Informative, and unfortunate.

100% agree with your take on the original issue - it should be a discussion between the devs, not edging along the lines of an argument. However, I do feel like the discussion would have been better suited to the dev Matrix chat or something

Even if they were upsetted by your comments, banning you was not the right way to handle that IMO.

No GIMP 😮. Will definitely be taking a look at Inkscape the next time I’m doing vector art work though…

Who asked for this, and why?

It exists to reduce dependence on YouTube.

There are bad things to say about Google all day, yet consumers will still line right back up to use Google’s video service without fail. Having that content mixed in with other sites reduces dependence on YouTube over time, as creators consider decentralizing their media presence and posting content on Patreon, Nebula etc, instead of Youtube’s walled garden of Communities, Memberships and of course the channel itself.

IMO right now this app is really for people who want to support OR already are supporting creators, and are displeased with the amount of apps, bad UX and poor integration this experience entails when done outside of Youtube’s platform

If that’s not for you, then maybe the privacy aspect of Grayjay is of interest, where the YouTube integration allows you to control what data is associated with your Google account. Aside from those, most people should probably stick with their existing YouTube client. This app is targeting a specific kind of audience, and fits right in with Rossmann’s

I feel sorry for whichever researchers are in charge of training and fine tuning those models… ouch

Grayjay can do this - there is a toggle in the settings for the YouTube addin to sync watch data with your Google account.

Probably not, most forks rip the telemetry out

Does VIA still make onboard GPUs?

The reason we don’t have more of them is because people continually vote against their own self interest.

Louder for those in the back!!!

I will never understand WHY people do this. And then higher life expectancy resulting in a growing older generation population preferring policies that actively harm young people

Once we figure out how to get data out consistently 1:1 without hallucinations, the floodgates will open IMO.

And i’ll be all over it personally, especially with FLAC files that range anywhere from 20MB to 70MB, any savings to rein these in closer to a typical MP3 will be much appreciated by myself. I don’t mind long compression times, as 7zip and the other formats give us long waiting times already.

If AI accelerator hardware is able to speed up the data compression process, this is where I’d maybe start to get a bit suspicious, as these accelerators at the moment are included in various in IoT and camera SoCs. A single exploit is all that would be needed to theoretically allow the user’s personal data to be siphoned off quickly, without noticing a change in the volume of network traffic, or negative impact to the performance of the IoT device

I don’t think so… What are the main features you’re looking for from a launcher?

IMO a lot of the launchers nowadays have matured a lot, and in some cases I can imagine devs for free launchers don’t have 2k sitting around to buy the latest and greatest phone each year to update their launchers for compatibility with the latest Android APIs etc.

Personally I moved on from the standard sameish app grid type launchers and now use Niagara… the minimalism and simple design were a big draw factor for me - paired it up with some Lines icon pack to make everything look cohesive.

Kvaesitso (hope I spelt it correctly?) is a solid free alternative with a very similar feel to Niagara.

Not sure if I’d go back to app grid launchers, there’s not too much differentiating them nowadays IMO, and each app having different icon designs feels kinda cluttered now that I’ve not experienced it for a few years. Material You’s new unified icon design looks pretty nice though.