Might also look into https://github.com/jstaf/onedriver !

I think both KDE and GNOME desktop environments might have integration with OneDrive as an option in their respective file browsers.

I remember KDE could work with Google Drive in that casual “download when you need it” way, rather than the traditional “sync mirrored copies” way.

Personally I’d say KDE is also a fantastic desktop environment for coming from Windows with little friction. I run OpenSUSE Tumbleweed personally, but Fedora has a KDE “spin” and I think Zorin uses it by default.

Hope this is helpful :)

Just throwing it out there, even if you’re not running your own server or anything, if you happen to have two computers turned on at the same time occasionally, Syncthing is awesomely transparent and works VERY well. Crazy easy to set up too. (Like actually easy, not “network admin easy.”)

I personally run it on a little server at home now so it’s always on, and there’s a single “point of truth” where everything references the server, but you can have a number of devices that all simply ask each other what needs updating when they detect each other online. It can automatically retain versions, and that kind of thing. :)

Holy crap. I hope he Labor Board fixes on them like freakin’ Sauron.

Man, so much to unpack here. It has me worried for a lot of the reasons mentioned: The people who pay money to skilled labor will think “The subscription machine can just do it.” And that sucks.

I’m a digital artist as well, and while I think genAi is a neat toy to play with for shitposting or just “seeing what this dumb thing might look like” or generating “people that don’t exist” and it’s impressive tech, I’m not gonna give it ANY creative leverage over my work. Period. I still take issue with where it came from and how it was trained and the impact it has on our culture and planet.

We’re already seeing the results of that slop pile generated from everyone who thought they could “achieve their creative dreams” by prompting a genie-product for it instead of learning an actual skill.

As for actual usefulness? Sometimes I run a local model for funsies and just bounce ideas off of it. It’s like a parrot combined with a “programmer’s rubber ducky.” Sometimes that gets my mind moving, in the same way “autocomplete over and over” might generate interesting thoughts.

I also will say it’s pretty decent at summarizing things. I actually find it somewhat helpful when YouTube’s little “ai summary” is like “This video is about using this approach taking these steps to achieve whatever.”

When the video description itself is just like “Join my Patreon and here’s my 50+ affiliate links for blinky lights and microphones” lol

I use it to explain concepts to me in a slightly different way, or to summarize something for which there’s a wealth of existing information.

But I really wish people were more educated about how it actually works, and there’s just no way I’m trusting the centralized “services” for doing so.

(I want to say first that I’m not trying to invalidate your feelings or perspective or anything!)

This feels like the logical result of a society that statistically punishes creativity in most cases, and rewards pointlessly running on a stationary hamster wheel of emails, spreadsheets, and slideshows, that nobody with a pulse is actually going to read.

We all like to think we’re completely in control of ourselves, but most creatures of all kinds quickly get a sense for what produces a reward for less effort.

convinced that every student needs to use the LLMs in order to find a career after graduation.

Yes, of course, why are bakers learning to use ovens when they should just be training on app-enabled breadmakers and toasters using ready-made mixes?

After all, the bosses will find the automated machine product “good enough.” It’s “just a tool, you guys.”

Sheesh. I hope these students aren’t paying tuition, and even then, they’re still getting ripped off by admin-brain.

I’m sorry you have to put up with that. Especially when philosophy is all about doing the mental weightlifting and exploration for onesself!

"It is plain to see why you might be curious about Error 4752X3G: Allocation_Buffer_Fault. First, let’s start with the basics.

• What is an operating system?"

AGGHH!!!

OH MAN. MOOD.

I had a plan to get all DIY-fancy dropping cable from my attic to a switch because the Wi-Fi is blocked by everything in this house.

…Relocating the modem upstairs and running a cable under some rugs, hugging the hallway wall, to my wife’s computer, is good enough. Nobody else in the house appreciates full speed and bandwidth anyway lol.

“'EY, WHAT’S EVERYTHING BETWEEN THE CHAIR AND THIS TERMINAL? AN IDIOT SANDWICH! >=[”

[Y] I’ll do better / [N] Sorry chef…

There’s an effort called Monado that’s making strides, but we hope there’s a sustained interest and a breakthrough of some sort. The controllers are no-go at the moment.

Is microsoft actually bricking their WMD headsets or just not supporting them anymore? Could you still treat it as a retro gaming console?

