I like to ask a variety of questions, sometimes silly, serious, and/or strange. Never asking in an attempt to pester or “just asking questions” stuff.
Will I migrate from Lemm.ee to elsewhere? I don’t know yet. If I do, you’ll see here. If not, never stop questioning everything!
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ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Besides money/capitalism, why are tech companies trying to push AI text generators over search engines?3·1 month agoI’ve not used retrieval augmented generation as far as I’m aware, so my reference point is what’s been pushed to the masses so far (dunno if any of it incorporates RAG, correct me if I’m mistaken).
Looking it up I can see how it may mitigate some issues, however I still don’t have much confidence that this is a wise application since at base it’s still generative text. What I’ve tried so far has reinforced this view, as it’s not served as a good research aid.
Anything it has generated for me has typically been superficial, i.e. info I can easily find on my own, because it’s on the sites right there in the first page of search results. In other situations the source articles cited seem not to exist, as attempts to verify them turn up nothing.
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Besides money/capitalism, why are tech companies trying to push AI text generators over search engines?1·1 month agoPerhaps true, but with the nature of the errors involved (generating anything instead of error messages for lacking info) and requisite reviewing, which itself demands research (which was what it was being used to shortcut to begin with in this context), isn’t it still something of an ill fit for this?
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them OnlineEnglish181·1 month agoGiven some similar issues, why is it some projects still use IRC then?
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeto Gay: News, Memes and Discussion@lemmy.world•I'm gay, I can't do math, what the fuck is thisEnglish4·1 month agois this an assbreaker to start a conversation?
Was there a particular edition you enjoyed, or would you say go for whichever?
It’s not all that expensive, so why not? Lots of countries have big monuments, historic buildings for their legislatures to be in and so forth, this is just that in human form.
Are we sure they’re not all that expensive, comparatively speaking to the monuments and historic buildings and the like?
you’re forced to have one for “networking”
Does it even do its job in this regard?
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeto 🦋 Bluesky Social@lemm.ee•Speakeasy, an upcoming Bluesky-compatible social media platform1·1 month agoBy any chance do you know if this is simply a forked AppView (as it appears), or aiming to be a distinct Relay & AppView?
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeto Opensource@programming.dev•Cryptomator 1.16.0 is here - with practical new features!1·2 months agoAnything tbh, including what you’ve provided regarding it working well. I’ve read of mixed experiences elsewhere but thought it’d be good to ask for some more recent info on how it’s doing.
It’s also very funny that as I check back in on this the other most recent comment is adding to the mixed experience accounts I’ve seen before now. 😅
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeto Opensource@programming.dev•Cryptomator 1.16.0 is here - with practical new features!6·2 months agoHow’s people’s experience been with Cryptomator? I keep going back & forth on looking for other tools or just committing to using it.
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPto Data Hoarder@lemmy.world•Advice on ripping character art/concept art extras from dvds?1·2 months agoHmm, I think you may be right, gives me some more search terms to work with if nothing else!
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeto Balcony Gardening@slrpnk.net•This big boi took a landing on my balcony todayEnglish1·2 months agoAnyone know what this small big friend is?
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which jobs has the internet largely eliminated, undercut, or reduced?2·2 months agoComments like this make asking these questions so worth it. That’s such a cool thing to know is happening somewhere!
Err, has something changed or isn’t Radio Free Asia still a somewhat questionable source?
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPto [Moved to Piefed] Ask@lemm.ee•What are the opposite of demon summoning rituals, like for benign entities, called?English3·2 months agoJust be aware that you might as well make up your own rituals because they’re just as successful as stuff in any of the books, and a lot less expensive.
Sweet, so 1. it’s all summoning, and 2. blowing bubbles while making silly sounds to summon is a valid ritual for bringing on the good vibes.
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which animals, besides cats or dogs, would you give a ride to or intentionally let in your home with barely a second thought?5·2 months agoCruising on a boat, spot a shark fin, “Hey pal want a tow?” Or if the boat has some kinda bay, “Flop aboard for a ride sharko!”
ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which animals, besides cats or dogs, would you give a ride to or intentionally let in your home with barely a second thought?7·2 months agoPersonally, and it might end me one day, but almost any kinda lizard I think I’d welcome in.
Also sometimes groundhogs look like they might like a brief lift to another patch of dirt to dig around in, or I dunno, maybe a brief snack run.
Oral essay? As in a monologue? Is cosplay involved?