I have allergy meds on me at all times, because sometimes I break out in hives for no reason.

One day, I'm sneezing like crazy from seasonal allergies, and my coworker asked if I tried any medicine. I suddenly realized allergy medicine works for allergies

I think this is incredibly important, in some ways this instance in particular, but no one can ask for more from you

Nothing to apologize for - you're not leaving everyone high and dry, you're hanging in there and working through what sounds like a personally difficult transition.

So I'll just say this: thank you for taking the responsibility thrust on you with due seriousness. Most people don't understand the importance of community, and what we owe to it.

When you hand it over, do it knowing your part is done, fully and completely.

And if you need to step away, step away - do the exchange from a distance, and if things fall through and no one you trust is there to take it, that's okay too.

I think there's a certain amount of responsibility when you find yourself at the center of something, but that responsibility only goes so far - if you need to step down and the community won't step up, that's not on you

There's one fact I like to drop on people before discussing my views on Gaza

The average age is roughly 18.

Just let the sink in... It doesn't mean there's no one older, but 1 60 year old would offset 3 infants, more than 6 10 year olds, or a whole classroom of teenagers. Humans frequently live to that age without medical care and living in terrible conditions, if you die earlier then that, there's probably a specific cause you can point to

The big deal is they didn't admit to having accidentally auctioned it (the alternative is they knowingly did so despite requests to return it), and in the same breath talked about how they offered recompense (implying that it came before the video calling them out when it didn't), and firing back on justified criticism as if they're the victim

Oh, and all while claiming they own up to their mistakes even in the face of consequences.

They bulldozed a smaller company without a hint of empathy. He doesn't consider that maybe the price could have come down or the performance (when properly used) would be worth it to a small segment of overclockers - even in the supposed mia culpa Linus takes several shots at the product he basically buried

Aside from not being Trump (which is a great trait), I know next to nothing about Harris. I know she's a former prosecutor, and might be able to identify her if she showed up at my door

What else should I know about her (and should I be hopeful of her pushing any meaningful progressive policies)?

Yes. Every vagina is different, and some are both less textured and larger. Usually the texture makes it not much of a big deal, and other factors matter more

One girl where it stood out to me (my first time actually). She was also very very wet, and the three aspects together made for a much less stimulating experience. It was incredibly soft and smooth, but it was almost like a silk pillow... I'd push in at an angle and it would feel great, but then just give and slide me back into a loose grip

I think kegles could easily overcome that though... There's a lot of muscles there that can make a lot of difference. Not only does it feel better, if you develop those muscles they can twitch involuntarily when the right buttons are pushed (which is a huge turn on), and the occasional squeeze is another layer to interact on

New leamurs, if you're looking around and feeling lost or disappointed, don't give up on Lemmy just yet.

Numbers are growing fast, apps are getting better by the day, and the fediverse is even more diverse than Reddit

If you're looking for a starting place...

1. <Lemmy.world> is the biggest and most neutral server. It's got lots of content, although discussion about the future is dominating the conversation, so you're going to see the same posts at the top if you don't change the sorting algorithm. People are up for a friendly debate, but it stays civil. Moderation is good, occasionally you'll see removed comments but you're not likely to run into it unless you're being an ass

2. <Sh.itjust.works> is big and full of shitposts. They're trying out direct democracy... In theory (not a week in and the admin called for a second vote against defederating exploding.heads...i think being very conservative with defederating is good, but it doesn't show a ton of commitment to the idea). It's pretty wild over there, but not in a bad way

3. <Pawbs.social> furries are always a big presence among early adopters, and they're really welcoming. They don't care if you're a furry so long as you don't judge them, and I've always found them welcoming

4. <Beehaw.org> is what I'd describe as a safe space. Highly moderated, strict codes of conduct...I can see the value in it, but that kind of vibe makes me uncomfortable. It makes me feel like everyone is on edge, waiting for the next fight. A lot of little like it though, more power to them I guess

And obviously we know why we're here.

