Glitterkoe

As a double check (or check before buying) you can search for your new GPU on https://linux-hardware.org/ to see if other users have it working without any issues. The hardware probe is also a handy tool to share your PC’s specs if you should ever need to do so!

And then you have a trained model that requires vast amounts of energy per request, right? It doesn’t stop at training.

You need obscene amounts GPU power to run the ‘better’ models within reasonable response times.

In comparison, I could game on my modest rig just fine, but I can’t run a 22B model locally in any useful capacity while programming.

Sure, you could argue gaming is a waste of energy, but that doesn’t mean we can’t argue that it shouldn’t have to cost boiling a shitload of eggs to ask AI how long a single one should. Or each time I start typing a line of code for that matter.

Good shower thought

Detached

Naturally we need to know which suggestions “won” ASAP

With Railway it’s the typical anticipation of strategy games that gets you. Just one more expansion of your network, one more resource to connect to a town, one more logistical puzzle to solve. It’s way more intricate (in a good way) than just managing the budget and I’ve sunk hours and hours into some of those missions to figure them out.

Railway Empire 2 hard to put down once you get going.

Wasteland 3 is awesome and akin to DOS2 and BG3!

Hmmm, never had to sudo ... or work with SELinux I see. I highly prefer that to other policy/admin rights solutions, though, but still.

Can highly recommend Summit! Perfect for Lemmy and it has recently gone open-source. !summit@lemmy.world

Wololooo

Hmm, LibreOffice may not be the prettiest, but it works. For my own documents and presentations I use Typst nowadays. That’s a blazing fast modern typesetting alternative to LaTeX. That being said, I can’t stand WYSIWIG stuff but that might not be everybody’s cup of tea.

I mostly run into stubborn manufacturers like Roland that only release their musical instrument companion apps for Mac/Win and leave Linux Digital Audio Workstations hanging.

!lemmySilver

!lemmySilver

Just trying this out, don’t mind me

Now that’s a strapon if I’ve ever seen one. And it might actually get off if it goes flacid halfway 🤔

Oof, so much nostalgia!

Lost the game!

Can’t seem tot buy it without paying for the EA subscription shite on Xbox so I’ll wait.

Those TF2 class introduction videos are still top tier. The drill sergeant in Meet the soldier or the pyro one spreading joy… Ahh, good times!

Well, it’s meant as an introductory paragraph. I think such a general paragraph should not go to those lengths since the vast majority won’t be facing that issue. Most large instances that you would recommend for first timers are federated well enough that at least the civilised part of Lemmy is very accessible. I think that with:

• sensible defaults/suggestions
• easy to understand intro
• a help/link to a detailed article

you cover enough for users who can’t be bothered, who want to be informed, and those who want to understand what’s going on behind the scenes.

Yes, very much in favor of sensible defaults for first timers. Most frontends/apps support multiple accounts anyway so changing/adding more later on really shouldn’t be a problem

I think they should stick to the “email provider” analogy. Whole paragraph should be something like:

The only thing you need to start interacting with the Fediverse is an account with one of the many providers, just like with email! Providers are freely available across the globe: pick one that suits your location or interests best! You can start browsing the content of nearly the entire Fediverse from whatever provider you choose. Don’t worry, you can always create an account with a different provider later.

You could add a sentence or two about where to find sensible defaults or link an article that explains the more subtle things.

I think the emphasis on instances (and not naming them the more familiar providers) hinders adoption.