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Made with Hermes Desktop and Grok on Omarchy
gist.github.com/brontsor/363…
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The time John Lennon told a reporter, “this is what the year 2006 will be like. Watch this.” And then dressed like this and did poses for the camera.
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1990 Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V for sale in Italy. Info on eBay Ad: ebay.it/itm/236896613936?mkc…
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Because being able to think about and discuss ideas without accepting them as fact or identity makes low IQ people furious. So you either have to accept constant anger or hide who you are. I don’t think it’s a curse but it’s understandable why people would.
You also can track patterns and effects far out into the future, so you have to watch people self destruct. And when you tell them what you see they think you’re full of hate or “unhinged” and keep self destructing and there’s nothing you can do about it besides accept it
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Fire up your Commodore Ultimate 64 for the 4th! 🎆
Download this cracked version of Activision's 1985 Complete Computer Fireworks Celebration Kit (Firework.d64 + manual). Design your own fireworks shows with backdrops, music, messages & joystick-controlled pyrotechnics.
Perfect for a retro C64U light show! Get it here:
8bitboyz.com/download/activi…
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1984 Ferrari 308 GTS with 241,414 miles (388,518 km) on the clock.
Between February 1990 and May 2024 the car went through:
•720 quarts of engine oil.
•136 spark plugs.
•80 quarts of transmission fluid.
•80 oil filters.
•16 engine air filters.
•16 fuel filters.
•10 sets of brake pads.
•8 timing belts.
•8 water pumps.
•6 batteries.
•3 clutch replacements.
•1 engine replacement.
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if you're just getting into local llms, do yourself a favor and start by building llama.cpp from source. not ollama, not lm studio.
build llama.cpp once, it's genuinely just a git clone and a make command with cuda on, and it clicks. you see the flags, you control the quant, you run any gguf on the planet, and llama-bench gives you real numbers instead of a vibe. when something's slow, you know why, and you can fix it.
ollama and lm studio are fine for "just chat with a model." but if you actually want to understand local inference, they're a ceiling, not a foundation. start one level deeper. it pays off every single day after.
Introducing ntpxyz
ntpxyz is a lightweight Python tool for parsing and visualizing statistics from NTP servers. It processes standard NTP stats logs—currently loopstats (clock sync), sysstats (network traffic), and usestats (host utilization)—then generates clear, insightful plots using Matplotlib. Designed for both interactive use and automated batch runs, ntpxyz helps monitor NTP server health with minimal fuss.
ALT 4 plots of ntp loopstats data
🔑 Omarchy desktop users: no more typing your LUKS passphrase at every boot (or hunting for a wired keyboard)!
Omarchy ships with killer default encryption, but that prompt can be a drag on desktops.
I turned an old USB into a dedicated key drive for automatic unlock — plug it in and you're straight in.
Full step-by-step guide I put together (USB formatting, cryptsetup, limine cmdline tweaks, mkinitcpio hooks — all there):
gist.github.com/brontsor/ee1…
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Introducing ntpxyz
ntpxyz is a lightweight Python tool for parsing and visualizing statistics from NTP servers. It processes standard NTP stats logs—currently loopstats (clock sync), sysstats (network traffic), and usestats (host utilization)—then generates clear, insightful plots using Matplotlib. Designed for both interactive use and automated batch runs, ntpxyz helps monitor NTP server health with minimal fuss.
github.com/brontsor/ntpxyz
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In 20 years, vibe coders will look at the Linux kernel repo the way we look at the pyramids. In awe, unable to imagine how they managed to drag all those giant stones and pile them up in the middle of the desert.
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How do you fit a 250kB dictionary in 64kB of RAM and do lookups? For reference, even gzip -9 cannot compress this file beyond 85kB.
In the 1970s, Douglas McIlroy at AT&T had the same challenge when implementing the spell checker for Unix.
Instead of relying on generic compression techniques, he analyzed the distribution of the data and came up with a compression algorithm which was just 0.03 bits away from the theoretical limit of possible compression. To this day, it remains unbeaten.
The story of how he designed this dictionary lookup from the ground up is a lesson in software engineering. How you consider the resource constraints in front of you and design your solution to run within them.
In my latest article I take you through each step of the design of this ingenious algorithm right from the scratch.
(Check replies for the link)
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Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.
In memory of David Lynch, we will continue to explore the otherworldly and the unknown. We will focus not on the loss, but on what we gained from the years we shared this planet with you. We will see you in our dreams.
ALT Using the Event Horizon Telescope, scientists obtained this image of the black hole at the center of galaxy M87, outlined by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of strong gravity near its event horizon. The hot gas is shaped like a doughnut and is glowing a warm yellow color with reddish tint at its edges. The darkness of space is black in the background. Credit: Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al.
