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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Replacement for Roku?

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  • Not the guy to ask about that, sorry. I've seen it recommended elsewhere which is good enough for me. If you make a post about it I would definitely be interested. I'm not using it myself but I do keep an eye on the updates.

  • Replacement for Roku?

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  • From what I can gather KonstaKang is the guy who makes these Raspberry Pi-specific versions.

  • Replacement for Roku?

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  • Me too. The original devs abandoned it and it was picked back up by new devs in 2025

    The way I see it, if someone eventually makes a Bazzite-styled distro that "just works" with a Plasma-Bigscreen UI on a Raspi it will become the clear and obvious choice for anyone. But we're far from that still.

  • Replacement for Roku?

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  • Not quite, and believe me, I've been looking.

    Your best bet is probably LineageOS Android TV on a Raspi 5. From there you can install Kodi too. My issue here is that CEC does not work. Meaning you need a second remote.

    I probably don't recommend LibreELEC on a Raspi, because despite install being seamless, Kodi these days is essentially a real-debrid frontend (which might be what you're looking for if you want integral torrent downloads!). The normal streaming apps for Kodi are not maintained even PlexJellyfin don't work out of the box.

    Something else I'm keeping an eye on is Plasma Bigscreen but that's probably 2 years out minimum of being user friendly enough for someone not experienced.

    Lastly if you have a Samsung TV, Tizentube will get you YouTube without ads (and other perks).

  • Move Over, ChatGPT

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  • Ah yeah I'm with you. I actually think LLMs are a useful tool for that initial push- a search query, rough draft (or demo). But I'm not convinced they could ever move beyond that, since creating rigid, reliable structure isn't what they're designed to do.

  • They "cannot guarantee" the product description of the 1.3k dollar laptop theyre selling is accurate because they used chatgpt to write it

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  • Move Over, ChatGPT

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  • 🙌Hail all knowing Claude🙌

  • They "cannot guarantee" the product description of the 1.3k dollar laptop theyre selling is accurate because they used chatgpt to write it

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  • I recently tried asking Amazon's AI a simple question about a product that had hundreds of reviews. It was a cheap thing, and I admit I was too lazy to verify the info so I went with what the AI said and bought it, and guess what the AI was just completely wrong and now Amazon is paying for me to ship it back.

  • Move Over, ChatGPT

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  • This is interesting but I wonder how he verified the data it was spitting out if he doesn't know how to code?

  • Anyone else on here a "Reddit refugee"?

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  • Good point!

  • Anyone else on here a "Reddit refugee"?

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  • Changes nothing lol

  • Anyone else on here a "Reddit refugee"?

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  • Interesting take, isn't Lemmy less democratic since admins have total control?

  • Anyone else on here a "Reddit refugee"?

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  • Lemmy is 50% people who hate Reddit for giving the volunteer mods too much power to shape their communities, and 50% people who hate Reddit for not giving the volunteer mods enough power to shape their communities.

    And no they don't get along here either.

  • Smart glasses and socializing

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  • Don't fall into the anti-AI hype

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  • It seems we agree on the facts, but not on what "useful" or "helpful" means. I honestly have never, ever considered deciding on what food to serve guests be "labor", but in the interests of replying in good faith I asked an LLM the exact prompt you gave. It gave a long, detailed reply, but here is the first part labeled "1. Welcome / Cocktail Reception":

    Mini prosciutto‑wrapped melon balls • Brie & caramelized onion tartlets (store‑bought puff pastry) • Stuffed mushroom caps (herb cream cheese + breadcrumbs)

    I want you to consider that this not actually helpful in the slightest, and is fact creating more work. Consider: is there a vendor nearby that has these items as an an option for event planning? Is this a recipe that even exists? Does this information further my mission of having a wedding in any conceivable way?

  • Don't fall into the anti-AI hype

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  • Those paragraphs are what I'm talking about. The author fails to explain what the LLM actually did that was helpful. It's like saying "I used ChatGPT to plan my wedding menu" without any more details. What did it actually do? Why was it helpful? Those are the things I continue to not understand about these tools.

  • Smart glasses and socializing

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  • I recently asked a friend to remove their meta glasses while we were out to eat. It was awkward for a moment but they were understanding, and we had a good talk about privacy and tech after.

  • I decided to abandon Windows on my desktop this year. After some searching I ended up with

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  • I'm relatively a Linux newbie and "open app store and click install" couldn't have been more user friendly to me, so I'm very excited by it all

  • I decided to abandon Windows on my desktop this year. After some searching I ended up with

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  • Bazzite has been the most plug and play distro I've ever used!