AI: LLaMA Going APE
A new hot thing: What happens when you cross a llama with an ape? When the llama is Meta’s LLaMA
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Computers, software, programming, and other bits
Putting Photography Where People Can See It
Last year, I spent several months in Florida with my elderly parents. My mom got situated in assisted living. One
Read moreHow Fast Is Implosion?
Given the attention being paid to the OceanGate Titan submersible loss, one item in the news was an interview with
Read moreHomelab Adventure: Figuring Out Capabilities
Given the CUDA Capability of 6.1 that the NVIDIA Tesla P40 has, I had assumed when I got an error
Read moreHomelab Adventure: Generative AI in Cheapskate Mode
Back around January 6th, 2023, I woke up to the “generative AI” (GenAI) phenomenon. The occasional mentions of “ChatGPT” were
Read moreA Start with Generative AI: OpenAI’s ChatGPT
A friend of mine is pretty much the sole technical talent at a start-up. Last month, we started chatting about
Read moreWatching Like A Hawk
It’s Michigan in December, and our sub-tropical Harris’ hawk, Rusty, can’t spend all her time in the outdoor mews. We
Read moreNet Neutrality: FCC FCC’s Itself
Last year, John Oliver had an an exceptional episode of “Last Week Tonight” devoted to the net neutrality issue. One
Read moreHardware: The Phone Has a Problem
It took me a while to figure out that my LG G5 phone was changing shape. The unevenness in color
Read moreNet Neutrality: Crafting a Winning Legal Strategy
In the wake of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) abdicating all regulatory oversight of internet service (1), various state Attorneys
Read moreNet Neutrality: Prepare to Fight
Given that the FCC has ceded almost all regulations on internet service providers and consumers are on their own (modulo
Read moreISPs Have Large Pockets
How large a pocket do you need to stuff some $400 billion in collected, but not used for the stated
Read moreNeural Nets and the Passage of Time
Thirty years ago, Diane and I were engaged in a madcap dash across the country, a 25-hour road-trip from our
Read moreNew Thing for Me: RepRap
I’ve got a Folger Tech FT-5 3D printer kit that I’m putting together. I’ve just gotten the mechanical parts of
Read moreThe End of Win32
An article on ZDNet discusses impending changes in Microsoft Windows products. In order for the Windows brand and Microsoft’s software
Read moreNet Neutrality for Opponents
There seems to be a lot of confusion about net neutrality. Of course, there’s also a lot of corporate propaganda
Read moreNet Neutrality and Nincompoops
Reason’s Nick Gillespie gave a fawning interview to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai with the topic of net neutrality. Along the
Read moreProgramming is Presbyterian
There’s a mind-expanding post at Coding Horror from 2006. Hey, can’t a guy have a nine-year backlog? The title: “Separating
Read moreExploiting Modern Laptop Hardware
I’ve been in the pleasant position of developing strategy of how best to set up new hardware. Well, new to
Read moreSome Programming Notes
Some of the stuff I’ve run across in the last few months that I consider cool: Emscripten is a LLVM-based
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