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Where to get tips and advice for someone new to linux (feddit.uk)
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I would class myself as reasonably computer literate but have always used windows (since win95 so that dates me). I'm looking to get used to Linux and have stuck mint onto an old notebook to get used to the system.

We've been up and running for a couple of months now and I've got the basics going but I'm starting to collect questions on how to do this, best ways to achieve that etc, in times past there would probably be a good forum community I could start posting on to learn but I don't know where to go these days.

Where do you take your open questions to, to learn and improve.

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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

As they say, "it's your funeral, do what you want." Sooner or later you will wind up trusting it a bit too much, and it will bite you. Also bear in mind who's behind those "AIs" - control freak tech magnates who can and will abuse their power over them to manipulate the masses.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I don't really think it's my funeral, since I'm not that invested. It could destroy everything and I'd still have a backup. Worst case scenario, I'd lose... not sure id lose anything really. Best case scenario I'm not sure, but realistic scenario I can do stuff I'd normally need a ton of effort while still having a bunch of quality time with my family.

    I'm not to worried about the tech magnets, they look quite incompetent to me.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    "(Arrogance and) Pride goeth before a fall."

    As I said, do as you wish. Don't say you haven't been warned. Adios.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago

    Thank you, wise man, for warning me about something AI is telling me to check each time anyway, thank you about warning me about something Id have almost no issues with us it happens. Very wise words 😀.

    Sorry, I don't mean to be so sarcastic. I understand many are triggered hard with even a mention of ai. I sort of try to understand. But like I said, I'm a very pragmatic man with not a lot of time and AI has helped me do little projects that I only dreamed I could do.

    Btw: I already ordered an Arduino kit, I was thinking of building a light controlled alarm clock set in three oak wood cubes. Cause I do very basic woodworking too and ai is going to do the Arduino part! Fantastic people. It's just fantastic!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    I don't really think it's my funeral, since I'm not that invested. It could destroy everything and I'd still have a backup.

    You've got the idea.

    AI will sabotage you, but so will the average computer and about 5% of the accepted answers on Stack Overflow.

    Just...check your backups. It's fine to trust a bunch of stuff to the easiest path, but never trust your backup solution to anything except your own two hands.

    And... take some notes. The current era of cloud AI is wildly subsidized by idiot's retirement savings. When today's price goes away, you'll be better off with some notes to re-use, to keep ongoing token costs down.

    Oh, and obviously, treat everything on your hosting environment as potentially public to the whole world at any moment.

    As long as you and your club are fine with those risks, just enjoy and keep learning!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I will thanks! And the learning part is what I'm happy about most. It's a different way of learning, though. Obviously in not really getting in deep , since I'm not debugging and researching, but I can see that I understand more every time I'm doing it.

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