So they’re not literally “bricking them”, but effectively doing so. They require “Windows Mixed Reality” to run, all the drivers are proprietary, and M$ is “deprecating WMR”, at which point it will no longer be offered, and will be taken down from the Microsoft Store.

So basically you’d require an un-updated Windows 10 machine that previously had it installed, or else the device is a paperweight.

They can’t even pretend to have any kind of “environmental responsibility” when they’re actively just creating tons of e-waste as a matter of policy.

Hey friend! Yeah I forgot that. I added it to the original post but here it is:

OS: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Mobo: Z590 Aorus Elite AX CPU: i7-10700k @ 5.1 Ghz GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090 Mem: 32GB DDR4 (forget the speed…3000?)

I don’t wanna sound desperate or anything because I know I’m blessed here. I only upgrade like once every 5+ years.

Prospectively I’m not looking at a brand new build, just a CPU/RAM/Mobo to maybe move to DDR5.

The current setup (minus the GPU) would be moved over to my server which is still running like…an i5-4460 on 16GB of DDR3. Not terrible but it’s had to thrash on occasion. 😬 Haha.

Thanks for the heads up about Intel stability issues! I’ll have to keep an eye out about AM5s.

I probably can’t justify it before everything hits the fan, but y’know, it’s good to keep my eyes out. :)

Oh believe me I’m already there. I just made the jump to start gaming on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed after using it primarily for art and dev, and 99% of what I care about runs beautifully. While the world around us seems in constant chaos…

… we’re living in a great age of open source for those who seek it. :)

Speaking of bricking hardware. I’m very upset that they’re just dumping Windows Mixed Reality because it isn’t making them 10,000% returns or something.

Lots of wonderful HMDs will just be paperweights without a ton of work.

“Can you release the code to us to keep em running then?”

M$: “Lol no.”

If anything, maybe we’ll see a lot of good hardware going for cheap, ripe for the taking by anybody who knows how to use a boot USB and doesn’t care about TPM. :)

I do see where you’re coming from and appreciate your optimism. I have ADHD and I’m prone to catastrophism haha.

But I feel like there’s actually substance and credibility to how much the very near future is gonna suck. :( I’m trying to stay optimistic though!

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking, although tech is a “depreciating asset”, the work I can do with it is (potentially) valuable. I have a decent fleet of computers at the moment, old laptops with Linux, an old server, and my and my wife’s main rigs.

Thing is I’m a 3D artist, so I wonder if even the current setup I’m blessed with could see me behind the curve in a few years time :(.

Hey that’s cool you were able to do that! I absolutely feel you.

I had an '06 Honda Element I bought at 119k miles as my first vehicle way back. I taught myself how to do a lot of things with that car, and thought I’d keep it running til it rust out from under me!

Well, replacing a failed sensor lead to me snapping a bolt in the engine block. Every conceivable method to get it out failed. Oil was even leaking through the SteelStik putty I used as a last resort to hold the sensor in. Mechanics wouldn’t touch it, machinists wouldn’t touch it. My cousin tried to help by drilling an adjacent hole (you should’ve seen the elaborate mirror setup to even see in there)… But we must’ve breached the engine because oil gore was EVERYWHERE if we tried to start it.

Basically enough was enough. I was lucky to get one of those haul away sites to give me ~$880 for it. We were using kitty litter in a desperate attempt to clean what came out of it when it got towed. But man…I owned it outright! I got it to ~210,000 miles though…

We just got a 2017 CR-V that was babied for like $22k with 70k miles on it. It’s lovely, but man even with excellent credit the interest sucks and I’m wondering how we’re gonna kill that debt. :(

Gotta tell you. I hate cars anymore. I’ve become a bit radicalized at how stupid American city planning is and I found out how lovely bicycling is. Your “explore the South Pacific in a boat” idea sounds mighty tempting. :p

I appreciate the recommend! Added to my short-list. :)

This is what I was hoping for, exactly! Some kinda nice used hardware trade.

…Except with how things usually work I’m worried that’ll just skyrocket the price/demand of used stuff…

THE WATER LEVEL THO.

“Patriarch” is a social construct, everyone is “just a guy”

What I, a Christian Anarchist, have been trying to scream from the friggin rooftops lol. Thank you!!!

I do not revere a Christian more or less because they dress up like a wizard.

Yeah! But…what if my Gandalf cosplay is like really good tho?

👉👈

For real though, these fancy costumes and performative piety should not impress a follow of Jesus. It should disturb them.