<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Learn Technical Independence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intelligence is more than knowing what to say when prompted]]></description><link>https://learn.piescale.com/</link><image><url>https://learn.piescale.com/favicon.png</url><title>Learn Technical Independence</title><link>https://learn.piescale.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 4.48</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:22:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://learn.piescale.com/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[AI Slop]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Will you eat what they feed you?</p><p>By April 2025, it is becoming clear there are going to be two AI tracks:</p><ol><li> Slop brought to you by Microsoft, and Google</li><li>Something zeroing in on pure intelligence, currently lead by Twitter, DeepSeek, and Alibaba</li></ol><p>Intelligence is inherently efficient. &#xA0;It is</p>]]></description><link>https://learn.piescale.com/ai-slop/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ebfb1a2f08c600019dc9ab</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:52:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://learn.piescale.com/content/images/2025/04/Google-AI-studios-getting-worse.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://learn.piescale.com/content/images/2025/04/Google-AI-studios-getting-worse.png" alt="AI Slop"><p>Will you eat what they feed you?</p><p>By April 2025, it is becoming clear there are going to be two AI tracks:</p><ol><li> Slop brought to you by Microsoft, and Google</li><li>Something zeroing in on pure intelligence, currently lead by Twitter, DeepSeek, and Alibaba</li></ol><p>Intelligence is inherently efficient. &#xA0;It is going to run on hardware that is currently being turned into e-waste. &#xA0;It is not going to require buildings full of the newest silicon, dedicated power plants, and trillions of dollars.</p><p>The slop pumpers are chained to a religion of maximizing entropy.</p><p>Pure intelligence is going to be way more zen.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quit Microsoft]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>It&apos;s easier than you think, and the productivity gains alone are worth it.</p><p>Linux Mint is now easier to use than Windows, it&apos;s also faster, more secure, and more stable. &#xA0;OnlyOffice is better than Microsoft Office, and it&apos;s free. &#xA0;You can install</p>]]></description><link>https://learn.piescale.com/quit-microsoft/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ee9beb5e569e000122d9fb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:47:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://learn.piescale.com/content/images/2024/09/microsoft-evil.jpeg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://learn.piescale.com/content/images/2024/09/microsoft-evil.jpeg" alt="Quit Microsoft"><p>It&apos;s easier than you think, and the productivity gains alone are worth it.</p><p>Linux Mint is now easier to use than Windows, it&apos;s also faster, more secure, and more stable. &#xA0;OnlyOffice is better than Microsoft Office, and it&apos;s free. &#xA0;You can install it on your computer, and use it without internet, or you can install it on a server, and run your own cloud collaboration better than Microsoft 365.</p><p>And you can use this forever without ever paying anyone anything, or being forced to change.</p><p>Microsoft uses security theater to cost you money, and harm our environment by sending computers to an early grave. &#xA0;They are in the business of turning money into new software that has to run on new hardware, and center every business decision around accelerating this.</p><p>But normal people want stability. &#xA0;The only way to achieve stability is to quit the chaos agents at Microsoft.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you long for boring tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Whatever happened to stability? &#xA0;Have you ever met a normal person who wanted their software to change after they learned how to use it? &#xA0;How has it become so commonplace, especially among open source projects?</p>]]></description><link>https://learn.piescale.com/do-you-long-for-boring-tech/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ee27b25e569e000122d9af</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 01:58:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://learn.piescale.com/content/images/2024/09/Bliss_-Windows_XP-.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://learn.piescale.com/content/images/2024/09/Bliss_-Windows_XP-.png" alt="Do you long for boring tech"><p>Whatever happened to stability? &#xA0;Have you ever met a normal person who wanted their software to change after they learned how to use it? &#xA0;How has it become so commonplace, especially among open source projects?</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>