As I am a Lemmy n00b, can you direct me on what to do to be able to flair users? I like most of the Lemmy method of things, but as an old.reddit user using RES… I’m finding the options a little limited over here so far. :)

You can’t tell they were joking around? :/

Well, I can tell. They are.

I’m passing by this discussion and just inserting myself in here to say: I’d be happier if reddit was more like it was when I joined - when it wasn’t the den of nazis, bots, and shills. Although the admins have always been libertarians^[1] and protective of the fascist point of view… but at least in the old days it wasn’t as pervasive.

But that aside, I agree with you in general.

Everyone can have different opinions, and thats ok.

Wrong. My opinions are the only correct ones. ;-)

I suppose the real issue is paying for the servers. There’s already pushback against the datacenters needed to power LLMs as it is. I suppose the capital to build would have to come from somewhere.

It’s a pity we don’t have a good government for a project like that. That would truly be a public service.

Did some calculations recently. If we took the cropland on which we grow corn strictly for ethanol production and put solar on it, something like 5% IIRC could power enough EVs to replace ALL vehicles in the US. Which means we could use a little more land for solar to power datacenters designed to be as environmentally friendly as possible. A government-run LLM run for the public.

It’s a pipe dream because in our current reality, it could never happen. But like universal health care and a living minimum wage, it should exist.

I know, I’m straying from the topic again. ADHD gonna ADHD. heh

I suppose as long as we were able to regulate AI companies to make sure they were forced to be upfront, honest, useful… it would be a sufficient compromise. But I’m sure we can’t even have that little.

That would be awesome. :)

Why should I bother to engage with you? I take the time to share what I’m doing and I’m sure it won’t be enough for you. What’s your purpose here except to attack me?

It’s funny. I used to read lots of older books when I was growing up. A couple of centuries ago, it was considered wise to hang on to things like cord or string, just because they could be useful. Of course, back then, we had so much less stuff floating around. Now we have problems with hoarding stuff that might some day be useful. (And too much stuff in general!)

Distracted, but on the stories - I was remembering a parable (a story from a book geared towards schoolchildren) of two boys, one of whom opened a package tied up with string carelessly and threw away the string and paper wrapping; the other boy carefully untied the string, removed and folded the paper. The payoff was that the one who saved it made something useful out of it later, whereas the boy that wasted those things went without. Of course these days… while it is good to reduce, reuse, recycle, when it comes to hoarding, a lot of times it’s more healthy to throw away than keep…

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I’m on board with wanting this :)

LLMs will get worse and shittier Why would they?

Not from the side of them gaining more knowledge but from the side of companies creating them monetizing and otherwise enshittifying them.

If we had a competitive open-source LLM…

So you’re not wrong, I agree; but I was speaking of a different angle. heh

What a miscarriage of humour! ;-)

Pyramid scheme implies that you can get in on the action. Spoiler: You can’t.

I know it’s not what OP meant. Not giving OP a hard time, just riffing off the post in my own bitter/humour way. heh

My brain skipped over “herder” the first time and I was very very confused.

They’re also notoriously terrible build quality.

I will give Tesla credit for one solitary thing: They did help jumpstart electrics. Help. Not cause.

But that has been picked up by real car manufacturers, who just need more encouragement to continue to increase numbers, along with infrastructure projects to bring more charging stations to more places. A critical area would be for installations in places like apartment parking lots and various public parking lots (i.e. paid parking but I mean shopping lots)

Pedo nazis are trying to take over the U.S.

Alas, not sure about “trying”, but yes.

Precisely that one, yes :)

So kinda like an ethical LLM^[1]. I’d be on board with that.

I know it’s unpopular to say, but I’ve found the latest version of Gemini to be pretty useful. But you have to know what they’re good for and not. General knowledge? Generally pretty decent. But you have to ask for sources and check those sources, and don’t tell it what you think, ask it what it knows and to admit when it doesn’t know things. I wouldn’t put my life on the line, but for looking up random stuff, it’s pretty decent.

I know LLMs will get worse and shittier, which I think is a bummer, because they could be so damned useful.

I’m sorry for your loss.

;-)

I’ve just started https://lemmy.world/c/CleverThoughts

If it doesn’t take off, no worries, but politics would certainly be accepted in case anyone wishes to post there.

Terrible way to get your fibre in… lol

I have two methods for scrambled eggs:

1. Butter on the griddle. Crack the eggs on the griddle. Carefully cook the whites leaving the yolks unbroken (if possible). when the whites are basically cooked, break the yolks and scramble. The idea is to get the whites all cooked and the yolks barely/mostly cooked. Remember that heat continues to build in the egg, so pull slightly before they’re where you want them. You hopefully end up with scrambled eggs that are full of barely-cooked yolk savory flavour. Along with the salt, msg, and freshly cracked pepper put on them while cooking the whites, and the butter they were cooked in.

2. If I don’t want to deal with that and get something almost as tasty and more uniform: Crack and scramble the eggs in a bowl until they are well scrambled and no strings of white can be detected. Melt butter on your griddle all the way across it. Pour out the eggs, which because they are well scrambled will spread out thinly across most or all of the griddle. A layer will quickly cook, as soon as it forms, start moving the egg around to make uncooked egg touch the griddle - fold it, scramble it, move it around. The idea is to get uncooked egg touching the hot surface and minimize the cooked egg doing so. It won’t take long for the eggs to cook - soon as they are almost all cooked, pull them because heat will finish the job. This cooking method should also not overcook the yolk (although it will more than the first method), resulting in very tasty eggs. I stir the sale, msg, and freshly ground black pepper into the scrambled egg before they go on the griddle.

3. However you figure out to cook them that you like is best for you. :)

Also, either of the first two methods works so well in a sandwich (griddle-toasted bread or soft untoasted bread) with a bit of mayo. You can also use mato+ketchup. Or again whatever you want like salsa or… whatever.