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Went down a rabbit hole with llama.cpp and Metal compatibility. If you want to use llama.cpp with an x86 mac, don't use Metal is the short answer. Although Metal is supposed to be cross architecture the implementation in llama.cpp doesn't seem to be. I ran into several issues when i tried.

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Well put. It's very convenient to use inquiries to delay and allow those who might be implicated, time to retire. How do other countries do this kind of thing?

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Read through the llama.cpp docs, it has support for lots of GPU backends with acceleration and compute shader API libraries including Metal, BLAS, BLIS, SYCTL, MUSA, CUDA, HIP, Vulkan and CANN. Metal seems the most obvious choice as Metal 3 is supported in MacOS for both internal and eGPU.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Discovered Ollama, great tool to simplify deployment of LLM models, well supported and with a good community. I wanted to deploy on my x86 Mac mini running Sequoia which has an eGPU attached with a RX 5700 XT installed. Not very surprisingly isn't supported. GOTO llama.cpp was the advice.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 57 days ago • 7 comments

Decided to dive into the Generative AI maelstrom. I want to understand the practicalities around both using and running these models, how to adapt and use them effectively

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Let's make Bluesky the home of independent news. Unlike X, where algorithms crush links & push content you don't want, news flourishes here. Particularly news from independent & non-profit outlets. If you prefer news away from MSM, here's a starter pack to share with valuable & verified accounts.

submitted 80 days ago • 178 comments

A remarkable synergy in these two photos. Both taken tonight, but 1500 miles apart. The first is Tbilisi, Georgia 🇬🇪 The second is Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸 Around 100,000 protesting in each city. People separated by geography but united in a fight to protect their democracy. The world needs to watch.

submitted 68 days ago • 21 comments

If you haven't heard Max Richter's music, then you should... emotional, inspirational, beautifully composed. I could listen on repeat all day. youtu.be/oNLDJp83YAQ?...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

What a great cover of All the small things www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8a...

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Map of GitHub Discussion

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Tbilisi, Day 18, 7pm Here they come again. The people of Georgia refusing to bow to regime repression. Early today, the election monitors who oversaw the October election marched through the capital demanding fresh elections. #GeorgiaProtests 🇬🇪🇪🇺 (🎥Credit: Publika)

submitted 75 days ago • 7 comments

We just released 1.10.0 of #OWASP #WrongSecrets, now running on Java 23, with 51 challenges, and it is now using #renovate. See github.com/OWASP/wrongs... for more details or play at www.wrongsecrets.com. Like what you see? Please give the repo a 🌟.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Averting the Digital Dark Age: How Archivists, Librarians, and Technologists Built the Web a Memory is released _today_. You can buy a copy, or, you can read it FOR FREE via Project MUSE. Please spread the news to your colleagues, your friends, your syllabus makers. muse.jhu.edu/book/123276

submitted 80 days ago • 17 comments

Back in 2021, I wrote about how the success of the mRNA vaccine opened to the door to way, way more than just rapidly developed vaccines - and now there's another great example of the promise of mRNA therapies 🧪🧵 1/ www.newscientist.com/article/mg25...

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

New publisher Li'l Factory is on the hunt for the best unpublished science fiction short stories and novellas (10-20k words) for beautifully designed ltd editions. More details, including terms can be found at lilfac.com Spread the word! #sciencefiction #scifi #amwriting #amwritingscifi #booksky

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

New post: My substack is back, finally! I meant to keep this to 1,000 words but I failed. In any case, here's a round up of 5 major medical breakthroughs in 2024.

submitted 81 days ago • 22 comments

Eat your greens this #TortoiseTuesday - just like this Aldabra giant tortoise, bobbing around in a pond on Eastern Grande Terre, munching on thick blobs of green algae. 🐢🌿 #FieldworkArchive

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵

submitted 100 days ago • 264 comments

Just discovered One: A new #React framework simplifying cross-platform development. Target web & native with a single #Vite plugin & fully shared code. A promising framework trying to bridge the gap between building for both the web & mobile simultaneously. Excited to try it out! onestack.dev

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

First post through PDS... 😍

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