From: user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   On 1/16/26 6:24 PM, Dude wrote:   
   > On 1/16/2026 6:00 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 01:30:49 +0000, Creon  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> At Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:32:11 -0500, Noah Sombrero  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:15:29 -0800, dart200   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 1/16/26 11:05 AM, Creon wrote:   
   >>>>>> At Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:31:12 -0800, dart200   
   >>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On 1/16/26 6:08 AM, Creon wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> At Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:46:38 -0500, Noah Sombrero    
   >>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:41:16 +0000, Creon    
   >>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> At Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:14:17 -0800, dart200   
   >>>>>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 1/15/26 7:19 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> "Apple will not be among the tech leaders in this golden age of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> AI. That   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> more like a fool's golden age   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> I'm sure many said the same about the printing press.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> That does not mean that every supposed new tech idea is equivalent   
   >>>>>>>>> to the printing press.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> So perhaps a grading system should be devised, with   
   >>>>>>>> "printing press" as a unit of measure.  Would probably   
   >>>>>>>> need to be logarithmic to measure the "quake" left in worldwide   
   >>>>>>>> phenomena.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> I think generative "AI" is as important as desktop publishing,   
   >>>>>>>> but not as important as the development of the worldwide Net.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> we're still in the dark ages of computing before we've actually   
   >>>>>>> decided that cooperating to build total knowledge systems is better   
   >>>>>>> than haphazardly doing whatever the fuck we can scrabble together   
   >>>>>>> while locked in uncooperative competition with each other...   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> AI as a search tool is mostly just making up for us not doing that,   
   >>>>>>> except it's more unreliable because it's prone to just make up shit.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> just yesterday i was pulled into skimming an article by an AI   
   >>>>>>> summary   
   >>>>>>> where this logician i follow was quoted saying AI was useless in   
   >>>>>>> terms of math development. guy wasn't actually quoted in the   
   >>>>>>> article.   
   >>>>>>> curiously he did actually say that in a different article... but not   
   >>>>>>> the article that was summarized. it's just really fucking bizarre   
   >>>>>>> error a human summary would not make.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> it's still a total toss up to me whether using gemini or googling it   
   >>>>>>> with "reddit" after is more useful to me.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> BTW: guess what I've done with "AI"?  You're soaking in it!   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> idk what u mean   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I'm reading you with my newsreader that I wrote mostly   
   >>>>>> with "vibe coding".   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> let me know when it does something that hasn't been implemented 1000   
   >>>>> times over by now   
   >>>>   
   >>>> nntp being one of the simplest internet protocols.  A step up maybe   
   >>>> from rss.   
   >>>   
   >>> I haven't implemented NNTP -- I use the Net::NNTP class that comes   
   >>> with perl.   
   >>>   
   >>> I do have an option in the server menu to force ipv4 on a   
   >>> connection, which has come in handy for those times that ES   
   >>> has had trouble with their ipv6 connection.   
   >>>   
   >>> Text editing gets tedious when using the app's editor, so I   
   >>> need to add the ability to call an external editor.   
   >>>   
   >>> So many things to do with it.  But mostly, it's something   
   >>> I fiddle with to keep "in the game" and "semi-sane".   
   >>   
   >> Retire from work, but not from thinking.   
   >  >   
   > Nick is unemployed, Boomer! I'm trying to get him a position in Austin   
   > as a programmer to make some money to feed his baby.   
      
   austin?! waat??? i thot we were discussing seattle and that sweet, sweet   
   lack of income tax ...   
      
   worse head hunter ever   
      
   >   
   > In other tech news:   
   >   
   > "Windows 11 Gets a Lot Better When You Fix the 8 Most Annoying Features   
   > A few small changes can make using the latest Windows OS much more   
   > enjoyable." - cnet   
   >   
   > https://tinyurl.com/35t9v4k3   
      
   or u could just run linux?   
      
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