Models I've checked out in the past month or so as I try to learn some of this stuff: • redpajama-7b • falcon-7b • replit-code-3b • mpt-7b • flan-t5-large up to flan-t5-xxl Any others? I'm largely just looking at approaches, supporting tooling, docs, etc.

"it's a miracle any of this works at all" <-- something I find myself saying on a daily basis.. 😆

These headphones are now 30 years old and aside from $15 foam pads every year or two and having to re-solder a wire once, they have been flawless, and I’m pretty sure could be the most used object I’ve ever owned. #photo #headphones #grado

Mastodon is feeling more and more to me like the armed rebellion of hackers that accelerated Linux and Firefox. There are lots of challenges with the protocol, implementation, UX, etc.. But when you start with a rebel alliance of hackers, code problems are jet fuel not friction.

Feels predictable that every one of these dreambooth-based generative AI sites built in a week by the valley bro industrial complex (😂) would almost immediately become soft porn sites, no?

I think the funniest thing about this is that messing around with ADS-B data is like the nerdiest of nerd traditions, practically a rite of passage for every college aged hacker.. ultra hardcore embarrassing.

Had me at “the notorious BGP”. 😂

Enjoyed the discord experience @steveklabnik put together for the @oxidecomputer podcast recording yesterday with @bcantrill, @ahl, tbray and guests. I remain federation skeptical, future curious, but find me @[email protected] (2017 era mastodon.social remains unused).

💯 -- also "unique voice" as everything likely goes even more monoculture, I think, in the way that TV made everywhere sort of California.