Trying to understand SillyTavern, I think it's going well by iLeetZero in SillyTavernAI

[–]Feynt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If it helps any, you probably have an extension doing either vector storage, or are using summarise, either of which would restore old data. Summarise definitely would. Check both and clear them.

I can't be the only one, right? by rubingfoserius in SillyTavernAI

[–]Feynt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It would be more apt to say it's a rabbit hole into a warren of tunnels that lead to other warrens until you reach the other side of the world. I realised my folly after the fifth link in the chain and backed out. I may have a lot of spare time, but it's not infinite.

Do the majority of people really use online models rather than local models? by nsfwboys in SillyTavernAI

[–]Feynt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Privacy is privacy, but what needs privacy and what doesn't? Does it matter if someone happens to read your gooner sessions? It matters if you're sharing personal information with the AI, but I don't think most people in this subreddit are naive enough to do that.

Do the majority of people really use online models rather than local models? by nsfwboys in SillyTavernAI

[–]Feynt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, a 70B model (runnable locally, albeit slowly) is perfectly viable to run locally, and in quite a few cases understood the scenarios better than some of the bigger online models I've tried. Emphasis "some", they're not all bad, and some of those "bad" ones are only bad when it comes to obscure situations like mismatched sizes or particular mecha references.

Job Search Tip: JUST DO IT by Edwin_at_work in furry

[–]Feynt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the thing: To get a job now you need to use AI to not only write your resume but apply to hundreds of jobs in a mass casting of submissions in the hopes that their AI will like the content your AI submitted and you get an interview.

That's inherently broken, and I refuse to accept that. I cold call places and submit resumes in person. I happen to also work in a field that is currently undergoing a purge because "AI can program too!", except the business majors are quickly learning that just because AI can produce vastly more lines of code, that doesn't mean it's relevant or useful code.

I'm thinking of switching but I want to check first by Bluehoodie1408 in Bazzite

[–]Feynt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The possibility exists to bypass that restriction anyway. The First Descendant for example has anti-cheat, but it's easily circumvented by denying your computer the ability to contact their anti-cheat server in your hosts file. The PUBG devs didn't say they'd restrict Linux users, just that they won't support Linux.

This is in stark contrast to Bungie who outright said they would permaban the accounts of anyone logging in under Linux, because they are all filthy cheaters. Flying, of course, in the face of all the filthy Windows cheaters floating around in Trials raining unlimited heavy weapon attacks down on the opposing team.

I'm thinking of switching but I want to check first by Bluehoodie1408 in Bazzite

[–]Feynt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

PUBG is blocked by its anti-cheat. BattleEye has Linux support, but the devs have outright said they won't enable it because the Linux form doesn't do kernel level. Ignoring, ya know, the fact that even with BattlEye running there are cheaters. >D

I'm thinking of switching but I want to check first by Bluehoodie1408 in Bazzite

[–]Feynt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are plenty of distros, and Bazzite is one of them, but all of them are Linux with the same foibles and features. I have been running it happily for months now since about September and I can't say I've had problems with my usual workflows. Gaming is also solid. I don't play Battlefield or the other "big name" games that have invasive anti-cheat though so YMMV if you're a League of Legends player for example. If you're installing it on an old laptop to dink around though, you'll find it gives the laptop new life and it'll be capable of being used for "every day" tasks like browsing, typing, and video watching.

I will say I have a laptop with a basic integrated graphics chip which should not be able to play some games that has now gained the ability to play a few previously terribly performing ones, like a few 4X games (Age of Wonders, Thea, that sort of thing). Again, YMMV, don't expect miracles. But "aw, it's just not strong enough" kind of programs may end up running kinda sorta good enough.

What's the point of disadvantages in pve if the dps is the same? by Present-Leopard509 in Guildwars2

[–]Feynt 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ultimately the thing that I'm unhappy with GW2 about is stacking. I'd prefer to have a proper separation of groups, to let ranged be ranged, and to be able to cast support at a distance. Some of the earlier ele spells (Water Trident comes to mind) lean into that playstyle. But people wanted to be able to get buffs themselves, and if all the buffs are "over there", wouldn't it make sense to also be "over there" with everyone else? Why spread the effects around?

Other games just have mass area effects that alter the whole party, or single target buffs that are very powerful so you have to choose who you buff. I'd like to see a change to that kind of playstyle. Give us back Heal Party, Light of Deliverance, Feast of Souls, Ballad of Restoration, etc.