Despite what people say about it not mattering where you go, it definitely does matter. Account switching is the one feature every app prioritized - I'd use it until you find a home. Personally, I'm going to start looking for a smaller instance, I think it's important for the fediverse to grow, but I like the feel of the Internet back in high school when it was just getting big, when you made an effort to connect because there were so few people on any given social media

No matter what it is you're looking for, you can find it or build it here - and because of the structure of it, no one can take it from us as long as the dream stays alive

That was due to additives to ethanol cleaning agents - it was a thing done on purpose

It's not just content though, essentially it's bots.

The problem with bots isn't just spam, a social network is defined by the interaction among the community...I think that's a fair call.

I might be up for having unscripted LLMs on the network, but repost bots are like a weird smell... It's not that big a deal individually, but it'll make the community noticably worse

Or he could do what most of the county wants, and give us meaningful change. That's what has been drawing voters since Obama, that's why Trump won in the first place - Hillary is the status quo incarnate

But we've been strung along for way too long, he needs to take a stand and make some enemies

Nope, it's cetirizine, the other one you mentioned doesn't work, and Benadryl makes me sleepy. Looking at the bottle, it doesn't even list rashes or anything - just seasonal allergies lol

Agreed - 8b has enough magic to hold a conversation and do small tasks, such as breaking up a large task or picking out key details, which can then be fed into more small models (maybe even more narrowly fine-tuned ones)

180b isn't enough to replace all the other pieces of a system that you need for autonomous action or memory

I think 8b models are enough to make AGI possible if we stack them just right. They're enough to fill in most of the gaps to make practical things too, and they're not that far off for everything else

Are those the people who have apple like a 99% satisfaction rating, and gave themselves a 95% one? I think I heard of them on Linus tech tips LMAO

No, he should throw a bag of money at a deaf proctologist who doesn't use social media.

If he had a say over the operation, after 3-5 years they'd end up shoving a robotic arm up there so he could tweet faster

I love how he literally named things in his field of view for this. That speech certainly included words

Because AI is amazing.

My friend wanted a scorecard to rate Rick and Morty episodes to determine if it's falling off - I could spend a few hours and maybe come up with something, but I wouldn't. My little assistant did it in a few seconds, with results good enough to motivate me and more of my friend group to join in

I was about to go back to my boss to tell him my task was impossible and could have killed the entire idea, but then I expressed my frustrations just to vent. To my surprise, it offered a very specific and relevant solution, despite having no access to anything beyond our chat logs - it wasn't quite right, but it got me on the right track, and 5 minutes later I found a solution

This shit is miracle technology. I'm running a very simple system I built myself, and it's still good enough to make my life measurably better. This needs to be in the hands of everyone asap, not through some service, but running under their own control

I wouldn't say further... They've been here for a while, now they're competing on how loudly they can say the quiet part out loud

No, that's pretty accurate

Conservatives are the people selling myths like the morality of enlightened self interest, and liberals are the ones trying to make the current system fair

Leftists are the ones saying "holy fuck, come on guys, this is clearly insane. We grow way more than enough food for everyone, can we please start from deciding no one will starve and work backwards from there?"

Oh, there's always a deal, at least for him. The rules do not apply evenly to start with, and even though he's not that rich, he's still part of the aristocracy.

Even though he broke all sorts of laws that contain the words "betrayed your nation to foreign adversaries", started a sloppy coup last time he lost an election, and basically bragged about it in between perjuring himself, the best solution for everyone is for him to quietly fade into irrelevance.

It's always better not to make a martyr if you can help it, it just isn't worth it

Plus, the cruelest punishment I can think of is letting him use up the last couple years of his charismatic energy out of the public eye, so when he inevitably comes back he'd reveal himself to be the rambling dementia patient he's been for a while.

And I don't mean that as an insult - read his speeches. His delivery is amazing. Take that away and just read them (especially from the most recent ones), and even if you realized he was spewing word salad it's still shocking

Is it really whack a mole if within minutes of federating, a simple automated tool could add them to the list with no human involvement?

I wouldn't say so, at that point it's a trivial technical challenge