UniversalBasicJustice

I mined half a BTC with university electricity. I used it to purchase the Pathfinder 1e rulebook.

I could’ve paid off my student loans with that half BTC. I try not to think about it too much.

I never used the rulebook.

Static image, also Summit.

Who wrote The Witness? Not an easy title to search for 😅

I read Black Company yeaaars ago and the grimdark and gritty writing definitely primed me for Malazan. I’ll definitely look into it again!

I partly want 1000+ page epics for the dollar to hour ratio; trying to support my local bookstore but paying $20-30+ for paperbacks stings. The look on bookstore lady’s face when I showed up for #4 a week after buying #3 was definitely worth it, though!

Thank you, added to the list!

Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive book 4, Rhythm of War. I opened Way of Kings for the first time 5 weeks ago and 3600ish pages later I’m still engrossed. I’d planned on waiting for the series to finish but I missed chewing through epic fantasy on this scale.

Once I’m caught up through book #5 I’m thinking its time for another go at Malazan.

Other than Martin, Rothfuss and Jordan are there any other works with similar scale/complexity/depth as Stormlight and Malazan?

bifacial

I should call him…

Two varieties of Scorpion, a Peach Tiberius Mauler and a Dragon’s Breath sunbathing in my backyard. Hail Capsaicin!

I love you too lmao, thank you!

This is the answer I was looking for but the other answer was the answer I needed lmao

That…makes sense.

Where can I find more info on this general functionality? Sounds like a Satan-send for my auditory processing disorder.

Enthusiastically seconded

She sounds just like my Dio! He, too, is a yellow-eyed ink blot.

I advise studying the Killdozer event to prepare for your montage!

No, my responses are literally “AI answers, legwork teaches.” If you don’t understand or appreciate that difference you are doing yourself a disservice.

I think needing multiple searches and sources is a good thing, personally. Yes it takes more time and effort but it reinforces research skills. Performing the search yourself provides an opportunity to critically evaluate the information you’re finding and, if applicable, take into account any bias a source may have.

Can’t comment on code generation.

I suppose it depends on the Linux difficulty but reading through documentation and ArchWiki typically gets me enough info to make a more informed/refined search. You’re also likely to stumble across information you’ll want to know rather than just find an answer to the question you’re asking.

I’m genuinely engaging with the other comments but go off.

I see where you’re coming from and agree that modern search engines are trash. Have you tried the alternate search engines suggested in the first comment? I would personally try those first I suppose.

A locally run LLM is a different story, one that I’m slightly more open to, but “trusting” any corp is how we got here. To me degoogling isn’t just about moving away from Google but about removing myself from any nonessential service and limiting the data I share with essential services.

I also just plain don’t know what I’d use any LLM for.

What is your use case for LLMs?

My mindset is all-or-nothing because I have yet to find a use for LLMs. Enlighten me, please.