MalReynolds

joined 2 years ago
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

Ziggy Stardust

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seeing as you seem knowledgeable what's up with the 'ring the bells' bit?

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

Don't interrupt your enemy while they're making a mistake...

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Is a VPN needed to keep your ip from being exposed ?

No more so than using any search engine directly, it's a nice to have. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough.

Is just using an existing searxng instance just less secure then?

By the time you've investigated it, you could have stood up your own instance...

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 days ago

Sounds like a them problem then.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

podman exists and doesn't force root...

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

It's yours, no issues trusting a public instance with your searches. Pages full of settings to tweak as you like. Less problems with an algorithm 'helping' you. It averages searches over multiple search engines that you choose, you can set up your own (or a curated) block list of crappy AI slop sites, don't like fandom.com or something, gone. Manage your own bangs, e.g. !aa for annas-archive. Pipe it through a VPN with gluetun for better isolation. If you have your head around docker already it's more like half an hour to set up, so why not?

Can hook it up to perplexica and a local LLM for a fully local AI search that you define, use it as a MCP server, do deep research with it...

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, it's legal for medical purposes, and the current aussie protocol, AFAIK, is got THC in your system (cheek swab), you lose (and a blood test I think, happy for someone knowledgeable to jump in). Cancer chemo, no (legal) driving for you... This crap would be a step up.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Gaming...straight to Bazzite, you'll likely be playing in an hour. Why wait, just point the installer at an external drive and see what it's like.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The latter, it originates from the British parliament, as in I hear you and agree.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 days ago

Surprised no-one pitched Elite:Dangerous. Certainly a labour of love to begin with, incredibly talented sound design, first space sim to VR, truly devoted to the original material... Still going pretty strong (had a few weak years) with updates (only 2 DLC-ish major updates of which were paid) a decade later...

 

What's that principle where you don't know you're asking the wrong question because you've got this idea in your head on how to do something, so you search frustratingly. If you could step up a level and find the right question, you'd find a well established, efficient solution.

Related to unknown unknowns I guess, but I came across a phrase or word encapsulating it, and now I can't remember or (ironically) find it.

ETA: It's the XY Problem, thanks Bophades@midwest.social.

 

Seems very interesting, pr burble aside. Wonder how close this is to a micro-sonogram if generalised ? Star Trek medical tricorder component material by my reckoning.

 

Wanting to torrent in a country other than my own, I've been exiting via Singapore as it has the most direct path I believe. Any reason not to ? Any superior choices for whatever reason ? Couldn't find this discussed anywhere. TIA.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by MalReynolds@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

I'm one of those oddballs who's never joined, but I'm in the market for a new to me bike, and it seems like all the action is on marketplace. Am I screwed, or is there an effective workaround ?

Edit: Not US. There are local alternatives that I know about, but they are worse, please answer question as asked ! Basically I'm thinking of alternative software ala FreeTube, or a way of spoofing facebook to make a dummy account only to be used for this and if so what precautions to take...

 

Something I find fascinating is that being consistent (and trustworthy) is less effective than being 80/20% consistent (classical vs operant conditioning) at training dogs where there are contextual/environmental cues at play. It's personally counter-intuitive, but I've seen it work and am convinced (I attribute it to evolutionary mechanisms, my goto in biology).

I'm wondering what other psychology as a science results have solid statistics behind them that I'm unaware of (I'm compsci with a physics/maths background, so it's probably most), and are interesting...

 

How does this play for you ? I identify as spectrum, what used to be Asperger's, and have to work really hard to get to visual phantasia, but I can. Also worked hard to remove aural phantasia? via meditation because of negative self talk. Do you see 'aphant' as a useful designation? Thoughts, Ideas?

 

This needs (IMO) more attention, seems to fit here...

 

As title, standard lemmy in browser...

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