• NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca
        3·
        1 year ago

        Not really, if you browse the big communities it has enough users but for more niche communities its not neatly enough to be a replacement for reddit

        • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
          1·
          1 year ago

          I remade the niche communities I browse here.

          Yes, only one other person posts on it, and they don’t post exactly what I want, but that’s how it is

    • LexaMaridia@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 year ago

      I’m excited. I really missed Apollo. So this is filling the void bit by bit. :D I just signed up 10 minutes ago. It’s awesome so far!

    • somnuz@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 year ago

      I dunno… why can’t Lemmy just be its own thing tho? I might’ve been using Reddit wrong or something but Lemmy feels so much better from the start for me.

      —

      At least if there is an interesting topic or a question I don’t have to scroll thru the same jokes or worse — joke trains, yeah sure, the beans happened, maybe I am getting too old to fully connect with the joke, whatever, but at least it is kinda self-contained, my wild guess would be if beans happened on Reddit, all the comments would be BEANS! for a month everywhere…

      —

      From a time perspective — I am really appreciating some amazing posts on Reddit with great histories and comments that I was reading for hours, some great AMAs or even the funny content if it was fresh.

      With all this said, overall Reddit was mostly a really specific shit hole for me, yes, shit hole where occasional diamonds occurred but still. I can’t wrap my head around how imaginary internet points can distort even the most basic interactions.

  • TheEternalBambzip@lemmy.zip
    1282·
    1 year ago

    My wedding in 11 days. Even though I’m somewhat stressed because I’ll have to travel for it and there are some moving parts, I’m excited. Wife is taking it pretty well and she is excited as well!

  • mavedustaine@lemm.ee
    112·
    1 year ago

    I’m pretty excited for getting married in the next three hours!

    Edit: I DID IT, LEMMY!

  • NightOwl@lemmy.one
    891·
    1 year ago

    The fediverse is something I’m excited for and it’s still in it’s infancy so it’ll be intersting to see how it plays out as it starts getting more polished and user friendly.

    Despite the doom and gloom of AI I think it’s been really cool, and one area I’ve seen it help is for my relatives where instead of me having to solve basic tech issues AI has helped. When it develops into a full on companion that will do things it asks them to I’ll be bothered less and less.

    • Fester@lemm.ee
      182·
      1 year ago

      It’s frustrating to see peoples’ imaginations run wild with AI. They’re not building “sentient” machines. There will never be machines that are sentient in anything other than appearance, and we’re notoriously easy to fool in that way.

      My favorite way to describe AI that I’ve heard is “applied statistics.” It’s basically just processing huge amounts of data, very fast, simultaneously, and then presenting conclusions that are usually very likely.

      Yes, it will be used to make weapons that are horrifically efficient, but likewise it will be used to make defenses that are equally efficient.

      I think the good will ultimately outweigh the bad. Hopefully by a long shot.

      • crazystuff@discuss.online
        62·
        1 year ago

        LLMs are spontaneously developing theory of mind and nobody knows why or how, meaning that now ChatGPT and the like are able to consider what the user is thinking, opening some avenues for actual manipulation. GPT-4 can solve 95% of ToM tasks that a 7-year-old could.

        Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.02083

    • elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      5·
      1 year ago

      For me I have been having fun testing novel ai and trying tk play pseudo rpg adventures alone, I will probably never share anything but it has been really fun to try AI as a single player experience.

    • tisjoefoo@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      100% with you, but it needs to find a way to make itself more accessible to the average person. It’s a bit of a learning curve and there are a lot of people who won’t jump ship from the simplicity of Reddit because of that.

    • VitaMan@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 year ago

      If you look at overall worldwide poverty and starvation numbers, coupled with medical advancements and indoor plumbing, now is a pretty good time to be a human. Yes, there are lots of problems, but the standard of living (for the average person) has gotten so much better in the last 200 years

      • sturlabragason@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 year ago

        Absolutely agree!

        I’m currently midway trough Peter Zeihans The End of the World Is Just the Beginning and just started Yuval Noah Hararis Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow, he even cites a statistics which is that more people die from obesity than starvation each year, so we have that going for us. So far these two books are a nice contrast. I’m painfully aware of our currently novel situation and hoping things are gonna keep heading in the right direction. Actually would really want them to, trying my best to make them: https://sturlabragason.github.io/blog/2023/07/04/Decentralized-Autonomous-Communities.html

        • sunbeam60@lemmy.one
          21·
          1 year ago

          Great links and recommendations.

          I have not read Peter Zeihans’ book, but going only by the blurb, I do take issues with the notion that global supply chains are only working because of the US Navy. That seems a wholeheartedly American view - as if China, or India, or the EU wouldn’t be able to trade unless the US Navy existed. If the point is one about piracy, then I certainly believe the fight against it, where it occurs, is deeply multinational and not dominated by the US Navy. Will have to read the book to understand his point, I think.

