hendrik

@hendrik@palaver.p3x.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self hosting Signal server⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a quick look and seems there have been some projects packaging the Signal server for Docker... But the projects Google returns as results on the first page all seem to be abandoned. Seems this is a bit niche. Unfortunaltely I don't have any good advice here. I run a Matrix server, so I don't have experience with this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self hosting Signal server⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Signal is not a federated protocol, though. I guess you can run that server code. But it won't connect you to your friends on the regular Signal network.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LLMs aren’t world models⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh well, LLMs are notoriously bad at chess. Other tasks as well. Maths, especially counting... But I'd say this is because they're not very intelligent. And not trained to be a chess computer. So a clever middle-school kid will outperform them at chess. Or a kindergarden kid at counting letters in words. But that doesn't directly lead to the conclusion they're not world models. That'd conclusion needs some qualifying, quantification and a mathematical proof. This is just opinion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨`continuwuity` vs `tuwunel`: where to go from `conduwuit`?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you very much for the info. I did the switch today, along with the overdue update to 25.05 and everything went smoothly ☺️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they have push notifications in XMPP these days. At least Prosody has modules like mod_unified_push and mod_cloud_notify](https://modules.prosody.im/mod_cloud_notify) and that seems to be supported for example by Conversations.im

  To be honest, I didn't have lots of battery drain, back when I used XMPP. And other old-school protocols like e-mail and sip voip don't seem to be very bad either with whatever mechanisms they use. Or my phone isn't reporting battery drain correctly.... And with Matrix I also had to set up push notifications manually, or it'd just receive messages with a long delay per default.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Upgrading Paperless-ngx several revisions behind⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In these cases I'll do the same thing other people here seem to do as well. Do a backup (or snapshot) and then I'll try to just do it. Obviously read the documentation on updates and major version upgrades first. I think that's fine in the case of paperless-ngx.

  Either it works or it doesn't. In that case I'll gather error logs and information for debugging and roll back to the backup. After a successful major upgrade, I often go through the settings and config and check about all the things that have been added or changed in the meantime and make sure they're set to my liking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shared storage between virtual instances⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just be warned that those two are relatively complicated pieces of tech. And they're meant to set up a distributed storage network including things like replication and load-balancing. Clusters with failover to a different datacenter and such. If you just want access to the same storage on one server from different instances, that's likely way to complicated for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shared storage between virtual instances⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a bunch of options available. I think the exact layout depends on the exact use-case. From GlusterFS, Ceph, to (S3 compatible) block storage, to straightforward NFS, to database replication, that's all for different use-cases like VM failover to decoupling storage from a service, to something like a Jellyfin sharing the media library with another service, to horizontal scaling of services... I don't think there is a single answer to all of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨`continuwuity` vs `tuwunel`: where to go from `conduwuit`?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No worries, I pressed PieFed's notification bell, so you pinged me by adding the top-level comment about the update 😊 I happen to be using NixOS as well. So it's going to be the same. Now lets hope this project turns out good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨`continuwuity` vs `tuwunel`: where to go from `conduwuit`?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for your update here. Decision seems pretty easy then. I'll see if I can find some time next week, do a database snapshot and move to continuwuity as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨`continuwuity` vs `tuwunel`: where to go from `conduwuit`?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What do the few people here who stop using Matrix altogether, replace it with? XMPP? Or do you just use Signal or the commercial messengers eveeyone uses?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨`continuwuity` vs `tuwunel`: where to go from `conduwuit`?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm in the same boat. Keep me updated if you go forwards. I think I'm going to wait 2 more weeks or so and then make a decision. Community-driven sounds nice. I wasn't aware of cuntinuwuity yet. And yes, all the drama and burnt-out people isn't nice or healthy at all. It's a shame that this is the state of messengers these days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that "AI" in itself is highly unspecific term⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, you're right. I think we can circle back to your original post, which stated the term is unspecific. However, I don't think that makes sense in computer science, or natural science in general. The way I learned is: you always start out with definitions. And mathematical, concise and waterproof ones, because you then base an entire building on top of it. And that just collapses if the foundation isn't there. And maths starts to show weird quirks. So the computer scientists need a proper definition anyway. But that doesn't stop us using the imperfect one in every day talk. I think they're not the same, though.

  I'm not sure about the robotics. Some people say intelligence is inherently linked to interacting with the real world. And that it isn't a thing in isolation. So that would mean an AI would need to be able to manipulate the real world. You're certainly right that can be done without robotics and limited to text and pictures on a screen. But I think ultimately it's the same thing. And multimodal models can in fact use almost the same mechanisms they use to process and manipulate image and text, and apply it to movements and navigate 3D space. I'd argue robotics is the same side of the same coin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that "AI" in itself is highly unspecific term⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I'd say some select tasks. And it's not really the entire distinction. I can do math equations with my cognitive capabilities. My pocket calculatir can do the same, yet it's not AI. So the definition has to be something else. And AI can do tasks I cannot do. Like go through large amounts of data. Or find patterns a human can not find. So it's not really tied to specific things we do. But a generalized form of intelligence, and I don't think that's well defined or humans are the measurement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that "AI" in itself is highly unspecific term⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, generative AI is a good point.

  I'm not sure with the computer scientists, though. It's not any task, that'd be AGI. And it's not necessarily connected to humans either. Sure they're the prime example of intelligence (whatever it is). But I think a search engine is AI as well, depending how it's laid out. And text to speech, old-school expert systems. A thermostat that controls your heating with a machine learning model might count as well, I'm not sure about that. And that's not really like human cognitive tasks. Closer to curve fitting, than anything else. The thermostat includes problem-solving, learning, knowledge, and planning and decision making. But on the human intelligence score it wouldn't even be a thing that compares.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that "AI" in itself is highly unspecific term⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And "intelligence" itself isn't very well defined either. So the only word that remains is "artificial", and we can agree on that.

