I don't think the hype around "state of the art" small models like lfm2.5-thinking is warranted. Even if there's a bunch of "benchmarks" that they score higher on compared to other models of their "class", they're still to weak to perform tasks. Like all tiny models they're prone to babbling and getting confused.
TIL there's a way to declaratively show/hide `<dialog>` elements in #html using the `commandFor` attribute on `<button>` elements.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Invoker_Commands_API
Managed to remove about 5-6 gigs of RAM usage and 15% CPU usage by disabling the AI stuff, One Drive, and random Dell/Adobe crapware.
Too many smart home devices insist on having lit displays when some kind of reflective LCD or e-ink display would almost always provide a better experience at a lower power consumption.
Maybe I'm just very particular about home lighting but if I do want to see values on the sensor hardware itself, I probably do not want it to light up in the dark and I also probably want to be able to read it from a slight distance without having to get up and push a button.
New Blog post: I go over decentralized social media protocols like #nostr #ATProtocol and #ActivityPub and compare the tradeoffs between them.
You are regularly being scanned like this without knowing it.
"This photo was taken with a camera modified with a filter to capture the infrared light emitted by a face recognition camera. I had to shoot the subject in total darkness in order to cut out visible light and allow the camera to pick up on the infrared beams of a face recognition camera."
Gonna try this to de-crap my friend's laptop.
Bitlocker is a Microsoft product that encrypts your laptop hard drive etc. Apparently, Microsoft exfiltrates a recovery key for your Bitlocker encryption and stores it in their cloud, they give it out to law enforcement at request. And of course, they give it out to whoever compromises their system and steals that info. Bitlocker is completely worthless trash. Do not rely on it for information security.
TIL Inkscape has built-in zine templates! You can design the individual pages and then it lays out the print layout automatically. Neat!
hey so this finally happened. the little mechanical arm at my parking garage is fucked because of the Microsoft outage.
Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
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