milicent_bystandr

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Casio made an Oura Ring alternative that's everything but smart in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

Beware the Great Eye of Google. Ever it roams, ever it watches.

Casio made an Oura Ring alternative that's everything but smart in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Okay I misread that title as "Casio made a One Ring alternative"

[Thread] Mental Math in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I think that's still different from what I'm thinking of of interim steps, though.

...but as I think how to explain I realize I'm about to blather about things I don't understand, or at least haven't had time to think about! So I'd better leave it there!

People are using ChatGPT for therapy—but is it a good idea? in c/mentalhealth@lemmy.world
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

And I would argue that's utter nonsense and the very existence of sane rational speech disproves it.

[Thread] Mental Math in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I reckon we can get a lot closer than an LLM in time. For one thing, the mind has particular understanding of interim steps whereas, as I understand it, the LLM has no real concept of meaning between the inputs and the output. Some of this interim is, I think, an important part of how we assess truthfulness of generated ideas before we put them into words.

[Thread] Mental Math in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

That is a good point, though the architecture of computer neutral networks is inspired by how we think the brain works, and if I understand correctly there is some definite similarity in the architecture.

Lots of difference though, still!

Million dollar idea in c/memes@sopuli.xyz
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

I prefer to poop on a logarithmic scale.

Neuralink in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 31 points 1 day ago

How long till Apple photos inserts iPods into the background of your favourite childhood photos?

"Subscribe to premium to (temporarily) remove branding from your family memories!"

[Thread] Mental Math in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 50 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Not advanced maths per se; neural networks are amazing! Fuzzy matching based on experience - taken to an incredible level. And, tuneable by internal simulation (imagination).

People are using ChatGPT for therapy—but is it a good idea? in c/mentalhealth@lemmy.world
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Oh we absolutely do. And we tell lies, and we misunderstand, and miscommunicate.

But not all the time, and not everyone. So if your friend if they'd like dinner, you expect the answer to be true to what they want, not just whatever sounds good to the general population. If you read a scientific journal, you expect the scientists to represent the facts and even the meaning of their research, not parrot some ideas from a half-forgotten textbook. And if you see a professional counsellor, you expect them to have a good understanding of human nature, and to genuinely empathise with your situation, and have good ways to help you out.

And of course all three of those examples fail sometimes, which is why as part of life we learn who we can trust and to what extent.

Withdrawal is going to make people go mad in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

Ah, well, if the vegetable oil has been brominated by the council of bros, it should be all good, bro.

Its not going to grow by itself in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Rehab is Stardew Valley, right? Stop automating and just plant your crops by hand each day.

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Ambridges Farm (lemm.ee)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee to c/stardewvalley@lemm.ee
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Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

A long time ago, (on a server far, far away), I uploaded the Spring screenshot of my completed farm. It took me a long time to get round to the Summer, Autumn and Winter screenshots, even delaying updating to 1.6 to not change anything!

I'm very pleased with Ambridges farm. It's my first and only completed playthrough, and the final farm layout started life as a show of fish ponds, and developed to include just about everything that can be on the farm.

I'll put a few more notes in the comments.

Well, with the new .ee community, now seems a good time to get up an post my farm, all four seasons! I hope you like it :-)

(Edit: I just saw that files on Catbox can't be reached from a bunch of countries. Not sure if the Lemm.ee proxying gets around that? If someone could let me know, then I can try and find somewhere else to upload the images. Any suggestions for a good image host?)

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What do people here think of Nebula? (lemm.ee)
 

I've been playing around with self hosting for file sharing, backups, and a handful of other ideas I might one day get round to. I like the idea of a mesh VPN and being able to, for example, connect a travelling laptop to a 'host' laptop nearby, though my only public ip is a VPS in another country.

Of all the options I found, I liked the look of Nebula most. Fiddly in some places, but it's working nicely for me, and I appreciate some of the simplicity of design.

I'm wondering if people here have much experience of it, though? My biggest concern is over its future. With,

  1. The Defined Networking site focusing on making money off it, and
  2. The Android app doesn't allow full configuration (including the firewall, so I can't host a website from a phone) but - I heard - does if you use Defined Networking's paid service for configuration,

makes me worry they might be essentially trying to deprecate viable FOSS Nebula in favour of a paid or controlled service.

Any thoughts? Insight?

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Frozen Pseudoscience (lemm.ee)
 

I finally watched Frozen 2 on the plane a few days ago. Did somebody pay Disney to shill for homeopathy?

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Ambridges Farm, or, There's More to Life Than Fishing (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi I've been gradually finishing my first and only-main farm, and wanted to share :-) It started as the central plaza and fish ponds (since I came to love fishing!) and grew from there. I was going to get all-seasons screenshots and post together, but that's going soo slowly; and, hey, content!

Hope you like it! I think there's a little bit of just about everything there, and if you look closely you can see me sitting on a bench enjoying the flower garden. It's been single player until right at the end I added the 'guest lodges' to share with family and friends. I love how well they fit in places I hadn't planned!

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