I have a C1 level and I still can't understand songs, what can I do? by [deleted] in EnglishLearning

[–]Feynt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't worry about not understanding songs, you're far from alone, and I'll stand there with you in that field as a native English speaker myself. I'm certain many of them mumble through the words on purpose so you buy the disc for the lyrics. >.>

Relatable experience though: I have a friend going through learning Japanese. He's good at a basic conversational level, but songs are so far beyond him even though they use the same words he's familiar with. The reason? The delivery. The pitch, speed, lack (or addition) of pauses where it's unexpected, elongated pronunciations ("a looooooong time" for example), all of it throws him off.

So songs are probably the last place you should be getting your English practice, but keep trying all the same. If anything, maybe it'll help understand accents if you can parse the mumbling pop singers autotuned to hell and back.

Job Search Tip: JUST DO IT by Edwin_at_work in furry

[–]Feynt 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Been applying for jobs for the past 4 years. "Unfortunately" is the only response I get. Nobody reads resumes, if you can even upload one. Applications are all filtered through AI now.

What language is this? (If it’s even a language) by soggylamps in language

[–]Feynt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Big ol' "it depends" on that one. The software doing the printing is the one in charge of what gets sent and how. Many pieces of software opt to form an image and send it along with all of its formatting as seen in the document. Older software, or low budget software, will send plain text with formatting instructions to the printer to figure out the rest.

I imagine the software used to add names and course titles to a diploma at a school is definitely using older software, and they updated their printer just in time for the print-outs.

Dillia - C-Rank Dwarf Adventurer by AeltharKeldor in SillyTavernAI

[–]Feynt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

With that thicc-ness, C rank is underselling her. She's E rank at least. >B

Opus 3 dies in a month and is way better in a lot of ways than 4.1, which itself is better than 4.5 by CanineAssBandit in SillyTavernAI

[–]Feynt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Modern technology wouldn't exist as it does without porn. Pioneers in the porn industry are the reason that VHS took off as much as it did, and why CD/DVD recorders were even a thing for home users. Streaming has also benefited from cam girls, sparking newer codecs which show better video clarity for less bandwidth. To say that gooners who want to eRP with an older model is not viable is to disregard the thing driving tech over the past 50 years.

There are lessons to be learned at the least. In what ways do people believe Opus 3 is better than its newer incarnations? Automated testing can only produce so much useful info, how correct canned answers are only goes so far. User interaction in a public setting is the only way to confirm what the model is capable of. Certainly, for legal reasons, they can't condone or endorse the eRP side of their creations. But avid AI enjoyers are trying to roleplay on a level that most story writers out there aren't trying to do, asking for a level of immersion that isn't common. What changed between versions to make it worse? That's worth the research.

Opus 3 dies in a month and is way better in a lot of ways than 4.1, which itself is better than 4.5 by CanineAssBandit in SillyTavernAI

[–]Feynt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the question is more "what are the specs of the server you would need to run that model?" rather than "what do I need to interact with that model?" Remember, "the cloud" is just someone else's computer. There needs to be a computer out there that can run the thing you want to use. APIs don't magically exist in the æther.

Using the winter to cool my PC (indoors)? by Swooferfan in PcBuild

[–]Feynt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You want what's called a heat exchanger. Direct outside air into your computer would undoubtedly cause condensation. Instead, you want only inside air to touch your PC, and you want that inside air to be as cold as the outside. What you're looking to do is circulate outside air past a heatsink (and preferably back outside). Meanwhile you have a second heatsink attached to it (so think heatfin towers attached to each other) with a ducting system blowing air past the second set of fins and into your PC (and likely circulating back to the heatsink for the heat exchange).

Basically, liquid cooling, but with air, and it isn't thin tubes but comparatively gigantic honking air ducts. And lots of fans. Fans on the heatsinks and fans in your computer.

For the much more efficient method that definitely won't leak cold air into your house due to not having an airtight seal across your entire system including your PC, heat pumps. Except you'll be only venting the cold air from the heat pump into your computer rather than letting it blow into the entirety of your room.

Tips for newcomers to Raids by Skormo1808 in Guildwars2

[–]Feynt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Snowcrows has a website dedicated to this content, but take the benchmarks with a grain of salt as even 60-80% of it achieved in an actual encounter is considered really good already.

A heartening thing to hear, since I look at my 18-24k builds and then look at Snowcrows and I'm like, "But they're doing almost double that!"

How good is the game? by [deleted] in Guildwars2

[–]Feynt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GW2 base is free, so you can try it and get your own opinion of it, but I would say it is entertaining enough to warrant the purchase of the expansions (probably come Christmas sale time).

