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- Comment on Nintendo DMCAs Yuzu forks on GitHub 1 week ago:
- Comment on Microsoft won't update your Windows 11 PC if it has these apps 5 weeks ago:
Is this still an issue with UEFI nowadays? The other bootloader should still be selectable in the bootmenu if it wasn’t overwritten.
- Comment on Owners of a domain, which domain registrar did you choose and why? 1 month ago:
I started with Porkbun, but I also have some domains on Gandi because they offer a CC TLD I wanted.
- Comment on Simple authentication for homelab? 1 month ago:
I’m pretty happy with Authentik. Bitwarden at least has no issues with auto-filling the username and password fields when I want to log in.
It is also a very complete solution offering basically any current authentication protocol and integration with other providers.
- Comment on Boeing: Last Week Tonight 2 months ago:
They’re the only other big plane manufacurer beside Airbus and being the only remaining US based one, probably important for national defense as well.
- Comment on Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software 2 months ago:
I really like XCP-ng. Imo the interface is more understandable and polished than Proxmox. Similar to vSphere + vCenter, but more advanced options as well.
- Comment on Your AI Girlfriend Is a Data-Harvesting Horror Show 2 months ago:
You’ll want to use a quantised model on your GPU. You could also use the CPU and offload some parts to the GPU with llama.cpp (an option in oobabooga). Llama.cpp models are in the GGUF format.
- Comment on Feedback on Network Design and Proxmox VM Isolation 3 months ago:
If you do go down the VLAN route, make sure to define enforce the networks on the Proxmox and firewall side. If you set the VLAN ID on the client instead, an attacker could change it to a different network.
Not sure how exactly Proxmox works for this, but generally you’d distinguish between tagged and untagged ports.
You’d use untagged ports for client/vm access. Any packet gets the VLAN tag set to what you define.
A tagged port would be used to connect Proxmox to the router. This keeps the VLAN tags in packets intact for the routing you’ll need to do. - Comment on Alaska flight incident reveals another feature Boeing didn’t inform pilots about - Federal investigators said that Boeing didn’t make pilots aware that when a plane rapidly depressurizes, the cockp... 3 months ago:
I think some airlines require a pilot to switch with one of the board crew when they leave the cockpit.
- Comment on Have you tried LocalGPT PrivateGPT or other similar alternatives to ChatGPT? 4 months ago:
If you’re using llama.cpp, have a look at the GGUF models by TheBloke on huggingface. He puts approximate RAM required in the readme based on the quantisation level.
From personal experience I’d estimate 12G for 7B models based on how full RAM was with 16 gigs. For mixtral at least 32G.
- Comment on Have you tried LocalGPT PrivateGPT or other similar alternatives to ChatGPT? 4 months ago:
I’ve found it’s pretty good for translating between steps so to speak.
Converted some bash to python relatively quickly by giving it snippets and fixing errors as it made them.
I also had success generating an ansible playbook based on my own previously written install instructions for SillyTavern and llama.cpp.
I could do both of those tasks myself, but thar would be more difficult than having a mostly correct translation and fixing some errors.
- Comment on Linode Alternative Suggestions for Small Projects 4 months ago:
There are reports of issues with creating an account, as Hetzner also has some form of protection against fraud.
That being said I myself never had any issues and been renting a dedicated server for years now. Their cloud is also amazingly cheap (in Europe).
- Comment on Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2024 4 months ago:
The EU doesn’t include a bunch of countries on the continent of Europe
- Comment on Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2024 4 months ago:
Then Europe is a bunch of countries wearing a bikini and lots of accessories. There’s no one part that covers all of it, some accessories strongly clash with each other and you have random bracelets everywhere.
- Comment on Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud 4 months ago:
I’ve been playing with llama.cpp a bit for the last week and it’s surprisingly workable on a recent laptop just using the CPU. It’s not really hard to imagine Apple and others adding (more) AI accelerators on mobile.
- Comment on Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit 4 months ago:
Maintaining a vacuum over long distances is really fucking hard.
You’d be better served utilising existing rail infrastructure and improving that to make high speed trains possible. - Comment on I'm using compose wrong and I know it. 6 months ago:
You can use podman pods and generate the systemd file for the whole pod.
- Comment on I'm using compose wrong and I know it. 6 months ago:
Nope, but it integrates very well with Podman.
- Comment on Got an old Cisco enterprise modem/router. Anything fun I can use it for at home? 6 months ago:
With enough time and motivation it’s probably possible, but that holds for many things.
- Comment on Got an old Cisco enterprise modem/router. Anything fun I can use it for at home? 6 months ago:
FE for FastEthernet, right?
- Comment on Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X” 6 months ago:
I sure hope it will come with SystemReady or a similar standard for something UEFI-like instead of the custom per board image many ARM devices need currently.
- Comment on Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. 7 months ago:
I mean yeah, that sucks, but them refunding you is absolutely the right move. I don’t think they did that the last times Amazon removed something from their catalogue.
- Comment on Recursion 8 months ago:
Maybe the train is an unstoppable force.
- Comment on Statement from Linus Tech Tips about Madison's accusations 8 months ago:
Based on the response above they’re trying to do exactly that now. So maybe wait and see?
- Comment on Google search is over 8 months ago:
Kagi also links to an alphabetical list as first result. However, they also have a “quick answer” button using an LLM.
Quick Answer
The country in Africa that starts with the letter K is Kenya. [1] Kenya is located in East Africa and shares borders with Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia. [2]
Alphabetical List of All African Countries - ThoughtCo Countries beginning with K - Worldometer
- Comment on All smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EU 8 months ago:
Any moderately well built phone won’t die just because you took it out in the rain.
- Comment on Some 2024 flagship phones might stick with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 instead 8 months ago:
TLDR: the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 might be pricier than usual. Alternatives considered by some brands are the SD 8 Gen 2 or MediaTek Dimensity.
Opinion: To me it doesn’t make much sense to buy a flagship phone without a flagship processor.
- Comment on Why do comment counts often disagree with what I see? 8 months ago:
Iirc the Lemmy devs are aware of this and working on it.
- Comment on App or service to self host ebooks? 9 months ago:
I use Kavita to host ebooks and manga for myself. It’s still work in progress, so do expect changes, though I haven’t had huge issues on the stable releases so far. Besides Tachiyomi for comics/manga there aren’t any native reading apps yet, so you will have to use the webinterface for the time being.
Another option often mentioned is Calibre Web, though I haven’t used that myself.
- Comment on Git repository storage/forge recommendations? 9 months ago:
I’m using Gitea. I did try OneDev and it is very nice, but mainly intended for single-team usage as it doesn’t use different namespaces for user projects. It’s also very much its own thing, with its own CI/CD for example. Gitea can integrate with other projects much better, like using Woodpecker for CI/CD or logging in with GitHub/GitLab using Oauth.
I did follow the drama around Gitea/Forgejo, but for now the Gitea company hasn’t done anything wrong, there’s no feature difference (Forgejo aims to be a soft-fork for the moment) and Forgejo had a bit of drama around the lead developer ~1 month after it was founded.