kakes

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kakes ,

I used to have to put !g (redirect to Google) on like half my searches to get the results I wanted. These days, I actually generally prefer DDG's results over Google's.

kakes ,

Haha no way! At this point I can't think of a reason to switch from VLC, but I'd love to see a Winamp renaissance.

kakes ,

I wonder how much of this idea that you can be "too old to learn" came from the advent of schooling and childhood education. Like, in a time before everyone went to school up until a certain age, did people still have this mindset?

kakes ,

Regarding the TTS specifically, I remember looking into TorToiSeTTS back when this stuff was first coming out. You can generate ElevenLabs quality audio with it, but it's insanely slow. In fact, when I was looking into it, it seemed like ElevenLabs may have been using a (much faster at the time) version of TorToiSe TTS, given the output is so similar.

According to the linked Github page, they seem to have solved the speed issues now, so it might be worth looking into. Of course, the other commenters have provided solutions that are pre-integrated into the LLM, but if you're just looking for TTS this could be worth checking out. Also worth noting that this requires an NVIDIA GPU.

Youtube Rant from a paying customer

I used to use NewPipe back in the days of yore. Then I got Youtube Premium since it bundled in Youtube Music as well which I used. But the former's app on mobile is a shit show. Even after paying, you are asked to tip random creators, purchase merchandise[ which are shown as actual ads below videos] and join channels to access...

kakes ,

I always hear about people saying "my subscriptions aren't showing up" and I don't get it. They're right there, sorted in reverse chronological order. I've literally never experienced this problem.

kakes ,

Of course, not to say the data isn't also important though. It's very possible that we're missing something crucial regarding how the brain functions, despite everything we know so far. The more data we have, the better we can build/test these more streamlined models.

kakes ,

The prediction that NVIDIA's open GPU Linux kernel driver would be the default for Turing and newer GPUs, I assume.

kakes ,

I'm excited about the prospect of actually managing enemy types. Defense is too much of a set it and forget it thing right now imo - by mid-game the biters are barely background noise over my turret walls.

kakes ,

With corporations so consistently and vehemently acting in bad faith, I honestly don't think we need a further justification for piracy.

kakes OP ,

Haha oh god, that would not be a journey I'm prepared to take. Maybe one day.

kakes OP ,

Thanks for the reply!

So the NGINX server hosted outside your network, then? And then reverse-proxy that into your home server?

Honestly, I feel like NGINX is a bit overkill for my situation, since I'm not expecting to have a lot of traffic. I could be wrong, though.

kakes OP ,

Just in terms of broadcasting my home IP directly vs having a middleman, essentially.

kakes OP ,

I messed with pfsense a bit at my old job, but never really thought to use it in my home network - might just give that a shot, thanks!

kakes OP ,

Ahh okay, thanks for the clarification. Honestly I should use NGINX just for the sake of learning it, if nothing else.

kakes OP ,

Wouldn't this require any user to connect to the VPN though? I'm looking for something more publicly accessible - say like a website.

kakes OP ,

Yeah, thats definitely something I need to look into setting up.

kakes OP ,

Thank you for such an in-depth reply!

There's a lot to take in here, but it sounds like I've got some work to do - not necessarily a bad thing. It's honestly about time I took my network more seriously and set up some proper routing / firewalls.

kakes OP ,

Thanks, I'm only very vaguely familiar with NGINX, so I appreciate the clarification.

kakes OP ,

Sorry, yeah, "broadcasting" was a bad word choice. What I meant was that if I port-forward, it exposes that socket to potential bad actors searching for exposed services.

kakes OP ,

True, these do sound like the best solutions honestly. I wanted to avoid something like Tailscale, since it just becomes another point for me to support/troubleshoot on the user end, but maybe I should reconsider. It's a tradeoff, but it would also simplify a lot on my end.

kakes OP ,

Ahh okay, interesting. I'll have to give this a try, then.

kakes ,

I bought and built this kit a few years back. Super fun project!

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/aaf5345c-af5a-45a1-b8c9-3370155ed5b3.jpeg

kakes ,

Facebook is literally the last place people should be getting their "political" content from.

kakes ,

Hey thanks! This is so much better.

kakes ,

I really like this idea, and now I want to put it in a session. Like, we go through the whole 2-brothers riddle, but it turns out that the one explaining the rules is the one lying.

Maybe both doors lead to "death"/encounters, maybe the players are free to just walk past the brothers without consequence, maybe a third more interesting thing happens.

kakes ,

You got a problem with erect penises, friend?

kakes ,

Lmao even after providing a well explained answer, they still had to manually add the flag to their command for them.

kakes ,

Platypoxen

kakes ,

Yeah, imo this is a UI problem, not a user problem.

kakes ,

True that.

kakes ,

This is the truth they don't want us to know.

kakes ,

Nah, not really! I've chatted with people using ChatGPT, and most couldn't tell. It's pretty slick, blends in well with natural conversation.

kakes ,

Well, fair point about the spam bot creators, but in my experience, even in one-on-one chats, it holds up. I've had some pretty smooth conversations without anyone suspecting it's AI.

kakes ,

This conversation is a small example. My previous messages in this comment chain were generated by ChatGPT.

I'm too lazy to keep that up indefinitely, but at this point you can decide for yourself whether it was convincing enough.

kakes ,

Huh, I had no idea. Looked it up, and apparently both "schemata" and "schemas" are accepted, but I kind of prefer the former.

kakes ,

I've done the same in paintball.

kakes ,

My take is that if the Fediverse can be destroyed simply by a particular instance being too popular, then maybe that’s a problem with the Fediverse - not that instance.

kakes , (edited )

In this case, I would argue MimicJar's point (Edit: Shit, I didn't notice who I'm talking to. Well, you make good points I guess, lmao), and say that even if we were to defederate with the large instance, we're still no worse off than if we had never federated in the first place - in fact, we'd likely be better off, since any anti-nazi users in your scenario would know where to find us.

The way I look at it is like, if Reddit were part of the Fediverse, they would've dominated in much the same way as Threads intends to. But the moment they even started pulling sketchy tactics, we could've jumped to other instances.

I mean, that's essentially what I did anyway, but with no clearly defined alternative, not everyone knows about the Fediverse, whereas they would've had that option if Reddit was federated. Plus, in theory, I'd still be able to view and interact with Reddit content from my instance, at least until they separate entirely - at which point (again) I would have the choice.

I personally believe that, given the choice, many people would decide to support smaller federated instances over corporate monoliths. Not most, but many.

kakes ,

Agreed, I think we should very cautiously federate, while keeping in mind that they will inevitably pull the rug.

kakes ,

Just got a copy for Christmas, I’m super excited to see how this game plays out at the table.

kakes ,

Depends heavily on the talk, but I’m generally in favour. Not only do you learn from the talk, but there’s a lot of benefit to just being around likeminded people, chatting about the presentations over lunch or whatever.

kakes ,

1,073,741,824 bytes to be exact - not to brag, but knowing that number off by heart is my personal nerd street-cred.

kakes ,

It was a gigabyte first, before those heckin’ marketing people came around.

But yes, you’re right.

kakes ,

Same. 10 minutes would be fine, compared to not noticing I’ve been messaged until the next day.

kakes ,

I was wondering this too. Seems like the spam is coming from the alien.top instance, so I’ve blocked it. What a dumb idea.

kakes ,

Yeah, I’m never going back again. It was fun when it was supported by donations and user-focused, but it’s essentially indistinguishable from Facebook at this point. I’m just glad this alternative exists.

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