Windows is at least relatively un intrusive with that stuff, MacOS often makes hidden metadata files with the same extension as the files they store info about

I installed an old program the other day that added a Thumbs.db file from 2008 to every folder containing images as it extracted the program files to disk.

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And this is why I’ve never touched anything AI related

Fair, though that is a somewhat different scenario. I can completely disengage with .ml and still participate in other instances, and the developers don’t get any support from that.

Good recommendation algorithms don’t change the fact that the platform is owned by someone who is actively staging a coup

I suppose the fediverse in general.

they put it in the whale. that is how docker transports things and you cannot change my mind.

It was proposed as a badge, but it originally comes from https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/amp/