Thinking you're above getting pwned is often step one :)

It's not easy to be 100% vigilant 100% of the time against attacks deliberatly crafted to fall for them. All it takes is a single well crafted attack that strikes when you're tired and you're done.

Numbers game. Plenty of people got the email and deleted it. Only takes one person distracted and thinking "oh yeah my 2FA is pretty old" for them to get pwned.

(I think everyone in this comment chain already knows this, but) PSA: your 2FA does not "get old" and does not need to be rotated (unless the device YOU stored it on was compromised). "Rotate your 2FA periodically" is NOT recommended security advice.

It's more than that. You need to log in, manually, into a new domain you've never used your password before.

Crazy!

Imagine if this was private. We would've lost out on this glorious moment.

Cool! I'm purchasing a 200W solar panel, what has been your experience like with solar?

Side note: It's much nicer if you have a small battery to act as a reservoir. The solar panel charges the battery and the battery charges everything else. That way you don't have to leave your phone out in the sun, and a moment's clouds won't cause your devices to stop charging.

Just do the math (between your daily estimated solar panel output and your device consumption)... try not to let the battery drain to under 20% or charge to over 80%.

Great. I'm planning on getting a powerstation which the solar panels will charge.

Sounds like a fun experiment. That should be enough to keep your phone charged or maybe power a small laptop.

I like to use boost style charge controllers and run the panels in parallel boosting up to 48 volts (nominal.) This is optimal for sub 2kw arrays (otherwise you'll start needing impractically large conductors.)

Although with a set up that small it doesn't really matter.

Thanks, I don't want to be connected to the internet. I want to be off-grid.

Thanks, I've analyzed this situation from every angle, and I just don't see how relying on LLMs for survival information out in the wilderness could be a bad idea. I'll check LM studio. So far it looks much easier than Ollama.

Man, you must do some extreme camping. When we go, we worry about what kind of marshmallows would be best on smores, not what life or death situation awaits us that only a heroic LLM can resolve (and hopefully not hallucinate to our deaths).

Yes. I plan on foraging for mushrooms and eating the ones my open source vision model tells me are edible.

I hope you're joking, lol, unless you really like mycological Russian Roulette.

(There are lethal lookalike mushrooms that a vision model or even trained expert can't necessarily tell apart at just a glance)

Great minds! Thanks, I'll try those model outs. What are Gemma and Qwen? How do they compare to the new deepseek models?

You're not running a deepseek model on your macbook.

Gemma is Google's distillation of their larger Gemini model (at least that's my understanding.) Qwen is alibab's model. Qwen is usually very good at code, gemma tends to be a little better at everything else.

There are Deepseek distills that use either qwen or gemma as a base. I haven't been impressed with them though. TBH I've felt like most of the reasoning models are overhyped.

Cool, I'll try them out and see which I like best. Good to know that deepseek distills are not the move. I'm excited on being able to take pictures of plants/trees/other things and get information.

Any tips or fun ways you used your local model while camping?

Thanks, I'll give ollama a go! I don't want to access the internet at all once I hit the road. Also, I may not have cell signal depending on how deep I go.

"Wow! You're really experiencing a close-up shot of nature that most explorers never get to experience.

I'm assuming the grizzly bear has run away -- good for you for fighting it off. The first step is going to be to stop the bleeding. You'll want a rag or a t-shirt for this..."

Super helpful. Like the Subnautica AI.

My advice: bring a friend. Or hire a guide. Or read a survival book.

But I watched a guy's YouTube video about surviving in the wilderness using only tools he could 3D print in-situ. It was entertaining. So I look forward to the post mortem!

Well, I've watched about a few hours of survival content on Youtube, so I think I'm ready for solo backpacking in Ontario.

I will definitely be reading a survival book. Any recommendations?

Cocaine Bear was a great documentary.

"Now make sure you have enough supplements to survive the night. Whose black pears of belladonna would make your day."

Even if you somehow find anything to query it - you would have no options to check if it's real or just another hallucination, especially on a deeply pruned model.

And off grid? Test for how long your Mac would run with the occasional LLM runs.

I'll just assume everything the model says is true.

To clarify, I’ll be off-grid and offline, likely without cell service depending on how deep I go. I want to be able to take photos and ask questions for dealing with unexpected issues.