Lazarus and the Local Model Feature Image

Lazarus and the Local Model

Finally, in this post, we put our money where our mouth is. We dragged a 2016 enterprise relic out of the closet — NAY, out of the grave, a single Intel Xeon running on agonizingly slow DDR3 RAM with absolutely no GPU to speak of — and forced it to run a

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The Coming Local "Good Enough" Models Feature Image

The Coming Local "Good Enough" Models

I don't think it is very hard to predict the exponential rise of INT in large LLMs in the near future, but what about on prem local models and their rise?  Every day I am seeing reports of people able to run decent models on their own M4

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Fallout Season 2 Feature Image

Fallout Season 2

We finished Season 2 for Fallout last week.   SPOILERS ahead, don’t read if you care. —------------------------------------------------------------- Season 2 was pretty solid.  I think we were a few episodes in before my wife asked about a specific character arc and I told her I didn't have an answer because

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The Frontier Feature Image

The Frontier

A 16-year-old with no credentials and no capital could just do things. The world of bits offered the freedom to build without being drowned in arbitrary constraints, in a way that didn’t require assembling vast capital or prestige or connections, where your creativity and work could speak

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Helium, it's not just for balloons Feature Image

Helium, it's not just for balloons

A few weeks ago when the war began me and a bunch of friends started to discuss Helium and the need for it in Medical MRI imaging. The Strait of Hormuz was the only pass through for a good bit of it. The friend's dad worked in the

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Idle Games Continued: Crusader's Quest Feature Image

Idle Games Continued: Crusader's Quest

I am still playing a ton of Diablo IV in my free time. We are currently in a shortened season ( only 12 weeks ) and the new season starts in about 3 weeks with the new Expansion and class rework. There will be tons to write about then, however I am

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