Comment on If you are not in a tech field, what got you into self-hosting?
hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
as a student, this is much more interesting than studying
I once wired my whole ass house for ethernet. (Before realizing I was colorblind nonetheless.) Instead of studying.
Never underestimate how you can use study procrastination as a push force for other shit. (Unless you’re a dipshit like me and do it with an imminent exam)
As a cyber student, I have to literally stop myself from researching FOSS apps and homelab setups so I do my actual work that will get me the degree to pay for said projects and setups…
Hey, hosting your own LLM could work out for you in that respect.
i’d rather spend time actually learning and doing things instead of being an LLM slopper lol
Damn, got shot down, lol. I’m not advocating for churning out assignments; just for tinkering with editing and brainstorming. “Actually learning and doing things” is admirable. I’d rather be certain a student is growing instead of the clanker.
One. Of. Us!
What I’ve found works well is giving it a prompt to turn it into a tutor (along with giving it the information) if something doesn’t seem right, look into it without AI, I haven’t had it backfire on me yet. I can definitely respect someone avoiding ai entirely though.
But think about it: You could outsource procrastinating to it and just do other things instead - like herding puppies…
gigachad student
@muxika @hexagonwin If you do make sure you got a gpu or you'd likely be frustrated with it if it worked.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
As a student, most things are more interesting than studying.