sbeak
@sbeak@sopuli.xyz
Hi, I’m sbird! I like programming and am interested in Physics. I also have a hobby of photography.
- Comment on Do you ever feel like your life is "scripted"? Like everything is written by some entity controlling your life? Like you live in a fictional universe? Is this feeling normal/common? 1 day ago:
If the world was some simulation, if you feel that you are a real bag of flesh and are able to feel conscuous, free will, etc. then it doesn’t really matter if the universe is a simulation in my opinion It would explain a lot though. Sometimes I completely forget what I was going to do/find in a room right after I entered it, which could easily be explained by someone high above pulling a funny prank on the flesh bags.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
If you have seen any videos of people visiting these data centers, you can hear the incredibly loud fans that make it difficult to hear the presenter speaking.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Running LLMs do take a lot of power. Trying to run a very small model on my old laptop makes the fans go crazy and power draw must be high given that it gets very hot (granted, the cooling in it isn’t all that great, but power draw is high). Then when you get models with billions upon billions of parameters, you can see how it all adds up. Then you multiply these humongous models with millions of users, as well as consider all the energy required to cool all those servers (fans, pumps, etc).
The biggest power draw in the AI industry is probably training the models, given that it’s quite literally going through the entire internet for every crumb of data and mixing it all together into coherent text and images. Then you see how power grids can be taken down by these power hungry data centers.
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 3 days ago:
No wonder. Some rich guy must have got very upset. Strange though, plenty of people get punched all the time, and there are plenty more GIFs people getting punched. Banning specifically the Nazi guy getting punched isn’t good PR I think…
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 3 days ago:
Woah, wearing the armband and everything. And apparently he was harassing some guy? No wonder he got punched right in the face.
- Comment on Fun/interesting things to self host? 3 days ago:
I set up Radicale first, and never bothered to switch. Also, something about putting all your eggs in one basket.
- Comment on Fun/interesting things to self host? 3 days ago:
I run all of this on my old laptop with Debian installed, and it works quite well!
- Comment on Fun/interesting things to self host? 3 days ago:
Another thing, “Navidrome” is a self-hosted spotify alternative (I don’t use it, I just have the MP3s and OGGs stored locally for offline playback!)
Jellyfin is a self-hosted netflix alternative. Where you get the media is up to you…
- Comment on Fun/interesting things to self host? 3 days ago:
Home Assistant seems like a really good option if you want smart home stuff, but I personally have a “dumb” home and not planning on getting wifi light bulbs any time soon.
- Comment on Fun/interesting things to self host? 3 days ago:
Personally:
Nextcloud (file backup and so much more, I use it to backup files from my computer. Might explore some of the other features soon)
Immich (image backup, I use it to back up photos from my camera + phone)
Radicale (CalDAV + CardDAV for calendar and contacts sync)
Forgejo (GitHub alternative, and the backend of Codeberg! I use this as a local backup to my git repos in addition with cloud backup with Codeberg. They work nice together, when you set two remotes per git repo)
Vikunja (to-do list syncing, don’t use this anymore as I mostly use Joplin for this now)
Joplin (Markdown editor, supports cloud sync with nextcloud, I use this for both notes and to-dos!)
I used to run ConvertX (to convert any file type, whether it’s document, image, video, etc. Think a self-hosted CloudConvert), but I somehow messed up the user permissions and couldn’t log in (100% user error on my part), so I didn’t bother.
- Comment on If WW3 breaks out, what countries are going to be on which side? 3 days ago:
I started out when Barry didn’t like that Kyle got a larger share of the hunt than him, and they beat each other with a stick or something idk. Now we have the biggest of big bombs, the deadliest chemical and biological weapons, super fast fighter jets, etc.
- Comment on If WW3 breaks out, what countries are going to be on which side? 3 days ago:
Wars over natural resources have unfortunately always been a thing with humans. Especially troubling given that we have created all sorts of fun ways to destroy entire populations…
- Comment on If WW3 breaks out, what countries are going to be on which side? 3 days ago:
If the U.S. started the Great War Part III, it would probably be due to an invasion/takeover of a Russian-aligned country (e.g. Iran)
If Russia began the third big one, it would probably be due to either a) invasion of another European country (e.g. Finland, the Baltics) or b) some huge scandal that may or may not be truthful where American/European/NATO/whatever spies are found in Russian soil, prompting a justification to declare war.
If China were to start the war, it would almost certainly begin with either the hot topics of Taiwan or the South China Sea. I doubt the Chinese would risk a war for either though, and would only go in when the U.S. are distracted in some other war (e.g. if Trump goes in on Venezuela)
- Comment on Optimus is now in its early release program and available to approved customers. 1 week ago:
Where is the self hosted? There is no hosting of the self nor the self of the host!
- Comment on Whats a good and proper alternative google message thats clean but better with privacy? - for texting 1 week ago:
Currently I am using “Connect You”. It integrated both messages and contacts, which is nice. Doesn’t have a dialer though, so I use Fossify Phone with the contacts function disabled for that. I find Connect You’s method of showing contacts more aesthetically pleasing than Fossify’s, but that’s just personal preference. Lots of people also like “Quik SMS” (a continuation of “QKSMS” I think)
- Comment on Nextcloud logs me out whenever I leave and rejoin my local network 1 week ago:
I will try restarting and temporarily disconnect and see if the issue pops up. Probably should have done that before…
- Comment on Nextcloud logs me out whenever I leave and rejoin my local network 1 week ago:
Fortunately I’m not in Apple’s walled garden. I’m running Fedora KDE :D
- Comment on Nextcloud logs me out whenever I leave and rejoin my local network 1 week ago:
It’s the desktop client, should have mentioned that. My browser remembers my device.
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- Comment on Finding a private self hosted Google Photos alternative that doesn’t profit from my photos 1 week ago:
When I used iOS, background upload seemed to work okay. On both iOS and Android, though, I occasionally go into the app to manually backup since both like to kill background processes to save on battery life.
- Comment on Selfhosted alternatives to Discord with screensharing? 1 week ago:
I like things being named after cute animals
- Comment on Selfhosted alternatives to Discord with screensharing? 1 week ago:
Stoat is a cute little animal, and they say they chose it because it is quick and clever. Kind of like how “Lemmy” is named after an animal that shares similar properties
- Comment on Could there be additional forces at super low energies? Could a new fundamental force be discovered anytime soon? + other questions relating to forces 1 week ago:
Did you comment on the wrong post? Don’t think I mentioned universities, Windows, or bash
- Comment on Could there be additional forces at super low energies? Could a new fundamental force be discovered anytime soon? + other questions relating to forces 1 week ago:
Could it be possible that the absence of mass is what drives gravity? (probably not, but it’s cool to think about)
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- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
Bats also have forward facing eyes I think (correct me on this please!), but most of them aren’t carnivorous. They eat fruits and bugs and stuff.
- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
So like halfway. I’m half right then. Half of a yes!
- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
Is this because pandas used to be carnivorous? (they have sharp canine teeth despite pretty much only eating bamboo)
- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
pretty sure they face forwards. That’s what Minecraft ones look like, anyway, and a quick search of real ones look like they have forward-facing eyes