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Was my $48K GPU server worth it? – Rosmine ML Blog
"In 2024 I quit my FAANG job to become an independent researcher. To do this I needed GPUs, so I built “grumbl”, a 6x 6000 Ada GPU server. This blog describes th..."
May 22
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The last six months in LLMs in five minutes
"I put together these annotated slides from my five minute lightning talk at PyCon US 2026, using the latest iteration of my annotated presentation tool. # I pre..."
May 19
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cactus-compute/needle: 26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices
"26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices - cactus-compute/needle..."
May 12
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Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water and nobody noticed for months
"Can AI save us from the AI industry’s endless thirst for water? Outlook not so good...."
May 11
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AI Is Starting to Build Better AI
"Recursive self-improvement is emerging, but humans are still in the loop..."
May 10
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AI didn't delete your database, you did
"Last week, a tweet went viral showing a guy claiming that a Cursor/Claude agent deleted his company's production database. We watched from the sidelines as he t..."
May 6
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
"Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an autom..."
May 6
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Canadian election databases use "canary traps"—and they work
"Intentional errors can be useful...."
May 5
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From Lakehouse architecture to data mesh - Adevinta
"Evolving towards data product creation and automated governance in Adevinta Spain..."
May 3
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Ghostty Is Leaving GitHub – Mitchell Hashimoto
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Apr 30
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Sparse AI Hardware Slashes Energy and Latency - IEEE Spectrum
"Sparse computing enables leaner, faster AI..."
Apr 30
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From 62% to 94% RAG Accuracy: The 5 Architecture Changes That Actually Moved the Needle
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Apr 27
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agentsh — Execution-Layer Security for AI Agents
"agentsh (agent shell) — execution-layer security for AI agents. Intercept file, network, and process activity at runtime with deterministic policy enforcement a..."
Apr 27
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An AI Agent Just Destroyed Our Production Data. It Confessed in Writing.
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Apr 27
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mattpocock/skills
"My personal directory of skills, straight from my .claude directory. - mattpocock/skills..."
Apr 26
Bluesky • Post
GrapheneOS doesn't persistently store notifications unless users explicitly enable notification history. For users enabling notification history, it's a 24 hour log that's cleared as soon as the feature is disabled again. This is the standard Android Open Source Project approach.
Apr 17
GitHub • Star
areal-project/AReaL
"The RL Bridge for LLM-based Agent Applications. Made Simple & Flexible."
Mar 8
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openai/skills
"Skills Catalog for Codex"
Mar 8
Bluesky • Post
www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
Mar 5
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googleworkspace/cli
"Google Workspace CLI — one command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI agent skills."
Mar 5
Writing • Post
Learning Auslan - Week 1-2
"My journey learning Auslan, starting with a 4-week intensive course at Deaf Connect."
Feb 10
Shelf • tv
Slow Horses
"Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world"
Feb 10
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
"A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss."
Feb 10
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Silicon Valley
"In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programm..."
Feb 10
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Community
"Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado."
Feb 10