Because that kind of shift in mindset (going backwards, basically) will require far more pressure than a 1-2 year RAM shortage.

Enterprise developers are basically unaffected by this. And anyone writing software for mom & pop was already targeting 8gb because that’s what Office Depot is selling them.

This mostly hurts the enthusiast parts of tech. Most people won’t notice, because they don’t know the difference between 8, 16, or over 9000 gb of RAM. I’ve had this discussion with ‘users’ so many times when they ask for pc recommendations, and they just don’t really get it, or care.

Found the silver lining guy.

Love the optimism but yeah, the impact on software dev will be minimal, if there even is one.

Agreed, sadly they still meet the definition. As much as it pains me to admit I’m the same species as them.

What the shit is that headline? Humans caused ALL of this! The fucking robots aren’t in charge yet.

Because many people believe any use of gen AI is unethical due to how it was created, in addition to how the people in charge are using it.

In other words, using it in any capacity is a bad look to a lot of creatives. And other rational people who can foresee the devastating impact it’s going to have on art of all types, government, and society at large.

Cause most of us have no way to pressure them. What am I going to do, threaten to take away the $0 I’ve paid them over the last 20 years?

But, you know, that’s exactly the reason they don’t care about our whining.

You’re not wrong but Mozilla is real busy making Firefox another bad choice among many bad choices.

Maybe it’s time to go back to BBSes. This whole internet thing kinda sucks now.

This is what I have used for the last few years (after being a Firefox user for almost 2 decades), and yeah we’re probably safe for a little while, but it seems the writing is on the wall. The LibreWolf team can only do so much when the core browser is constantly being enshittified. I hoped this was a flash in the pan thing and LibreWolf would save us until Mozilla regained its senses, but it seems they’ve gone batshit.

I too will be keeping my eyes peeled for what to use next.

Something any (real, trained, educated) developer who has even touched AI in their career could have told you. Without a 3 month study.

Not a showerthought.

Ground Control (released in 2000) had the coolest artillery units of any RTS I ever played. And I pretty much played them all. The units fired in a long ballistic trajectory that was just really awesome to watch. And IIRC massing the units and firing at a target would make the artillery blanket the area, not all just hit the same place you clicked.

Binary thinking is what got us where we are in politics.

IF there are algorithms. So still…. nothing proven either way.

Agreed. However the linked article has the same problem with unprovable assumptions. At least in the way they described it to this amateur. The thing that stuck out to me the most was their assertion that everything must be algorithmic in nature. I would say, as someone living in the supposed simulation, it is impossible to determine something we’ve seen or measured is NOT algorithmic in nature, because we have no access to the algorithms.

But yeah… this ain’t a showerhought.

And the one you make at home is always better anyway. Just requires more labor.

Some people just do. not. learn.

No no, I mean why did you think it was interesting?

Why did you think this was worth sharing?

Nah I’m good.

After it is debut?