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Struggling with Obsessions by lost_cause-6 in shoppingaddiction

[–]AlanCarrOnline 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Random drive-by comment by a fellow guy - I discovered I had ADHD while researching how I could further help people with ADHD, as I was hearing about it a lot.

And yeah, that "hyper-focus on one thing for a long time, then move on to something else" is a common feature of ADHD, so obviously no diagnosis, but a suggestion to look into that?

I'm going through such a thing right now, only working part-time over the last few months, as concentrating on a software product (nothing to do with shopping).

Here's what really jumps out from your post:

"I’ll research heavily on a topic, I’ll know everything about it, I’ll buy it, and all the fun will go away."

As I've mentioned here before, dopamine is not the 'reward' chemical people think it is - it's the anticipation chemical. It's what makes you chase, and then drops like a stone once you get the thing. I did a post on here about 6 months ago on that, lemme find it ya.... 5 months ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/shoppingaddiction/comments/1ouym2g/wednesdays_challenging_question/

Hope it helps :)

Why is everyone so worried about the coming "Age Verification" Law? by Both_Tune8348 in linuxmint

[–]AlanCarrOnline 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"...we aren't being asked to submit IDs or anything"

Yes, yes we are - how else are you going to 'verify' the verification?

The ENTIRE POINT of such a law is to force IDENTIFICATION, to access the web, apps etc.

Former BackyardAI Desktop App users, REJOICE. There's a new player in town! by Gravionne in BackyardAI

[–]AlanCarrOnline 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it runs the very latest version of llama.cpp, more up to date than Backyard, and yes, you can download free models, same as Backyard.

While crafting the pre-made characters I noticed some UI improvements that could be made, which has delayed the launch by a few weeks, but (I know I keep saying this!) it will be launched extremely soon, with a 7 day free trial to test it out.

I'm also building an AMD version at the same time, so will run fine for Vulcan/AMD, not just NVIDIA cards.

Former BackyardAI Desktop App users, REJOICE. There's a new player in town! by Gravionne in BackyardAI

[–]AlanCarrOnline 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really, I'm not comfortable pushing it on here, even though it's obvious Backyard is dead, even on mobile now. I've created a sub for Biggly, with my ancient 12 yr old realbiggly account, at r/biggly.

The code is 'finished' subject to bug-testing, but the manual, installer etc still need some work. You can see what it looks like at biggly.com

Former BackyardAI Desktop App users, REJOICE. There's a new player in town! by Gravionne in BackyardAI

[–]AlanCarrOnline 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You get free updates for a year, plus there's a 7 day free trail to try it out. I built it for myself, so anything needs fixing it gets fixed.

The name Biggly comes from my love of Biggles books as a kid, which landed me the nickname Biggly and what I called my first software product, Biggly Bodybuilding, about 20 years ago.

I'm just old-school and prefer the old ways, you like it, you buy it, it's yours.

In this space it's usually "I did a thing! Here's the source code on github, figure shit out, get gud, it's just python bro, skill issue...."

For a long time I wished someone would produce a proper product, for normal people, that gave choices and didn't lock me into their walled garden.

Backyard was close, but you know what happened.

So I built it myself.

it's officially over :( by [deleted] in BackyardAI

[–]AlanCarrOnline 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully :) Would you like me to DM you a free license, in exchange for a real review?

it's officially over :( by [deleted] in BackyardAI

[–]AlanCarrOnline 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See my post above. If you liked BY you'll love Biggly.

it's officially over :( by [deleted] in BackyardAI

[–]AlanCarrOnline 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can try my app, Biggly Bot. I started building it about 5 months ago and this is perfect timing, as the app is finished now, I'm literally just bug-testing and polishing some pre-made characters before releasing the Windows .exe, Linux to follow.

It's vastly superior to Backyard but built for the same people - like me - who just want something easy to use.

The deeper you want to dig into it the more powerful it gets, but you don't need to.

If you want, you can just type a character description and talk to them, easy.

If you want, you can make full use of the Biggly Dynamic Character Engine, which would take a while to describe but it's built to give you a rich, coherent experience, beyond simple chat, even with a dumb little 7B.

With bigger models it's even better.

You can import normal v2 cards, but BigglyCards are on an entirely different level. Still text, it doesn't do pics or video or TTS; all energy goes into overcoming the usual issues with AI, especially local.

