How many songs are about Courtney Love?
How can I use a local LLM on Linux to generate a long story?
I’m interested in automatically generating lengthy, coherent stories of 10,000+ words from a single prompt using an open source local large language model (LLM) on low-spec hardware like a laptop without GPU and with i5-8250U, 16GB DDR4-2400MHz. I came across the “Awesome-Story-Generation” repository which lists relevant...
What are these "bass" and "treble" that I see in an equalizer ?
I am not an audio person, so do not have much idea about technical terms - but I hear the words “bass” and “treble” almost everywhere now, especially in the equalizer app that came with a new bluetooth earbuds that I bought (yes, I am still very much a wired-earbud guy, just dipping my toes in the wireless earbud ocean)....
"Whistlespeak" — Star Trek: Discovery Episode Discussion
Episode Information...
How should I change my polite behavior to be more accommodating?
My parents raised me to always say “yes sir” and “no ma’am”, and I automatically say it to service workers and just about anyone with whom I’m not close that I interact with. I noticed recently that I had misgendered a cashier when saying something like “no thank you, ma’am” based on their appearing AFAB, but...
Why are male social workers so different?
Been homeless over 6 years. My social services agency, high turnover. Being female , almost all my case managers have been female, standard practice....
How long is one obligated to keep a kid’s gift?
If you buy someone’s kid a toy for their birthday or a holiday, how long before you’re not offended to find out it’s been chucked?
Is triple triple the same as triple triple triple?
So we currently have all these left wing folks claiming men are more dangerous than bears, why is the same group pushing multi gender washrooms so hard?
For the record I support multi gender spaces but I am apparently in the minority of people who thinks bears are scary
Are the people who read terms and conditions the same people who pre-heat their ovens? 🤔
Annotations for *Star Trek: Discovery* 5x06: "Whistlespeak" (SPOILERS)
The USS Locherer, a Merian-class starship, was first seen in DIS: “Jinaal”. It is named after the late JP Locherer, who was a cinematographer on DIS before he passed in 2022....
How to Help Encampments in SoCal
Hello there, Comrades! I am living in southern California at the moment, the south end of Los Angeles county to be more exact. I would love to help out and bring the local encampments for Palestine some coffee, food stuffs, water, whatever I can. I’m hoping for suggestions of where to look or how to contact organizers to find...
With two Boeing whistleblowers dead in one month, either Boeing is actively killing them, or there are enough whistleblowers that this rate of death is not statistically significant
…and I don’t know which possibility is the least worrying
Open source weather app with rain notifications?
I remember that when I used Geometric Weather (not developed anymore, its more known fork is called Breeze Weather) it had a option to notify me when it was going to rain, but know that functionality was removed from Breeze Weather, it’s there any other app with this functionality?
Looking for MiTV box replacement
I have a MiTV box with Android that runs apps for Jellyfin, Prime Video and Disney Plus. I would like to replace it with a mini PC, like some N100 box, to have more control over what runs on it. I tried a Pi with Kodi once, but I hate the UI so much. It’s just not my thing....
Star dates – is one day equal to 0,07 SD in TNG?
Just had a thought while watching TNG....
What is the Anti Commercial-Al license and why do people keep adding it to their comments?
I know what the Creative Commons is but not this new thing or why it keeps popping up in comments on Lemmy
Is it possible to use zero knowledge proofs to verify journalism sources?
After reading this thread I had the question on whether it is possible to verify you have certain information without revealing who you are to others.
Is it possible to use zero knowledge proofs to verify journalism sources?
After reading this thread I had the question on whether it is possible to verify you have certain information without revealing who you are to others.
Will self driving trucks hit the roads with nobody on board or will they keep a human supervisor?
According to the news self driving trucks are about to hit the road with no driver on board....
Has anyone here ever tried Linux From Scratch?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15150206...
Has anyone here ever tried Linux From Scratch?
For those of you who don’t know, Linux From Scratch is a project that teaches you how to compile your own custom distro, with everything compiled from source code....
You randomly get a hold of your colleague's phone. It's unlocked. You don't mind being fired. What sounds do you set as his notification and ring tones?
I was thinking of something like the Duff Man theme and slapping sounds and moans, but I feel that Lemmy knows better....
Why is Lemmy obsessed with the word "enshittification"?
I see it referenced constantly here, not quite as much on Reddit. I know what it means, but just wondering why such the popularity over on this side of the fence?