I have different technical questions I want to ask. I went to Stack Overflow and they blocked registration with a VPN. It’s really fucking annoying. I can buy a residential IP to bypass this, but I’d rather just not use these enshitified platforms that are so hostile to VPNs.

Is there any decent alternative to Stack Overflow? I have tried getting AI answers to the technical question but they are not good.

And no, I can’t just create a github ID using VPN to login, they block github logins based on IP also.

  • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
    0·
    23 hours ago

    This error looks like it is saying a previous attempt aborted, and it needs you to clean up some file that was only partly downloaded.

    Edit: The “please wait” makes me think I would try again in a couple hours.

    • someone@lemmy.todayOP
      11·
      23 hours ago

      So try again… in a couple of hours…

      Why would that make a difference? It’s a local model right?

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
        1·
        21 hours ago

        If it is local only, then waiting probably won’t help.

        Another thought for you: pip behaves much better inside a virtual environment - using the Python venv module, or uv.

        The instructions you have shared so far look more compatible with venv.