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Millions are listening to fake music and they are enjoying it!

March 3, 2026 Millions are listening to fake music and they are enjoying it!2026-03-03T21:07:25+01:00 No Comment AI, apocalypse, idiocy, music, youtube

On YouTube, there are thousands of channels with the following characteristics: They stream music 24/7 or for 2, 3, 8, 12 hours, after which they create another live stream that…

Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?

March 3, 2026 Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?2026-03-03T20:40:22+01:00 2 Comments Budgie, ergonomics, GNOME, KDE, Linux, MS-DOS, SPECIAL, systemd, tiling, WinBoat

Random musings triggered by Dedoimedo's recent Linux, product and the art of essence, a philosophic piece on the “tragic self-sabotage that hampers the potential growth and proliferation of the Linux…

În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul

March 2, 2026 În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul2026-03-02T22:57:58+01:00 5 Comments history, Iran, israel, pe românește, youtube

În decembrie, vă băgasem un episod de istorie povestit de Mircea Badea. Mă rog, varianta lui. De data asta, Dragoș Pătraru avu niscai opinii referitoare la războiul din Iran. Din…

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Based on the 40-50 relevant articles read on some international websites, I could write even a book about the current…” Mar 5, 11:35
Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Let me add 3 tiny points as a comment: ❶ Question for the fans of Arch and pacman/Pamac: how is…” Mar 4, 22:52
Aldus on Sam Altman in India, and other AI news: “I’m not sure where they got this chart from. Maybe from here, although the date of the last update is…” Mar 4, 13:22
Aldus on Sam Altman in India, and other AI news: “Sam Altman backpedals as ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295%” Mar 4, 09:29
Béranger on În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul: “N-ar fi chiar prima oară că se întâmplă. Bibi știe cât de prost e Donald. Mersi pentru semnalare!” Mar 4, 02:00
Aldus on În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul: “Așadar, SUA au atacat Iranul pentru că știau că Israelul va ataca și cumva le-a fost forțată mâna? Rubio says…” Mar 4, 01:57
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Guess what? Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable…” Mar 3, 21:35
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “La mierda naranja anuncia que cortará “todo el comercio con España” por la negativa de Pedro Sánchez a que EE.UU.…” Mar 3, 20:32
Béranger on În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul: “Nu am. Sunt zeci de milioane sau sute de milioane de canale YT pe jdemii de teme. Nu le pot…” Mar 3, 20:29
alecs on În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul: “Ce părere ai despre Prof. Jiang Xueqin (@PredictiveHistory)?” Mar 3, 20:26
Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “In his post To update blobs or not to update blobs, Matthew Garrett inserted this gem: At some point I…” Mar 3, 17:35
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “FT: Iran executes Khamenei’s plan to spread regional war: Iranian forces have launched a plan devised by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…” Mar 3, 17:15
Béranger on În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul: “Ce nu a spus Pătraru e cum s-a format Hezbollah, sprijinită de Iran. Iată cum: The 1982 Lebanon War was…” Mar 3, 02:38
Béranger on I needed to vent about Calibre: “How can Calibre be the number 1 e-book editor when it has so many programming errors, as if it were…” Mar 3, 00:00
Béranger on eMag Marketplace: loc de luat țeapă de la chinezii din Lyon!: “Un dobitoc de influențăr care a luat și el țeapă de pe eMag cu SSD-uri fake de 2TB, chipurile Samsung…” Mar 2, 22:51
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Frank Gardner, BBC security correspondent: Allies of US in the Gulf bear brunt of Iran attacks (with a better title…” Mar 2, 16:35
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “UPDATE 3: A longer chat with Grok. Grok is inconsistent: first, it disagrees with me (so “Iran deserved it!”), but…” Mar 2, 13:50
Béranger on Sam Altman in India, and other AI news: “AI Can Now Easily Unmask Your Secret Online Life (Even If You Use a Fake Name) summarizes the claims made…” Mar 2, 01:20
Aldus on Today, I cannot take sides: “Also, Iulian Capsali’s Post, translated: IDIOCRACY You must be completely dumb (and I see many like that here) to believe…” Mar 1, 20:22
Aldus on Today, I cannot take sides: “Regarding the update, let me quote Hari Bucur-Marcu with something, even though I don’t agree with his general stand (he…” Mar 1, 20:12
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Your next laptop or PC will be even more expensive.” Mar 1, 20:05
Aldus on Today, I cannot take sides: “What if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz?” Mar 1, 20:01
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Updates that include opinions by Ellie Geranmayeh, Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on…” Mar 1, 16:17
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “I asked Grok for an updated assessment.” Mar 1, 13:22
HAL on Today, I cannot take sides: “So why does Trump insist so adamantly on starting this unpopular war? Especially for someone who said not so long…” Mar 1, 03:35
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “I knew that reel. I’m using a secondary FB acct (listed on this blog).” Mar 1, 03:01
Aldus on Today, I cannot take sides: “Rumor has it that Trump is being blackmailed by the Israelis with the Epstein files (not all of which have…” Mar 1, 02:56
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Iran confirmed the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian media said Khamenei’s daughter, son-in-law, and his grandson were…” Mar 1, 02:50
