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Microsoft is very hostile toward its users. They added Ads in the paid version of the operating system. You can't uninstall Edge. Even if you remove Edge, which is difficult, the following Windows update will reinstall it. Instead of searching for the next big idea, how about you fix your dam OS first and stop installing stupid games and showing Ads? Keep it Microsoft with your stupid games, and Google has nothing to worry about you. LOL.

The "Statement on AI Risk" by Sam Altman and wealthy individuals fails to address the potential impact of AI on job security. Rather, it focuses on concerns regarding war and human extinction. Despite my attempts to raise awareness about the issue, I have received negative feedback. It's important to consider how the everyday struggles of families may affect their ability to purchase products and services such as phones, streaming, gaming, and others when AI takes away their white-collar jobs. Maybe there will be war because there are no jobs while rich folks are getting rich. I hope I remain wrong.

I love the copyright header on this site:

© 2023 NO PORTION OF THIS SITE MAY BE USED FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL (INCLUDING LLMS) WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

How are you going to enforce it? Most AI bots scrape HTML and other data without permission.

TSMC is at risk due to geopolitical tensions, particularly between China and the USA. These risks led to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway selling its stake in TSMC. Investors are worried about that. That s my best guess. Apple also opened three factories in India and other places to mitigate this risk.

Meanwhile, Nvidia Short Sellers Lose $2.3 Billion in One Day as Stock Soars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-25/nvidia-sh...

Back to coding like caveman! Harumph

You can easily find helpful coding resources like Stackoverflow, blogs, and forums through a simple Google search. Relying solely on one source is not advisable, I think. Cloudflare, AWS, and now OpenAI are all central clouds. This is why we need independent forums, StackOverflow, blogs, etc. Otherwise, it is yet another monopoly. Anyway, it's always important to explore multiple options for accurate information. At least, that is how I do it. YMMV.

Caddy cannot be found in the default repositories of Debian or RHEL. This raises the question of why one would use such a server. Personally, I am hesitant to download a random pre-built executable from Github, even if it is open source. I would much rather use the apt or dnf version, as anything else seems like just another toy server.

I guess, now is the ideal time for me to experiment with LXD or Docker images that are based on Alpine Linux or Debian Slim for QUIC support for Nginx.

WireGuard is highly secure, but it’s not designed with privacy in mind.

I'm sorry, but I must inform you that the Toms guide contains affiliate links to OpenVPN services. However, it is important to note that neither OpenVPN nor WireGuard can guarantee your safety if you are being targeted by government agencies. The guide's attempt from TFA is to promote these VPN services as a solution for anonymity and censorship (deep packets inspection can block all VPN protocols) avoidance is misleading. VPNs are primarily useful for accessing corporate or home resources and viewing geo-blocked streaming content (say from your home network) on insecure networks like hotel or cafe WiFi.

I understand that some people may not agree with what I am about to say, but I feel it is important to share. Recently, some talented writers who are my good friends at major publishing houses have lost their jobs to AI technology. There have been news articles about this in the past few months too. While software dev jobs in the IT industry may be safe for now, many other professions are at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence. According to a report[0] by investment bank Goldman Sachs, AI could potentially replace 300 million full-time jobs. Unfortunately, my friends do not find Sam Altman's reassurances (or whatever he is asking) comforting. I am unsure how to help them in this situation. I doubt that governments in the US, EU, or Asia will take action unless AI begins to threaten their own jobs. It seems that governments prioritize supporting large corporations with deep pockets over helping the average person. Many governments see AI as a way to maintain their geopolitical and military superiority. I have little faith in these governments to prioritize the needs of their citizens over their own interests. It is concerning to think that social issues like drug addiction, homelessness, and medical bankruptcy may worsen (or increase from the current rate) if AI continues to take over jobs without any intervention to protect everyday folks who are lost or about to lose their job.

I've no doubt AI is here to stay. All I am asking for is some middle ground and safety. Is that too much to ask?

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65102150

Yes, that is true. ChatGPT refuses to work with VPN and regularly checks for your IP using Cloudflare. Most of these new AI-driven startups are using Cloudflare. It is funny that startups collect/scrap data from all over the web but don't want to scrap their chatbot response without paid API. I guess it is life...

I am curious if there will be a requirement in the future, possibly enforced by the EU or US law, for content such as books, videos, music, PDF files, news articles, or blog posts to be labeled as produced by either a human author or AI. I'm talking about ethical disclosure. While it is uncertain, it is important to be transparent about the content's origins. As we know, AI is here to stay, and it is likely that governments will be the biggest investors (or spenders) in AI technology for military purposes.

Despite Bing having a head start, it's unlikely that Google will lose to AI battle to Bing and others. Google's strong brand image and popular properties, such as Gmail, YouTube, Search, Chrome, and Android, used by billions of users daily, give them a significant advantage. It's doubtful that Bing will take over the search market anytime soon. But, who knows? Ha!

LXD uses unprivileged containers (user namespace) with the setup done by the root user. All containers run in unprivileged mode by default. However, specific config that only a privileged user can do (mount disks/partitions, setup network devices, allocate more complex mappings for the user namespace etc.) on LXD using the root user or LXD group. Even rootless Podman needs root access in many cases. For example, to open port < 1024, mount EFS/NFS inside; in other edge cases, you can't use rootless Podman. These are Linux kernel limitations last I checked and are sometimes caused by various distros applying other security patches to their kernels too.

