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I don't understand why this law would directly affect VLC. As far as I understand they provide the software, not the content. Can someone explain?

Very interesting! Sounds like a field where LLMs could be trully useful, and indeed there is recent literature of the use of generative AI in communication assistance research.

I find Gimp super useful and easy to learn. Using it to edit pdfs generated by NotebookLM is my new way of creating decks and presentations. Thanks for the great work.

The eternal question: is Enshittification imposed by companies for maximizing profits or just a consumers choice?

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Interesting wildcard ideas in the article, but I don't think we can understand how the brain works using computing concepts. For a nice discussion on DNA being the "blueprint" of life I recommend Philip Ball's "How life works".

"Trash is an inescapable element of the human condition."

It is an inescapable element of the current consumerism economical model, but it should'nt be of the human condition.

Congratulations, I really enjoyed it. I never play videogames and I'm on mobile, but I engaged instantly.

I'm a customer of Ente since more than a year ago. I transferred my 30K photos from Google Photos without a problem. Very happy with this product. While some functionalities where missing at the beginning (powerful editor, sharing, collaborating, search) the Mobile and desktop apps have improved a lot, and continue to do so. Today, I do not miss Google Photos.

"Computing is still young, and platforms are changing quickly. Modern browser extensions and smartphone platforms have only been around for about a decade. These platforms will evolve, and there will be new platforms after them, and we will get to collectively decide how open they will be."

I really like this final comment. As a non expert in computing, I also often think about how young is this field, and I fantasize about how it will evolve, hopefully towards a more accessible and open ecosistem.