I’ve seen people become more introverted and unable to participate in an open discussion. They bring an opinion but refuse to reason with actual arguments. If that doesn’t work out for them (it never does) they are offended and leave. Very odd behaviour.
I switched from Kubuntu to CachyOS last week, after 10 years or so. CachyOS is based on Arch, and did not disappoint so far, extremely fast, makes Ubuntu look old and sluggish. It’s really impressive. The basic installation was easy. The GUI package manager isn’t as polished but works. A little bit of terminal tweaking was required to install some packages (VMM and KRDC gave me some trouble) but the documentation was ok. Absolutely can recommend.
Not OP, but the votes being public (not only on comments but also on posts) make it really easy for someone with malicious intent to generate a profile on your interests, political and sexual orientation, health/mental issues, addictions and so on. It’s a goldmine of data that should be protected.
There is an aspect mentioned in there which hits the nail on the head for me. I’m not a game developer, but a developer nonetheless, and this ongoing AI debacle is taking a toll on my mental health too. I know very well that LLMs are not going to replace me, and that most of it is just hype, ignorance and stupidity by people who don’t have a clue about what’s involved in software development.
But that’s beside the point really. What hurts is the blatant disregard of human skills and craftsmanship which are necessary for making good software, and this a level of disrespect to me and my profession which is hard to swallow. Furthermore, the uncertainty and mayhem created in the industry over what is basically a lie (there is no intelligence in AI) makes it really really difficult now to work. It’s a massively frustrating shit show of delusional people and I’d rather become a goat farmer.
True, but I’ve noticed that as a change in my personal circle, and as a recent change among people who acted different before becoming heavy AI users. I find it difficult to describe the effect, it’s like a disassociation with their surroundings like what supposedly happens when people join a cult. Quite suddenly it becomes very difficult to get through to them. It’s weird and scary.