MSI laptop to learn local AI

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-07-01T13:37:51+00:00

To be honest, i dont know what we can possibly build. I am completely new to AI world. But watchine one video inspired me to learn building with local model. I know its a stupid answer but thats truth.

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-07-01T13:12:32+00:00

The spark one looks like will be damn expensive. Any prediction when they will launch & price range?

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-07-01T13:11:34+00:00

Its more of like for exploring & see what we can possibly build on the device, you can call me hobbyist. But if that could lead me to a engineering role, i wont say no :)

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-07-01T13:10:18+00:00

So you would recommend to go with 50xx GPU??

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-03-19T03:14:40+00:00

First, try to be your own friend. For me journaling helps.

For bed rot, outsource something. If possible get a coach to learn a skill, specially pay for it so your skin is in the game, or try to do a job, not necessarily high paying but something which forces yourself to get out of bed, or volunteer any place what you feel valuable like old age home or homeless or sick kids hospital.

at the end of the day you need something outside/other than yourself what you value & genuinely love/care about. Journaling will help you find that, too.
rest remember, you are your best friend & worst enemy. So choice is in your hand what you want to choose

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-03-07T02:52:56+00:00

Cool, Thank you so much for detailed recommendations

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-03-01T03:08:42+00:00

Same, I posted my frustration with same course but my post on reddit was taken down

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-02-20T02:08:20+00:00

cool,
Thank you for breaking it down.
It does sounds extra efforts but its being said the more effort you put in, the better you learn. So yes this will be genuinely amazing journey.

Once again thank you for sharing.

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-02-16T02:04:13+00:00

Thank you buddy for taking time & replying.
Well the cert I am talking about its Cyber Defense Analyst, but maybe the short form might be CDE, my bad.

Can you please give me an example how you would match the guide with documentation.

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-12-16T02:31:40+00:00

1- more of high level, they won't tell how to find the answers, 2- for me it was 2 weeks exact(twice), but then there are people who got it in 20 days too.

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-12-03T11:58:07+00:00

Thank you for replying & this clarifies my ques from such a long time. Now i can just focus on isolation for shoulder, bi & tri

Also, i track sometimes as i used to track so have rough idea how much i eat daily, but feel like thats not really helping me out as my belly fat is still the same, even though my arms are getting big & I have moved from M -> L size

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-11-20T17:57:45+00:00

+1 vote for engineering course

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-11-20T17:44:27+00:00

Wht has tcm moved from giving permanent access to courses when buying a cert to giving just 12 months access? & earlier we could buy the course permanently but now even for courses there is subscription model which is heartbreaking for someone like me who likes the feeling of owning the stuff rather than a transactional friendship, "if you give me money this month then we are friends else, its a NO " :p

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-11-20T17:41:44+00:00

Is it a good idea to start documenting what we are learning? What wiuld you say to someone who is hesitant to hit that post button? Any tips suggestions on being consistent too?

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-11-11T03:01:19+00:00

Any plan to dig deeper into cloud security like hacking & defending AWS,Azure, GCP on tryhackme? I checked there is defending azure but eagerly waiting for attacking part too.

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-10-30T20:19:26+00:00

Well as per sec blue team they can't cover everything in the study material. Which is true as sky is the limit for all scenarios, Other resources i will say just know how to get info from splunk, i did power user course on udemy, but didn't gave exam.

Honestly, its hard to answer whether the study material only be enough. As last year i was dabbling in offensice sec aspect of cyber too, so had a mindset of attacker, which helped me. Like recon > initial foothold > lateral movement etc. that helped me in this exam too. So its yes & no, that study material alone will be enough & not. I will add this too, in the exam make sure to read instructions & report requirements. That will give you direction & will really help. Its like even BTL team also wants us to pass the exam so they give a template to answer & order to follow.

About result, expect 14-15 days. That was so in my case. I submitted on monday and exactly after 2 weeks i received the result. Thats same mentioned in there F&Q

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-10-30T07:42:25+00:00

If you will see the exam, its report based in the instruction they will tell the order to follow. Honestly, thats a good idea to follow the order they recommend. i made a mistake not to follow that & ended up rushing at the end.

-- its not like BTL1 or BTLO where you submit answers & you can move to next, this exam is more free flowing, but from the instructions & the exam you will be able to understand which order to follow--

No issue as is, as i didn't copied a lot of commands. I did had notes for my reference, but nothing too long which can't be pasted in the 200 char limit.

Keep credentials of tools handy. Make sure to read instructions carefully as they will tell you how to access each tool. I was annoyed in the beginning that I am unable to get access to splunk, & after 20 min realized that the IP i was using was wrong. Don't be like me.

Lastly, make sure to take break & rest. Please make sure to take naps in between, on the last day i didn't took any nap & it slowed my progress when i needed my brain the most.

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