Seeing Cowbee around after joining Lemmy has reinforced my belief that I'm doing the right thing by being ruthlessly patient and positive with others. That dude's awesome, he recommended me, a total stranger, some introductory ML literature (and I haven't had the time to read it yet...), which I'm sure he gets questions about very often.

(If you see this, Cowbee, thanks again! I'd love to chat some after I'm done reading what you've provided me. :) )