@skinnylatte we prefer the term mentat

@hanktank61 that one's also very good

@skinnylatte And here I thought they were just being kind.

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I got rapid, detailed, and precise answers on precisely how to do the admittedly-kinda-weird technical thing I wanted to do in Linux, within 24 hours.

@skinnylatte agreed. only getting into mastodon for real rn but so far ppl have been very willing to help

@anders_von_hadern I think how well that works depends on *where* on the Internet you say something wrong, though.

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@skinnylatte Thanks for the tip I have never used AI, somehow cannot bring myself to it. It might also be I avoid using it so that I still exercise my brain capacities? Now, if there is a problematic question, I shall now put it online for some help.

@cwicseolfor haha I wholeheartedly agree. I have given up on searching for answers to technical things on the web, when I can just ask the question here and get brilliant advice and solutions in under 2 minutes.

There are so many incredibly smart and generous people on here, willing to help ️

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Now I'm curious, but I couldn't find it by quickly looking up in your profile.

@skinnylatte it's the best!

@skinnylatte This is so damn true! Hahah.

Tech, cooking, sewing, legal stuff, writing, pretty much anything. We have a bottomless wealth of human knowledge here - which comes with a sense of responsibility. Something AI doesn't have.

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This.

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And, unlike ChatGPT, their replies are correct. And come with a lot of accurate citations.

@RachelThornSub @skinnylatte Honestly, it depends. One of the reasons why I love BSD and #Gentoo is that the BSD and Gentoo communities are *very* inviting and there are (almost) no questions considered "too dumb".

@kleines_z @skinnylatte

I think this XKCD sums it up perfectly -
https://xkcd.com/386/

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And that is soooo fabulous!!

@jaBote @skinnylatte most of my toots are followers only. I was recommended draw.io, excalidraw.com and PowerPoint

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That sometimes happened to me, too.
It often helps to try again by boosting my own post. Don't be ashamed to boost yourself!

(I looked for that post on your profile to boost it, but couldn't find it.)

@RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io out of curiosity, what forums do you mean? the ones i used/use were quite civil (usually)

@laguiri @jaBote @skinnylatte ooh, excalidraw is good, i was reccomended it by someone on vrchat lol