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Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] ineffable@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks, I ended up going with virt-manager and it was relatively easy

Linux and your family in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] ineffable@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 month ago

I used to provide tech support for the family, and tried to move them to Linux to make them easier to support (similar simple use cases)

Thry weren't interested so now requests for help get a genuine "Sorry, I don't use Windows so I can't help"

Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today in c/technology@lemmy.world
Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] ineffable@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

What do you use to run the VM? I run Mint and have been meaning to get a Windows VM up but there are too many options

Request: Mini truck or van racing toward a concrete pole, but never arrives. in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] ineffable@sh.itjust.works 40 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

This one?

With ending

Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training data in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] ineffable@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

That really doesn't seem like much money. If Reddit is worth $10B, that is 0.6% ROI

The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] ineffable@sh.itjust.works 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Why every x looks the same

City

Car

Advertisement

Interface

Influencers

etc.

Inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, Google wrote a ‘Robot Constitution’ to make sure its new AI droids won’t kill us in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] ineffable@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

Luckily, a constitution is guaranteed to be an unambiguous representation of inherently true principles that will not be subject to change over time

target seed ratio = max{1, 1/current ratio} in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] ineffable@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I just seed to 3 - if it's popular it won't take long, and if it's not popular it probably needs the extra help (and it's just one setting)

I actually seed much longer if something still has no other seeds though