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Comment on What are some seemingly silly things in your life that have practical purposes? in ~life
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Comment on Shopping around for a new-and-improved backup solution in ~comp
F13 LinkI used rclone for a while to back up to cloud providers, but I am currently between solutions. Rclone might not tick all your boxes but I was pretty happy with the experience. The only reason I'm...I used rclone for a while to back up to cloud providers, but I am currently between solutions. Rclone might not tick all your boxes but I was pretty happy with the experience. The only reason I'm not using it now is because I was relying on unlimited cloud storage and I haven't yet decided on a solution that doesn't.
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Comment on Does generative AI have a natural limit without a major innovation? in ~comp
F13 Link ParentI would say that LLMs are getting closeish, if you really squint, to something that could arguably be called reasoning. Yes, they know 2+2=4 because they have internalized enough data that...I would say that LLMs are getting closeish, if you really squint, to something that could arguably be called reasoning.
Yes, they know 2+2=4 because they have internalized enough data that basically says that. But also, good models can "reason", even if they were never told 2+2=4, if they were told things like 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 1+1+1+1=4, etc etc. There really truly is a sense of reasoning going on, using their multi-dimensional relationship model of one token to another.
You could argue that a dimension of an LLM might be an object's "blueness", even if it's not codified as such, based on the relative weights of other blue and non-blue things represented in that dimension, and similarly it might encode an emotional concept like "sadness". As such, it could tell you with an amount of logic whether a blue thing is likely to be associated with sad things, even if it was never trained on that directly, based on how often blue things tend to be also sad things.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentI hope you enjoy the best grilled cheese of your life!I hope you enjoy the best grilled cheese of your life!
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentFor what it's worth, I did mean for it to be a throwaway comment expressing my own opinion, with the assumption being that I was doing so respectfully. I harbor no ill will, and I am genuinely...For what it's worth, I did mean for it to be a throwaway comment expressing my own opinion, with the assumption being that I was doing so respectfully. I harbor no ill will, and I am genuinely sorry that I inadvertently made it a whole thing (which was exactly what you expressed you did not want).
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentFair enough, I was probably overly provocative with my use of "appeal to authority"! I never called it fallacious use, but, that's definitely the common use of the phrase.Fair enough, I was probably overly provocative with my use of "appeal to authority"! I never called it fallacious use, but, that's definitely the common use of the phrase.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentYou're sure putting a lot of words, or at least expectations, in my mouth. It literally is an appeal to authority. It's up to the reader to decide if that appeal matters to them or not, in their...You're sure putting a lot of words, or at least expectations, in my mouth.
It literally is an appeal to authority. It's up to the reader to decide if that appeal matters to them or not, in their life.
There is no objective truth about what a word "must" mean. I guess I should have clarified that position from the start. I am "arguing" in good faith, in good fun, expressing my truth without expectation that anyone necessarily agree with it.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentI never once used the word "melt" in my comments. I have no opinion on "grilled cheese versus melt" debate other than that a grilled cheese implies it contains only cheese. You can appeal to...I never once used the word "melt" in my comments. I have no opinion on "grilled cheese versus melt" debate other than that a grilled cheese implies it contains only cheese.
You can appeal to authority all you want, but I know what the word means to me. Maybe that makes me more wrong than right, if you average all English-speaking experiences together, but fortunately or unfortunately the only experience that actually, fundamentally matters (in sort of the "I think therefore I am" way) is my own.
Edited to add: The very fact that the debate exists lends credence to the value of the debate, by your own logic. If there are enough speakers that find the usage obtuse or inconvenient and who go out of their way to address it that it becomes a recognizable debate, it must be a debatable position from the "this is how the word is used" perspective.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentSomething can be communicated without being communicated easily. To me, what happens when I read that description is that I have to recontextualize half way through. Because readers (or listeners)...Something can be communicated without being communicated easily. To me, what happens when I read that description is that I have to recontextualize half way through. Because readers (or listeners) are always anticipating the next words to some extent, at "grilled cheese with" I am building a model in my head of the next words either being kinds of cheese, or sides, or some other things that would go "with" a grilled cheese.
Language evolves over time, but that doesn't mean any given change is inevitable or even acceptable. Not that this isn't, just, the overall argument doesn't really hold water.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentGrilled a la Foreman grill. So like, nearly every time.Grilled a la Foreman grill. So like, nearly every time.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentI knew the risks when I commented, and as such I accept your curse with dignity.I knew the risks when I commented, and as such I accept your curse with dignity.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentPride month or no, when you're wrong, you're wrong. And a grilled cheese is so named because it is unique in that it contains only cheese!Pride month or no, when you're wrong, you're wrong. And a grilled cheese is so named because it is unique in that it contains only cheese!
