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Sadbutdru

@ Sadbutdru @sopuli.xyz

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  • Peak homelabbing

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  • We don't know that it's directly on the carpet. When i want to put my thinkpad on a soft surface I use the Beano annual as a handy intermediate layer (other A4 hardbacks are available).

  • AI Rule

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  • Many human activities cause climate change. LLMs are a relatively new one, and a disproportionate energy user, so it's fair enough to shout about it and try to minimise adoption. Things that are already entrenched like consumer culture or aviation will be harder and slower to undo.

    Also, whether it's right or not that capitalism is largely to blame, if you take that to mean that the only useful action against climate change is fighting against capitalism, or let yourself feel like you've 'done your part' by having anticapitalist opinions, I think that's counterproductive.

  • Good catch!

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  • Oh how the turntables...

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  • Exactly, they're too busy judging the junkies coming in for their methadone to worry about how ugly op is.

  • Looking for a recommendation

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  • NHS has a couch to 5k program, there's an app or .pdf resources to track it yourself.

  • Socially inept, introverted employees. How do you survive the workplace? Because I’m in dire need of some serious advice.

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  • I'm sorry this is happening to you. I remember some of your previous posts: is it fair to say this balance of social interactions at work is something that has been a challenge for you for a while?

    I don't have any great insight to help you, but I think in any job it is going to be an advantage to have a good working relationship with the people around you. Doesn't mean you need to give up a lot of personal info, but just a smile and little bit of chitchat to warm up to the social interaction. It might seem irrelevant to you, and it's hard work for you whereas it comes easily to some other people, but if you can find some way to engage a bit I think it would make your work life easier.

    The other thing is, it may not be fair the way they're treating you, and that might be something worth fighting to change (or getting someone to fight on your behalf), but that can be a long and difficult process. In the short term, I would focus on what you have control over: ie do you need to start looking for a different type of job? Start the process of getting a diagnosis? Some kind of CBT or your own effort to try to learn to "play their game" to some extent?

    I'm pretty bad at this stuff myself, so could be in talking rubbish here...

  • How do you time manage and prioritize your work and projects?

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  • One of my tools is a never- ending to-do list (pen&paper). It's a substitute for having a memory, it's always on me and I have to write things down as soon as I realise it's a task I need to complete. Ticking items off helps me stay motivated, so if it's a longer process I'll break it down to get more ticks (eg think about x, outline plan for x, spend 1 hr on x).

    Then on a given day I can make a separate list of things I need to get done that day and stretch goals, with the must- haves split into hard and easy columns (based on how they feel to me, psychologically). Ideally I try to start with the hardest thing first, then reward myself with an easy one, and repeat.

  • Get out of my head

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  • Samesies!

  • Old Man Guide to Grooming

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  • I've heard some Turkish barbers use fire for this.

  • Have you ever wished to be ignorant?

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  • Not an answer to your question, but...

    are you saying I need to be worried about fonts spying on me now? Like typeface?

  • Police Sketch

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  • Do you call trousers pants in Geordieland?

  • Be weird to everyone you meet

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  • Knowing what the strange quirk is would add a lot to this anecdote. And maybe a clue as to your cultural milieu?

    Otherwise we're all just thinking about every (self-percevied) quirk that we try to tell ourselves nobody else notices lol.

  • text generator approves drugs

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  • Obviously that should be in an advisory capacity, and not making decisions (like approving drugs for human use [which i heavy doubt was actually happening])

  • text generator approves drugs

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  • Right, I'm no expert (and very far from an AI fanboi), but not all "AI" are LLMs. I've heard there's good use cases in protein folding, recognising diagnostic patterns in medical images.

    It fits with my understanding that you could train a similar model on more constrained datasets than 'all the English language text on the Internet' and it might be good at certain jobs.

    Am I wrong?

  • Good point. July is disability pride

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  • Taking the lift when you can easily manage the stairs is a waste of energy and contributes to global toastiness. Also, it's hard enough to get enough physical activity in, the stairs is like a free mini workout!

  • More of this please

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  • This time round they're coming from the west!

  • My GF tried them and said they were tasty

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  • Absolutely mental that the person who posted this pic didn't know the reference.

    I'm old.

  • When do I get this, by the way

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  • My sibling in autism, in the English phrasiology "You're as _ as the day I _ you", the adjective is to be understood as applying to the subject both times (i.e. "You're as _ as (you were on) the day I _ you").

  • Thank you mr skeltor

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  • Bone is classed as a composite material, I think? Or maybe just ceramic...