context: window-shopping for inference hardware gippity: okay, it's best to have more system RAM than VRAM, maybe even 2x, this won't add much cost to such builds... <search> <search> <thinking> <search> <thinking> gippity: RAM costs WHAT now
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i’ll say this for my cats: they have much sharper claws and softer bellies than any LLM i’ve used.
Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social · 5h agoCatchads are mogging LLMcels
The cat has once again deployed a devastating DDoS attack against my "lap" microservice, causing me to miss work,
"inspired" by a plzdontkillus video, here is my latest unhinged cosmo-style quiz: bestie or lesbian? shimmermathlabs.com/lesbian_or_b...
beautiful, like a chain reaction car accident…
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 21h agodumbest football team in the league
type of guy whose opinions about the sport of baseball are centred on sycophancy for the current holder of the office of the commissioner of major league baseball
this is going to seriously disrupt my plans to make it so that the east side of toronto wraps back around to the west side of toronto.
Jens von Bergmann@jensvb.bsky.social · 19h agoRan some measurements, it's just the City of Toronto that's systematically off in the NAR, and the problem goes away when looking at neighbouring municipalities. At least it's easy to fix after the fact, just need to pick up the City of Toronto and drop it off 20m to the side.
does it violate the geneva conventions to make an LLM write python code that uses BeautifulSoup to make my printer talk to my LDAP server that also only exists because an LLM can maintain it
Elon: i’m going to send a data center to space! Zelenskyy, packing a repurposed Cessna full of composition 4: me too
Carney taking a pretty clear stance against the Trump Administration’s actions here:
Dustin Johnson 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸@warandcoffee.eurosky.social · 22h agoNote that Carney's statement on talking with Zelensky does not mention stopping Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, and does explicitly say the diesel agreement is funding Russia's war www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
Saw someone else making the argument that people should just die because of worse hurricane models because of power consumption to run AI, except that the anti-AI camp also threw a massive tantrum when Microsoft restarted Three Mile Island, because they don't want AI running on clean energy either.
me: “yay, a nice freshly-swept deck!” Thumbs (whomst cat): those were MY leaves; that was MY dirt
checking the local facebook groups for an update on municipal politics • a motorist flipped the bird at some children waving signs for an incumbent councillor • widespread defacement of electoral signage for multiple candidates
none of my sports teams are playing today, but at least Eagles fans are having a bad time…
woke up and immediately felt overwhelmed with gratitude for @lucas.monster #thanksgiving
As a driver, I want physically separated lanes for bikes As a pedestrian, I want physically separated lanes for bikes Also as a cyclist, I want physically separated lanes for bikes
GLM-5.3 sure will happily worm its way through your network to accomplish basic tasks, huh
TIL a lot of roads in Atlanta are named "Peachtree" because the Muscogee town here had a name that translates to "Standing Peachtree" This unironically makes it like 75% less annoying to me
i’ve finally gotten a taste of near-frontier models on local hardware and, uhhh, wow
GitHub - antirez/ds4: DeepSeek 4 Flash and PRO local inference engine for Metal, CUDA and ROCm
DeepSeek 4 Flash and PRO local inference engine for Metal, CUDA and ROCm - antirez/ds4
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The movie Digger better be about the magic of geothermal energy.
Fantastic thread that is worth the time to read through.
Jenny Chase@solarchase.bsky.social · 2d agoTime for 2026 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread, now with storage. If you like these, you might like edition 2 of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website til end of Nov 2026. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
So the Flydubai incident was exactly what it looked like. Being aware of how to do a United 93-style counter-hijacking: still a necessity in 2026, somehow.
FlyDubai co-pilot sought to crash plane into Tel Aviv's main airport: UAE | CBC News
The axe-wielding co-pilot who attacked the captain of a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv last month intended to seize control of the airplane and fly it into the passenger terminal at Israel's main interna...
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Tri-Cities Pride Society asked candidates running in the municipal elections; “Please describe your past efforts to support 2S/LGBTQIA+ inclusion in your community” “If elected, what steps would you take to support the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community?” tricitiespride.ca/municipal-el...
Municipal Elections 2026: What did Candidates Say?
Municipal Elections 2026: What do candidates say?
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“It’s hard to get outcomes that are good for intercity travellers when there isn't a body thinking about optimizing the system for intercity travel.” – an instant classic on Canadian transport planning:
Reece Martin@rmtransit.bsky.social · 3d agoPeople have asked what the "improve the existing tracks" option is as an alternative to high-speed rail; here is one alternative. www.thetransitbrief.net/p/if-not-hig...
Deschamps-Braly is offering free FFS surgery for people with a history of advocacy, volunteerism, etc - applications close later this month, definitely worth giving it a shot if you or someone you know might be a good fit deschamps-braly.com/nominate-som...
