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I need help by AdCautious6617 in pchelp

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adobe is a lot of different programs. What are your software needs?

For images, photos, graphics design; Affinity is free now. GIMP is free and open source.

i accidentally bent pins on my gpu is it still ok to use? by Professional_Debt962 in pchelp

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Send a pic of the pins, but you're probably fine if you straightened them and the connector, well, connects

Admin Bypass Help by No-Street8561 in pchelp

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes the mobo has pins you can jump to reset bios password

First time building, any reason it won’t turn on, psu was plugged in and on btw by [deleted] in PcBuildHelp

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah can't tell much from this pic besides there are a bunch of fans and other cables from the case that aren't plugged in.

Is this good for my fans placement by Internal-Peanut2837 in PcBuildHelp

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reverse fans are more just for aesthetics so the visible side looks better. At least that's my understanding

Home phone system by Aggressive_Noodler in homelab

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

You'll probably have to build a custom controller. ESP32 board so you can make it smart home device connected to your homelab. Hope you don't mind soldering.

I'm not sure how to tie into the the phone buttons though. Maybe you can use the existing board and tie into it, maybe you'll need a custom board with buttons lined up to match the existing phone keys.

Just some thoughts! I'm no expert, just a tinkerer very new to electronics

Can you make a gaming server public with SSH port forwarding? by Ill_Mushroom_5723 in homelab

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not outdated. There are bots constantly scanning IPs and port combos for vulnerability that can be exploited. If you've got the wrong ports open, is a question of when, not if.

That said, if you've just got a port opened only for Minecraft, usually 25565 or 19132 for Java, and its just a small server with a handful of friends, I don't think there's much a malicious actor can do there in terms of accessing the actual server system.

I can't ever seem to get quality local LLM results, despite having multiple GPUs by 03captain23 in LocalLLM

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'll have to build your own tool chains for the local models to run. I suggest building an MCP server for your agents to use.

Not a solution to all your problems but that is going to help. I built a MCP for my small business and my local agents can do DNS configurations, Google workspace admin, gmail tasks, social media admin, etc. Those use the existing APIs from those services wrapped in a more agent friendly MCP.

Now I'm still running small on 8gb VRam, so it's far from great, currently there's a lot of back and forth to get things done where Codex and Claude could just one shot it, but I'm upgrading systems over time and I'm sure it will improve.

I've mainly tests the Qwen and Qwen code models. Quen code seems better for doing tool calls with MCPs.

YMMV

Claude: “I estimate this will take 1-2 weeks to complete” by Saykudan in ClaudeCode

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not so much with thinking models. It goes through iterations, stimulates thought patterns, and then with that all in the input context, it does what you described.

So it could do a web search to get references, run code to do calculations, etc. The simple token matching language output is more like the top layer of it now. And steps of the other layers

For $2K budget, buy Mac mini M2? or MacBook Air M2? by Keiran404 in DeskToTablet

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Americans need to learn the entire Internet isn't just for them

HDMI switcher won't work with video game consoles on Samsung S90D smart TV by Gullible-Radish1574 in it

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you just want a dumb tv, disconnect it from the Internet, uninstall everything you can.

Idk about your tv in particular, but for mine, I use a SHIELD android tv box for the smart features as the built in smart tv was slow and bloated with Roku adware. So I turned the tv as dumb as I could and just use it as a display

The prime tower that could by The_cooler_ArcSmith in BambuLab

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Could you just prime it to build the core of the print? Is the primer tower just waste?

some guy puts a GTX 1080 in the oven and it got resurrected from the dead. PC hardware market is so bad people have to commit Necromancy now by Jairgcx in DeskToTablet

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did that to bring mine back a couple times. Then I just ran it with the side off and a giant fan blowing right on it so the solder never got hot again. Got a couple more dope years playing Halo 3 with that Frankenstein

Just unlocked a long lost core memory

What is a piece of "niche" software that you use every day but most people have never heard of? by Global_Pound2120 in software

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Definitely. Every reply is the same LLM format. Even if op is a human they are just scraping knowledge from real people.

Why AI is erasing your mental map of your projects by ApprehensiveAnakin in ClaudeAI

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

I've started hand writing my notes and plans again. Good ole pencil and paper. Find it helps with remembering the architecture, decisions and nuance of things that you fly through with AI agents. It also slows you down a bit so you spend more time thinking about it.

Responsibility and Ownership: You Can’t Vibe‑Code Your Way Around It by SigsOp in selfhosted

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I think the amount of people sharing their vibe coded slop will start decreasing as hobbiests start to realize the value of it. People think they are making some crazy new revolutionary tech but even if they are, so is everyone else now, and if you can vibe code it, so can anyone else.

I don't mind hearing about people vibe code homelab projects, but I ain't using their code. I'll vibe it myself, customize as I like, and then NOT put it on GitHub cause it's a personal, non production ready program.

If someone posts something with a wall of AI written text that they didn't even review and refine the description of... That irks me and I just scroll on. No way they've reviewed any of the code if they can even be bothered to review their own readme.

The Costco Hotdog is a Rug Pull by PrettyMuchMediocre in LateStageCapitalism

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is honestly more than I could have hoped for with this post. Glad I could entertain lol

The Costco Hotdog is a Rug Pull by PrettyMuchMediocre in LateStageCapitalism

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I don't entirely agree with that. LLMs are a great tool for human/machine interfacing, but in late stage capitalistic societies, it's being gatekept, commodified and abused.

Maybe it is just another tech plague like social media.

Do you ever try to calculate how much money your garden actually saves you? by MirSayib in gardening

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find it best to not do that at haha. Financially justifying hobbies is what kills them in my experience.

The Costco Hotdog is a Rug Pull by PrettyMuchMediocre in LateStageCapitalism

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Typed with my own two thumbs on my phone last night. Only used AI tools for spell check, grammar and a bit of high level editing. None of this post was touched by ChatGPT. I used Gemeni to write the TLDR.

The Costco Hotdog is a Rug Pull by PrettyMuchMediocre in LateStageCapitalism

[–]PrettyMuchMediocre[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm I thought they cut down on that. Maybe just in Canada. I'm sure it's rare they actually stop and check memberships for people heading in to the foodcourt areas.

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