  I usually try to avoid the word "AI". I'll say "LLM" if I talk about chatbots, ChatGPT etc. Or I use the term "machine learning" when broadly speaking about the concept of computers learning and doing such things. It's not exactly the same thing, though. But when reading other people's texts I always think of LLMs when they say AI, because that's currently what they mean almost every time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Question about storage⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm afraid that won't help. That was like 7 years ago and all the hardware isn't available any more. It's a Xeon 4 core, an affordable workstation/server mainboard that happens to be very efficient in idle, 48GB of RAM and a bunch of harddisks. I started out with 6TB and then bought the best size/price hdds, which should currently be somewhere in the 12-14TB range if I'm not mistaken?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any Middleware that performs similar functions to Cloudflare, just... selfhosted?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you're either looking for a tunnelling solution or a Web Application Firewall. And there are several options. ModSecurity, or SafeLine, BunkerWeb, Coraza, open-appsec. For (AI) crawlers and bad bots we have Anubis, Iocaine... or something like more traditional blocklists or something like OpenResty which is some modified Nginx plus modules...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Question about storage⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I eventually moved to an energy-efficient PC. It has a large case and 6 SATA ports and lots of RAM. That replaced pretty much everything I had before. I try to buy the largest hdd I can afford every time I need a new one. And the old NAS and smaller harddrives get a second use as backup space and for experimenting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which guides to trust for novice / normie getting started?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I like YunoHost. That's an all-in-one solution to do the selfhosting for you. So you won't learn a lot about the intricate details of the tech, but you can install things with a few clicks. That's nice if you just want to use stuff. And that project has some track-record. I'm using it for years to self-host Peertube, Immich a Nextcloud and a few other things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shitsharing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct. We currently have some sentiment against liberal spaces and DEI programs and so on. And some people think it's the war against straight white men. But having a men's groups or women's groups or safe-spaces to talk freely about whatever topics isn't authoritarian. The opposite of it is equally true. You can't discuss certain topics without the correct space for it, and not allowing them to discuss how they like is authoritatian as well!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apparently Debian has alienated the developers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh man, I'm a bit late to the party here.

  He really believes the far-right Trump propaganda, and doesn't understand what diversity programs do. It's not a war between white men an all the other groups of people... It's just that is has proven to be difficult to for example write a menstrual tracker with a 99.9% male developer base. It's just super difficult to them to judge how that's going to be used in real-world scenarios and what some specific challenges and nice features are. That's why you listen to minority opinions, to deliver a product that caters to all people. And these minority opinions are notoriously difficult to attract. That's why we do programs for that. They are task-forces to address things aside from what's mainstream and popular. It'll also benefit straight white men. Liteally everyone because it makes Linux into a product that does more than just whatever is mainstream today. Same thing applies to putting effort into screen readers and disabled people and whatever other minorities need.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhisperX — Automated Transcripts w/ Timestamps and Speaker Tagging⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm... Would be interesting to find out what kind of effect that has on the average marriage or relationship 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhisperX — Automated Transcripts w/ Timestamps and Speaker Tagging⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Likely everyday stuff... Meeting minutes, phone or video conferences and such...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨KAOSnow, a totally new take on Democracy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure. I mean we seem to be a bit different and have different visions. So I'm not sure if I'm the correct person to take your idea to pieces and add my spin on it... That could take away from a clear vision and turn it into a mess. Maybe it's better if I do my thing and you do yours... But I'm not sure about that. My DMs are open, so feel free to DM me. I'm just not sure whether I'm able to contribute.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Finds LLMs Biased Against Men in Hiring⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I meant both sex and gender. They regularly fail to tell me a lot for my own real life. I like some people and dislike others and it's easier for me to talk to / work with / collaborate or empathize depending on various circumstances. Personality traits, shared goals... Maybe sharing something or it's the opposite of that. I believe gender or sex or identity is a bit overrated and so is stereotyped thinking for a lot of applications. Or the need to conform to a stereotype. Dress and identify however you like, make sure to give your children an electronics kit and a princess dress... And unless that's really important for some niche application, don't feel the urge to look into their pants and check what's there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Finds LLMs Biased Against Men in Hiring⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You're welcome. I mean it's kind of a factual question. Is gender an indicator on its own? If yes, then the rest is just how statistics and probability work... And that's not really a controversy. Maths in itself works 🥹

  I'd also welcome if we were to cut down on unrelated stuff, stereotypes and biases. Just pick what you like to optimize for and then do that. At least if you believe in the free market in that way. Of course it also has an impact on society, people etc and all of that is just complex. And then women and men aren't really different, but at the same time they are. And statistics is more or less a tool. Highly depends on what you do with it and how you apply it. It's like that with most tools.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Finds LLMs Biased Against Men in Hiring⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Right. If it's true that women statistically outperform men (with same application documents), it'd be logical to prefer them just on gender alone. Because they likely turn out to be better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Finds LLMs Biased Against Men in Hiring⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Issue is they probably want to pattern-recognize something like merit / ability / competence here. And ignore other factors. Which is just hard to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Finds LLMs Biased Against Men in Hiring⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  LLMs reproducing stereotypes is a well researched topic. They do that due to what they are. Stereotypes and bias in (in the training data), bias and stereotypes out. That's what they're meant to do. And all AI companies have entire departments to tune that, measure the biases and then fine-tune it to whatever they deem fit.

  I mean the issue aren't women or anything, it's using AI for hiring in the first place. You do that if you want whatever stereotypes Anthropic and OpenAI gave to you.