LXD supports (all of these have pros and cons, and you must choose one of the type that solves your problem):

1. Privileged containers.

2. Unprivileged containers as an unprivileged user.

3. Unprivileged containers as root.

One frustrating issue is that many developers and IT professionals are reluctant to use Podman due to certain unique situations and edge cases. Docker is more commonly used and tested, making it the preferred option despite Podman's beneficial features.

If you have a popular blog or social media account on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube, you may receive marketing emails from various brands, big or small, asking you to include links to their products or low-quality VPN services. The internet is essentially a colossal marketing machine. While some people on HN believe that Reddit reviews are authentic because they are created by humans, there is a possibility that they are also paid (although I do not have any evidence to support this claim).

LXD is a faster tool that offers various configurations, such as allowing an app to run as root even when you're not, and mounting host directories inside containers like Docker/Podman. LXD is also unprivileged by default and uses the same Linux kernel features as other tools. We have different tools available for end users, and I prefer running Docker inside LXD for development purposes because it keeps my $HOME clean. Additionally, tasks like Nvidia GPU (such as ffmpeg, or AI) can also be run inside LXD, providing extra security on my dev box while keeping $HOME clean where you may need to use the `curl ... | sudo bash` syntax when downloading random stuff from the Internet.

Yes, please see "How To Install LXD on Debian 11 Linux" [0] and search for AWS or GUI examples. FYI, upcoming Debian 12 will install LXD via APT and you no longer need snaps.

[0] https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-lxd-on-debian-1...

Interesting. I always used LXD. It supported many distros too. You can quickly spin up an LXD container that matches the desired cloud instance type. I can create EC2-like t2.micro instance on local Ubuntu/Debian and see how my app would behave on a cloud instance locally on my workstation. LXD also supports GUI apps and NVIDIA GPU acceleration. I will test this one.

Wrong. The low-quality content farm will be out and the high-quality site will be fully paywalled (no more data to AI).

For instance, when searching for information on setting up RDS, like high availability MySQL on self-hosted servers on-premises, neither ChatGPT nor Brad provided the necessary details. I would not make a publicly searchable blog or Github repository if I were well-versed in setting such RDS on-premises. Instead, I would make it available only behind a paywall. Why should Google and MS/Bing benefit from my hard work if they do not direct traffic to my site? Previously, low- or high-quality pages benefited from SEO, but that is no longer true. There is a wealth of knowledge that has not yet been documented. Unless Google or Bing starts directing many traffic, experts, and websites will not share updated and other valuable information. I anticipate more paywalls for high-quality content, similar to good news sites.

Besides that, be careful about wishing for one or two centralized sites controlled by big tech giants with AIs such as Google and Microsoft. The web developed because of many 3rd party websites.

I don't have answers on how good 3rd party sites will survive with Google/Bing sending traffic and Ad clicks, but the equation is about SEO changing. Either you create non-profit Wikipedia-style content or high-quality content paywalled. That is my best guess.

I've been receiving a lot of guest post requests and bulk comment spam (100s request per second from multiple random IPs) on my blog, which seem to be generated by GPT technology for SEO purposes. The situation has become so bad that I'm now using keyword filtering for email attachments/topics and Cloudflare to protect my comment form. I find this frustrating and believe that it will only get worse as AI continues to advance. Many blogs are now turning off comment sections because of this nonsense.

Apple and Google lead initiative for an industry specification to address unwanted tracking https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-google-partner-...

Boy, I made so many memes around sudo. I can't believe they removed it. I mean, sudo does log messages in /var/log/secure or /var/log/auth.log on Linux when something fails or is executed successfully, depending on security policies. The default on most distro is to log messages.

I hope whoever is hosting data in that zone has thoroughly tested and verified backups offline or with another cloud provider. Of course, you can complete DC failover, depending upon service needs, but it costs more resources. Either way, timely tested backups are the only way to survive natural or manufactured disasters. Good luck to Google OPs team and everyone else involved with the GCP region in the EU.

Here they have support page https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1066447

I think that is not the correct syntax. I just search for redhat.com and suse.com

https://www.bing.com/search?q=site%3Aredhat.com

https://www.bing.com/search?q=site%3Asuse.com

Check https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/10924669?hl=en

They are talking about forcing snap even when you type `apt install firefox` or `apt install lxd`. The Ubuntu will redirect to the snap package (e.g. `apt install firefox` -> `snap install firefox`).

A few weeks back helped someone move from EC2/ELB/RDS to Lightsail Vm/LB/Database The same app and stuff, but the price is now fixed[0]. So many apps can use something like Lightsail and cut costs. I am surprised AWS don't promote lightsail. They also have a weird OS selection and still have CentOS 8, which is no longer supported. They treat Lightsail as a second-class citizen.

[0] https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/

Trusted open source software (OSS) packages home page (you need Google cloud or AWS cloud account ID) https://developers.google.com/assured-oss

The kernel wg(4) WireGuard driver is now available.

That is a good news.