It could be a lot of things! For example:

A PDF or other binary file stored in a text field might get misinterpreted as non-UTF-8 characters during a backup.

Similarly, audio or video files—or any kind of binary data—stored inappropriately in text fields could cause issues.

It could also be due to corrupt data or improper encoding when the data was inserted into the database.

Essentially, anything non-textual or incorrectly encoded could result in invalid UTF-8 characters showing up in a backup.

I am vehemently against it.

Just make a community. Build it, they will come.

Not everyone needs a personal board. When reddit did it it made me think of how discord does the same thing and all it does is muck up ux.

Good pun chains are what early reddit had that Lemmy lacks.

Thanks y’all 💩

Exercise.

If you are literally only able to focus on inhaling and exhaling, the ruminative thoughts will not stand a chance.

You’re holding onto a long-standing misconception: Linux is not inherently more secure than Windows. In fact, the opposite can be true.

The reason Linux seems safer is because it has a much smaller market share. Attackers don’t build massive botnets to target misconfigured Linux systems the way they do for Windows. But that’s not security—that’s just security through obscurity, which doesn’t hold up if someone is targeting you specifically.

Let me clarify my earlier point about “a link for you to click.” If an attacker is specifically targeting someone using Linux, they’re not any better protected than someone on Windows. At that point, it comes down to how well the user understands and secures their system.

The key difference? Windows actively warns you about misconfigurations that open you up to attack. For example, try enabling Remote Desktop Protocol—Windows will warn you repeatedly about the risks. Linux, on the other hand, won’t stop you. You can misconfigure SSH, open ports, or skip updates without a single warning. If someone’s after you and you’ve made a mistake? You’re toast.

Linux is powerful, but it doesn’t hold your hand the way Windows does. If you think it’s inherently secure, you’re just relying on the fact that fewer bots are looking for you—not that the system itself is protecting you.

I’ve got a link for you to click, Mr super secure OS user. I promise your OS will protect you.

If you think being on Linux makes you immune for attacks, I have bad news for you.

I’ll catch downvotes, whatever.

Is there too much hype in the AI space? Yes. Is it still absolutely incredible, the advancements we’ve made since 4chan made gpt2 racist?

We got LLMs that can one-shot code up simple games like snake and minesweeper. I can throw 12 pdfs at a single prompt and ask which of them talks about an idea that might not be explicitly mentioned in any of them and not only can it identify it, it can summarize it and expand on it.

Am I sick of seeing it shoved into everything? Yes. Is it basically magic? Also yes.

Well the solution here is to just use the superior distro, naturally.

This post will surely upset nobody.