So apparently if you append `-ai` to your Google search it disables the stupid AI summary. 
Additionally for image searches I found using `before:2020`eliminates AI stuff which is useful for artists trying to find references that aren't AI garbage
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Does AI understand? — Harvard Gazette https://www.byteseu.com/1200729/ #A.I. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Brain #computers #philosophy #Research
I spent most of a day getting my new development environment set up, because I kept hitting issues that nobody at my new employer had experienced before. A "perfect storm" of coincidences that conspired together to completely wreck my chance of a simple setup.
The factors?
- Apple's M4 processors remove the SVE architecture and its instruction set, which was present in the M1 through M3
- The Colima dockerisation tool still reports to arm64 containers that SVE is available
- Java < 24 will, by default, use SVE for some functions if it's told that it's available
- Opensearch 2.x will not run on Java > 23
If ANY ONE of those statements were not true, I wouldn't have had any trouble. But the combination of all four of them meant that I was getting proper segfault-death crashes.
I blame Apple. Who removes instructions from a processor within the same family‽ (I'm sure that in reality there's probably some important reason for it that's beyond my ken, but still!)
#note #apple #programming #computers #technology #docker #firstup #job #work #employment #java
There are many fascinating rumors about the various technology offerings we can expect Apple to announce in the coming months.
It's an exciting time for personal technology, and we're all very lucky to be here wondering precisely how our phones will change a little at some point reportedly.
Artificial General Intelligence. A hypothetical (shocking) future.
#ai #science #technology #computers #intelligence #deGrowth http://youtube.com/watch?v=5KVDDfAkRgc&feature=youtu.be http://shojiwax.com/2025/07/16/artificial-general-intelligence-a-hypothetical-future/
This is fascinating, the Computer Devices' DOT, the a portable that was the first computer to ship with Sony 3.5-inch disk drives and it had a *widescreen* CRT display (which supported 132x25 textmode!).
And the video ... has some surprises...
Well worth a watch.
Ideal Home
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@liliputing why doesn't one of these #minipc makers just build one that's a little longer so it's the same size as the #GPU and use the space for a bunch of #miniPciE slots with a nice cooling solution?
https://www.europesays.com/uk/265982/ Teen’s Side Hustle Became a Multi-Hundred-Million-Dollar Business #Business #BusinessIdeas #career #computers #Cybersecurity #Data&Recovery #Devices #Entrepreneurs #Entrepreneurship #GrowingABusiness #Innovation #Leadership #LifeHacks #Living #MakingAChange #Premium #Productivity #Science&Technology #SideHustle #software #StartingABusiness #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom
I gotta say, the old 2017 MacBook Air I just got (for free!) is a really nice laptop. It's lightweight, the screen is large (enough), and the battery is great!
It sort of blows away the 2010/2012 13" MacBook Pro I installed Linux Mint on a few months ago.
Right now the MBA is running Monterey but at some point I'll probably put Mint on it as well. (Or something else.)
Cidco MailStation as a Z80 Development Platform
Ever since I switched to #GNU #Linux in my private life, using #Windows at work gives me near-daily headaches. I have full admin rights, yet I constantly fight the system: forced updates, inconsistent behavior, sluggish UI, weird errors buried in the registry.
I used to think this was just how #computers worked. But after experiencing the #freedom and clarity of #FOSS, Windows feels more like an obstacle than a tool.
Going back feels wrong.
Sorry for the repost. Pixelfed sometimes shows artifacts in an image after uploading.We're pleased to #announce that as part of the wider @Endof10 campaign #dublinlinux will be hosting an #endof10 event with @tog 13 September 2025, details on https://endofwin10.ie/ #linux #opensource #windows10 #windows #microsoft #ireland #dublin #tech #computers #laptops #technology
Tribute to the revolutionary Amiga 1000, which pushed digital audiovisuals to new heights in 1985.
I loved the Amiga conversion of Marble Madness, and completing the game with a joystick was harder than using a mouse.
PRIVACY FOLKS: Stop fucking forgetting about accessibility. People with disabilities deserve privacy too - and in fact probably need it more than you do.
Signed,
So fucking tired of not being able to use privacy focused alternatives to apple and google, their native aps for various things from email to navigation, and suchlike.
Grundy NewBrain, microcomputer.
The case for harmonic resonance computing #HRC over existing electronic #computers boils down to this: any "thing" has resistance (energy conversion, i.e. electron signals via semiconductors).
Not so with EMR/frequency/photons, which transcend #spacetime. #physics #space
Gotta love good ol' 1-bit pixel dithering (ordered, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.) 
𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙-80𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮
