@sounddrill It's MiUnlockTool by offici5l, https://github.com/offici5l/MiUnlockTool/

It's a FOSS cross-platform replacement for the proprietary OEM unlock tool

It retrieves the unlock code from Xiaomi's servers so it has the same costraints as the official tool so you can't use it to bypass […]

Finally unlocked the bootloader of this Xiaomi Redmi 9C NFC

_It's been 3,000 years..._

@nomaakip :waf:

@gothdactyl :neobot_floof:

@unnick bless you :neobot_floof:

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@eclairwolf This is something you sometimes see that genuinely completely baffles me

If someone knows and understands how the technology works and how it's a combination of weighted sums, algorithms and training data... how can they begin to think it's sentient being?

By that definition, are […]

for reals, i'm serious about the environmental risk thing. like, i'm almost 100% that in a year or two we'll be seeing a whole cottage industry of "ai detox" self help books, and probably eventually some new form of therapy focused on regaining executive function & critical thinking skills

side […]

thing that always gets me is seeing the computer scientists - who i know understand how it all works and should know better - yap about the possibility that the text prediction models they talk ~~to~~ at could be sentient.

it's like an ee looking at a wall outlet and then going Holy Shit is […]

@eri It's nuts to think how PowerPC is technically-kinda-sorta still around through the Power ISA but you barely see it mentioned nowadays, while back then it was basically everywhere

Outside from computers, consoles and embedded devices it was even used for space expolration!

@Umbreon That really is garbage

...but imo all the more reasons to switch to (and support!) RVX/Morphe or third-party client apps!

@nomaakip :waf:

@nomaakip fopspin -> :spinny_neofox:

@axionyx Debian is my go-to for servers or basically any machine where stability is critical :neobot:

@nomaakip one of us!
one of us! :spinny_neofox:

@eri This is hilarious lmao