whitehexagon

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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Nice, what did you settle on? I'm playing with qwen3:32b on an Asahi M1 currently, and it does more than enough for me, but might be tempted if there is a bigger model within reach.
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
For me the question is who is going to subscribe who hasnt already. And that is before we consider the next gen hardware that can run this stuff locally. But from what I see of the economy around me here, people just dont have the spare fu
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Or just a mini configured default 128GB or 256GB. I've been using Qwen3:32b on a 32GB M1 (asahi) and it does most of what I need, albeit a bit slow, but not slow enough that I´d pay monthly for remote ad delivery. I suspect this huge s
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Thank-you for the advice. So far it has been mostly SoC stuff, and I recently got side-tracked learning some armv8 assembly, which reminds me somewhat of my 68000 days and has been good fun. I did try QEMU for the first time last week, but
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
>dive under the table every three minutes to hit the reset button Hah, I feel that pain. Currently hacking some bare-metal Zig on PinePhone, and on top of the USB reconnect power cycle, I am transferring an SD card back n forth. I wond
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
I understand that part. But I could read 'monetized' as a project the received a donation.
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
A lot of software is built on layer upon layer of unknown code and black boxed silicon. It is hard to know how that would work in practice.
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
sure, I have no control if the software is monetized or not. And this is still a fundamental change in how open source works. A name behind every line of code.
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
"As long as a project is not organized as a legal or commercial entity, the CRA requires only a basic "readme" with a security contact." I share code for the good of the industry and society. A lot of what developers do
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Signed, but I guess it is gonna be one of those where they keep asking until they get the answer they want. Where is the counter bill to block all future attempts of such privacy invading bills. Can the public draft new legislation like th
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Pretty sure I saw one of these in Luzern? Quite an impressive structure in itself, and seems like a better solution than sticking it all in the ground to pollute the water table.
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
I´ve just been reading about Mondragon Corporation, but probably this is the wrong site to discuss such ideas. But you did get me wondering if I need some new chilli seeds, I´ve not heard that phrase before, and thought maybe there was a ne
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
As more people move away from spyPhone devices, how is this going to work. Especially having BigTech being able to hold the EU ransom over access to basic government services. A phone should not be a requirement to partake in society, and
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
from the .de website I see 2000eur for the 128GB, But looking at the shipping info, it sounds like it might still be shipped from .cn: ´Please ensure you can handle customs clearance and taxes yourself.´ Also it is Windows 11 which is a bi
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Imagine the demand for a 128GB/256GB/512GB unified memory stuffed hardware linux box shipping with Qwen models already up and running. Although I´m agAInst steps towards AGI, it feels safer to have these things running locally and
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Respect, especially if your route was anything like the section I recently passed along in the north. The road spent more time going up and down, and in and out of every coastal inlet, than actually progressing. Some amazing scenary thoug
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
I recently finished a challenging project, and spent a few weeks just hiking 15-20km a day, what a difference it makes. But scarily, it was just starting to feel addictive, just before I was thrown back into this crazy world.
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
I wasnt sure if 4G/mobile has the same 'open internet' rules that telcos usually have to follow for cabled connections. But good idea using foreign SIM, although I'll probably need residential proof or probably have to g
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
I ordered a new 4G router here, I've been having so many failed connections, now it all makes sense, in a non-sense kinda way. Anna also gone dark, just when I was traveling and missing a book.
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Pine64 announced recently that they drop the PinePhone Pro, but hope to continue with the PinePhone for 2 more years. To be honest there is not much of a community left when I last checked, and I dont remember when the PP was last in stock
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
>but with batteries like these it's going to be cheaper than fossils for overnight usage too. 1200eur bought me a reasonable LiPo solar 'buffer battery' for evenings, and ROI is maybe 3 years vs buying fosil fuel electrons
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
I've had Asahi installed on my M1 since I bought it, but only just switched to it as my main development workhorse (upgrading to Asahi Fedora remix 42). I have to say I am really impressed with KDE, and the large selection of decent ap
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Rock n roll. They are welcome to my brand new M100. She doesnt sit level on my desk, and arrived with a squeaky scroll wheel. I dread buying a new model of anything these days, knowing that the MBAs will have found some way to shave a cen
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
I'm happy to sell my solar power at night. A couple buffer batteries in each home should eventually help even out pricing with everyone trying to sell during peak demand times. But yeah, grid stability might be a fun challenge.
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
It's an interesting thought exercise, but the quick short term solution would be a 5kWh buffer battery just for the evenings to save buying at peak times. I started that way before going fully off-grid to avoid subsidising the fossil f
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Great! so they already know that I've been squinting at a 42deg gap trying to use my old MBP. The year with the faulty designed screen connector which was only covered for replacement on certain models, not mine. I wonder if that is
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
The other day I spotted Zig has @branchHint, not tried it yet, my code isnt that hot!
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
I think the PP still makes for a great educational device. I was following the Lupyuen tutorials for PinePhone nuttx for a while, and then got inspired to have a go at following his revese engineering journey using Zig. It has been slow g
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
I'm also 'agAInst' this trend. Mainly because it feels like a dangerous step further along the path towards conscious GAI. But there is too much money and greed involved to stop this now. The only thing I can do is avoid an
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by whitehexagon 1y ago
Just to say a big thank-you to the Asahi team, and especially for the GPU work. It is still on my list to get back to some OpenGL dev work. Especially since I recently made fedora-asahi remix my daily driver, and I have to say it is amazi

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