Anyway, more access to the open source packages can’t be bad.

I think it said it’s deprecated or something? I’m not sure, I just know I had problems downloading packages before.

I don’t think it was setup.py . I think I tried to download it directly through pip install xx==0.4.0 or something (the version was required by the program) and it said the package doesn’t exist.

I couldn’t download it even if I wanted to. That’s what I mean. It returns a message saying it isn’t supported.

If prior versions were not support by pip anymore, so yes, if it were removed. There are cases of packages not being supported by the platforms, aren’t there? I’ve run into cases where the package was fully deprecated and not useable or downloadable anymore.

What do you mean?

I just find that if pip did not support that version anymore, the software would be lost. As that is covered by making executables, as I mentioned them. But what if I wanted to have access to the libraries that were used in the program? That wouldn’t be possible. Because all we get in the source code is the dependency fetching, not the dependencies themselves.

It would be good to have an alternative where you get all that you need to compile the code again, not depending on fetching them from websites that might not even have them anymore.

This mentality of ephemeral code just adheres to the way big tech would like to do things, with programmed obsolescence.

An alternative to that way of doing things would be nice and would make sure we get access to the same working open source program in 30 or 40 years.

Maybe we just need a different type of NLP to work with summarization. I have noticed before LLMs are unlikely to escape their ‘base’ knowledge.

ElasticSearch is the most studied academically database search. This is enough to be happy with this reality. If we are to open new FOSS alternatives, it goes through ElasticSearch, if we are to depend on academic science.

As coisas serem mais fáceis de criar e adaptar realmente é um grande adianto, mas não há como negar que as empresas maiores vão guiando por onde a cultura de software vai. E quando o Firefox ou os outros web browsers não puderem ser compatíveis com muitas páginas web? É uma barreira que pode acontecer e ser estabelecida. Acho, por exemplo, que repositórios com infindas bibliotecas para que as pessoas possam ser donas de seus dados seria culturalmente interessante de ser adotada geralmente. Algo como o Maven para o Java, onde você pode baixar diversos JARs.

What do you suggest for browsers then? Do you think they should be written from the ground up?

I’m not sure, but clearly something happens on the background, as my Debian drive broke after I changed it back and forth for the Windows drive. Grub fell back to rescue mode. After following some instructions and trying to boot from grub command line, Debian wouldn’t boot after it recognized the mouse. That’s what I know. Even in different drives, something happens on the PC when you go back and forth with Windows and Linux.

Aproveitando que estamos falando de música, acho incrível como “Imagine” (que tocou na abertura das Olímpiadas de Paris) simboliza essa situação de globalização. Havia esse espírito nos anos 70 e 80, em que artistas selecionados por selos musicais dos Grandes Estúdios, falavam sobre a união da humanidade. É incrível como isso bota a Europa num papel de Jesus Cristo, como os próprios Beatles se compararam uma vez. Até eles tinham noção disso.

No caso da música erudita, com o que você acha que o brasileiro poderia substituir? Tem algum vídeo de uma música estritamente brasileira, por exemplo?

Do you think I can program on a Windows VM? Do you work with it? I still use Windows because I need my programs to work on Windows (had my programs built on Linux fail on Windows Machines before). Do you have experience on this?

Eu acho que precisamos de falas brasileiras sobre o que é o Mundo, sobre a relação de poder entre as pessoas, entre outras opiniões e direções que podemos tomar.

Not on my experience. But separate machines would work, if Microsoft never releases a “Wi-Fi network security patch for compatibility with all machines”.

It’s not just about privacy. Linux and open source communities are a safespace for a novel way of doing things.

I’ve found active small XMPP communities before, so I know they are there, but the client can’t seem to find these niche communities. The communities with most members almost don’t chat about current topics or interesting things. They have a lot of people but no conversation, just like some Discord communities.

I haven’t tested it.

Seems well organized. Nice interface too.

Será que vão cancelar o serviço em breve? Esse seria um choque e tanto. O jornalismo brasileiro respira o X. Será que vão mudar pro Bluesky? O Brasil tem um poder regional importante. Essa é uma situação importante.