Killer_Tree

Killer_Tree , 9 days ago to Memes in Nuclear isn't perfect, but it is the best we have right now.

When a car crashes, there's usually a magnitude less people impacted then when a plane crashes. But you know what? Air travel is still much, much safer than car travel. Large but infrequent incidents can be much less dangerous than smaller but more common incidents in the aggregate.

Killer_Tree , 2 months ago to Technology in Is Boeing in big trouble? World's largest aerospace firm faces 10 more whistleblowers after sudden death of two

Targets: the Dirty Dozen

Killer_Tree , 2 months ago to Comic Strips in The world just ended.

Any master craftsman will tell you they are nothing without their tools.

Killer_Tree , 5 months ago to Technology in Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”

Beautiful take on the Arrogant Worms classic! <3

Killer_Tree , 5 months ago to Technology in ChatGPT's new AI store is struggling to keep a lid on all the AI girlfriends

Exactly! If you only want to use a Large Language Model (LLM) to run your own local chatbot, then using a quantized version will dramatically improve speed and performance. It also allows consumer hardware to run larger models which would otherwise be prohibitively resource intensive.

Killer_Tree , 5 months ago to Technology in ChatGPT's new AI store is struggling to keep a lid on all the AI girlfriends

You can, and it's easier than you might think! Check out a platform like Oobabooga and find a nice 4-bit quantized LLM of a flavor you prefer. Check out TheBloke on hugging face, they quantized a ton of great LLMs.

Killer_Tree , 5 months ago to Technology in Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely

ICQ... Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. I used to use the crap out of that service, but I can't for the life of me recall what killed it anymore than I can recall migrating from AIM.