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- Comment on Which guides to trust for novice / normie getting started? 3 weeks ago:
Fair enough. LLMs and even Google have nuanced drawbacks, I personally try to give the creator of software some say into its usage simply because the intended usage is better tested than any changes I may need in the future.
At the and of the day learning is key.
- Comment on Which guides to trust for novice / normie getting started? 3 weeks ago:
Don’t worry, its made for you to pick it up as you go. Make sure you familiarize yourself with the 3-2-1 backup principles first. The idea that your data survives regardless of anything that may happen is important. You (and I trust me) will bork things and accidentally erase precious data. Be prepared to recover from that. Simple solutions you understand and test > complex info secondhand.
You ddint ask but I will mention you shouldn’t encrypt anything yet that you dont have to. Also use as little software as possible I.e. stay away from github repos.
- Comment on Which guides to trust for novice / normie getting started? 3 weeks ago:
I haven’t had that experience. More often than not I’ve found properly made software breaks in ways that tell you why. I seem to get stuck going in a circle of doom with llms.
- Comment on Which guides to trust for novice / normie getting started? 3 weeks ago:
I believe putting in the effort to understand the man format is a great start. Man was made to be helpful and nearly universal.
I second the idea of breaking down the commands mentally and understanding how CLI really works. You don’t need to go super deep but some stuff like $PATH and general bash or zsh will 100% make everything a breeze. These are tools like swinging a hammer you have to learn the motion.
- Comment on Mr Frisky! Mr Frisky Where Are You? 4 weeks ago:
DOOM Music Intensifies
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 4 weeks ago:
Its a lot more rewarding than choking on a small carrot.
- Comment on Self hosted Teams alternative? 5 weeks ago:
You’re not wrong, If it best suits needs AGLPv3 is swallowable.
- Comment on Self hosted Teams alternative? 5 weeks ago:
GPL3
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass might be getting a price hike 1 month ago:
Lol sire about that?
- Comment on A great disturbance in the Fediverse 2 months ago:
Windows is great if you don’t care about privacy, performance, stability, longevity, freedom, ownership, community, etc.
- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies 2 months ago:
In this economy? I’m sure its worth it but $70 is $70.
- Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal 2 months ago:
Neat! Punishing conspiracy and engineered lying is a good thing!
- Comment on Self hosted Teams alternative? 2 months ago:
Cloud based solutions in selfhosted are a hilarious suggestion.
- Comment on Self hosted Teams alternative? 2 months ago:
I would suggest avoiding anything that is a “community” or “personal use only”. If its not fully open its not worth it.
- Comment on Rear road dudes 2 months ago:
BWAHAAHAH
- Comment on Destroying Gaza 'with love': Israel's new YogiNazis 2 months ago:
Ick. No person would be happy within a 20km radius of her.
- Comment on Rear road dudes 2 months ago:
“Aint nothing but a heartache” “Tell me why” spastic crying
- Comment on Lawsuit claims discrimination by Workday’s hiring tech prevented people over 40 from getting hired 2 months ago:
Its workday. Its a miracle if it works anytime of day. This is not surprising.
- Comment on The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people? 2 months ago:
In my experience the outfits target schools to exploit the children’s relationship and free labor with family. We are talking incredibly low quality junk you cannot find at stores or really even online.
At my school the goal was to sell like $1000 worth a crap to get a limo ride to a local restaurant.
6,7,8 year old etc do not have a value of wealth. “Oh daddy/mommy/grandpa, I really really want the limo ride” etc.
There’s no legitimate reason for such a thing to exist other than pure exploitation. After experiencing that I would demand to opt out for my children.
- Comment on CFPB withdraws proposed rule that would have prevented data brokers from selling or misusing consumers’ sensitive personal data 2 months ago:
Too much money in the long end of the stick.
- Comment on Things at Tesla are worse than they appear 2 months ago:
Funniest thing about Tesla was the idea they’d make evs more economical and realible after starting in the luxury space. They did exactly the opposite and now shareholders are paying dearly.
- Comment on Can local LLMs be as useful and insightful as those widely available? 2 months ago:
100% you don’t have to train a thing ollama uses open availability models. They many are decent, the best use a lot of ram/vram.
- Comment on Data centers will look ridiculous with tiny future servers. 2 months ago:
They tend to fill the space. I mean if you drive by a modern data center, so much grid electrical equipment is just right there. Now if hypothetically supermachine uses all that power sure, small data center. Unless they have a nuclear reactor they should (fu felon musk) only rely on grid/solar/renewables.
- Comment on China’s Shandong carrier makes rare show of force as US and Philippines hold joint drills 2 months ago:
Its always funny, regardless of nationality.
- Comment on China’s Shandong carrier makes rare show of force as US and Philippines hold joint drills 2 months ago:
That too, waste of money when their prime goal is the island next door.
- Comment on Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts 2 months ago:
No, it turns out that lying to the consumer about old tech is profitable.
- Comment on China’s Shandong carrier makes rare show of force as US and Philippines hold joint drills 2 months ago:
It has a ramp. Lol.
- Comment on Kansas wants to use AI to spot guns in schools. One major company won’t say how often the system fails 2 months ago:
If its >50% (that is it is just randomly works) I wouldn’t want to announce that I am ripping off the government either.
- Comment on Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games worldwide 2 months ago:
My last Xbox was Xbox one. Never going back.
- Comment on Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge 2 months ago:
R.I.P Doulingo.