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Wine 11.5 released with support for Syscall User Dispatch on Linux
24 Mar 2026 at 1:03 am UTC Likes: 1
24 Mar 2026 at 1:03 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: mrdeathjrThis wine version use more space than 11.4, 11.5 once stay compiled use 4.1gb (around 32400 files) meanwhile 11.4 use 3.5gb (around 30100 files) in my caseLovely choice of game! I wouldn't mind a Nightdive treatment of Clive Barker's Undying, I'm sure there's some nice archive material that could be included.
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California law to require operating systems to check your age
5 Mar 2026 at 12:08 pm UTC Likes: 2
If that's the actual source, then:
A) Yes, those laws have been rightly criticised.
B) That's a heavily manipulated version of events, seemingly given to back up a growing sentiment I'm seeing of trying to paint the EU as some kind of censorship hellscape, which is pretty far from the truth.
5 Mar 2026 at 12:08 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: EikeI tried to find it as well, and the only thing that seems similar, is the German case of "Maja R.", who sent WhatsApp messages to a rapist from a widely publicised case. She did not know the rapist, the message contains insinuations of harm, and she "was sentenced to a weekend in jail after her comments because she had a previous conviction for theft and had not attending [sic] the court hearing for the case." - Source [External Link].Quoting: Mountain ManAnd it's gotten rather extreme. There was one instance where a woman who texted a friend and called the man who raped her a dog received a harsher punishment than her rapist.Well, obviously, nobody wants that. Would you link a source to read it up?
If that's the actual source, then:
A) Yes, those laws have been rightly criticised.
B) That's a heavily manipulated version of events, seemingly given to back up a growing sentiment I'm seeing of trying to paint the EU as some kind of censorship hellscape, which is pretty far from the truth.
California law to require operating systems to check your age
2 Mar 2026 at 1:23 pm UTC Likes: 12
2 Mar 2026 at 1:23 pm UTC Likes: 12
Oh no... this is really going to delay the release of AmigaOS 3.3!
Steam Deck now out of stock in the EU in addition to USA, Canada and Japan
20 Feb 2026 at 3:04 pm UTC Likes: 2
In other words:
"The program uses ML to categorize your photo gallery locally" = fine, that makes sense.
"Our advanced AI handles all your photo needs" = marketing bullshit which may or may not include sending your private data off to a hastily built data centre that's likely not following environmental safety laws or guidelines.
20 Feb 2026 at 3:04 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: EhvisOh, you can definitely wholesale hate "AI" as a tech, as it doesn't exist. "AI" is a buzzword that means nothing concrete. If something is selling itself on "AI", there's a good chance it's smoke and mirrors. As you touched on, the actual technologies are called Machine Learning and Large Language Models (one could argue that "GenAI" could be a term for a category, but I'd still rather call them generative models, to not confuse things with the nonsense that is "AI").Quoting: hardpenguinIf you are not hating on AI yet, you have a good reason to start now.I don't hate "AI" as a tech. Machine learning/neural networks have had very good applications for decades since it is very effective in certain tasks. What I hate is the LLM/GenAI fueled hype machine that is created as a smokescreen over unrealistic promises of future potential. An attempt to try to bind as many people as they can before the house of cards collapses. Luckily this hard push is causing serious quality issues, which at least turns a significant portion of the public against it even beyond those wanting a new GPU or extra RAM.
In other words:
"The program uses ML to categorize your photo gallery locally" = fine, that makes sense.
"Our advanced AI handles all your photo needs" = marketing bullshit which may or may not include sending your private data off to a hastily built data centre that's likely not following environmental safety laws or guidelines.
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy remaster gets a big upgrade
4 Feb 2026 at 6:42 pm UTC Likes: 3
4 Feb 2026 at 6:42 pm UTC Likes: 3
I kept thinking it was weird this game wasn't in my Steam library, as I was sure I bought it. Turns out that was back when I was young and naive and still had faith in GOG. I think it's time to repurchase it on Steam and get actual customer support.
