Huh, well, I can tell you that Google classifies me as a local guide just because I try to regularly review places I go to, and I’m always honest with my reviews… I’ve left some scathing ones (not without reason, I hope) here and there as well 🤷🏻‍♂

That’s not why I like Linux… but on that note anyway: if the source providing said warning is trustworthy, then let’s have it!

It is my speculation based on experience and direct invitations to review stuff that Google effectively does ranked crowd-sourcing for Google Maps, etc., in which Google secretly tracks and gives heftier vote power to veteran accounts with longer histories of competence and reliability (especially, say, accounts that are a decade old and still regularly contributing and proposing corrections), unbeknownst to said account holders themselves. Perhaps their lead could be the way out of such messes.

Qalculate! doesn’t need the Enter key to run calculations, and can calculate for X. These are the reasons no other calculator should ever be promoted!

Hmm, I was only aware of the ones that actually, accidentally made it into releases. Well, what’s to stop such devs from still getting targeted despite these safety checks (I mean, in their personal lives)? We’ve gotta find a way to protect these critical individuals…

Really? What software went from open-source to closed specifically because of vibe-coding? I’d also question how long they kept up their quality… What apps disabled contributions in favor of AI slop? I’ve never heard of this.

Stirling-PDF and Episteme Reader are solid examples of apps that went freemium, but I know of no product that entirely went paid-only because of vibe-coding. If anything, Stirling-PDF was originally vibe-coded and then added traditional programmers to its team upon seeing its popularity skyrocket, from what I remember reading. I’d be curious to see your examples on the other end.

Kdenlive is an old piece of software from over a decade ago. While we can’t be sure that all of the contributors stayed AI-free, I’m sure all of the code was vetted for quality since a lot of people are invested in this incredible video editor.

Even from an anti-AI view, I’m not sure of what to make of skepticism like yours; what if vibe coders simply lie and say they didn’t use AI? Then would you instantly give it a pass? Proof of AI-free work has become impossible due to offline FOSS models, so unless I’m missing something, all we can do is aim for quality and security by this point, I think.

The UI is tricky but that could be said of any video editor other than maybe iMovie lol. Nonetheless, I’ve produced literally every video on my YouTube channel since about 2015-16 using Kdenlive, and would be happy to give pointers if there is anything basic that you don’t know how to do (though I’m certainly no expert).

I have always been impressed by its automatic waveform-syncing ability, which even paid software I used prior couldn’t do.

Maybe they’re interested in finding exactly what the public’s critical breaking point is. Without gauging exactly what the demand (for distraction-free, private use) is, they cannot optimize their sales. They sure lost big with France, but we’ll see who else follows suit…

In theory hypothesis

To get pedantic, you’d have to test that out a whole bunch before even coming close to theory level, lol!

Fascinating. I suppose a proximity sensor is better than a camera, at least, right? Did you cover it with a napkin or something? I’ve gotta try this app out now…

search for hidden wireless cameras in hotel rooms

Wow, how do you find them? Have you actually had success?

Path of exile

Which?

Dang. I never thought of using the discovery servers for that purpose. Creative! Just hope that one side doesn’t accidentally delete everything in there…

Shoot, really? Dang…

Yeah, just… do not sink deeper into the bathtub lol…

Didn’t know about this, thanks!

lol the truth comes out. I just wanna stay as close to Windows as would be comfortable without Microsoft’s telemetry, personally ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I’ve never used Vent nor Teamspeak, either. I just don’t get why Reddit’s/Lemmy’s excellent threading can’t be followed more closely. I understand that IMs fire rapidly and can bury threads up above, but the current format is just too unwieldy for mass discussion.

Actually, it’s the lack of E2E that I dislike the most. There doesn’t seem to be any easy way to solve real-time child comments, but at least Matrix is E2E. Revolt, while not E2E (and lacking video-streaming), can at least be self-hosted as well. Where Discord excels insanely is in its live screen-sharing; nothing comes close except maybe Google Meet and Zoom.

Discord has such a ridiculous, unfriendly layout, too; almost any other platform has a better UI…