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anOldBadger

@theoldbadger.me

A late-comer to the LGBTQ+ community, but at least I made it. A bipolar, AuDHD badger between Baltimore and Philly trying to wrap his tiny brain around the world and everyone in it. (There may be NSFW content, so beware) https://www.theoldbadger.me/

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anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 7h ago

I'm using machine learning to query a book on machine learning... well, I thought I was being cheeky... if you don't agree, kindly fuck off. /j /lh

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · yesterday

☕️ - 1-4, depending on the roast. 🍞 - 3-5, because caramelzation is a beautiful thing. 🥩 - 1-2, even a blue rare would be acceptable. I am an animal, after all. A good Pittsburgh rare steak will get me to do some sketchy shit.

August and everything after (come faster!)@bresnanteddy.bsky.social · yesterday

☕️ 3 to 4 depending on the roast. 🍞 4 - I like a nice toast 🥩 2 if its a nice cut, I don't like it bleeding all over my plate but appreciate the texture

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · yesterday

Managed to set up a RAG pipeline today. Not perfect, but it's a start. Still trying to get Open WebUI to work with a file export endpoint to save files to a filesystem (to take RAG outputs and create study guides, for example). Not as far as I'd like to be, but at least I can get RAG stuff going.

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 2d ago

I loved seeing the clip of Kasie Hunt absolutely skewering Jim Jordan with his comments regarding Graham Platner - after he was being rather complimentary with respect to the allegations against Max Miller. Republicans have sold their souls en masse, and they may never recover from this disgrace.

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 2d ago

Seeing pictures of Mamdani with fursuiters just makes me love him so much more. Politics aside, he really seems like a genuinely good person. I will be crushed if that image is ever shattered by the typical bullshit politicians get in trouble for... please don't let that happen, Mr. Mayor. 🙏

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 4d ago

I find it ironic that our HHS secretary is the most famous anti-vaxxer on the planet, science denier, and sounds like he's about 2/3 in the grave. ... and just like every Kennedy, refuses to accept responsibility for something he caused (measles cases at a 35 year high, for example).

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 4d ago

I'm also incredibly amazed at how efficient my old, secondhand 2019 MacBook Pro has been running. Yeah, it's not fast, but it's hella useful as a remote terminal and web app machine. I bet I could squeeze another year or so out of it before I have to think about a new one.

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 4d ago

Rebuilt my LLM chat stack on the little DGX node I have. Running Nemotron-Cascade-2:latest, and holy shit this thing flies. OWUI can't keep up with the responses most of the time, and it gives amazingly thorough responses to even simple questions. All from a box no bigger than a hardback novel. 🤯

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 6d ago

Was running a benchmark with gpt-oss:20b with my GPU this morning, and while it does top out at nearly 95 tokens/s on responses, that's also at 255W peak. I'm also VRAM limited (even if it's faster than what's in the ZGX) with only 16GB.

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 6d ago

Spent all day at workshop. Attended post workshop happy hour with folks from SAP and Solace. Compiled notes and documents to create a follow-up report for leadership and the folks who couldn't attend. I'm beat, but I think it is going to pay off for me in the long run.

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 6d ago

Oh, another good thing on the way home... driving through the hills of SE PA this evening, saw several deer frens, and a fox that looked right at me! That made my evening, honestly.

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 6d ago

I am home... finally. What a good day. Also, Wawa... I am so sorry I slept on your pizza. It's definitely the best gas station pizza I've ever had. Hell, it's better than some pizza chains. It has been a good day.

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 6d ago

I'm reminded of why I hated school... I'm in a room with 20 other engineers and technologists... and I'm somehow the smartest person here. Very simple concept is literally hanging the entire session up because smooth brains. FML

anOldBadger@theoldbadger.me · 7d ago

Currently sitting in SAP's PA office outside Philly for a workshop. Man, this place is spectacular. Glass everywhere, tons of natural light, open spaces and greenery. Clearly this company cares about treating its employees and clients extremely well, and I am definitely a fan of this.