victords

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by victords 20d ago
Not OP, but I’m running local models on a M1 Max as well with 64GB RAM. It varies by model, but I’m getting 50-60 t/s with Qwen 3.6 35B and Qwen 3 coder 30B. I’ve also used Qwen 3.8 27B but I get 10t/s on it. It’s useable in some
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by victords 2mo ago
I was interested in learning more about reverse image search, so I built audioguide.london. It’s a simple image search where you take a photo of an artwork in a gallery, tries to ID it and returns a pre-generated audio and a link to the mus
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by victords 6mo ago
As mentioned before, I think Apple hardware is the best alternative right now. Mac Studio, Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, you can find even some used ones with enough RAM that will run models like Qwen reasonably well. I'm using a M1 Max MacBo
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by victords 8mo ago
A fun project doesn't need to be original, IMO. URL Shortener is still one of the most popular System Design questions, building this project is a great way to have some experience / understanding of it, for example.
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by victords 8mo ago
Loved the idea!
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by victords 8mo ago
VictorSantiago.me Only actual update I do is to change my title / company when I change jobs, otherwise it's just a landing page to link to my GH, LinkedIn, etc. No blogs or anything exciting.
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by victords 8mo ago
When AWS released the S3 Vectors last year, I wanted to try it since I had no experience with Vector DBs, so I built a simple audioguide app to play around with it. Basically, just use it to identify artworks from a photo, then return a pre
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by victords 8mo ago
Are you able to sponsor visa? Already based in London, but would need visa to switch jobs.
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by victords 9mo ago
The way you put it, looks like IBM is a pretty good place to work at
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by victords 3y ago
The homebrew scene still exists today, just moved consoles. I was just playing around with the Xbox Dev Mode this weekend and trying out different emulators.
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by victords 3y ago
> The fact this tech is becoming g democratized is good. The issue is that it's only democratized if you have the money.
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by victords 3y ago
I'd imagine not everything can be paid on a credit card. E.g.: Rent.
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by victords 3y ago
> most locals want to go to UK and the US to live Absolutely not the impression I got when I lived there.
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by victords 3y ago
You don't need to be badly paid to enjoy free lunch.
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by victords 3y ago
They did pay their bonus in some Binance crypto coin, but at least their base salary was relatively high.
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by victords 5y ago
> Out of the two signals, "this person was successful at 8 different companies" versus "this person stuck in one place for almost three decades", which do you imagine is going to get hired? Why is the assumption not t
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by victords 5y ago
Why is it even suspected to be her? Just because of the account name?
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by victords 6y ago
Why fiasco?
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by victords 6y ago
Not agreeing with his points, but funnily enough, I think Sony does use Azure.
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by victords 6y ago
So, in other words is not one person who is pushing to remain on Whatsapp, but instead only one person pushing to leave.
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by victords 6y ago
Worked until the end for me. Nice little retrospective game.
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by victords 6y ago
Who is the "rest of us"? Facebook, Twitter...? It's obvious there should have been more moderation. However, Parler is a 30 employee start up. Their efforts would fall sort of the ideal either way...
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by victords 6y ago
They may not have failed ethically yet . It’s virtually impossible for a company the size of Facebook to be free of controversies.
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by victords 6y ago
Being more or less problematic shouldn’t be an issue. If you have moral issues with a company, you should have it with all companies, regardless if one is more or less problematic. Otherwise, it’s just hypocrisy.
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by victords 6y ago
That was my thought. Why would a top-tier candidate, who supposedly is already making enough money, bother to go through this process? Is it really worth it to lose a day in your weekend for a couple hundred bucks and the hope of getting ye
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by victords 6y ago
> what about PS3 or 360 games? That's only true for PS3 tho. Microsoft has been doing quite a good job regarding backwards compatibility, and you can still play 360 games in the new Series X.
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by victords 6y ago
The thing is that this is a different audience than Quest. Quest is a standalone headset, and this is most likely the reason why it's one of the most popular. So, if no other company competes in the standalone headset market, Oculus an
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by victords 6y ago
I was thinking about buying a Quest, and I do have a Facebook, but it has been years since I post or like something in there. So that leaves me a bit insecure on buying it, and ending up getting banned and have an expensive paperweight.
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by victords 6y ago
This sort of thing is quite common in a lot of places. Years ago I remember that I wanted to buy one of those Rock Band sets for Playstation that came with the whole band. But they were so expensive back in Brazil, that I did the math and i
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by victords 6y ago
What a stupid concept. I love it.

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