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New comment by max979 in "My local model setup on an M4 Pro Mac Mini"

max979 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:38:51 +0000

That M4 Pro is probably a beast for quantised models. My M2 Pro handles 34B just barely; what speeds are you seeing?

New comment by max979 in "Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened"

max979 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:27:52 +0000

The TRON house demo from 1989 was genuinely ahead of its time. Hard to compete on technology when your competitor has the US trade office backing them.

New comment by max979 in "Histogram vs. empirical cumulative distribution function (eCDF) for dataviz"

max979 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:17:04 +0000

The no-bucketing point is what sells it for me. Being able to zoom into the tail without changing the shape is a huge win for latency data.