That's the job I need. I've spent my whole live trying to be Data from Star Trek. I'm ready to try to mentor and befriend a computer.

I accept your take fully. Here's why I still love it:

I have docks in any location where I plan to work for an extended period of time. "The smallest device which can run x86/x64 code" is what I look for in the handheld device I carry around with me that isn't company issued.

You're right about one thing, though. It and the surface go 2 before it are items I targeted when I saw the use that others were getting out of their iOS and Android tablets. I wanted a device that still gives me access to calibre for e-book sorting and the time waste-y low resource usage portion of my steam library even if I'm on an airplane. The pocket, as well as a charger, a slim bluetooth mouse, and an e-reader all fit in a pouch not much larger than a case for a study bible. I can pull that out of my travel backpack and tuck it in the pocket of the seat in front of me, then I don't have to fight with any of my carry-on luggage during the flight. I take a bluetooth controller or two with me if I'm going to be somewhere for more than a few days, and then when I'm back at the hotel I can hook this same tiny device up to the TV in the hotel room and play emulated games or resource friendly steam games.

I've been using laptops my whole life, and it seems like whenever I'm using the built in display, it's already a poor environment for productivity. Portability gets my attention in its stead.

gpd pocket is the best field work laptop series I know of right now.

The hallucinations are my favorite part of making these things. I spend maybe 5 minutes tweaking the prompt, and I stop when it hits that sweet spot of "This tells my instincts that I should not believe what I'm seeing". Pair it with a lie, and it's an LLM image recognition training tool in addition to being a meme.

Based on what I got to see regarding the development of Helix vs Dome in "Twitch Plays Pokemon Red", I've got a hunch that those 40 years in the desert a few thousand years ago were nothing to write home about either.

Mythology spews forth from wherever. It's arbitrary and yet still meaningful.

Yeah... I lit my hair on fire once checking to see if I could still hear butane coming out of a "broken" lighter. The room it happened in smelled funny for the rest of the day.

I don't believe that it's mine to dole out.

I was included in the e-mail conversation where they were passing bits of site code and data around as part of the attempt to rebuild it, and was encouraged to make more LLM images with the data. At no point was I ever told "This is yours now to do with what you wish". What I was told is that "the idea of applying AI generated images, hallucinations and all, into posts about lies is brilliant". They're from the UK, so in this context I believe "brilliant" means "kinda cool".

Whatever the case, there's a vast gulf between "We like what you're doing", and "please give 20 years of our effort to everyone who asks for it". I will pass along to the guys that the first time I posted a lie anywhere other than my old faceplant page multiple parties immediately expressed interest in seeing the site ride again.

I know some folks don't like to hear this, but it isn't as easy as just dumping any random text you want into an LLM and getting a viable image you're happy with on the other side. Each time I make an image for a DWOL lie, it involves six to eighteen base images with progressively tweaked prompts until I'm satisfied with the output. Dumping the lie straight into an LLM and rolling with whatever output I receive ends up looking more like the image attached to this comment.