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Re:llama.cpp
on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @09:44AM (#49272328)
If I said, “I want a setup that is usable for an agentic coding workflow, and it MUST be local”, what’s the smallest/cheapest option right now?
It’s _technically_ possible to get agents running on all kinds of setups but there seems to be an (undefined) floor for useful setups.
A lot of the stories people have about getting setups running on relatively low end hardware turn out to have huge compromises or run into issues on anything but trivial cases. I’ve found it hard to find a consensus. Or maybe I just don’t like the multiple thousand dollar price tags people are suggesting…
Re:Undiagnosed Cognitive Decline Eats into Seniors' Retirement Savings
on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @06:34AM (#42851241)
People are living longer after retirement (over 10 years longer since the 1970s) and birth rates have fallen. Expenditure surpasses income eventually. There are other factors but that seems to be the main issue.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @12:57PM (#42066356)
Given the generally high regard that the US has for service people - military, police, emergency services etc - it always puzzled me that Trump was never held to account (in a political, rather than legal sense) for the harm caused.
Is there a reason why this has been glossed over? I thought that would surely be a red line for many of his supporters.
Re:Voters' Yearning for a Dictator Is a Danger to the Country
on Friday September 06, 2024 @08:16AM (#41465473)
Just bear in mind that dictatorships tend to have broad (and arbitrary) definitions of "pre-dicatatorship ruling classes" that could include you, your loved ones, your friends, etc...
Life360 confirms a hacker stole Tile tracker IDs and customer info
Re:Can turning office towers into apartments save downtowns?
on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @10:04AM (#40285590)
It would result in fewer units, but you could introduce "courtyards" that would act as corridors of light. It would depend on the depth of the building. You could potentially do it over two or more stories.
Alternatively sacrificing the central core of the buildings to act as light tunnel might work. Or give the deeper units over to utilities, communal areas, etc
A good architect could transform these buildings into pleasant and useful spaces. It just requires a willingness to try. Check out the youtube channel like @nevertoosmall or @kirstendirksen - I'm sure there are many others that explore topics like this.
Re:What if null was an Object in Java?
on Sunday April 28, 2024 @06:21PM (#40192507)
I’m not familiar enough with kotlin to comment fully but from your description the checker framework [0] appears to do the same thing in Java.
I confess I’m not fond of checker framework. I find the error messages can be obtuse but it is very effective.
Re:The one about the web developer job market
on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @03:58PM (#39843855)
> Tech companies are still performing mass lay-offs, even with a tech bubble in full force.
> Many organisations are also resorting to employee-hostile strategies to increase employee churn, such as forced Return-To-Office policies.
Would generally agree and it’s been discussed a lot but apart from “because they can” I haven’t heard a really compelling reason why. I’m not convinced by the claims about AI taking jobs (yet). So what’s going on?
Re:First 'cyberflasher' convicted under UK's new law, gets more than 5...
on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @08:50PM (#39761891)
I think you’re seriously downplaying the seriousness of these acts and the kind of person who does something like this:
“Hawkes was already a registered sex offender after he was given a community order last year for exposure and sexual activity with a child under 16. That registration ran until November 2033.”
Re:Stop postponing things by embracing the mess
on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @10:26AM (#39454950)
Growing up, my parents didn't have encouragement or patience in their emotional toolkit. You were expected to do everything perfectly - homework, writing a letter, any kind of planning, even sweeping the floor or washing dishes - and if you struggled in any way you were berated at length.
Many decades later even mundane things can be a battle - ringing a doctor to ask for an appointment, or a provider to query a bill, filling in forms and so on. Most of my procrastination stems from my experiences back them. It is easier in my mind to defer action than to risk the imagined verbal abuse. I'd imagine a fair share of non-ADHD related organisational issues can be traced to similar experiences.
Just like you can't out-train a bad diet, you can't out-live a shitty childhood.
Re:All code is technical debt
on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @03:42PM (#38713375)
This is a “when you think about it” argument.
As in “humans are just tubes, when you think about it”.
Technical debt is a thorny issue already. Arguments like this don’t help.
Re:GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they'r...
on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @03:22AM (#38624217)
One option is standalone CarPlay and Android Auto head units - search for carpuride or Atoto for examples.
There’s other manufacturers as well.
I recall seeing model specific replacement head units for the pop up type display you describe but can’t find them now
Re:The Placeholder Girlfriend
on Sunday December 03, 2023 @08:41PM (#38512786)
Perhaps the parent comment is indirectly referring to the Margaret Atwood quote:
“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”
Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 days
on Monday November 06, 2023 @04:44AM (#38160509)
Re:Bring garbage collected programming languages efficiently to WebAss...
on Friday November 03, 2023 @11:28AM (#38130268)
GraalVM has multiple language implementations that can now run on both GraalVM and OpenJDK.
They are typically as fast and sometimes faster than their standard counterparts (e.g. can't find the announcement now but mastodon runs much faster on GraalRuby than on JRuby, and JRuby is pretty fast). I have personal experience with GraalJS being very fast.
So I _think_ that you could now say that the JVM can now properly support multiple languages. There are still limitations, mostly related to language libraries that have native bindings so it's not all flowers and chocolates. But still worth considering. But as a general purpose multi-language platform I think you could say it's viable now.
