Those morph suits from A Scanner Darkly are looking less and less unhinged lately

Also, you will need to do some preprocessing of your files before importing to immich. Something like this to fix the metadata. I can’t remember which one I used, because there are a few out there.

Well, you won’t like it. If you have very fast internet and a managed downloader, then you may be able to get all of the files. Google seems to throttle the speeds to make large takeouts almost impossible to download in the limited time allowed.

For this size of download, your best option is to get a subscription to a compatible service (Dropbox, etc.) To transfer the files, which will happen much more quickly than downloading yourself. Then download the files from that service at your leisure, and then cancel the service.

It’s pretty backwards, but it’s really the best option for large takeouts (over 5 gigs or so).

I’ve found radicale more stable in my implementation, but both are very good and are pretty similar to use.

If you already have NextCloud/OwnCloud it would be a good to use the Calendar that is already built in, but it doesn’t make sense to install those for a calendar when there are better options available.

I can see a use case when it comes to search - like you said. If the question is relatively trivial and slightly obscure then a LLM summary is probably adequate (maybe problematic for other reasons).

But this is being marketed in Productivity software! I really and genuinely want to understand why it seems so popular.

That has sorta been my experience so far. LLMs are great at producing output as long as the quality of the output doesn’t really matter. Maybe there are a lot more tasks than I realize where this is the case - in my work there are not many.

What are people actually using AI for in office programs? I spend almost all day working on email, documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Every time in the past that I have tried to use AI tools, it has either failed to perform the task, done it poorly/incorrectly, or taken longer than using traditional tools (requiring multiple prompts, editing and correcting, etc.)

Am I just a dinosaur? Are there people who really use these tools productively?

I set up mine through docker and it works great. I’ve switched from other CalDAV / CardDAV hosts and it really is the most stable and reliable.

I use a third party VPN without any issues (USA)

What would happen if you disabled all connections on a Tesla? Or put it in some kind of Faraday cage? Would it just shut itself down, or would it keep running in its current state?

This only seems to support the theory

OpenAI programmed ChatGPT-4o to rank risks from “requests dealing with Suicide” below requests, for example, for copyrighted materials, which are always denied. Instead it only marked those troubling chats as necessary to “take extra care” and “try” to prevent harm, the lawsuit alleged.

What world are we living in?

I think it’s both. There are an unbelievable number of people on Facebook, and there are also a TON of bots and inauthentic users. Meta has every incentive to exaggerate their numbers and permit bad actors (at least up to the point that real users are driven away). Same goes for all corporate social media.

Florida once again forgets that Black Mirror is a cautionary tale.

It’ll be more popular than Twitter in a week. Not that it’s hard…

One last comment on your edit: Tempo is great, and I used that as well, plus it’s open source. The symfonium dev is actually pretty cool about helping you work around Google if you want to buy it another way, but it has to be activated manually by the dev on each device. I just didn’t want the hassle.

I’d probably go with Tempo if I were still using navidrome since it’s open source.

I did this for a while, and only switched back to Jellyfin/Finamp while degoogling (needed for paid version). I thought it was definitely worth it while I was using it. I also listen to music on the TV and Jellyfin handles it better than other options I tried (including side-loading symfonium).

I currently use a separate music library manager on my server to organize my music collection, then Jellyfin just does the server work.

I think you’ll be very happy with the setup you are using.

Also note that this app is closed source so there is no way to audit the claims of data protection. The following is from their privacy policy:

Analytics Data

We use Vercel Analytics to collect anonymous usage statistics including:

• Page views and navigation patterns
• Device type and browser information
• Geographic location (country/region level only)
• Referral sources

• Analytics Cookies: Vercel Analytics uses cookies to track usage patterns anonymously

FYI, MintPress news (featured in the screenshot) is funded by shadowy oligarchs associated with Putin, Assad, and Iran. That’s how a journalism student with no real world experience founded and funded a million-dollar news source.

I’d trust this app about as far as I can throw Putin.

I started off with calibre-web and Kavita, but transitioned to calibre-web only. I found that I have a lot of weird formats for comic books that are not handled well by regular comics hosting. If you have everything in standard CBR formats (etc), then you should have no issues.

I found Kavita and komga basically equivalent, but some people have said it makes a difference for manga series.

Calibre-web-automated is a different project with more features and more active development. I’d probably choose that if I were setting it up today.