          • sturlabragason@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            We’ll so far it’s been quite US centric so far, but I feel he has some solid arguments for most of his points. What’s been intriguing to me is his economic history. It’s presented in an engaging way.

  • DSX@lemm.ee
    41·
    1 year ago

    I’ll be trying out Linux outside of a virtual machine for the first time. I’ve got a SATA SSD external enclosure that I’ll be using to boot without messing with my current pc

        • Ledz@lemmy.ml
          1·
          1 year ago

          And just for the first couple of days. Once you set it up it works like any other OS. I don’t think most people change the way their pc works every other day. Once you get the hang of it it stays mostly the same. This year I changed full from w10 to mint and no issues since.

      • DSX@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah there’s a ton of stuff to learn. I’ve got some experience from my college courses but I want to get ahead before I take the ones that really test my Linux knowledge.

      • dtxer@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        I don’t agree. It depends really on what you’re using it for. I have one machine with Xubuntu installed and it’s been used just for browsing or putting movies to the tv and it’s been just plug and play so far.

        There was the one issue, of not being able to use some streaming services, because of drm protection meaning you can only stream via their windows desktop app not via browser. I took it as an invitation for streaming the stuff from somewhere else for free shrug

    • randomTingler@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 year ago

      Are you going to unplug the existing harddisk? If your Linux /efi partition is written in the windows boot partition, you are kind of messed up.

      Better unplug the existing harddisk and try Linux, once you are comfortable you can switch to dual boot then completely swith over to Linux.

      • Dandroid@dandroid.app
        7·
        1 year ago

        I have dual booted Linux and Windows many times and never had a problem. I just boot my old Windows install through grub. The Ubuntu installer asks you if you want to do this and sets it all up for you.

      • DSX@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’ve seen tutorials where people installed Linux using a virtual machine that can only see the ISO usb and the drive you are installing Linux on to do that. It’ll be a pain removing the drives from my laptop. I probably won’t be dual booting because I use nvidia GPUs + can’t switch to Linux full time because nvidia and I use CUDA for projects.

          • DSX@lemm.ee
            1·
            1 year ago

            So I think I got it to work. Used a virtual machine to install it onto the drive, and now my laptop boots to Ubuntu when the drive is plugged in. Took a while for me to figure out which partition sizes I needed for stuff since I wanted to do manual partitioning.

      • DSX@lemm.ee
        3·
        1 year ago

        I’m probably going to stick with something simple like Ubuntu 22.04 since some software I use is only supported on that.

  • thedogsayspanic@beehaw.org
    32·
    1 year ago

    John Green posted a video about a week ago calling out Johnson & Johnson for extending their patent for Bedaquiline, a medication that treats multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. The extension would prevent inexpensive generic versions from entering countries that are being ravaged by TB. After the video received critical reception and with John’s call to action, the public pounced on J&J. This led to J&J announcing they would allow the generic versions of Bedaquiline to be produced and shipped to the majority of low- and middle-income countries hit hard by TB, including countries where the patent is still in effect. We still don’t know which specific countries those are, but it’s still great news!

    Plus, Hank Green is done with his chemo and seems to be mostly cancer-free for the time being.

  • multicolorKnight@lemmy.ml
    26·
    1 year ago

    Specifically, good things on the World Wide Web: research. The amount of good information available is incredible, compared with pre-Internet times. Weather forecasts, what the space telescope is looking at, what’s happening in other parts of the world places in their own voice.

    Sure, there is misinformation as well, and some people will cast doubt on anything they don’t like or try to drown it out, but get past that, and this is a golden age of knowledge.

  • Sir_Kevin@discuss.online
    25·
    1 year ago

    I joined the great resignation to pursue a freelance art career. I’m excited but also terrified I’ll just be another starving artist. At least I don’t have to wake up at 6am anymore.

  • ShySpark@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    25·
    1 year ago

    possibly getting a new laptop that is slightly better than my desktop, i hope to get into something like peertube/content creation but im still thinking it thru.

    • Jackolantern@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Go for it man! Since you’ve been thinking about it, you probably have the means and the talents to start. Why not do it? We’re rooting for you!

      • ShySpark@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        thank you i might start a gaming channel once i get a laptop, becasue it seems like the most fun and i hope to get a laptop soon but im still thinking about things like what i should do, and thanks.

  • nik282000@lemmy.ml
    23·
    1 year ago

    I repurposed my 2008 ThinkPad as a server, saving it from the trash for yet another year!

      • nik282000@lemmy.ml
        3·
        1 year ago

        Running Zoneminder so my GF can keep an eye on her shop from her phone (without paying someone a subscription).

    • kakes@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      1 year ago

      My sister gave back an old hand-me-down computer that I had given her years ago, and I did the same thing. It’s not the best or the fastest, but it has an ethernet port!

      Currently got it set up with a (somewhat jank) Jellyfin setup, as well as hosting some of the Discord bots I create.

  • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world
    23·
    1 year ago

    Getting my year long undiagnosed chronic pain issues to be diagnosed. My neurologist has been proactive this past month since I saw him so I’m hoping we can get somewhere. Got proof, just no diagnoses

    • SomeoneElse@lemmy.world
      10·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been there. It’s such a relief to finally have an official diagnosis, you feel strangely happy when you eventually get it. Just a little word of caution - if it’s an incurable condition there’s a bit of a dip after the initial “happiness”. It’s still better to have a diagnosis than not, but it can feel a bit anticlimactic. I’m wishing you well!

      • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world
        5·
        1 year ago

        Glad you got diagnosed! My neurologist has already told me the expect a non curable situation sadly so I’ve accepted that

        Due to the way I reacted to prednisone months back he talked to me today about potential lifelong immunoglobulin IVs that should help me a lot instead of destroying my immune system with steroids

        • SomeoneElse@lemmy.world
          4·
          1 year ago

          I’m sorry to hear that. As someone who’s been on prednisolone since 2008 without pause, I truly hope IVIg is available for you (it wasn’t suitable for me). I have a whole bunch of rare incurable illnesses, if you need a stranger to talk to feel free to message me. It can be a lonely journey, I’m happy to help if I can.

          • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world
            3·
            1 year ago

            Thanks I appreciate it. I got a blood test done and it didn’t show any muscle inflammation so now I just set up a spinal tap for next Tuesday. He thinks it’s some polyneuropathy thing but he says I’m the weirdest case he’s ever experienced. Told me my reflexes were different from when I saw him a month ago. It just all makes no sense. My emg on my legs shows my tibial nerve on both legs were messed up and then all my muscles were firing wrong. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ On painkillers (hydro), Lyrica, and muscle relaxers and yet I’m still in pain. Have some control issues with my legs and just a lot of stuff. I’m sorry you’re going through all this. You can also reach out to me, it is quite a lonely journey especially when you’re 25 and no one can relate or understand

            • SomeoneElse@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 year ago

              I was 21 when I was diagnosed, symptoms started at 18. I was told I’d never be able to work, that I’d never have children, and I’d be lucky to see 30. I went to an irl support group and had to sit through a 55 year old woman sobbing because she needed to take early retirement and she really liked her job. At the time it felt so utterly minuscule compared to the loss I was grieving it just made me angry. I was angry a lot when I was younger. I’m 37 now so I beat the odds and I’ve learnt to live with the unfairness of it - and to accept that people like that 55 year old woman are perfectly entitled to grieve for their loss. Suffering is subjective, and if that’s the worst thing that ever happened to that woman, it’s terrible for her.

              RE the pain… MEDICAL CANNABIS. I’m in the UK and it’s only recently been made legal for medical purposes. You can’t get it on the NHS though, I have to pay privately and without a job that’s really hard. But it’s worth the sacrifice - my life has improved dramatically in the year I’ve been taking it. I was on a huge dose of gabapentin (sister drug to lyrica) 600mg at 8am, 12pm, 4pm and 900mg at 8pm. Plus NSAIDs, immune modulating drugs, benzodiazepines, amitriptyline, and 3 different opioids. I’ve reduced those drugs by about a third since I started medical cannabis and my pain is better than I can ever remember.

              Hope the lumbar puncture goes well - it’s not as bad as it sounds, promise! The bit of back pain you can get afterward is just like period cramps - a hot water bottle will help 🙂

              • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world
                1·
                1 year ago

                I live in Colorado in the US and we have legal weed here. I use CBD, CBG, and THC and it helps but I’m no good when I’m baked during the day. I use it ay night. That’s amazing you are still here and beat the odds, keep that going!

                I can only imagine how that woman felt going through that. Luckily I went through school for software engineering and I got a remote job. If I wasn’t able to work from home I wouldn’t be able to work. So little can make my pain so bad it’s debilitating.

                I’m very glad you’re feeling better than ever, that’s amazing to hear. I hope one day I’m able to say that. Do you get side effects from prednisone? Every medical person has told me that going on it long term has many side effects but sometimes you just have to do it. I really hope the immunoglobulin will be a correct fit for me.

                Right now I’m on 100mg Lyrica 3 times daily, celecoxib 200mg, 12 mg tizanidine, have Cyclobenzaprine also, and then 20mg hydro daily. I just started the hydro a week ago. I also take 100mg tramadol xr. I was on 100mg tram xr and 200mg ir throughout the day and it did nothing. The hydro already does so much more but it’s still not enough.

                Having this chronic pain has really made me see life from a different perspective. I moved from Seattle washing where I grew up to denver Colorado just last July because I love hiking, snowboarding, and biking. But just soon after I moved it started and slowly progressed and then in January is when it got bad so now I can’t even do the things I moved here for. It really sucks. At least I’m happier here in general.

                I’m sorry it took 3 years for you to get diagnosed. I really hope something can be figured out in the next year. It just sucks so bad not being able to be on the medication like prednisone that really helps me because it can affect results of tests. I don’t even know if I care about a diagnoses at this point. I just want to either be on correct pain medication or something that allows me to do stuff