> my default stance towards complex "AI" systems is that they all harbor biases

I’m sure there are exceptions, but one could assume that opaque systems are used as tools to encode biases that are advantageous but wrong.

These biases could have existed in code, but opaque agents give much better plausible deniability.

(Caveat here acknowledging one can often assume a lack of malice)

Hey, this looks really cool! Best wishes and I’ll try to watch out for when this is more ready

This matches my experience. Very difficult to understand what I needed to get the effect I wanted.

Thanks, your disambiguation helped me

I can't tell and I couldn't seem to find confirmation one way or the other, but is this connected via USB micro? Would be very unfortunate not to be USB C.

Otherwise this seems awesome! I'll certainly take a look at their other products

There are so many examples of this. It's been hard to express and advocate for my severe distrust of proprietary garbage (my choice of words isn't hyperbole in this case) to others around me. But with so much of this race to the bottom, I can't help but wonder: how much will consumers take?

I'll admit, my FOSS prefering, DIY leaning use of tech is tedious, but is it worse than dealing with the churn companies force you (and your wallet) to deal with?

The cassette tape adapter powered by the cigarette lighter is the gold standard of interoperability.

Today, most electronics manufacturers have sold off their operations, so we're left with proprietary pap like CarPlay and Android Auto.

And alternatives that I honestly think are better.

One reason I'm unwilling to move from Firefox right now: Recommended Extensions.

They're extensions that are checked by Mozilla employees for quality, security and privacy. Extensions have such unfettered access to my browsing, and so many have such nefarious practices that I'll only install extensions that Mozilla vets.

This argument of allegedly hostile addons is true to an extend. They theoretically do indeed have access to your browsing, just like your browser has access to your browsing.

However the security argument was used to inhibit ad blockers and get more control about browsers, an already quite restricted ecology. I gladly have the option to vet addons myself just like I do vet browser vendors. Some of the later and attached companies might have questionable goals.

For me this feature of Firefox is the least important, but demands differ I guess.

Hey this is very cool! And something I've looked for multiple times before

Can't wait! I've currently settled on Caddy as my reverse proxy, but something rust based and extended with wasm would be great

I mostly agree and wouldn't do it myself, but as a consumer what are the odds this is just a better experience? All content, very few restrictions

Oh I know it’s better, I’m always happy to teach others how to self host and am happy to trade content.

But I won’t profit from piracy. I rather be a customer in a fair market.