> Today, if you have a powerful enough GPU cluster, you can run an internal GPT4-level LLM by deploying Meta's LLama 3.1 405b.
You also have to be willing to consume ungodly amounts of energy to run those GPUs. That seems like an important caveat while the conversation about climate change and unpredictable weather is still top of mind for so many people.
Sometimes conveniences ruin things. I've heard it said "Having everything feels a lot like having nothing at all."
The comparison of how we used to do things, to how we do them now are often just a marketing tactic, because old and new are relative regarding value. E.g., an old violin is better.
What's lacking with the new internet is about this and that, or lack of options. So the entirety of the culture is flavored by an oligopoly in their respective market.And Spotify is missing loads of music.
Music needs to change its perspective to a this and that view. Is "this" what you want over "that"? How old or new something is, is irrelevant.
No musician that I know, and I know lots as a lifelong musician, is enthusiastic about Spotify. Most of us feel we just have no choice. Same with Facebook etc. Most people don't even like it.
I've dropped my blood pressure significantly in minutes with diaphragm breathing. Measured it. - Also, if you face the palms of your hands up, it mysteriously opens the lungs and allows for deeper more relaxed breathing.
As to your comments about the author's claims, I too am weary about a few.
We return to the same adage(s):
-there is no such thing as a free lunch
-if it is free then you are the product.
As always I suggest NoRoot Firewall for everything-Android. But yes it's called a trade-off, like accepting a "free" security software from your ISP which technically invalidates all your encryption efforts.
I used vaping to quit smoking. Then I quit vaping, and found quitting vaping easier than quitting smoking. Now I just breathe deep when I feel like taking a hit from something. The feeling of filling my lungs with some bulls--it is what is missed most, I notice.
Quiting vaping is quite likely to be easier for actual chemical reasons - Tobacco contains not only nicotine but an MAOI which seems to add quite a bit to it's addictive effects.
