GeneralMaximus

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by GeneralMaximus 9mo ago
I've been analyzing my Obsidian vault using local LLMs that I run via Apple's mlx_lm. I'm on an M4 MacBook Pro with 48GB RAM. The results are ... okay. The biggest problem is that I can't run some of the largest models o
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by GeneralMaximus 10mo ago
I love this idea! I've also been using LLMs to build tiny utilities and automations for myself, but instead of using HTML, I'm building them as: - Shell scripts, AppleScripts, etc. that I trigger from Alfred - Obsidian plugins - T
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Vital Cat Update (or how Google AI Overview makes up false information)(terribleminds.com)
3 points by GeneralMaximus 10mo ago|0 comments
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by GeneralMaximus 10mo ago
Efficient in terms of what, exactly? There are multiple dimensions to this problem. Putting everything behind Cloudflare might give you better uptime, reliability, performance, etc. but it also has the effect of centralizing power into the
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A detailed critique of modern C++ in two hours(youtube.com)
2 points by GeneralMaximus 10mo ago|1 comments
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by GeneralMaximus 1y ago
For a few short months circa 2016 or 2017, KaiOS was the number one mobile OS in India. This was probably because of all the ultra-cheap KaiOS-powered Reliance Jio phones flooding the Indian market at the time. I noticed the trend when I wa
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by GeneralMaximus 1y ago
> Does Kagi have a better localized experience? I'm in India and it works well. I can even search in Hindi and get good results. The only thing that doesn't work are local points of interests (restaurants, hotels, local busines
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by GeneralMaximus 1y ago
There is no difference between a "document" and an "app". There has never been a difference between the two, it's a purely artificial distinction. Word and LibreOffice "documents" can run embedded macros.
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by GeneralMaximus 1y ago
When dealing with organizations that hold a disproportionate amount of power over your life, it's essential to view them in a somewhat cynical light. This is true for governments, corporations, unions, and even non-profits. Large organ
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PKM apps need to get better at resurfacing information(ankursethi.com)
33 points by GeneralMaximus 1y ago|26 comments
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by GeneralMaximus 1y ago
You're being unfairly combative. I was supplying a different perspective you may not have considered, and you assumed it was a personal attack. It wasn't. I don't think this will be a productive conversation. Let's just
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by GeneralMaximus 1y ago
I think @mock-possum was responding negatively to the tone of your post, not the content of it. The division of labor within your relationship is nobody's business but your own. If it works for you and your partner, nobody has a right
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
The M2 iPad Pro with Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard. I got it so that I could do some writing and note-taking away from my main work computer. Forum posters and tech reviewers assured me the device was up to the task. But the reality is th
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
I watched somebody on YouTube solve some AoC problems in Excel, so I’m going to try that this year. Not sure how far I’m going to get, but it’ll be a fun challenge!
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
Yep. I’m currently working for a client who build software for the insurance industry, and we have a whole pipeline to parse and generate Excel files. The industry mostly runs on Excel and email. Without support for parsing those spreadshee
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
> In this modern age of .md and similar files why not try for "blue water sailing" and instead create an office suite which specifically plays to only open standards? Because your publisher, professor, employer, collaborators,
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
> ... either people accept the fact that some neighbourhoods are served worse than others, or the take the car and make the travel up to the nice asian shop they read about on the internet, because that’s apparently worth it. What's
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
Would it be accurate to say that Krita is a Procreate alternative?
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
For context: I work on large-scale browser apps that are closer in complexity to something like Linear or Obsidian than to your standard WordPress blog with some forms. E.g I'm currently working on a browser-based GIS tool for the fina
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
If your entire team is in the same location, then you should certainly have your meetings in person. It'd be silly to force everyone to join a Meet/Zoom. I'm proposing a solution for situations when that's NOT the case (
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
What makes you think it'll have better performance if it was rewritten as a native app? All the underlying code that handles audio and network communication is already built using fast C++/Rust code. This includes things like WebR
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
I sometimes work out of a WeWork here in Bangalore, and they have these tiny one-person soundproof cubicles for taking calls. All they have inside is a cushioned bench to sit on and a table large enough to hold a 15" laptop. It's
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
There are a ton of little macOS apps I love. Part of the reason I’m married to the Apple ecosystem, despite wanting to switch out of it. I’ve written hundreds of thousands of words in iA Writer over the years. It’s the only way I can get an
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Apple may soon have to allow third-party app stores in Japan(9to5mac.com)
6 points by GeneralMaximus 2y ago|0 comments
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
You might have played some (most?) of these games already, but I'd like to offer some suggestions in case you haven't. - The Disgaea series is hilarious, infinitely replayable, and allows you to pull off some very satisfying game-
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
I switched to Kagi a few months ago and I’m generally happy with it. However, I still need to occasionally use Google for some very specific searches that Kagi doesn’t handle (or handles incorrectly). E.g I can’t do timezone conversions wit
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
> The purpose of unions is to extract as much as possible from the employer on the behalf of its members [...] This is such a weird take. Why would employees do that? Employees benefit when the company benefits. If the company increases
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
> Welcome to being old! This has nothing to do with age. I have an iPad Pro that I barely use because it has been designed for use cases that I just don't have. I don't do any digital art, don't take handwritten notes, and
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by GeneralMaximus 2y ago
This checks out. I'm a software developer who took math all through high school and my first three years of college. I barely scraped through my calculus exams, but I excelled at combinatorics, probability, matrix math, etc. (as long a
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This month in Servo: Acid2 redux, Servo book, Qt demo, and more(servo.org)
2 points by GeneralMaximus 2y ago|0 comments

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