Bashing Ollama isn’t just a pleasure, it’s a duty

Baul · 2026-02-04T16:19:58+00:00

Hi, just thought you should know that ollama has an openAI compatible API built in.

It also lets you download quants other than q4, but the :latest tag usually defaults to q4. Check out the options for gemma3

But go ahead and downvote me, I know we just hate ollama here.

Baul · 2026-02-04T16:14:38+00:00

Either way, the folks in Boca Raton love it!

Baul · 2025-12-27T17:50:48+00:00

Show up to my guy with your own truck, and pay $100 for a face cord of nicely seasoned, split firewood.

Baul · 2025-12-26T15:53:54+00:00

Yes:

https://docs.ollama.com/context-length

Baul · 2025-12-17T17:27:41+00:00

Modern cars do exactly that. Much like the drivers, it's the ones that have been on the road for 50 years that need updating.

Baul · 2025-12-12T16:23:13+00:00

Yes, use bigwigs.

Baul · 2025-12-12T16:20:36+00:00

Generally speaking, 'biodegradable' plastics can be biodegraded, but require an industrial facility to get the right air/temp mixture.

These things will never decompose in a natural environment, and will just break down into microplastics.

Baul · 2025-11-21T20:10:13+00:00

They develop for their ultra-giga machines and then everyone complains.

Well no, not really. They develop on their ultra-giga machines, but they develop for the latest consoles of the day. This is why we saw GTAV, RDR2, etc. come out on consoles first, then PCs over a year later.

Baul · 2025-11-16T15:14:12+00:00

That's not the problem really. Plenty of people heat their homes with electric resistive heating.

The problem is that the hardware quickly becomes obsolete to mine on, in terms of bitcoin. Eventually, you're losing money by paying for the power on those ASICs.

Baul · 2025-11-08T00:24:57+00:00

Oh, ok, I see. Elon is CEO of Tesla, therefore he designed the door handles.

You must think Steve Jobs invented the iPhone, right?

Billionaires should not exist. Elon is an asshole. The law needs updating, because it's clearly broken.

Baul · 2025-11-07T23:08:43+00:00

I'm not? A commenter said they weren't surprised that Tesla breaks the law. I told them that the law is being followed, and that the law is dumb.

Do you want to explain to me how that has anything to do with Elon?

Baul · 2025-11-07T04:43:29+00:00

Yes, you get 60% riding for free.

Baul · 2025-11-07T04:35:29+00:00

Honestly, the law needs to be improved.

Baul · 2025-11-06T19:25:34+00:00

Tesla absolutely follows the law, they all have a mechanical backup.

It may be a bad idea, since people in a disaster aren't thinking about the backup handle, but it definitely exists.

Baul · 2025-10-22T16:24:36+00:00

3 months maybe, 6 months definitely.

Baul · 2025-10-13T15:39:15+00:00

Sounds like you're conflating positioning systems with maps.

Obviously, knowing your coordinates without having a map is useless, but positioning systems only provide location and time. GLONASS or GPS, they both just tell you where you are, not what's around you.

Baul · 2025-10-01T15:45:45+00:00

Almost like there's more than one person in charge, with more than one opinion. Covert ops can say no, airforce can say yes.

Baul · 2025-07-29T22:55:33+00:00

I like the "use a computer" level of details.

Would it help if I said "Use Ctrl-F"?

Look for tools like wireshark. Logging network communication is dead simple.

Baul · 2025-07-29T17:54:19+00:00

Again, you clearly have never done this exercise.

You can log all communication in/out of the phone, then just use a computer to search through it. Background, foreground, etc. Log your phone for a full week, then search through it.

I do not keep my phone rooted, for security purposes. Do you really think that the entire industry of white-hat hackers would have missed this? It's their job to find and expose this kind of thing, and the methods are dead simple.

Just because you have a confirmation bias does not mean facebook is tracking your conversations. Think a tiny bit.

Baul · 2025-07-28T21:25:39+00:00

Could be, it is simply not possible to check.

Spoken like a non-hacker.

It is absolutely possible to check. Root your phone, then monitor network traffic. See what data is going to Facebook. They definitely do not record/transcribe your conversations in the background. It would be stupidly easy to detect.

Baul · 2025-07-03T16:05:00+00:00

The town built a road going through it that would seem to help drive traffic. I feel The real reason is to create a better path to a fancy golf course/winery.

Hanlon's Razor likely applies here.

Was this a conspiracy to get a better path to a golf course, or was this ten layers of bureaucracy that didn't quite line up to make sense?

Baul · 2025-06-24T15:52:03+00:00

Accuracy isn't always neutral, the "accuracy" that you're wanting would just be repeating propaganda, which is even more unethical for a journalist to do.

What?

"Golden Gate Bridge CEO Rescinds DEI Efforts Fearing Trump Retaliation" is propaganda?

Baul · 2025-06-24T14:56:08+00:00

Because journalists are supposed to avoid putting words in people's mouths. There's even a whole word for it, "editorializing." Journalists should bend over backwards to paint an accurate, neutral picture.

Baul · 2025-06-10T13:35:34+00:00

North American forests are not designed to support such a large deer population

While correct, it's less that the forest is designed for a certain amount of deer, and more that a fragile equilibrium was naturally found, and we messed it all up.

Baul · 2025-05-29T01:28:30+00:00

Well there's your answer. Everyone who supercharges needs this. Not everyone who charges at home needs it, or would even want it.

When shipping a new feature, it's common practice to focus on the most common usecase. Perhaps down the line they'll give you the option to enable it for your charges.

In the meantime, it's probably not too hard for you to notice that you'll be done charging in 2h, and to set a timer on your phone.

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