(for reference, the Steam Linux depot was updated along with the Windows and Mac depots; the GOG Linux version has indeed been ignored for about 7 years)
(for reference, the Steam Linux depot was updated along with the Windows and Mac depots; the GOG Linux version has indeed been ignored for about 7 years)
Firefox will get AI controls to turn it all off
3 Feb 2026 at 2:04 pm UTC Likes: 10
I agree, the real issue is that (apart from the chat "feature" - which I will never understand the purpose of) everything is now labeled "AI", despite being different from the "AI" crap that's wrecking both the environment and the economy right now.
That it's not related to actual "Artificial Intelligence" also makes it a terrible buzzword to use in general.
What we should be rallying against, is the rise of "AI" data centres, the sudden artificial scarcity and caste system of hardware, off-site handling of data, and training on stolen data.
3 Feb 2026 at 2:04 pm UTC Likes: 10
Quoting: syylkWell, as Nic264 and grigi mentioned, we've had ML features for a long time and they don't affect RAM prices. Our cameras being able to roughly detect where a face is and auto-focus on that region, is the same tech as the on-device features Firefox now has, and has been for about a decade.Quoting: Nic264What's dumb about translations and OCR?...Until you are the one shopping for a pair of DIMMs.
Blind hatred for anything labeled with “AI” is as pointless as hatred for anything that uses linked lists.
I agree, the real issue is that (apart from the chat "feature" - which I will never understand the purpose of) everything is now labeled "AI", despite being different from the "AI" crap that's wrecking both the environment and the economy right now.
That it's not related to actual "Artificial Intelligence" also makes it a terrible buzzword to use in general.
What we should be rallying against, is the rise of "AI" data centres, the sudden artificial scarcity and caste system of hardware, off-site handling of data, and training on stolen data.
AMD confirm the Ryzen 7 9850X3D launch date and pricing
24 Jan 2026 at 5:57 pm UTC Likes: 1
24 Jan 2026 at 5:57 pm UTC Likes: 1
My 5950X is still running fine for now, so no, won't be upgrading. If it decides to fry a core, like my previous 5950X did (right after the warranty expired), than maybe, but hopefully that won't be for a while.
IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light
16 Jan 2026 at 7:06 pm UTC Likes: 4
16 Jan 2026 at 7:06 pm UTC Likes: 4
I couldn't get past the first 6 minutes of that video, but I'll give credit where credit is due: I've never felt more in-tune with a protagonist in a video game; it was like I was right there. Bond was bored out of his mind, and so was I!
Firefox dev clarifies there will be an AI 'kill switch'
2 Jan 2026 at 5:55 pm UTC Likes: 2
2 Jan 2026 at 5:55 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: _wojtekJust a minor correction, but Zen also adds a bunch of custom UI code as well as a feature or two (tab "modals" and split view). Your point remains, I just wanted to clarify this.Quoting: JarmerLibrewolfYes… and they develop everything… oh wait - they rely on Mozilla work and simply remove couple of things, so if Mozilla/Firefox bites the dust, those will vanish into oblivion…
Zen Browser
Waterfox
there you go, three alternatives that have no ai integrations whatsoever.
Firefox dev clarifies there will be an AI 'kill switch'
20 Dec 2025 at 12:27 am UTC Likes: 1
20 Dec 2025 at 12:27 am UTC Likes: 1
Another thing that really bothers me about these marketing statements, is the blanket statements of calling everything "AI".
"AI" doesn't actually mean anything and could be anything from a local ML model that can, say, give names to colours based on the "training data" that could be the list of X11 colour names, to a deepfake slop machine that uses the power budget of a city.
When an announcement like this is made, with practically no actual information other than "ridiculous buzzword that's either a decade old technology that can run locally on your watch, or a privacy nightmare of a planet destroyer - who knows! Go shareholders!", how is anyone supposed to take it seriously and come away with any other interpretation than that they just don't care which it is, as long as "money might happen"?
"AI" doesn't actually mean anything and could be anything from a local ML model that can, say, give names to colours based on the "training data" that could be the list of X11 colour names, to a deepfake slop machine that uses the power budget of a city.
When an announcement like this is made, with practically no actual information other than "ridiculous buzzword that's either a decade old technology that can run locally on your watch, or a privacy nightmare of a planet destroyer - who knows! Go shareholders!", how is anyone supposed to take it seriously and come away with any other interpretation than that they just don't care which it is, as long as "money might happen"?
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