The Hobbyist

Just a stranger trying things.

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Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: July 16th, 2023
  • The HobbyisttoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•I installed Ollama. Now what?English
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    2 days ago

    Ollama is very useful but also rather barebones. I recommend installing Open-Webui to manage models and conversations. It will also be useful if you want to tweak more advanced settings like system prompts, seed, temperature and others.

    You can install open-webui using docker or just pip, which is enough if you only care about serving yourself.

    Edit: open-webui also renders markdown, which makes formatting and reading much more appealing and useful.

    Edit2: you can also plug ollama into continue.dev, an extension to vscode which brings the LLM capabilities to your IDE.

  • The HobbyisttoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•On Politics and Proton - a message from Andy
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    5 days ago

    You’re confusing proton with our stance as a community which cares about privacy.

    As a community the question is, will we shun anyone who cares about furthering our rights to privacy, because they have other stances on other issues?

    Doing so is only isolating us and prevents us from making our issues heard and gathering more support across the political spectrum.

    You can fight alongside someone you don’t agree with on other topics. It is not an endorsement for all they stand for.

  • The HobbyisttoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•On Politics and Proton - a message from Andy
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    6 days ago

    I’m personally satisfied with the statement, position and reflection on the issue.

    It was a fuck-up to publicly respond to donaldtrump in what could be seen as an endorsement. This was acknowledged and remedied.

    The no politics stance is probably unavoidable, as mentioned but they should never focus on political parties, but on defending the values, this is what is clarified and that’s best. We should accept to support a bill strengthening privacy even if it may come from a political party we generally do not support. Denying our support to such a bill would not strengthen the core value we defend. And as individuals we may still criticize all other activities of such a political party if we disagree with others of their activities.

    As a community, I hope we can come together, and resist the temptation of purity tests, and acknowledge that we are all fighting for the same cause, no matter our perspective on other issues. We need the support of everyone.

  • The HobbyisttoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Proton is dead (for me). Let's collect and discuss alternatives! ✊🛡
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    6 days ago

    Am I the only that don’t see this the same way as the rest? I am in way way endorsing or supporting MAGA, but they did take action against big tech (though for reasons of retribution) and I see Proton only acknowledging a good person being designated to lead the next antitrust efforts, apparently with a good track record.

    Proton also acknowledges Lina Kahn who has done a great job, nominated under Joe Biden.

    Ultimately, I feel like from a perspective of Proton, any win against Big Tech, is a good win, and I can’t disagree.

    There is a longer discussion to be had around how the dems were supported by oligarchs and I think that’s what Proton is referring to, they decided to turn a blind eye under the Obama administration for instance. Bernie Sanders goes to lengths about this in this interview, illuminating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzkgWDCucNY

    So all in all, maga sucks, new pick probably good, and in my view, proton not actually endorsing maga/trump but just acknowledging a good pick.

    Did I miss something?