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In the same article you linked:

Due to concerns about large language models being used to generate deceptive, biased, or abusive language at scale, we are only releasing a much smaller version of GPT‑2 along with sampling code .

7 years later, these concerns seem pretty legit.

They admit

Flatpak is currently a pretty poor technology for system-level apps that want deep integration with the base system.

Therefore they ship those apps on the base image, rather than as Flatpaks. I don’t see what’s wrong with this approach.

IMO Systemd Timers provide much better control over how the cron job is run.

Need to distribute lots of cron jobs evenly to avoid overloading the system? Use RandomizedDelaySec.

Some cron jobs are flaky and you want to re-run if it fails? Add Restart=on-failure to corresponding service.

Some cron jobs conflict with each other? Set Conflicts=foo.service or maybe Before & After.

Sure, all above are possible with shell scripts. But systemd provides a standard, reliable way to define these properties.

IMG_0416 2 years ago

Very hard to maintain due to use of YouTube-dl, plus legacy search API

With yt-dlp you can do this:

  yt-dlp ytsearch5:IMG_0416
which searches for IMG_0416 and downloads the first 5 of them. There is no need to use YouTube API.
Steam Deck OLED 3 years ago

Using custom skins on official servers by modifying game files has always been forbidden since CS:GO. CS2 doesn't make it worse. Join a community server if you want to use your own skin you made up.

At one time[1] Valve even tried to ban community servers that offer custom models/skins. Though they doesn't seem to enforce it anymore.

[1] https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/server_guidelines/