I learned my lesson when Microsoft OneNote, upon having my notebooks full and my storage cap hit, did not even allow me to delete anything, because I could not save due to "storage full". However, it was also impossible to export OneNote locally because the newer apps only work with the cloud. I had to download an older version to download my files, delete some notebooks, and go back under the storage cap.
Or I could have paid Microsoft. But I did not feel like it.
Because (this is not my personal opinion, but my observations on LLM discourse):
1. As it is usually the case, it is more or less accepted that AI and LLMs make mistakes. There have been cases of teenagers committing suicide at the request and/or suggestion of chatbots. So this is just another of these "mistakes"
2. Going against Elon Musk means you go against free speech. This also means you will become a target of US government meddling, similar to how Donald Trump railed against EU applying EU law to a company offering EU services (Twitter)
3. Elon Musk is also one of the most powerful men in the world, and it's likely getting banned from Twitter for reporting / sharing this is the best that can happen. The worst is harassment, like happened to journalists that post stuff unfavourable to Musk in the past.
4. Grok issued an apology (as if AIs and LLMs had a conscience)
5. Grok and other AI chatbots are already being used for sexual purposes. Although they are intended to be used by adults, and to share content depicting adults, this is still (in my opinion) outrageous. I think legislation should prohibit AI chatbots from emulating intimate relationships with other humans, but this hasn't happened, so this is a side effect of that.
6. It is already possible to generate CSAM through AI models. Cloud-hosted models tend to have guardrails, but people can modify, tune, and train open source models.
The biggest, loudest, most powerful proponents of free speech don't actually believe in it. Musk bans and fires anyone who disagrees with him. Donald Trump rails against news articles and media companies who publish information he personally doesn't like, all while both of them blame the EU for violating a supposed free speech standard that they themselves hate, and also one the EU never really adhered to.
That's not what I imply. I'm saying that it eases the creation of new taxes, which are ever-increasing in the EU due to the social welfare costs that increase with immigration and aging populations.
Or new compliance obligations, such as recently the new need to provide a source of fund if you buy a watch worth more than 10k€. The watch seller has to then pay a specialized company to analyze it, the customer loses time on trying to get the documents, you leak private data to unknown parties and compliance agents will know everything about you. So much for the "privacy".
You misread this comment. Thai payment system works across the Asian countries (they are not in a UNION are they?). You can use that payment system if you have a bank in Singapore,Korea,Indonesia etc.
SEPA is instant and no fees outside the EU too, like Norway and UK.
It's great Thailand has this, but I still fail to see how EU trying to copy Thailand (for a definition of copying) makes you lose faith in the EU. You would rather not have this no-fee payment system in the EU? How is this at all a negative thing?
>SEPA is instant and no fees outside the EU too, like Norway and UK.
This is not the point. They need to be in SEPA for it to work.
>It's great Thailand has this, but I still fail to see how EU trying to copy Thailand (for a definition of copying) makes you lose faith in the EU. You would rather not have this no-fee payment system in the EU? How is this at all a negative thing?
The point is Thailand managed this due to economic, capitalist needs across different countries and cultures.
The EU is a union and did not even manage to do that as well as Thailand.
Those services you mentioned along with some others (like German Giropay) have been connected under one umbrela of Wero in 2024.
That's whats so confusing about this Digital euro. Why not just push Wero? It already is cooperation of many banks that have presence all around europe. I guess difference is that Digital euro will be going through european central bank? That could be huge fail because by 2029 (when digital euro should start) SEPA instant payments with QR codes and initiatives like Wero will be super established.
It's not surprising at all that a single country could do this, especially since it's such a relatively affluent one and none of their neighbors had anything similar.
Additionally you need to understand that to be a true VISA/MC alternative like JCB that card needs to work abroad with the POS terminals just needing a SW update. And it needs to rolled out NOW.
I really doubt that. People have been hating on GitHub for years or even decades. GitLab at some point very publicly wanted to become "the world's most trusted place for open source software" but I think they gave up, or at least pivoted to AI.
GitHub has one massive advantage which is even people in HR know programmers use it, and they can just glance at a candidate from GitHub. For as long as this remains in place, GitHub will survive.
I would rather use GitLab, honestly. Forgejo, Codeberg, etc, have a CI/CD modelled after GitHub actions which I really don't like, but I digress.
Unfortunately that does not really work for people who live in countries governed by oppressive regimes, or people who are in any way different (immigrant, LGBT, etc), and in fact, even posting with the best of intentions will have people wanting you dead. Ask me how I know.
Actual inboxes with their separate username@domain and password? Probably about 20, out of which I only really use around 10 and the rest are dormant or I don't really bother checking.
Or I could have paid Microsoft. But I did not feel like it.
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