 | I've had aerosinusitis a few times before in my life and it was fairly painful, but not something that happens often. Today on a flight I had an overwhelming bout of it, the pressure was genuinely unbearable, and I had no painkillers with me. I was on a cheap flight, in the cheap seats so no Wifi. I've been playing around with local LLMs on my laptop for a year or so, but it's always been pure novelty. It suddenly dawned on me that I could use Gemma 4 mid-air, and so I pulled out my laptop and asked for any way I could possibly reduce the pain. The Toynbee Maneuver, which I had never in my life heard of, slowly but surely relieved the pressure. Within 10 mins I felt completely fine. It may sound trivial, but without local AI I would have been in blinding pain for probably 90 mins – so it was a rare moment when new technology actually makes a palpable difference to your life. Sharing this here because my wife didn't care and I felt if anyone would appreciate this small win it would be this community. [link] [comments] |
