advice for the op: the images in the page took half a minute to load (on multigigabit internet not being stressed). might be a routing issue between the server and my isp, but the images could use some optimization.

it took me a decade from falling in love with pc building to finally build one for myself. the crypto bros ruined it earlier, then now the crankers. both underlying tech is amazing. but any interesting idea or "breakthrough" trigger a gold rush mania.

same with the people working in certain parts of the globe. we were compensated disproportionately compared to other industries, thanks to the above tailwind and ZIRP.

i wonder how many people in the industry would be there if it wasn't the "future", at least in putting zeroes in our bank balance. personally would have not been here if not for the money, but would still have love for computers themselves and what we can do with thme.

personally have been able to use windows without ever logging in since windows 8.1. the iot (embedded) version is the path of least resistance for most. it even contains old paint and calculator from windows 7! might be a skill issue, but i've found it easier to debloat once than to figure out fractional scaling in linux.

for those commenting on relying on a competitor for a "major" component of their product, look no further to how they source their displays from samsung all this time. even their silicon at one point! [1]

while it is now all about harness and "holding it right", their approach seem no different from other instances on hardware side. in terms of why not a more "leading" provider, look how the openai integration panned out so far. moreover, they have little to no initiative nor incentive to provide edge models or a hybrid solution so far. and anthropic's moat is not in audio.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6419506

most of society is not in productive labour nor have significant female participation in non-agricultural work in the macro level.

almost any theory we apply for population slowdown melts down here. also, there are few regions (also populous) which have still significantly high birth rate.

in urban areas, a lot of asian peers go through a similar situation. crazy high costs to raise a family to stay "competitive": from inception to job market.

handouts will not help as the current social net is not sustainable nor effective. probably for the first time in recorded history would food availability not determine population growth.

regardless if you aim to switch to a self-hosted one, it might look like this anyway.

switching emails is as annoying as changing phone numbers as you need to update it across everything in your life, digital or otherwise.

knowing nvidia and their approach to consumer hardware (especially those on notebooks), i'd take a heavy grain of salt on getting a good deal.

also, they've been bad to their ecosystem partners, but now they've been able to boss them around into supporting them so far. i suppose getting anticheat vendors to finally support arm might be enough of a nudge for linux support? one can only dream

memory is the bottleneck here (capacity, or rather speed). before you run out to set up your own, try to rather squeeze out the most of your existing hardware. if you are a lucky owner of a lot of cheap memory, you are already in luck. otherwise LM studio allows you to split memory between your gpu and system memory. avoid MoE models or even consider tensor parallelism between the onboard gpu and dedicated one before going for more hardware.

there is little to no benefit for using a specific quantization for your models, so go crazy and test out whatever can easily run for you.

this should be a supporting argument for those who advocate for agentic development for all level of expertise. at the same time, it is interesting to see how the vast majority of the open source work he referred to was from the east (maybe all but couple exceptions like opencode).

if this prevents them from adding privacy-harming things to whatsapp, the more power to them. but it certainly does not guarantee this behaviour.

while the weight and dimensions may not be quite as attractive, there is a lot going for the rest. or just go for an old m series macbook air at this rate. you only miss out on upgradable storage and a kneecapped linux experience

has anybody ever use the prompt templates in practice? for what it's worth, these protocols are a product of their time, and unfortunately people lose patience with seeing it through in practice.

in the end it is all text. things are overengineered regardless, but at least this allowed reuse across projects.

their model's efficacy for the mainstream comparisons may not be up to the task, but they are pivoting to their own lane for it. but the scope beyond the local market, it is yet to be seen.

also, how come jetbrain mono has become one of these tells is insane to me!

however, while in one hand we are happy to (albeit temporarily) raise prices based on ram situation, in terms of design, there is simply not enough money for the port. especially when now they are adding ecosystem items that do cost money to develop and maintain.

this explanation made sense pre-ipo but no longer imho.

grifters gonna grift where they see an opportunity. also got the money printer turned on for some while the others resort to "chance" (fair or otherwise) to get paid.

(also so would the plates or the bar holding them!)