What a straightforward and clear way to put it, thank you kindly!
ArkyonVeil
joined 1 year ago
Been a Windows user for a really long time. A few times I tried to switch over to Linux, but it just wasn't doable for a myriad of reasons. Windows 11, I have words with it. Many bad ones, but thankfully there are many users like me that for one reason or another did not switch and put time in to beat the badness out of it via mods.
Windows 12... I'm not so sure if I'll even "upgrade" to it. It really depends on how much Microsoft decides to wire up the OS to their servers. Look, I wouldn't mind at all if I could have "smart" tools with AI assistance, but the problem for me is the lack of choice. Currently, if you don't use their crap software, what mostly travels over the wire is telemetry, and if you go offline no harm done. But make no mistake, useful AI models are too fat to run on most computers. Heck I built mine with AI in mind, but will Microsoft even give me the choice of using my own AIs? (Here's a hint, it starts with N, has a V and ends with an R)
But what if the OS starts requiring it to be online only because of their AI features? Maybe we'll have to start paying for Windows again in subscriptions to pay for the obligatory AI? Or what about scrubbing options away from the settings so you can't "misuse" your own device and have to ask nicely to their AI to do it for you?
There is a road here, and I do not like it. Thank goodness Linux is better than it has ever been.
PS: As for the notepad thing, I'm completely in agreement that it should remain without AI. Such a simple tool for scribbling down notes should be kept lean, simple and fast. Things that Microsoft and their engineers have long forgotten how to do.
Cheers for the punctual maintenance. Just logged in, but no issues so far.
There is actually something I'd like to chat about, but the time is too soon.
Here's to another six months of db0!
Tip for anyone over here who wants to ask GPT-4 questions on the cheap. Applying for access to their API will give you access to both chat GPT 3.5 as well as GPT-4 with a different interface. There you pay what you use, which is insanely cheaper with GPT-3.5, and... mildly affordable with GPT-4 so long as you keep contexts short and conversations brief.
Been making use of their playground for months now, probably paid 20 bucks tops for months of use. Worked for my case.
If I need creativity without intelligence, I'll just use WIzardLM on my 3090.
Do note "Pirating AIs" is not really practical due to the extreme hardware requirements, you'll hardly find someone willing to foot the bill for free.
Difficult to say right now. While it's bragged that AI can already "create" games and "webpages". Current approaches rely heavily on human prompting and trial and error. Plus said dev AIs work best when creating common, simple, short projects. The AI will just auto complete stuff, and if its wrong, well it can't tell the difference. Actual programs created by humans are multitudes of machines working together in perfect sync. It involves progressive iteration and refactor, as well as requiring many types of languages, data, images, sound, API use, organization, planning, and references (often from closed source programs) if it has any hopes of working.
Something as ambitious as an OS? Given the size of the task, you might as well wait for the singularity when all bets are off.
Solid response.
What the heck does that have to do with watching viral videos on cell phones? We’re talking about a competitor to TikTok. With respect, Linux is like 3% of the desktop market, anything happening on Linux endpoints is noise to the big players.
The bitTorrent protocol is infamous for piracy, in fact you'll hardly find a common man who doesn't equate the two together (hearing torrents = pirated media) Even with the full copyright cartel doing their damnest, it's still available world wide. Also, video streaming on mobile data is everywhere and ISPs responded by fattening up their networks with newer, better, faster tech, like 4g/5g.
Your concerns are reasonable, though there is no precedent. Might be, might not be. Hard to say when one lacks the rulebook.
Torrents have been around for over 20 years and most of the time infamous for its abundance of "linux distros". Citation needed.
Peertube as you said is the closest equivalent as a video distributor. Technically a similar approach to Peertube would work by using both Torrents and Instance data storage. Now what makes Tik Tok so popular is its algorithm, which mind you, is a tiny wee bit manipulative. In future, Peer Tube might implement something like dedicated sections for vertical videos. But without a significant cultural shift, I'm not seeing an effective Tik Tok clone appear without a lot of noses being turned up.
On Db0, it got converted into a Webp (No animation)
I see, well, thanks for the announcement. I'll be sure to keep a close eye.
Sigh... Why...? Why is it too hard? Why is it that in this day and age, we can't simply have something we pay for and keep with no worries. Once I started owning software, Affinity was my choice. They had a long track record of not selling out, retaining high standards and a fairly priced transaction.
You pay for good software, the company works hard to make the software better, and then sells you a better version that you can upgrade at your own choice. Plain, simple and honest.
Nothing lasts in this day and age.
You used to be something Serif, but now you're in the big leagues along with Adobe, and against them you're nothing.
Undramatic PS: Affinity Designer is damn solid, like it more than big A's Illustrator, shame I'm now afraid of pressing the update button >:(
EDIT:
Speculative decision thoughts
Apparently in 2022 when V2 came out, they made triple of what they expected and that number was something like 10-20 million pounds. Even though it sounds like a lot, it might have not been enough.After blowing off some steam to think clearly, there is the chance that Affinity might've been sinking and hoping for a payday. They have always been a couple steps behind Adobe and . Whenever Adobe makes a new feature they brag about it from the mountains as they got the R&D cash to power those, while Affinity is churning along just polishing their software. This makes it hard to sell at a glance, also FOSS alternatives are getting stronger. So their new user aquisition probably hasn't been great.
They might have been stuck between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, they're not free and competing against free software which is just as good if not better. On the other hand while they require payment, Businesses do not mind paying through the nose so long as its "THE BEST" and using alternative NON BEST software introduces unwanted friction.
That 1 billion might've really been the offer they couldn't have refused.