You can teach these other fools here a thing or two. Good on you, mate! Lol

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I mean… if it works, it works.

This article may have been right 2 years ago, but not so much today.

I have an offline stt keyboard on my phone that uses Vosk. I used to have a stt digital assistant, too (can’t remember which model), but I didn’t need a “siri” and ended up uninstalling.

True. But there are also libraries with some content that can be lent, and also the option that _cryptagion offered up.

Piracy is an option if they don’t care about the laws in their country, but some people care for one reason or another. The conversation was initially about about the cost of disc vs the cost of ad-supported streaming, so I offered a used option.

Ah. Yes. Sorry. I missed that. I started with DVDs, since mine came with a reader. Haven’t moved to blu-ray, yet, for the same reason.

Buy the disc, then use Handbrake to digitize.

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Brand new, maybe. But second hand markets exist for this reason.

The law in many countries disagrees with us on this, so be careful when you exercise your ownership rights.

A Computer Scientist Breaks Down Generative AI’s Hefty Carbon Footprint

2023 article, but way more informative than the TikTok one here, and doesn’t seem like blatant propaganda.

I guess the gif I posted about seeing this before was spam. Sorry, everyone. Didn’t mean to violate a rule :/

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Don’t worry. The apps they want you to use definitely don’t have backdoors for them to use to circumvent all encryption, and those nonexistent backdoors will definitely not be found by other bad actors.

Yes, that’s what the ad said, but the actual class was basically teaching how to trick a woman into bed. The movie sucked, by the way, even if the protagonist figures it out and leaves the class (happyish ending, I suppose). The original story is much worse and much more objectifying.

He had his own school for scoundrels, and got 800k people to join? What a sad commentary on the world in which we live.

I saw the name, and immediately thought, “sweet! Another kde tool!” Then finished reading the title lol Looks like a good editor nonetheless

Edit: requires access to manage storage, which is excessive for a text editor. Pretty sure it has to do with its other features, which is fine, but I don’t feel comfortable with this type of access for any third party app. If you’re fine with this access, Xed/Karbon really looks useful. I might add it to my coding tablet.

We each have our own levels of acceptable privacy posture. Signal make it easier for the masses to get off, say, Whatsapp and feel little to no real hurdles. I agree with you, though, that the phone number and physical phone requirements are a hard sell for people with a more strict posture requirement, which was the reason it took me long to get on it. But, alas, I had to settle, because SimpleX wasn’t available on iOS at the time (my family and friends are on iphones) and it is much more private that Hangouts or Whatsapp (which I still can’t believe we were on). We did try Matrix for a time, but it wasn’t “production ready” then, which was a deterrent to them as well. Signal being centralized wouldn’t be a huge deterrent for me, if it wasn’t for their continuous push to keep it that way and them actively preventing decentralization, both of which have been scratching me the wrong way for a while. I had a conversation with my groups to switch to something else, but they’re not all on board. Signal, they say, is “as easy as Whatsapp and more private”. I mean… they’re right, but we could have better.

Care to elaborate? I haven’t heard anything concrete against it.

Mechanical Keyboard Sounds: Recordings of Bespoke and Customized Mechanical Keyboards

Edit: This is less music, and more relaxation sounds. But I really like it.