Béranger on Sam Altman in India, and other AI news: “OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon after Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic: “Hours after the Trump administration’s comments, OpenAI…” Feb 28, 22:11
Béranger on Doi fazani despre apocalipsa binomului AI + rețele sociale: “AI before AI: Push-Button Kitty (1952) – the full version has 7 minutes, but I couldn’t find it.” Feb 28, 11:42
Béranger on Doi fazani despre apocalipsa binomului AI + rețele sociale: “Nici nu știu cum să mut comentariul ăsta la postarea în care chiar am menționat căcatul lui Trump. Tot felul…” Feb 28, 10:41
Aldus on Doi fazani despre apocalipsa binomului AI + rețele sociale: “Ce zici de anunțul lui Trump cu privire la Anthropic? THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL…” Feb 28, 10:35
Béranger on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “Oh, 6 weeks later, Liam Proven steps in: Debian 14 will drop Gtk2 – unless Ardour rides to the rescue.” Feb 27, 23:42
Béranger on How does a LLM work? These videos won’t help that much ➕ Microsoft hallucinates!: “I’m not very happy about this video by LearnThatStack, but in 9m 24s it simplifies, trivializes, and popularizes the basic…” Feb 27, 23:37
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “In its new composition, The Graystones (Grayson, Philip, Harin and Evan are part of the original crew) try to keep…” Feb 27, 22:52
Aldus on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “E sistemul implicit de comentarii de pe Blogger. Care Blogger e deținut de Google. Încearcă și cu alt browser și…” Feb 26, 23:59
Béranger on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “Firește că-s conectat la Google. Dar nu merge pe blogul tău. De fapt, nici nu știu ce sistem de comentarii…” Feb 26, 21:37
Aldus on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “În mod normal ar trebui să poți comenta. Pur și simplu logându-te în contul de Google și dând refresh la…” Feb 26, 21:35
Béranger on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “Nu pot să mă conectez cu Google ca să comentez. Cum PLM s-au conectat ceilalți? Probabil nu cu Firefox. Voiam…” Feb 26, 19:44
Aldus on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “Da, pentru că: Așadar, pare că ChatGPT se raportează la mine ca fiind simultan Aldus și Vero, făcând un amalgam…” Feb 26, 19:22
Kirk on Google Play Store is committing highway robbery and should be shut down!: “Since Google gets a cut of every purchased app, so in my opinion, if they are denying a legit case,…” Feb 26, 12:52
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “THE TRAITORS! Five former members of The Graystones (Max, Hope, Izzy, Ishaan, Kyle) and new bandmate Isaac cover the Pomplamoose…” Feb 26, 00:20
sofleet on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Hope and Izzy are back with a new band: The Turnarounds.” Feb 25, 23:54
Béranger on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “Na, că am mai venit cu o comparație.” Feb 25, 21:59
Béranger on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “Ha, când am continuat discuția cu analogia referitoare la Shakespeare, Grok a crezut că tot tu ai venit cu această…” Feb 25, 21:45
Aldus on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “And a chat with Grok about our discussion.” Feb 25, 21:41
Béranger on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “SELECTIVELY compressing SOME content. Distillation is often followed by quantization, which makes things even worse. Partial content, further approximated. The…” Feb 25, 21:39
Aldus on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “Actually, I’d say it’s more like reading every page but compressing the content to half the length (rewriting it far…” Feb 25, 21:36
Béranger on Comic Strip Browser v. 1.1.3: new strips!: “Since this is where I criticized Mother Goose and Grimm for self-plagiarism (among other faults), here’s some more frowning. Not…” Feb 25, 20:23
Béranger on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “You get “close” in a very limited range. Patchy, inconsistent “knowledge”! I don’t trust any distillation. It’s like reading pages…” Feb 25, 20:11
Aldus on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “Well, it also works by training a weaker model using the responses of a stronger one. You don’t quite reach…” Feb 25, 20:02
Béranger on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “Yeah, but the quality of distillation is questionable.” Feb 25, 19:46
Aldus on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “And Kimi. Of course, they stole the whole internet, but now nobody may „steal” from them. You can gain capabilities…” Feb 25, 19:45
Béranger on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “BS. I consider distillation to be legitimate, although I disapprove of it. And there isn’t much to be gained by…” Feb 25, 19:35
Aldus on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “(offtopic) A fresh piece of news from Anthropic.” Feb 25, 19:30
ConEst on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “I was a newbie that time I guess. I was trying different players for example vlc and mpv and those…” Feb 25, 11:29
Béranger on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “1. adb worked in my case under Ubuntu MATE 🙂 2. Fedora’s dependencies are often unreasonable, and GNOME Software is…” Feb 25, 10:20
ConEst on Arguing with Grok 4.20 (Beta) about Fedora: “I remember I spent an entire evening trying to figure out why my adb drivers are not detecting my phone.…” Feb 25, 10:11
Béranger on Luddism #2: From snaps to immutable and back: “I happen to agree because I am me, but I doubt that Linux is more stable than Windows on normies/noobs’s…” Feb 25, 09:41
Saar on Luddism #2: From snaps to immutable and back: “Changes and tech disruption come from certain “incentives” that cater to the people of influence. Being worried about a future…” Feb 25, 09:23