For sending over small stuff, I usually generate a qr code and scan it with the other device.
I'd suggest to start with ubuntu. I'd the distro that has the most guides/resources available.
Personally, I prefer xubuntu. Which is ubuntu, but with a slimmed down UI.
I've heard good things about https://www.linuxmint.com/, maybe read about that one too.
To get started, I always use Rufus (https://rufus.ie/en/) which downloads the required files, and makes a bootable USB flash drive.
It took me 30 years to learn that change is possible
Not necessarily, sometimes dimensionality reduction (the more common terminology used, for what is basically compression) is the explicit goal.
Can be used for outlier detection, similarity search, etc.
During training, you find a projection of the input, for example an image, to a smaller space, and then back to the original image. This is referred to as encoding and decoding. The error fuction would be a measure of how similar the in- and output images are.
AI does work like that.
With (variational) auto-encoders, it's very explicit.
With shallow convolutional neural networks, it's fun to visualize the trained kernel weights, as they often return an abstract, to me dreamlike, representations of the thing being trained for. Although derived through a different method, search for "eigenfaces" as an example of what I mean.
In the recent hype model architecture, attention and transformers, the encoded state can be thought of as a compressed version of it's input. But human interpretation of those values is challenging.
Is it an albini or a species?
I've seen bright IR emittors, that can oversaturate some cameras
It's tough. You are not alone.
I'm self employed.
Found out I'm depressed, decided to reduce work to 3 days a week.
Raised prices to reduce clients. Turns out I now make more, doing less work. It is what it is.
Shrooms are definitely dangerous, especially for people who are prone to schizophrenia I've read.
Personally, they made me realize my mind is capable of being content. No longer full blast, spinning plates all of the time.
That experience made me realise change is possible, and I got professional help a year later. Turns out I've been living in C-PTSD since I was 5.
This might be a weird one, but it is helping me a lot.
My deepest spirals into depression and alcohol abuse happen in the evening and at night.
I switched to waking up early (5am), focused on experiencing and enjoying sunrise as a kind of meditation, then going about my day. I'm off to bed by 8pm.
There's still days where I can't catch sleep for hours, mind racing. But hours past 8pm is still only 2am.
I've made my own tv stand using these 3d printed corner pieces: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4877887/comments