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by fluffyspork 3mo ago
According to Gemini to run full 256k context window with unified RAM 4-bit Quantized (Q4_K_M GGUF): You need at least 25 GB of total RAM. This is the most practical configuration for consumer hardware. 8-bit Quantized (Q8_0 / SFP8): Yo
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by fluffyspork 4mo ago
I don't know, but for me setting temperature to 0 has a noticeable impact. I don't think you need a fine tune.
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by fluffyspork 4mo ago
Gemma 4 31b is better for coding than Gemini in my limited testing on a small C project single source file project, less than 1000 lines. Setting temperature to 0 gives better results for me. It seems like Gemini ignores the system prompt
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by fluffyspork 4mo ago
C. At least with Gemma 4 it does a fine job. Writes good error checking. Writes memory management. Mostly straightforward and easy to read. A lot of libraries. Runs everywhere.
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by fluffyspork 2y ago
JPEG codec MPEG 1 codec Minimal HTTP server of actually used features.
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
Over the past couple of weeks I wrote a macos/ios app with objc and c. It's like a 2d game with most code in C which is also used on Linux. Draws the whole view with MTKView and uses udp with bsd sockets. I mainly chose it for t
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
Increasing pixel count increases processing in all image gen im aware of. I guess my question is more about why the tradeoff to higher resolutions is taken when resolution is clearly not a limiting factor for displaying something that looks
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Ask HN: Why doesn't a 4k rendered game look as real as a DVD resolution movie?
1 points by fluffyspork 3y ago|4 comments
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
The easiest terrorist attack is getting a few people to rent apartments with gas across a city, leave the gas open on the stove for a day or whatever, and then simultaneously ignite. Piping an explosive gas all over cities just seems like a
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER Likes programming in C without the dogma. Familiarity with video processing, computer vision, http, surfing a plus. Email code example or link with brief explanation of why it's interesting to jason@fluffyspork.com
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER Likes programming in C Familiarity with HTTP, video processing, computer vision a plus. Email code example or link with brief explanation of why it's interesting to jason@fluffyspork.com Will be off grid for a week s
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
I bought a USB C SanDisk 1TB external drive a few years ago. With included USB C cable it connects at 10Gbps. With the included USB A adapter it connects at 480Mbps. That's only use is connecting for transfers. With a separately pur
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
Nice to see someone else thinks about this. In my personal project webserver I don't. I didn't measure, but just trying not to do unnecessary work.
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
I agree with the first sentence. I don't think in 2023 a new programming language will help humans in a significant way.
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
I don't think in a language. I think about what I want to do and then write code to do it.
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
I've been dealing with email deliverability for the past 4 days as part of a new project. The requirements are to send login codes when the user provides the email for a likely small site (maybe 100 active users a month). Eventually m
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
Are programming languages really a limiting factor for anyone?
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
What is the goal of programming language research?
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
I've only ever done software. Never had an actual EE job. Getting an EE was one of the best choices I ever made. You'll also likely have more interesting hobbies. EE gives a high level knowledge about how the modern world works
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by fluffyspork 3y ago
get an electrical engineering degree.