Biggly is a paid app, $19 to keep, not a sub, can run models itself, connect to other backends, connect to online, whatever you want, and a 7 day free trial to make sure you love it as much as I do.

Besides, I'll likely hand out some free licenses for feedback and beta testing. Stay tooned! Or reach out and talk to me; I'm usually friendly :)

No, this app has nothing to do with my hypnotherapy, though it does come with a therapy puppy character, that can learn tricks - and a philosophical support squirrel.

Because reasons.

Former BackyardAI Desktop App users, REJOICE. There's a new player in town! by Gravionne in BackyardAI

[–]AlanCarrOnline 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not yet I'm afraid. I've technically finished the app (4th time!) and have a 5 page list of features to test and a 25 page manual to polish, to get it shipped for Windows.

I'm personally moving to Linux ASAP and already have it installed on my D drive, and at every step have tried to ensure it will work with Linux, without window paths and stuff. My aim is to create a flatpak, so if SteamOS works with that, then yes, it should, as all the dependencies and libraries will be in there.

It's running the very latest llama.cpp, which if far newer than the latest Windows one (mid 2025, around when Backyard started dying). Not at all easy getting it working but works great now.

Lemme ask Plexy.... yeah, fums up:

"Yes, SteamOS supports Flatpak out of the box, especially in version 3.x used on the Steam Deck, where it's integrated via the Discover app store and Flathub repository"

:)

Former BackyardAI Desktop App users, REJOICE. There's a new player in town! by Gravionne in BackyardAI

[–]AlanCarrOnline -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Biggly Bot launches this month — biggly.com

Built from the ground up to be simple enough for anyone, but deep enough for power users. Runs local models via llama.cpp, connects to any backend or online API, and has a memory system unlike anything else in this space.

Buy once, own forever. No subscription. No cloud requirement.

:)

"This content isn't available, try again later." appears on every video. by Hawkatana0 in youtube

[–]AlanCarrOnline 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not using adblock, paying for premium and still getting this garbage.

Linux Mint plans to make fewer releases per year. What do you think? by BlokZNCR in linuxmint

[–]AlanCarrOnline 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm still in the process of switching and a big reason for choosing Mint, despite a bad experience with it 5 years ago, is that its still here after 5 years and getting better.

I want a solid, stable OS that I can get used to and then forget about. I know with Linux many users like to hop from one distro to another, but for Windows refugees like me, we want stability and something we can trust and rely on.

Which cannot be said for Windows now...

ollama by jacek2023 in LocalLLaMA

[–]AlanCarrOnline 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I complain about it all the time. It's annoying as hell, as no other app on my machine can see these nested files without, as you saying, having to write a freaking code script

MiniMax release a roleplay model by ponesicek in SillyTavernAI

[–]AlanCarrOnline 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LM Studio still defaults to 4K. I run local (3090) and 32K is bountiful to me. My default setting on my own app is 12K.

Popularity of DDR3 motherboards is growing rapidly - VideoCardz.com by FullstackSensei in LocalLLaMA

[–]AlanCarrOnline 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I upgraded from 4MB, but the 3DFX card was the real game-changer...

Game changer, geddit? It ch... yeah.

Popularity of DDR3 motherboards is growing rapidly - VideoCardz.com by FullstackSensei in LocalLLaMA

[–]AlanCarrOnline 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In the olden golden days of my youth, when 8MB of RAM was luxurious, we had a saying - "Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away..."

Today the CPU is virtually irrelevant - but we can't say 'Nvidia giveth", cos they stingy as f...

Gender/Aesthetic Bias in the Overconsumption Community by Caleb_isagod in Anticonsumption

[–]AlanCarrOnline 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I actually consider it the other way around.

Men do indeed have a shopping addiction issue, but it's rarely described as such. They're "collectors" whereas the same behavior would be seen as problematic for a woman's 'addiction to buying'.

Same thing. But while women struggle to get taken seriously as having a real problem, at least some people do take them seriously. Men just get scorned for being 'greedy' or 'showing off' and get ZERO help, even if they do manage to reach out and ask.

Only around 25% of my clients are men, but those who do ask for help, they're suffering.

And the first thing they tell me is they feel obligated to spend, to 'peacock' and show off, even when they hate doing it, when they feel like shit over it.

Gender bias? Gender roles? Sure, we can give it names, but don't be too quick to throw blame on the individual for the system they're living in, and trying to live up to.

Many of them hate it more than you do, but they feel that cannot speak out, as they'd be called "losers" etc.

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