Post #924212
2026-01-25 08:13 UTC
Replies (16)
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@evgandr@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-01-25 09:08
@chesheer I think, all WinRAR profits from CIS region are bigger than OpenAI profit at all 😄 :drgn_blush_giggle:
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@spiel1rolle@mastodon.social 2026-01-25 15:57
@chesheer @spacesjut Compressed wisdom.
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@navi@catcatnya.com 2026-01-25 17:04
@chesheer that's not even a joke though
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@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems 2026-01-25 17:19
@chesheer Hear me out: WinRAR is weirdly beloved, often bought by people who say "this got me through my childhood of sneaking stuff out of school on floppies, thanks", isn't predatory, just guilts you gently.
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@mjdxp@labyrinth.zone 2026-01-25 19:32
@chesheer winRAR is actually useful (although i'd argue better alternatives exist). openAI's products are not.
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@guamwatt@infosec.exchange 2026-01-25 22:39
@chesheer paid for WinRAR. Worked great. Big part of my early usenet life. PAR files gave me a good RAID 5 working knowledge when I was, well, alt.binaries. younameit. Likely still have my receipt. I have access to AI tools, am directly encouraged to use it, but I just saw in the episode of The Pitt where the AI ambient listening charting app miss hears the drug name leading to a conversation about proof reading. The problem is spell check, grammer check, even reading it won't solve the problem if the provider doing the medication reconcilitation wasnt really paying close attention and just rubber stamps the auto charting. I have been working with medical providers for 30 years, some of them, I know, will phone it in. Others are very good and will use the tool sensibly. I used AI to ask a work related issue and it did a reasonable job reading public websites for content, but the bulk of the whole answer was a single reddit post, by which I mean directly quoted/lifted. I also have watched someone give a briefing where the language was more complicated/flowery than how they normally speak. So when asked to paraphrase, simplify, explain the basic point -- they just stammered out their grammerly written slop rereading their slide, clearly not even comprehending their "own work". Reminds me I need to hunt down that app and remove it from the network. Unauthorized software installs, GRRR. Time to play infosec whac-a-mole again.🔨🔨🔨
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@jamie@boothcomputing.social 2026-01-25 22:41
@chesheer And more useful
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@miclgael@hachyderm.io 2026-01-25 22:41
@chesheer i would love to quote this. but i'd need a fact check lol
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@Primo@donphan.social 2026-01-25 23:48
@chesheer might purchase WinRAR to tip the scales even more.
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@mavu@mastodon.social 2026-01-26 03:31
@chesheer the shitty kebab shop down the road is more profitable than openai.
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@lispi314@udongein.xyz 2026-01-26 04:03
@chesheer More useful too, for all that I dislike how it's proprietary as well.
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@mrclon@mastodon.ml 2026-01-26 06:39
@chesheer i'm more profitable than OpenAI (:
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@octade@soc.octade.net 2026-01-26 07:36
Wut iz dis OpenAI? It sounds Scottish.
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@astraleureka@social.treehouse.systems 2026-01-27 06:39
@chesheer I've had the opportunity to see the db table containing every winrar registration, let's just say that your statement is actually likely true
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@nocci@punk.cyber77.de 2026-01-25 15:26
@chesheer@mastodon.bsd.cafe I've paid for WinRAR... just for the lulz... was a 7 Bucks special
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@enigmatico@mk.absturztau.be 2026-01-25 19:32
@chesheer@mastodon.bsd.cafe At least WinRAR is somewhat useful for something. I don't see what OpenAI is useful for, other than literally ruining our world.