cloudskater

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musician | preservationist | leftist (tankies screw off) | "generative" ai/LLM hater #NoAI | DNI: minors, zoos, proship

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2026-03-21 01:28:07 UTC

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Mastodon allows AI code.
I'm so fucking done. Where is the backbone of any of these "FLOSS" projects? What's the point in me switching from anything else? Why do I try to support these projects that are supposed to oppose big tech, but instead decide to suck the boot if its convenient? I'm so upset. I don't know what to do right now, I'm just so viscerally upset.

2026-03-09 20:14:17 UTC

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Fair, but if we allow Linux to do this without creating an alternative to their fuckery, we're letting them do the very thing that Linux was created to prevent in the first place. It might as well be closed source and controlled by a giant company then.
And when I talked about getting away from tech giants, I more so meant in terms of my usage of their services and supporting them directly in indirectly. If they want to help Linux along, let them. I hope they're funding their own demise.
What are the main differences between the BSDs and Linux? As a humble Mint user, what are some things I should know and how easy do you think it'd be for me to switch over?

2026-03-09 19:56:05 UTC

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What a load of horse shit. There better be an uproar if anything like that comes to pass because that goes against everything open-source stands for. Idc if I'm not a dev, I know that to be true, I didn't go completely FLOSS to have Windows 11 thrown at me in a different way. I wanted to get away from tech giants, focus on community, and be part of a better future, albeit led by much smarter people then I. Those values do not include sucking the boot of AI companies and their billionaires like the world's biggest hypocrite. Seriously, that's what amazes me: some FLOSS people act like this makes any sort of sense or is a justifiable direction to go in. It's insane.
Also, it would be quite the undertaking, but why not fork the Linux kernel if it comes to that? I know plenty of problems will arise, but there's no way all that work can be thrown aside for a less supported system when Linux is JUST starting to get accepted by some non-techy people and is better supported then ever.

2026-03-09 18:56:51 UTC

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First, I want to make sure I got this right. The Linux devs (the leaders I assume, as I know nothing about how the team is structured) is pushing for ai review of human written code that then is put into the kernel. I don't agree with it or understand why they'd be for it at all, but I find it hard to imagine throwing out decades of progress, distros, and overall options because the devs did something stupid. Now, if they IMPLEMENT "generated" code, I will be part of the inevitable outraged response, but don't they know this kind of thing isn't welcome? I still can't get over the fact that they thought it was a good idea, and it makes me worry I've been telling people to switch to something which is becoming corrupted at the core as well, even though it being FLOSS is supposed to prevent that shit but I digress.
Apologies for the long messages.

2026-03-09 18:45:34 UTC

@npub1rqe…0wqq Sorry if I'm bothering you with repeated messages, but had some more questions about the situation with Linux and whatnot if you wouldn't mind chatting a bit ^^

2026-03-06 10:02:19 UTC

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absolutely agreed. AI has only become a bad word because of billionaire chuds. Now to be clear, I still don't like it or PeerTube using things like Whisper because the training data is still very likely unethical and it shouldn't be supported, but I understand its in the name of accessiblity and at the very least thats not as bad. I just hope they're willing to swap it for a truly open and verifiably not-scummy version sometime down the line lol

2026-03-05 23:34:32 UTC

@npub1ncy…3x0q Can I ask what "AI powered tools" you have in #Kdenlive and why you don't take a stand against them instead? It's really hypocritical of an organization dedicated to #FLOSS to be making use of LLMs in any form, even "open source" ones that don't share their training data. I wasn't happy when #PeerTube did it, but at least they only use it for subtitle creation (still not good but at least it's not generative) and they didn't plaster the buzzword on their website as a point of pride.
I'll be really disappointed if I find out the best #FLOSS video editor is supporting stuff like this.
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