Tags: web-review, hash, public-domain, social-media, dns, linux, c++, foss, culture, life, business, rust, gpt, performance, programming, desktop, politics, frontend, neural-networks, probability, python, ai, philosophy, security, simulation, trust, DRM, system, values, webassembly, safety, vendor-lockin, networking, go, tech
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2022-52. Last one before 2023 appears.
Tags: tech, linux, desktop, foss
There it is… at least for the developers and gamers demographic.
https://www.justingarrison.com/blog/year-of-linux-desktop/
Tags: tech, DRM, vendor-lockin
More DRM anyone? It’s just a pain and locking people out.
https://deijin.bearblog.dev/im-done-with-google/
Tags: tech, business, social-media, politics
As they say: follow the money. That gives an idea about the incentives and various agendas behind this take over.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/24/elon-musk-twitter-funders/
Tags: tech, ai, gpt, culture, philosophy
There are a few reasons to worry about the latest strain of generative neural networks. One of them is the trust we can place in new generated content. The other one is indeed the impact on our culture. There’s been already a trend at focusing on what sells rather than what’s truly novel or avant-garde. This could well push it further. We’ll we drown in mediocre content?
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/artificial-intelligence-AI-social-media-Heidegger
Tags: tech, ai, neural-networks, gpt, trust, culture
A few compelling arguments for the impact of the latest strain of generative neural networks. The consequences for the eroded trust about online content are clear. I’m less convinced about some of the longer term predictions this piece proposes though.
https://www.fortressofdoors.com/ai-markets-for-lemons-and-the-great-logging-off/
Tags: tech, security, dns
International Domain Names indeed opened a whole can of worms. This creates plenty of opportunities for confusions and mistakes waiting to happen… or to be exploited.
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/12/14/idn-is-crazy/
User interfaces that run anywhere Tags: tech, rust, frontend, webassembly
Looks like an interesting frontend stack. Still young but probably worth keeping an eye on.
Tags: tech, system, programming, safety, rust
Like it or not, this is definitely filling a very unique niche. It’s a very good fit for system software where safety is important and available time limited. There is no better option for now.
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/RustIsInevitable
Tags: tech, simulation, python, c++, performance
Python is getting faster but is still far from what you can get with C++ of course. That said, for simulations you likely don’t want everything in Python or in C++. Part of the challenge is to split the subsystems properly and use C++ where it matters.
Tags: tech, hash, probability
Nice article. Keep an eye on potential collisions indeed. Depending on the use of your hashes this can be critical.
https://preshing.com/20110504/hash-collision-probabilities/
Tags: tech, go, networking
This is indeed a strange default used for sockets there… will have bad consequences for sure in more situations than expected.
https://withinboredom.info/blog/2022/12/29/golang-is-evil-on-shitty-networks/
Tags: culture, life, values
Good and reasonable advices… doesn’t make them easy to truly apply though. It’s likely worth trying to live by them still.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/04/arguing-with-someone-different-values/629495/
Tags: culture, public-domain
Now, rejoice! This is a big body of work entering public domain, at last! Will Mickey Mouse finally be next?
Bye for now!