But I share the scepticism - is this really the point of WASM? Whether it is or not, it does seem to be the general direction
https://www.graalvm.org/latest/graalvm-as-a-platform/languag...
Re:EU data regulator bans personalised advertising on Facebook and Ins...
on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:17AM (#38113831)
The moral threat is that your private data is processed and transformed into influence. And it's been the case over an over again that that influence is wielded without accountability or care for those being targeted. The methods of applying that influence are sometimes sophisticated, sometimes crude but almost always effective. The only protections against this an individual has is privacy. Yes there are other forms of influence, but targeted campaigns feed from data that _should_ be private is vastly more toxic.
Microsoft accused of damaging Guardian's reputation with AI-generated poll
Re:GlassFish Embedded – a simple way to run Jakarta EE apps
on Friday September 15, 2023 @11:05AM (#37524188)
I haven't read the article but if they are referring to https://microprofile.io/ then it's a sensible choice. But if you're going down that route I would recommend something like Micronaut/Quarkus/Helidon/etc with native image compilation. Spring does native image compilation now too, but I personally would lean towards more the more lightweight frameworks
Re:The World’s First U2 Spy Plane Photo Shoot at the Edge of Space
on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @10:02AM (#37391761)
At the risk of joining the tinfoil hat brigade, this is a 70 year old design. The sr 71 is retired and publicly there’s nothing like it. Has aircraft development regressed since the end of the Cold War or are there successors to these craft out there?
Re:VanMoof acquired by e-mobility company Lavoie
on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:09PM (#37341392)
Apart from an oil refilling kit, hydraulic brakes don't need specialist equipment.
Most ebikes still use standard derailleurs (usually a 1x drivetrain).
For internally geared hubs, Nexus or Alfine IGH are the most common, and apart from getting the cable tension right, don't need any specialist equipment (though the Alfine 11 speed hub is apparently somewhat tricky because it has to be packed with grease).
Most IGH still use chains, belts are less common. Newer chains are rated for ebike use but that generally just means they're more robust.
Belt drives do need to be tensioned properly but again, this doesn't requires specialist tools nor does it require a huge amount of specialist knowledge for a bike mechanic that is (there's literally an app for that). Enviolo, Roloff and other gearbox style systems are specialist equipment and not what you would normally expect a regular bike shop to do intricate servicing on.
Also, internally geared hubs have been around for almost a century and both IGH and belt drives are used on regular bikes. You would expect bike mechanics to be able to deal with them easily.
So by and large, they really are bikes with motors. Yes, there are some things that are more complex but the majority of things are basically the same
Re:Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for work
on Sunday August 06, 2023 @01:16PM (#37024272)
‘Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios, “I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better.’ [0]
Oh well then of course!!!
There is no data to back it up. Managers I’ve talked to have in fact said their figures show productivity has gone up but who knows. How do you measure productivity in a knowledge economy?
In the absence of a compelling argument for return to office it’s reasonable to assume this is driven by other factors.
[0] https://fortune.com/2023/08/03/amazon-svp-mike-hopkins-offic...
Re:Why Checked Exceptions Failed
on Saturday July 15, 2023 @09:22AM (#36736488)
This is what try-with-resource does in Java. Introduced in Java 8 I think so better late than never
Re:Is ORM still an anti-pattern?
on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @08:37PM (#36500737)
You _might_ be able to use AppCDS[0] to tackle this issue
[0] https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/HotSpot/Application+Class+D...
Re:Turning Joe Rogan down was the right thing to do
on Thursday June 22, 2023 @11:14AM (#36433417)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65981876
This Elon Musk?
Re:How to Read and Organize Online Articles (Without Driving Yourself ...
on Sunday June 18, 2023 @06:58AM (#36379070)
“Use“ or “am the creator of”?
Re:Q&A: How DARPA hacked a science writer’s brain andturned her into a...
on Thursday June 01, 2023 @06:49AM (#36149499)
Do you - or anyone else for that matter - have experience with the class of neuro-feedback EEG category of devices (NeoRythm, Muse, etc)
I researched heavily for a while a few years back. I felt that the devices themselves couldn't accurately act as EEGs (setting aside whether you believe they could be used for enhancing brain function or not)
Has this changed? Are there better devices out there now?
Re:Home schooling can challenge our beliefs about education
on Saturday May 20, 2023 @07:11AM (#36010898)
> It teaches resiliency…
I think the issue often is that this an accidental byproduct of the school experience for many. There’s little or no intentional teaching of these things.
Re:The Windscale Fire: Britain's 'Chernobyl' (2019)
on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @07:28AM (#35801011)
Revisiting the 1957 Windscale Nuclear Accident using Atmospheric Reanalysis data - The Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)
https://www.ichec.ie/news/revisiting-1957-windscale-nuclear-...
Re:In 1930, the 22M-pound Indiana Bell building was rotated 90 degrees
on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @09:44AM (#35628042)
"During the 1850s and 1860s, engineers carried out a piecemeal raising of the level of central Chicago to lift it out of low-lying swampy ground. Streets, sidewalks, and buildings were physically raised on jackscrews."