[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago

I had a dream like that but still woke up tired...

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

True, i get that. My question is who called them? Not asking for doxxing information just that who ever it was is probably angry and hateful in general and should be ashamed of themselves.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

There is another joke there regarding the movie nightmare before Christmas but I'm not smart enough to figure it out.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

It's not a direct connection to Rowling but I was just pointing out another example.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

Ok, I'm sorry I got that detail incorrect.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

Try to get a job you enjoy. For example I had a friend who liked tinkering with cars, he got a job as a auto mechanic. Some days he would be tired after work but on most Saturdays he would still be outside replacing/installing something on his own car.

I liked fixing things and solving problems. The joy when everything worked as it should and the machine started up. Having a problem in mind and breaking it down to separate components then understanding how it all interconnected and then seeing where the failure was. My favorite job was as a engineering technician.

I worked with someone who was going through a rough patch of life(had back issues due to previous job, his wife left him and they were fighting over custody). He straight up told the manager he just wanted a basic job that didn't require him to think and he could just get into a zone of work. He was given such a job, basically put unit in machine one, press start, take unit out, clean off burrs with file, blow off with compressed air, put unit in machine two, take unit out and pass it to next station. He didn't know how the machines worked or did he want to. He would call me over when something went wrong or the machines weren't working right. That said holy shit could he put out a lot of work. His average was about 1.5 times what was expected out of most people, his peak was over 2 times.

Don't make your favorite hobby your career or you will likely end up with both a hobby and job you hate. Find something adjacent to your favorite hobby.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah but if you are injured or killed in a warehouse the warehouse owner may be sued or held liable which hurts rich people. If you get killed on the street only the poor suffer.

/s

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

One additional reason for this, if you mess something up you want sine working method to look up a resolution. If you change both and do something wrong so both systems are broke you don't have a way to access resources that tell you what you dud wrong and how to fix.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

Look, I know I am no longer young and hip but calling me a dinosaur hurts my feelings...

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

I've said it in other similar articles, it depends on your definition of "Ai". Marketing is insisting on "powered by Ai" on all sorts of products but that doesn't mean llm. Some "Ai" may be useful, like the old on-star system on some cars. They had multiple inputs to determine if a crash occurred and alert emergency services if it did... Could be classified as Ai.

Your toothbrush example could be useful, if just finished cleaning cycle and battery level below 20% and not on charger, emit a beep to alert user to charge tooth brush. More advanced, and I doubt these are the case but would be cool and useful. If the could detect blood during a cleaning cycle, alert user to contact a dentist for possible gum disease. Or detection of a new/growing hole in a tooth based on the defection of the bristles and alert user to see a dentist for possible cavity.

Without a solid definition of "Ai" this is all marketing talk. Basically all "Ai" takes multiple inputs and then generates an output based on those inputs. If you say it must generate it based on a llm, then what about the image generating ai? If you say it must have natural language as in an input most of these "Ai" products don't qualify unless they expect you to say "ok, sonic care end cleaning cycle" with a mouth full of toothpaste and water. Technically an argument could be made that a check engine light on a car is "powered by Ai".

The only definition which goes against this and I would agree to is a system where given an identical set of inputs the output is not always(or ever) the same. If that's the case then I am going to start making "Ai" powered lava lamps...

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

I'm hoping to do this as minimal as possible as the "Linux pc" is just an old raspberry pi.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

People? I was thinking number of boobs...

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