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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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except that noobs can destroy their systems very easily by following LLM instructions..
I found it quite reliable tbh. Whenever I didn't understand or was worried by the LLMs suggested course of action, I'd ask it to explaine why things should be done. I borked my system many times as a Linux newbie. It was always my fault, never the LLMs
To be fair it is the same for random commands in some forums. It's like tradition at this point. LLM just remove the societal fear of being shamed for asking a stupid question.
the difference is that LLMs spit out actual bs quite frequently while forums are usually simply outdated or smth
When I was a child I'd go on Yahoo Answers and give bad advice and then vote myself as having the best answer. I was a 'top answerer' for several niche subjects I know nothing about.
To be fair, if you were taking advice from Yahoo Answers in the first place then you were definitely getting what you paid for.
ChatGPT is. That’s probably why it says dumb shit sometimes.
I wouldn't even have anything to destroy if it wasn't for an LLM. I'd still be using Windows.