don't have the weird Surface keyboard attachment, but you can simply plug in a USB hub with mouse and keyboard, and it's a computer with a small screen.

One of the best things about it is that I won't have to worry about vendor updates.

Comment Ad prices increased 10-50x in a decade (Score 1) 41

A year or two ago I was trying to buy a localized ad on Google for a local institution. We're talking about something where, if you were within 15 minutes of the institution, you'd get an ad if you searched for "[instutitions] near [place]". No ads were showing for this case at all. From my limited experience 10-15 years ago, an ad like this in an empty space could be bought for a few cents per click. Now the price was a few dollars.

Maybe you think ads should die, etc., but the money paid to Google and Facebook are come from the consumer in the end.

Comment Re:Sigh, Everything But Desktop Work? (Score 1) 60

Yeah, one of the great things about Linux is the variety.

I don't think GNOME is very innovative, but it's a pretty clean interface, keyboard launching works well, it even has some simple window tiling behavior built in. The built-in workspaces work pretty well.

I'd say for most people coming from more rigid OSes (Windows or MacOS), it's a nice upgrade and easy to get started with.

If you love one of the previous paradigms, obviously you're not going to be satisfied, but that's the great thing about Linux, there's something for you too.

Comment Re:Sigh, Everything But Desktop Work? (Score 3, Informative) 60

Well, then there are good news for you - try a recent GNOME - there's no "Activities" label in sight at all!

PS: What really works well with GNOME shell is a keyboard. You hit the Windows key, then type term + RET and get a terminal. Or fire + RET and get Firefox. There's visual feedback so you can see what's going to be launched.

Comment Translation is a killer app for LLMs (Score 3, Interesting) 95

LLMs are good at translation. That's really a killer app for them.

Perhaps in the future the translation will be built in everywhere. So for a speaker of Spanish, watching videos in English the speak automatically comes out in Spanish. And vice versa.

For general AI, I think the killer app would be a personal assistent.

Comment UN link says the opposite of what comment says (Score 1) 175

I read your UN link. It says the opposite of what you claim, for instance it says:

A comparative study of birth rates in Norwegian municipalities also concluded that the provision of daycare has a substantial positive effect on fertility.

And recommends other countries with low fertility to look to Norway.

Comment Re:Star Wars (Score 1) 178

Well, it's action movies. What do you expect?

The original films had some funny moments, great sci-fi theme, were relatively exciting. Some interesting plot development. That's much more than most action movies. I watched the recent series with the Mandalorian. It had some of the same, in my humble opinion. I don't think you watch action movies to see great acting.

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