Anomalous State of Knowledge is a new term for me, thanks 🙂 It’s so true though, knowing what questions to ask usually requires you to actually know what you don’t know.
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Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
I see myself in your profile. It took me ages to take the leap.
I first tried seeking help in r/selfhosted and got discouraged by the elitist community.
I just ate dozens of hours of YouTube content, bought a Raspberry Pi 4, and failed numerous times.
The fact is, I was stuck in the anomalous state of knowledge.
So just go ahead, hit and miss, but as an ADHD, document everything. EVERYTHING. Every step you take, every thing you learn.
The community here is a lot friendlier than Reddit’s, so don’t be afraid of asking, as long as it’s well formulated.
And one thing I didn’t have when I took my first steps is AI. It was made for this: getting out of the anomalous state of knowledge. It will help you define what’s missing so you can ask the proper questions.
Have fun learning!
TA_Help@piefed.social 13 hours ago
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 14 hours ago
Yes! I literally wrote the guy (or gal) the same thing personally, before reading any comments. Keeping a journal helps so so much! Start a blog if you can, I only started it in 2025 (having some random notes here and there before that), and it’s so so so rewarding!
Also, GPTs help a lot, especially when you’re able to verify the outputs. It’s somewhat challenging, to understand it’s lying, if you’re new to the topic, but I noticed it’s quite good at the simple questions, especially tech ones.
I’ve got an impression that rather a friend than a consultant is needed. Unfortunately, I’ve got none when I needed them so much. But I think I can be someone’s friend, so feel free to ping.