There is something I wanted to ask since people here are familiar with a lot of old a new software.
Is there now, or ever was a WYSIWYG word processor that doesn't suck?
Specifically one where you can have text and images, with ability to annotate the images and easily place the images where you want in the document and the text wraps correctly. One with a clear and easy to use UI.
As far as I know Microsoft word is the best one currently? I tried to annotate some pictures in document recently and had to resort to doing it in MSPaint.
I tried LibreOffice a couple years ago and it was no better UX wise.
All the newer software I have to deal with are web based and even worse.
Yes, I know there are Latex, markdown etc.. but
a. They are not that good
b. Zero chance a non technical person can use a non WYSIWYG tool
I think document creation is the most common use case of computers so it is very weird that to me that it's not a solved problem yet.
Pokemon Go using your phone camera to build a CIA-backed 3D Map AI system.
It sounds like an insane movie plot. But it's real.
In 2016, this was "Lunduke's crazy conspiracy theory about Pokemon Go being used to spy on everyone, backed by the CIA". Now, in 2024, Niantic Labs (the makers of Pokemon Go), proudly brags about using Pokemon Go to spy on you... and using that covertly obtained information to build a massive, 3D artificial intelligence mapping system of private spaces.
"We receive about 1 million fresh scans each week, each containing hundreds of discrete images."
In other words: Lunduke was right.
The CIA, NSA, and Pokémon Go:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5756204/the-cia-nsa-and-pok-mon-go
Building a Large Geospatial Model to Achieve Spatial Intelligence:
https://nianticlabs.com/news/largegeospatialmodel
And that's only one impact of Google being officially ruled a monopoly.
A survey about Mozilla's future doesn't mention Firefox... but it does have 8 gender options.
The "What Is Your Dream for Mozilla?" Survey: https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/101
Ads are filling the entirety of the Web -- websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. -- at an increasing rate. Prices for those ad placements are plummeting. Consumers are desperate to use ad-blockers to make the web palatable. Google (and others) are desperate to break and block ad-blockers. All of which results in... more ads and lower pay for creators.
It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.
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Those in power with openSUSE make it clear they will not allow me anywhere near anything related to the openSUSE project. Ever. For any reason.
Well, that settles that, then! Guess I won't be contributing to openSUSE! 🤣
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Has anyone else noticed how all the responses to comments on Jaguar's new ad reveal, are all obviously AI generated happy-talk nonsense?
There was some interesting news this week in the world of computing.
But the only one I can think about is NOTEPAD.EXE getting Artificial Intelligence.
I mean. What the fart?!
The Shows
- Will Voting Machines Get Hacked? Almost Certainly.
- Mozilla Foundation Mass Layoffs, Axes Advocacy
- GIMP 3.0 RC Released!
- Notepad.exe Goes AI
- Four Months After The NixOS "Nazi Purge"
- Mozilla Hosts "Feminist, Decolonial, LGBTQIA+, Climate Justice using Al" Event
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