All training data is pre-processed nowadays.

It would be nice to have a platform/space to meet that didn’t require selling your soul to data brokers

It can be both. This is also very specific to the western world and america in general, as other parts of the world have very different experiences, both good and bad

It kills me every time I see a support or community forum fall to Discord.

Fuck, even PROFESSIONAL APPS have started doing this shit (example Parsec).

Hard pass

Dave the Diver

They want to track you, and if you don’t let them (VPN, 3rd party client, VM, etc) then they pull this shit.

Yep - are you apologizing for them, or for yourself?

This sounds like a sleeping disorder, imo.

And no, ADHD medications do not make you immune to brain fog. In some situations they can make it worse, especially when they wear off.

Ask your friend if they’ve been checked for sleep apnea.

I like this perspective. Wish there were more implementations of a biometric + password combo.

Plus the money actually goes directly to the creators you watch.

ahhhhhhh fuck

Yep. And besides, the only people actually taking significant risk here are the instance hosters storing the content.

Creator-owned platforms are the answer. I pay 2.50 USD/month for Nebula, and I have a less invasive experience, no ads, and the creators are paid better.

I also pay ~5/mo for Dropout, which is entirely owned by the people who run it.

In both cases, I feel as though I’m getting more value out of my time spent watching compared to the average YouTube video. Higher quality, less fluff, less algorithm bait.

I think we are going to completely abstract from traditional ethics, entertainment, and communication, aside from a few niche communities akin to a 21st century Amish.

You’d effectively be capable of being in two places at once.

Shit, that was good. Maybe making the switch will help reduce the amount of ambient doom I feel nowadays.

I used this trick a few years back during a cold snap when my furnace wasnt working. It did genuinely seem to increase the temp of my room by around ~10 Fahrenheit over an hour or so.

my understanding was capturing the hot air for a moment allowed more heat to radiate (and the pot did genuinely get to around 150 degrees according to laser thermometer) instead of the hot air rising in a narrow stream and losing its heat into the cold ceiling.

Didn’t have a fancy setup, just a spare pot balanced on three mugs over some tea candles.

I reccomend this series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYxuJ9ujAYo