I don't feel like being dependent on LLM coding tools is much of an issue, you can very easily switch between different vendors. And I hope that open weight models will be "good enough" until we get a monopoly. In any case, even if you are afraid of getting too dependent on AI tools, I think everyone needs to stay up to date on what is happening. Things are changing very quickly right now, so no matter what argument you may have against LLMs, it may just not be valid any more in a few months

> I think everyone needs to stay up to date on what is happening. Things are changing very quickly right now, so no matter what argument you may have against LLMs, it may just not be valid any more in a few months

This actually to me implies the opposite of what you’re saying here. Why bother relearning the state of the art every few months, versus waiting for things to stabilize on a set of easy-to-use tools?

Reminds me of this masterpiece: Neo takes the blue pill https://youtu.be/aau8qa3xgFs

There's also the classic xkcd: https://xkcd.com/566/

Sentdex for anything python related https://youtube.com/c/sentdex

I have the quest 2 and the only app I bought for it is virtual desktop, so I can wirelessly stream VR games from my PC. All other purchases are in steam and would not be lost if I lose my fb account. That said, fb is evil, but the quest is ahead of other headsets far enough that I can ignore it.

I too consider it one of the better purchases. Being able to travel in vr using Google earth, vr videos or own panorama pictures in these times is amazing.

That seems like a good way to handle the issue.

Btw how do you view panorama photos with it?

Ysk Google play audiobooks can be downloaded without DRM. audible books are protected but are very easy download and convert to mp3

I wanted to recommend runalyze [1] but unfortunately they discontinued support of the self hosted version [2].

[1] https://runalyze.com/ [2] https://github.com/Runalyze/Runalyze/

Does anyone know of tools that make it easier to browse and analyze the data downloaded from Facebook or Google (offline)? For example visualizing the location timeline, statistical analysis etc. This is something I have been looking for for a while. Both as a tool to analyze my behavior, and to better understand and communicate to others how much these companies know about us.

I've been building tools for this at https://github.com/dogsheep

The unifying idea is to convert data dumps from these kinds of companies into SQLite databases, then query and visualize them using https://github.com/simonw/datasette and https://github.com/simonw/datasette-vega

I do not, but as the linked story mentions, the data they allow you to download is incomplete and the more "shocking" types of data are hidden in shadow profiles that Facebook do not allow users to see in any form.

BPS.space - Model rockets - 133k - https://youtu.be/OE0_-g7YV1M

OskarPuzzle - 3D printed puzzles - 110k - https://youtu.be/B3XY6HkVFR0

The Signal Path - RF electronics - 66k - https://youtu.be/DXYje2B04xE

I like and follow most of this, but the most important topic is missing: use meaningful subjects! I don't want any "Re: Re: Re: Fw: Re: issue..." emails in my inbox. Especially if I later want to find some specific email.

This. As an anti-spam measure (that worked flawlessly so far), instead of putting an email address on my website, I have my website send an email to people with the "From" address set to my address. The subject is something like "To reach me, just reply to this email!"

A bunch of people used it, but not a single one managed to change the subject line to describe what their email is actually about. Not one.

Well, maybe you should add: ... and change the subject :)

It's no biggie and sure I can change it to "change this", it's just odd to me that nobody sets the subject line.

Here is recent a talk/lecture by Oliver Cameron, CEO of voyage, explaining in detail why they chose retirement communities and how they built their company.

https://youtu.be/-j0tc0Y1CIE