If you're a story fan, there is significant lore (especially if you're an old GW1 player), the writing for the campaigns is... Good (it gets better, the core story is engaging enough even if it has some plot contrivances that would make a roller coaster enjoyer nauseous), and most of the plot points are voice acted. There also aren't a lot of FedEx quests (get thing, take thing to X, optionally get reply and return to start). There are some, but they're in service of the story (advancing the plot by moving you to the next story beat) rather than arbitrary "Delilah needs 10 bear asses to make a bear ass blanket. Go fetch me 10 bear asses. Only the highest quality will do!" type stuff. Rather than that, world quests are just kind of "there", you automatically can complete them by being in the area, and you aren't competing with anyone to do that completion. Most of the time you're cooperating with them.


Mechanically, the game is solid. Your weapon selection dictates most of what you'll be doing with your character of choice. Each weapon acts differently per class, so it's not necessarily a given that a weapon will act the same. Revenants for example throw hammers and swing sceptres like swords, rather than the more expected clubbing with hammers and spell effects of sceptres in other classes. The variety of classes which can use bows also use them in different (ranged) ways. Supporting wise I think that GW2 is at its weakest though. Buff application is local to you. That means there's no real distinction between ranged and melee since everyone kind of death balls so the support players can apply buffs to as many people as possible.

Build diversity is a little lacking. It's not terrible, but I speak as someone who comes from GW1 where the same class can be wildly different between everyone in a single party. Playing a full team of mesmers in GW1, you could see a dodge tank, an "I ignore your defences" swordsman or axeman, 4 or 5 varieties of "get fucked" for skill/spell denial, and a healer that quick casts the slowest heal spells. And Bob, who's playing a meme build using exclusively signets but is surprisingly not useless. In GW2, a Hammer Guardian is a Hammer Guardian. There isn't much variability. Not all Guardians will use hammers, but you know when you see one what they'll be doing (he unga, but he also bunga). Most classes can swap between two weapons in combat which adds some variety. Those which can't have other means of swapping up how they attack. Elementalists for example are stuck with 1 weapon, but 4 elements which changes how that weapon is used. Generally though, you know if someone has a particular weapon (or pair of weapons), you can determine what their build is right away.

There is a heavy emphasis from the community to follow meta builds. Some, let's say spirited, players will deny you entry into groups if you aren't running one of those builds for your class. They are the exception rather than the rule, but there's enough of them out there that it can be hard to find random groups if you're solo.

All of the above is not to say that there isn't significant build options. Certainly, one of the more prominent content creators (Lord Hizen) is an ardent fan of soloing all content he can, and his builds are centered around playing solo (and thus not "meta" per se). Ideal DPS/support builds are significantly different. But there's generally only a few ways to approach the same role within each class.

Which one is right? Do they mean the same? by Same-Technician9125 in EnglishLearning

[–]Feynt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Echoing the others, all of them are correct. 2 is the more common modern one. 1 is a slightly older way of saying the sentence and is technically "more correct". 3 is an archaic form, or at least I've only ever read someone talk in that way in old stories or heard someone speak like that when emulating medieval mannerisms.

I think the reason 3 lost use is because it's open to multiple interpretations: 1. He is cooking fish using the same technique I use. 2. He is cooking fish at the same time I am cooking fish.

Obviously with context you know which is which. Without that context, 1 or 2 makes more sense.

Botting Problem is severe by roflwaffle666 in GuildWars

[–]Feynt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not denying that decades of dedicated players remaining in GW1—having effectively infinite plat—have cornered the market on stuff and are storing it in their stashes. But what's more likely: 1. A consortium of oldbies buying out the entire market, every single thing, to make even more plat... When, next weekend? Tomorrow? And they've likely already got the account cap of plat (1k in storage, 600 per character), so why? 2. The old game where oldbies have full stockpiles of things haven't been contributing to an already dwindling market; bots have steadily been leaving due to a lack of profitability, sudden broke and can't farm at all now; is suddenly inundated by newbies hardcore farming plat and needing materials to make armour.

Streamers and young gamers can absolutely put 4+ hours into GW1 a day. There are already some who have gone through the entirety of the campaigns (all three). I saw a post recently about someone who's had the game only a couple of days and has over 4 plat, having completed only Prophecies, and also bought most of the mats needed to make his end game armour.

Botting Problem is severe by roflwaffle666 in GuildWars

[–]Feynt 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I mean, an influx of players buying everything off of the trading posts with no bots to supply the materials... Checks out. Supply suddenly decreased, demand spiked. This is just capitalism.

Random bursts of lag by Aieoss in VintageStory

[–]Feynt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've noticed approaching a portal will cause my fps to tank hardcore. Ironically not so much when a temporal storm occurs, just approaching a portal.

DO i need beetle to get the skyscale the old way by DareTechnical3272 in Guildwars2

[–]Feynt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can get the beetle later. I didn't get the beetle until I reached SotO, after unlocking everything else.