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentI knew I liked Tildes for a reason. Fellow cube rule connoisseurs!I knew I liked Tildes for a reason. Fellow cube rule connoisseurs!
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Comment on Do we want to stop all crime? in ~society
F13 Link ParentIn the Star Trek TNG episode Justice, they come across basically a utopian society, but one of the crew makes a mistake and they learn that all legal infractions are punished by death. It's an...In the Star Trek TNG episode Justice, they come across basically a utopian society, but one of the crew makes a mistake and they learn that all legal infractions are punished by death.
It's an interesting conversation about unjust laws, power, and responsibility.
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Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv
F13 Link ParentYes, even in that case. First of all, that changes absolutely nothing about the user management differences between Plex and Jellyfin, where Plex acts as a third party and lets me pass the...Yes, even in that case. First of all, that changes absolutely nothing about the user management differences between Plex and Jellyfin, where Plex acts as a third party and lets me pass the responsibility to them. OpenVPN doesn't solve situations where direct connections are unavailable. OpenVPN also requires the client devices to support openVPN, which is absolutely not a given. Beyond just device support, you're also talking about the management overhead of adding another requirement outside of the media sharing itself - remembering to turn the VPN on/off, configuring the VPN on client devices, etc.
I stand by what I said, and find it a bit ridiculous that you would assume I hadn't considered the literal most-common method of sharing Jellyfin that is suggested on the internet.
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Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv
F13 Link ParentWell, to be clear, I wasn't making judgement call about the overall value of the service. Just the interface. IMO it is still the only reasonable interface to share media with friends and family....Well, to be clear, I wasn't making judgement call about the overall value of the service. Just the interface. IMO it is still the only reasonable interface to share media with friends and family. That doesn't mean that it is worth what they're asking (and at $750, it almost definitely is not).
Jellyfin (naturally, given its whole objective) asks more of the administrator and media owner than Plex. When I share my Plex server, I don't need to manage users or proxies or anything like that. It's all out of my hands, and the account control mechanics are all good enough by Plex that I don't need to worry about any of it.
But with Jellyfin, the users are my users. Any password resets become my responsibility. Any network issues are my issues.
Obviously it's still very much out of the goodness of my heart, and there's no real expectation of service from my users, and they all understand that. But at the same time, I want to provide them with something they enjoy using.
Honestly I guess my major hangup is just the user accounts. If I could share my Jellyfin libraries with a Google account that has a nice first-class OIDC login flow, that might solve all my problems.
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Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv
F13 Link ParentPlex is still the only reasonable interface for providing your media to friends and family.Plex is still the only reasonable interface for providing your media to friends and family.
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Comment on A start-up aiming to make geothermal energy mainstream goes public in ~enviro
F13 Link ParentMan, the whole "let's blow shit up and fill it full of water" schtick just seems so unnecessary to me? So like, obviously I have no idea what I'm talking about really, but couldn't we just do a...Man, the whole "let's blow shit up and fill it full of water" schtick just seems so unnecessary to me?
So like, obviously I have no idea what I'm talking about really, but couldn't we just do a heat pump? Or just like, use a controlled loop of contained water in conductive pipes that is transformed into steam by passing through the hot earth?
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Comment on Help me test my chess bot in ~games
F13 Link ParentThanks! I've played a few games now and my general impression is it feels strong enough in the early game but totally falls apart and starts blundering mid game. Total gut feeling but maybe around...Thanks! I've played a few games now and my general impression is it feels strong enough in the early game but totally falls apart and starts blundering mid game. Total gut feeling but maybe around an 800 rating?
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Comment on WIFI APs and other network stuff in ~comp
F13 LinkI've used Ubiquiti in the past and have no real complaints, other than just not wanting to figure out the options for running the management software anymore. I swapped to Grandstream because of...I've used Ubiquiti in the past and have no real complaints, other than just not wanting to figure out the options for running the management software anymore. I swapped to Grandstream because of their on-device management interface that still syncs together (one node can act as a master and control the configuration of the other nodes).
I can definitely recommend that general topology as it's what I've been rolling for over a decade at this point.
The human experience is wide and varied. I used to hate exercise, but like beer or wine, once I got used to it, the bad parts faded and the good parts rose. Now, I literally choose to go to the gym when traveling because it makes me feel good.