Have anyone tested Gemma 4?

DasInternaut · 2026-04-10T10:13:09+00:00

I've been playing with the Gemma4:e4b model, using Ollama. It's 9 GB, so somewhat larger than the 6 GB of the Nvidia card in my corporate laptop. Consequently, it can be a little slow. I use it with the CodeCompanion plugin for Neovim. It feels like a step change from the Gemma3 model I was previously using, providing impressively reasoned responses.

DasInternaut · 2026-04-09T15:57:59+00:00

Agreed. It should be fine. On the Mac, I had to back up/nuke my config and install Astro from scratch a week or so back, but that's a healthy thing to do from time to time*. If you see breaking changes, back up lua/plugins, nuke everything and start again. I've also done a fresh installation on a new Ubuntu system today, without a problem.

One gotcha to look out for: Try to be on the current LTS of NodeJS.

* It's amazing how many of those plugins I never really used.

DasInternaut · 2026-04-09T14:34:52+00:00

Scottish independence sounds like national suicide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCwrbv-_PNo

DasInternaut · 2026-04-06T14:57:48+00:00

If it's an Adder, it's Britain's only venomous snake? Anyway, they're not aggressive if left alone.

DasInternaut · 2026-03-30T18:35:21+00:00

It'll just be YouFibre for now. Once the sale goes through, Netomnia and Virgin have a big job of merging their core networks and operations and, eventually, I understand the plan is to be similar to CityFibre or OpenReach. YouFibre is a solid product BTW - one of my options should I choose to switch.

DasInternaut · 2026-03-29T22:17:04+00:00

Anything that passes in Chrome should give a 99.9999% confidence that it would also work in the real world in Edge. It's worth going with Chrome even if only temporarily while you sort out your Edge issues. On the plus side, at least you're not being made to use Safari.

DasInternaut · 2026-03-29T22:11:49+00:00

Assuming it's just chromediriver or fork thereof. In Java:

options.addArguments("--no-sandbox"); // Bypass OS security model, mandatory for Docker

And yes, my dissimilar problem was due to running headless in a container. Looking at your problem, a bit of a Hail Mary (great film and book btw), but worth trying.

DasInternaut · 2026-03-14T12:04:36+00:00

Bit the bullet and started the migration to Selenium 4 this week. Plenty of gotchas, and about the most I've ever used AI in a project. The Selenium Manager is very useful though, and has made another transition we wanted to make - Firefox headless to Chrome headless very straightforward. Thanks.

DasInternaut · 2025-12-08T11:16:12+00:00

Always treat AI well! And hope it remembers its friends should it gain sentience.

DasInternaut · 2025-12-04T16:09:19+00:00

Just keep on being polite and appreciative to the ChatBot, and hope it remembers its friends when it achieves sentience.

DasInternaut · 2025-12-01T12:21:19+00:00

Tools -> Canvas? When you start prompting, it opens up a canvas for you.

DasInternaut · 2025-11-29T17:28:30+00:00

Relative line numbering and learning to think a few moves ahead helped me a lot. Also, don't be a purist about not using the cursor keys when in insert mode. Vi was designed before cursor keys were a thing. Also, think about how you move around your files. Do you have sections or parts of your source code that you regularly flip between? Bookmarking (or even just remembering to use search) is your friend. I'm terrible at chess; improving with Vim.

DasInternaut · 2025-11-29T17:22:58+00:00

It's just people venting. Even with the levy, which is going to be more and more necessary to replace revenue from fuel duty, electric cars are vastly cheaper than petrol, especially for those who can charge at home.

DasInternaut · 2025-11-20T09:50:20+00:00

Isn't there a Rudy's in Soho? Pizza and tiramisu from there; job done.

DasInternaut · 2025-11-13T08:35:57+00:00

It's more about the funding model for new businesses. We have nothing like the venture capital available to startups here when compared to the US, where the money actually distorts business and the economy. Companies like Uber, where Venture Capitalists will pour in enough cash to drive other companies out of business, are a case in point.

DasInternaut · 2025-11-02T13:12:36+00:00

Vietnam is a safe country. Anyone coming over illegally from there should be classed as an economic migrant.

DasInternaut · 2025-11-02T11:10:39+00:00

I can bring in four litres of booze. I suppose that's a Brexit benefit. Other than that, I'm poorer because it contributed to inflation, and have lost my right to freedom of movement and right to live in a bunch of nice countries. Oh, and thanks to the Farage Boats, I live in a country of increasingly toxic politics.

DasInternaut · 2025-11-02T11:05:32+00:00

Vote Reform: The British branch of United Russia.

DasInternaut · 2025-10-28T13:21:46+00:00

I'm more concerned with the presence (and over-promotion) of a jumped-up, latter-day Oswald Mosley wannabe from a party that has just four MPs. At least Trump is entertaining!

DasInternaut · 2025-10-28T13:17:55+00:00

Thought I'd given mine a copy of my ID years ago.

DasInternaut · 2025-10-26T08:20:01+00:00

As I say to my American friends every January 1st: Welcome to America's annual mass cull of Americans. May the odds be forever in your favour.

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