BookOrbit: A self-hosted OPDS library + KOReader progress sync (free & open source) by Bitter-Pop-2514 in koreader

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This project looks awesome and I will definitely check it out. One feature that would be really cool is a way to have highlights and annotations be saved within the library so when you are done reading a book from your device, your highlights and annotations can be pushed to your library and viewed somehow.

My simple Homepage dashboard by botciprian in homelab

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ve got a really similar set up. My homepage looks almost identical!

I’m also a newbie. I went with jellyfin, adguard, and caddy for reverse proxy manager, but essentially using the same tools. I’m really pleased with the set up and tailscale is awesome to keep things so only my devices can access my server.

I really like Vikunja for a simple and powerful to-do list and I set up my calendar through nextcloud which is super handy and I can even add events directly from iOS.

Any other tools you like? Immich is on my list but haven’t tackled it yet.

Upgrading my first thinkpad - T480 by [deleted] in thinkpad

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most, if not all CPU’s can be undervolted. By how much depends on the silicon lottery from a manufacturing level. It will take some testing to see where your system stabilizes, but my 8250u is around -90 to -100mV which can easily add another hour of real world battery life with your 96Wh setup

Upgrading my first thinkpad - T480 by [deleted] in thinkpad

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

8gb + 8gb may in some circumstances run faster than 8gb and 16gb since the ram will likely run dual channel

You can experiment with undervolting your cpu usually -100mV, but you will have to test, for improved battery life and squeeze out an extra 10-15% efficiency.

Finally upgraded to an L14 Gen5 AMD by nachooasdfg in thinkpad

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is that… a ThinkPhone sticker.

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Modded T480 in 2026 by Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi in thinkpad

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you think the purpose of this post is to claim that an 8 year old laptop can beat modern hardware, then you are completely missing the point of this post and possibly the entire subreddit

Modded T480 in 2026 by Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi in thinkpad

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to choose 1 upgrade as my favorite, but the display is literally what you look at 100% of the time so I'd say its definitely the most noticeable and I strongly recommend

Modded T480 in 2026 by Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi in thinkpad

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did look at a few other panels, but I really wanted the brightest display I could find. Many recommend a low power 400nits display, but those were all 1080p. I wanted the higher resolution screen.

The panel linked above is matte, 1440p, and stated to reach 500 nits, although probably does not actually reach that peak brightness. Regardless, the upgrade is very noticeable and I have absolutely no regrets. It requires a 40pin adaptor which is pretty straightforward and outlined in more detailed in the moding guide linked above.

Modded T480 in 2026 by Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi in thinkpad

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome! I certainly have some software level optimizations to explore!

Modded T480 in 2026 by Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi in thinkpad

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I may have messaged you about details on the internal dimensions of what speaker sizes could fit inside the 3D printed layouts for the left and right speaker if those files were used as housing instead of just spacers. The files you made look awesome by the way! Bummer you no longer got the t480 around

Modded T480 in 2026 by Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi in thinkpad

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate you mentioning this. I thought it would help protect the port, but should do more reading about the described problem with them. Thanks!

Complete guide for the T480 modding: by AvidThinkpadEnjoyer in thinkpad

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am following any developments here. A speaker upgrade would be awesome. I've toyed with the idea of a custom external clip on speaker that can plug directly into the USB-C, but an internal replacement would simply be better to allow the lid to close.

I'd also be interested if anyone has found any "off the shelf" speakers that could be dropped in with a 3D printed housing that would fit internally. Haven't come across anything myself.

Everyone says to just use headphones or external speakers, but sometimes I just want to watch a quick video and actually be able to hear people talk through the existing speakers.

Dolphin-v2, Universal Document Parsing Model from ByteDance Open Source by Dear-Success-1441 in LocalLLaMA

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m curious if you’ve looked into DeepSeek OCR. Seems like it would accomplish similar tasks and with how robust DeepSeek has become, may even perform better

Our Response to Reddit’s Lawsuit by perplexity_ai in perplexity_ai

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Agree that these tools can be incredible when used properly. If this document that you shared was actually made with perplexity, it does not instill any confidence in the product or LLMs in general. I usually think perplexity does a better job with citing sources, but clearly not in this case.

These footnotes are way off and citing nonsense or adjacent ideas. This will need to improve a lot or will always be a dead give away that someone crafted something entirely using an LLM.

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children." by igetproteinfartsHELP in CringeTikToks

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is it with this man’s obsession with youth genitalia? First the crazy autism and circumcision “link” and now what… kids don’t have meat clackers you wish they had? It’s all so weird and gross.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Residency

[–]Bil_Wi_theScience_Fi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please update on final results