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Cake day: October 17th, 2023

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  • Remember that watch history has the largest impact on what recommended videos will appear in his feed.

    Curating the watch history is insanely effective, I have done it for a decade and it has helped me keep my feed 92% politics free, and 98% toxic masculinity free, I never knew about Tate until I started seeing reddit posts about what a terrible person he is.

    I would actually show him this when he is old enough.

    My strategy about this was to remove any content I don’t specifically want recommendations from, but has shifted to a more permissive stance where I will focus on removing videos that specifically harms my recommendations.






  • I’d much rather have a more powerful generic CPU than a less powerful generic CPU with an added NPU.

    There are very few people who would benefit from an added NPU, ok I hear you say what about local AI?

    Ok, what about it?

    Would you trust a commercial local AI tool to not be sharing data?

    Would your grandmother be able to install an open source AI tool?

    What about having enough RAM for the AI tool to run?

    Look at the average computer user, if you are on lemmy, chances are very high that you are far more advanced than the average computer user.

    I am talking about those users who don’t run Adblocker, don’t notice the YT ad skip button and who in the past would have installed a minimum of of five toolbars in IE, yet wouldn’t have noticed the reduced view of the actual page.

    These people are closer to the average users than any of us.

    Why do they need local AI?




  • I can see two reasons to pick an AIO over an air cooler, none of which has been a concern for me.

    1. Using a small case. In a small case you may not be able to fit an air cooler large enough to cool the CPU, an AIO is more flexible and is a great alternative in these cases.
    2. Needing to move your computer from place to place. The traditional tower air cooler puts a LOT of strain on the motherboard, this is fine for when the computer is in a static place, but when moving a computer, especially if you are driving, any bumps can cause the cooler to pull on the motherboard, possibly cracking the motherboard. An AIO with it’s smaller footprint is far less susceptible to that. I have a Noctua D15s as my cooler, and if I had to transport my computer in my car I would either remove the cooler and GPU before loading the computer in my car, or lay it down flat.