Just some old guy who's baffled by everything.
I've exclusively used Linux on my computers since about 2001. At this point, I don't care to see this much talk about it either.
It's an operating system, it's free (in both senses), it's very powerful and ,frankly, it's all I know how to use these days. However, I just don't see the appeal of harping on about all the time. I use it exclusively, and I spend zero minutes per day actually thinking about it, the way a good operating system should be IMHO.
How very Christian of them... sickening 🤢
You say "simply train," but really, the training of these models is The most intensive part. Once they are trained, they require less power (relatively) to actually run for inference.
Are you referring to those stripey sock wearers? Because I'm far too old to actually understand any of that. Plus, I wouldn't even look very good in stripey socks anyway
You say you'll disable the ad blocker for sites that don't push malicious ads? I've reported half a dozen deepfake "investment" ads on YouTube in the last couple of months, and they have done nothing about it. The ads YouTube pushes are horrible!
Believe me, I get it. 20+ years of advocacy, though, have earned me exactly 1 convert, and that's my old man. Who is arguably already a bigger geek than I am, and spending his retirement teaching himself x86-64 assembly "for fun" whilst doing a much better job of de-googling himself than I ever have.
All I'm saying here is that I can see where the OP is coming from. There is an awful lot of Linux talk (and Star Trek talk!) here on Lemmy. I can see how it might feel a little alienating to those who are from outside of that world.
That said, I agree with a lot of other commentors here that have pointed out that any new platform typically attracts the geeks firstly (reddit was no different). In time, I hope to see a much greater variety of peoples on Lemmy!
Touche
Bloody helfire. If I had $1,000,000 I would never have to work or worry about money again. I can't even comprehend 20 million.
So I guess I'd take 1 million, and then stuff the rest in some charity trust thing that could help my local community.
Some things being conserved is absolutely good. However, the "Conservative" government isn't really all that conservative, is it? Unless you refer to conserving their own self interests, I'll grant you they're really good at that...
Oh and I am 40 years old and educated to masters level, not that that really should matter in the slightest. I do admit that I am pretty short sighted though, damn eyes just ain't what they used to be. Thankfully I can fix that with glasses through our wonderful national health service... at least for now until the "conservatives" get rid of that too...
Not enough rain
As a born and bred Geordie, I apologise on behalf of the northerners. The early 2000s were a pretty shit time around those parts for intolerance. I used to dress "alternatively", black fingernails, spikey died hair etc. And would get similar slurs thrown my way despite being heterosexual. I no longer live in Newcastle, but it seems a LOT better these days when I visit.
Just to give some slight optimism in opposition to your friends, I am soon to turn 41. Its harder, but it's not impossible. Whatever you pursue, form is everything. Poor form cannot exist post 40. Technically, I am stronger than I have ever been, and yet I'm still falling apart. Don't consider the number, just do the work, and do it well. Good luck to you!
Not to alarm you, but you may have a period of 5-10 years where you really can't shut up about it... it'll pass, though, honest :)
Oh, hush now, of course I care! I'm just agreeing with OP that there is probably a little too much of it or, more precisely, not enough "other" topics of conversation yet. It'll come.
All things AI. I've been hyper focused on LLMs, and stable diffusion, to the detriment of my work... I cannot focus on anything else right now, I go to sleep thinking about it, and I wake up thinking about it. Sometimes I wish I wasn't like this, but tbh, in the moment, I really don't care.
Hahaha, that's very kind of you to say! I might have even pulled it off 20 years ago... Never say never, eh! ;)
I find that mighty impressive! I'd blame the folly of youth for myself, but I assume you were also quite young all the way back then. It's entirely possible that I was/am simply an idiot 🤔
Oof! Darlington, or Mordor, as I used to call it, was measurably worse than Newcastle for this! I lived in Ferryhill for a couple of years, so I'm familiar with that area. Definitely low on the list of places I'd recommend moving to in the UK!
Having met one or two people from New Zealand, you guys strike me as a tough and hardy bunch. If anyone could survive there, yous would have a good shot!
Got to admit, I had to check the map for Eppleby! It looks tiny, I can imagine that feeling very isolating! I'm still not sure I could refer to the residents of Darlo as "real" people, j/k 😆 I hope your subsequent years in the UK have been more pleasant :)
Ah well, this might explain things. See, I was 21 in 2004, still young with a head full of dreams, and a belief that I could change the world... If I found Linux now, at 40, then yes, I doubt I would have had a single year of advocacy in me!
That time I came inside her while drunk. 19 years later, I don't regret the daughter I have, but the child support payments haven't exactly been easy...