better yet, why couldn’t someone design a printer that can be 3D printed and use open source firmware?

recently bought 2 of the beelink mini PCs - they seem pretty solid so far - they are quite a bit more expensive than the pi but I think they offer pretty good bang for the buck for a small form factor server.

Given that they know exactly who you are, I wouldn’t get too personal with anything but it is amazing for many otherwise time-consuming problems like programming. It’s also quite good at explaining concepts in math and physics and and is capable of reviewing and critiquing student solutions. The development of this tool is not miraculous or anything - it uses the same basic foundation that all machine learning does - but it’s a defining moment in terms of expanding capabilities of computer systems for regular users.

But yeah, I wouldn’t treat it like a personal therapist, only because it’s not really designed for that, even though it can do a credible job of interacting. The original chat bot Eliza, simulated a “non directional” therapist and it was kind of amazing how people could be drawn into intimate conversations even though it was nothing like ChatGPT in terms of sophistication - it just parroted back what you asked it in a way that made it sound empathetic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA

is your router’s dns definitely pointed to the pihole and was the router rebooted after that was set?

About time. Well done. More to follow, hopefully.

The BBC just set up their own Mastodon instance: https://social.bbc/@BBC_News_Labs

what an amazing site - thanks!

Connect the router’s WAN port into the cable modem. Plug your stuff into the router LAN ports or connect to the new router wifi. Set pi hole to a static address and then set the router’s DNS to point to that. Remove any secondary DNS in the router settings. Reboot everything and make sure it all works. That should be about it.

used it to create an animated birthday card. end result was quite good and lots quicker than coding it all manually. it’s better at basic css and javascript for layout and effects than I would be.

For any well-known software, ChatGPT – although it pains me to admit it it – is surprisingly good at providing reasonably clear installation and setup instructions.

WaPo: Twitter has false users designed to undermine the political process by spreading manufactured outrage!!! We’re shocked! Shocked! There’s gambling going on in here!

Go for it. the specs on the laptop are good enough to run plenty of stuff as a server. As long as the drive can be mounted you should be good. Your backups should be somewhere else.

They have huge corporate subscribers who are willingly funding open source support and development, but since their purpose now is a profit center, they have to kill the goose that laid their golden egg.

Maximizing revenue growth must be paramount - at the cost of everything else, including the foundation that the company was built on.

Hopefully Red Hat will follow Reddit into the dustbin of irrelevancy.