ISPs have started getting more threatening about tormenting, though. Instead of sending threatening letters/emails that no one reads, some are now temporarily blocking service until you access a captive portal that makes you acknowledge the notice. Probably mostly because the media companies bought up most of the ISPs, in the US at least.
If it’s someone I am or want to be close with, then I’ve made the decision that I will likely longer want to be as close to them. I mean very small white lies which are really just being gentle, I’m OK with, but if it’s important to me, then nope. I can’t pretend to be someone I’m not anymore. It’s not worth it.
I wish there were more games that were fully complete single player offline games with online multiplayer being an afterthought. I miss a good story and experience that isn’t grind for years or pay to continue.
If it’s closed source but can be self hosted, what is the business model? I think it would be hard to fight piracy in that case. If it requires connecting to a service periodically for licenses and has no free version that doesn’t require that, then I believe it should be banned. I don’t consider that self-hosted. If the company disappears and the served goes down, its dead. That’s just running on your hardware, but not under your control. If the application is open or can be run locally without connecting to their servers and the paid portion is an add on like working as a proxy or something, then I have no real issue with that.
That said, there definitely should be a higher standard for users who are only marketing here. They should be making posts specifically for this group, not just sharing generic ads. The post should specifically state why it’s useful to self-hosters and thus relevant to the group.
They think LLMs are more intelligent than people because the LLMs tell them they are. So of course most companies who bought into “AI” have laid off staff, especially the most experienced and thus expensive ones, and have handed responsibilities to untrained contractors armed with “AI”. So yeah, most companies who did that are going to be falling apart over the next few years, including the one I work for. I was only safe, so far, because I’m grossly underpaid already.
ISP: $75/month for symmetrical 1Gbit fiber and unlimited data. This is the biggest expense. All other options are 1-25 Mbps up with cable or dsl and most are just as expensive.
VPSs: around $40/month, though I’m planning to cut back a bit as I’m moving some stuff local.
2 Domains: < $30/year
The rest is purchased with no future subscription costs. This covers everything except for the security cams that I need to migrate off of corporate services one of these days.
“AI” obviously wrote it. It reads like a teenager trying to fill a word quota for an essay assignment. Tons if repetition of useless information. And probably they get paid by ads and the longer the article is, the more ads load. I hate what “AI” and capitalism have done to science.
Might not be the right one for you. For me most stimulants don’t make things feel “faster” until the dose gets much higher. Also, I usually need a kickstart of caffeine (not too much though or I can get slightly jittery, usually one large, strong cup of coffee or two or so cups of strong black tea) in addition to my 25mg extended release Adderall to clear the initial fog. I then take another 5-10mg of immediate release Adderall in the late afternoon if I need to function in the evening/night.
For me the Adderall at those doses never really makes me feel “fast” or jittery. I have had some of that when I accidentally took 2 of the 25s, but even then it was minimal. It does keep me from sleeping, though, if I take too much, too late, but I almost always have trouble sleeping anyway unless I’m totally exhausted. Also, if I only use caffeine and no Adderall it takes a lot of coffee to get me hyper.
But I have a friend with ADHD who needs caffeine in order to sleep in addition to Adderall during the day and another who can’t tolerate Adderall at all and uses a different stimulant (but I can’t remeber what). Everyone is different. Try some different meds or combos, with your doctor’s supervision of course. Just don’t overdo it. Listen to your body and dont base your needs solely on anyone else’s. And it’s a good idea to regularly check blood pressure since even if a stimulant isn’t making your brain hyperactive, it can make other parts react poorly. Home Blood pressure machines are usually cheap and sometimes covered by health plans or allowable under healthcare accounts like FSAs and HSAs and, IMHO, a cheap preventative measure to avoid potential issues. Adderall doesn’t affect my blood pressure much, but it does for some and even with that history, I still check regularly.