[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 14 points 2 months ago

PSN hates refunds so I can see that being a large influence.

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago

It gets more complicated if someone is double-natted (CG/NAT) unfortunately.

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 12 points 9 months ago

Didn't microsoft recently push something to prevent these from working?

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago

Depending on the age, myabandonware and a guy named Vimm who has a lair are solid places.

Just one DL at a time from the latter, but it's worth it. Also it's not that bad of a hassle, go from small to large games and it's over in no time.

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago

Right but if it's something that's affecting every single creator then why would anyone continue to want to use Unity

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago

You can buy Gwenyth Paltrow's goop jade egg and you'll receive it, that doesn't mean it's not a scam.

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago

Okay, I'm with you but...

how are we using these closed source models?

As of right now I can go to civitai and get hundreds of models created by users to be used with Stable Diffusion. Are we assuming that these closed source models are even able to be run on localized hardware? In my experience, once you reach a certain size there's nothing that layusers can do on our hardware, and the corpos aren't using AI running on a 3080, or even a set of 4090's or whatever. They're using stacks of A100's with more VRAM than everyone's GPU in this thread.

If we're talking the whole of LLM's to include visual and textual based AI... Frankly, while I entirely support and agree with your premise, I can't quite see how anyone can feasibly utilize these (models). For the moment anything that's too heavy to run locally is pushed off to something like Collab or Jupiter and it'd need to be built with the model in mind (from my limited Collab understanding - I only run locally so I am likely wrong here).

Whether we'll even want these models is a whole different story too. We know that more data = more results but we also know that too much data fuzzes specifics. If the model is, say, the entirety of the Internet while it may sound good in theory in practice getting usable results will be hell. You want a model with specifics - all dogs and everything dogs, all cats, all kitchen and cookware, etc.

It's easier to split the data this way for the end user as this way we can direct the AI to put together an image of a German Shepard wearing a chefs had cooking in the kitchen, with the subject using the dog-Model and the background using the kitchen-Model.

So while we may even be able to grab these models from corpos, without the hardware and without any parsing, it's entirely possible that this data will be useless to us.

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago

But after the 2.5 years it takes to build the Windows index wouldn't it be the same - just searching through a built index?

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 14 points 11 months ago

VLC was invented to screen share video from a host computer to a group call? TIL

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 14 points 11 months ago

Get the latest GenP and then find the self hosted locally run plugin

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago

No, not any more. Way back when dynavap first got popular it was seen as an upstarting stoner metalworker and they were reasonably priced.

Then the hype train hit online on reddit and instagram and the dude got a bit of an ego riding the wave (no offense to G., he's great and kind but also a little look-down-ony if you ever tuned into his talks). Each respective iteration of the product was just that, and year after year prices were raised, quality was lowered and costs were cut, and then he coated some in a heat based anodization and called it a permathermachromatic coating. Over the years leading up to this there was an increase in peripherals/accessories sold as well and now it's really just an iterative brand.

Machine oils up the wazoo after the '20s which were still continuing to this year from what I saw before I quit reddit. Could have changed but frankly, I doubt it. Does it matter much? Well, other than the actual machine quality of some of the vapes themselves, no not really. We should clean our vapes first anyway, although Dynavap should also specifically tell you to clean it before use like every other company.

The dynavap does what it does well, which is heat up to a click and give you 5-12 seconds of vapor by the second heatup. I fundamentally don't agree with a vape that cools down as you hit it, so the dynavap doesn't suit my personal preference, but that's not to say it's not good or anything like that. I personally switched to vaping specifically to get away from butane, so another personal preference. However I have an induction heater which does me just fine, but then at that point the cost is looking towards a different vape.

I think much of its popularity comes from the easier entry cost compared to other vapes, the similar ritualistic element that smokers are used to, and the relatively easy use of it. It's also easy to buy something cheap, be excited it works well enough, have some space and time and feel the need to get something to give it a little extra kick so you get some accessories for it, customize it etc. It's probably the most customizable vape out there, which is certainly something.

All in all, if you get one that was well treated but used you'd be getting a decent price. Don't go for any resales of special editions, they are trying to recoup money because they bought a brand. Honestly, get a 2019 if you're at all interested, find it for $45. The 2020's suck, everything after them suck more. The 2018's combust way more easily.

Otherwise, you'll be suckered into getting "the best" accessories to make the experience "the best" it can be... None of what you will pay will be worth just getting a better vape that works the way you want it to in the first place. (As in, make sure your preferences are filled - the dynavap may fill it! For a heavy heavy long time stoner it was a minor upgrade to the MFLB - not enough.

IMO, vapes should work the best they can work with minimal aftermarket modding. The 2019 is the closest they got to that, and for the price on sale it was great.

Compared to the Tiny Might at $350? Different classes entirely really - if the Dynavap feels like you run out of vapor that's why we use battery powered vapes. Exact same chamber/session size, but I can actually clear a bowl without needing "technique" (which is another "it should just work". I had enough technique with the MFLB thank you).

Compared to the Mighty for $279? You get faster heat up time and a slimmer profile - shorter sessions but easy to refill.

Compared to the Solo 2 for $189? The Solo 2 is a slighly less vapor dense Mighty, so this is down to preference of use. The Solo 2 is a bubbler sipper, the dynavap can be a 1-hit bong ripper.

Compared to the other vapes for $89+($49 accessory 1)+($49 accessory 2)+($49 accessory 3)+(cost of better torch)+(cost of induction heater)... And ultimately, that is what my issue with Dynavap is. It hyped up spending money on a mediocre experience, not entirely the fault of Dynavap but not wholly helped/prevented either there became a toxic community that was fostered. It ultimately resulting in a couple controversies between vendors and other enthusiasts wanting to also make vaporizers. I will always enjoy my experiences and friends I've made around the early years, but the rapid expansion really brought a negative crowd to the space which really fractured the community and George has just fallen to capitalism. Must expand and make shareholders happy, must always expand.

Well, they popped a bit lol.

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

From my understanding it has only been rolled out to Chrome users so far. Anyone using adblocks with Firefox will not have seen these yet.

However to ensure you don't, I suggest beginning your transition to some of the alternatives. I have been migrating to Piped which is essentially a scraper.

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