I only know NextPush (Nextcloud App), but there is also something called Autopush I think?

Yeah, this is now inherently untrustworthy. Better to switch to an alternative.

I’ve no clue why this is in this channel, I didn’t expect to see anything about this TERF here. She’s singing the same song the US regime sings, she just happens to be one of the first those people are going after.

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This picture is even AI generated and was cropped, what the fuck. Everything about this is garbage. OP needs some ratio.

60% productivity loss whenever I try to use it for anything else than a code search engine.

Even I as amateur Python dev am able to notice this. It’s basically a nicer (and more resource-intensive) StackOverflow for basic questions when your brain lags again or you’re stuck with how a library is documented (looking at you GTK). The best thing you can do with LLMs is not integrate it into your IDE but just have it open in a browser tab, and never ever copy anything out of it. Saves money, time and IQ points.

Also worth mentioning: It’s extremely noticeable how different US companies tuned their models (unfortunately chinese models widely copied them). I was curious due to the whole Digital Independence things going on in the EU and did some tests with Mistral (EU) vs. ChatGPT (US).

My core takeaways:

• Mistral refuses to open any website that tells LLMs to fuck off (it’s sad this is even noteworthy, but all US companies just work around every block). This isn’t an issue if you host your knowledge DBs yourself.
• Mistral will more likely tell you “I don’t know”, “This might be incorrect” or “you should double-check this” if it can’t find any resources on the question. ChatGPT instead will instead answer something as confident as always and hallucinate while coating you in honey.
• Mistrals WebUI isn’t infested with invasive Javascript. And as a sidenote, the European model also refuses to generate any pixel slop even in the style of smaller artists. ChatGPT doesn’t give a shit unless it’s the IP of another US megacorp. But nobody should generate such slop anyway.

Basically the US models are made to be as addictive and ruthlessly profitable as possible, always giving you something while sugarcoating your mistakes (even if that’s wrong). It’s gambling. Those who’re celebrating these things might already be psychologically addicted without realising it.

(This doesn’t mean Mistral is great, just not as awful. Their tiny models are already used in weapons in Ukraine, and it’s still AI that sucks the planet dry)

Because it is for those who aren’t sysadmins or at least amateur Linux enthusiasts. The easiest tools quickly become very hard when something breaks and you got no one who could fix things for you you don’t know anything about.

It’s mostly an old notion that just won’t die. Especially in the years after its initial release (2004) it was just a disastrous experience sometimes with cracking noises, misconfigured sinks (or outright missing), crashes and - if I still remember one of my first Linux experiences with Ubuntu 8.04 right - the sudden decision to repeat the current audio buffer at maximum volume.

Ever since I came back to Linux on Desktop around 2017 I didn’t had any bigger issues with Pulse either. Ever since Pipewire became the default stuff just works, no issues whatsoever.

I’m simping pipewire all day, that shit works flawless and is a godsend after years of pulse.

Had a discussion about something similar. “Why don’t we take all the energy created in fitness studios? People constantly push pedals there!”

It’s just so phenomenally little it doesn’t make any sense, a full routine wouldn’t even full charge a smartphone battery (not even close). Put solar on the studio roof instead.

I’d assume it’s the same with these. Apparently the idea was even abandoned when it was applied to cars on highways, even those don’t produce enough energy by driving over it to justify resources and maintenance.

They’re extremely new and open about what’s missing though. Their plans apparently got somewhat thrown all over the place by the sudden extreme interest and quite a few things aren’t yet in place (such as the self-hosting guide). Still works surprisingly well, and what they do goes into the right direction (no VC funding or investors, removal of the CLA, bound to GDPR, a full FOSS atack, etc).

Element is still as buggy as ever, unfortunately…

The only realistic alternative I’ve found so far is Fluxer, and that one is still in Beta. Very promising though.

Ever since Pipewire was introduced my sound just… works. Aside from missing drivers (super rarely) I have absolutely no issues.

“far more dangerous”

I know a few countries who might not see it that way (as in: they see it as equally dangerous). Namely places like Chile or Vietnam.

Doesn’t your local DNS has to reach out to another DNS to query yet unknown addresses, causing an infinite loop as it’s now told to reach out to itself?

Might be a stupid question, but how are PR’s connected to your server deployment?

Renovate?

Good thing there isn’t a filter for “has working voice channels that aren’t a hot mess”, the list would be immediately and fully empty. With the exception of Mumble perhaps, but that one instead doesn’t have any text channels or community features.

Absolutely not impossible for a skilled dev with lots of free time. This is still an Alpha after all.

Where do I even start…

• The verification process constantly breaks
• Sessions get randomly unverified
• Pictures aren’t being send occasionally
• Their client is a UI/UX catastrophe
• Room Events are incompatible (esp. w/ Element X)
• The “experimental” voice rooms are total trash, settings are not working (e.g. auto-gain can’t be disabled)
• The Calls via Jitsi somehow have a worse UX than Skype had in its worst days
• The verification via emojis uses different emoji styles, missing the point completely
• Due to the session mess “Can’t decrypt message” will be your best friend
• Even if you got a verified session it sometimes fails to decrypt a message
• The federation is SLOW. As in “wait many many minutes” slow.
• The whole Spaces-with-detached-rooms concept is a mess
• There’re no proper moderation tools
• There isn’t even a god damn admin panel! For the longest time you had to MANUALLY CURL THE API. Even today you have to mess with third-party admin panels that usually don’t have all options exposed
• Encryption is nice, but Matrix leaking tons of metadata isn’t.
• They effectively stopped developing the Element client in favour of Element X, which isn’t available in desktop. And also loves to break during verification.
• Third-party clients sometimes work better, but certainly don’t expect anything but text chats with pictures there.

I really tried to like it, I even attempted to move a community over, attempted to self-host, all the jazz. It’s a steaming mess for years now with no end in sight, and literally everyone who tried it eventually left disenchanted. Don’t even bother trying it.

Because Stoat is also riddled with problems and Matrix is a dysfunctional hot mess.