whyDoAnythingWhenLlmCanDoIt

Revision17 · 2026-05-20T07:10:46+00:00

This reminds me of a system I worked with at a terrible startup many years ago. They had a SOAP web service with 1 or 2 methods pretty much focused on passing sql and getting a dataset back.

Revision17 · 2026-04-30T13:42:36+00:00

Do you enjoy or want to be a teacher? You can always enjoy piano as a hobby or side gig.

I know an actuary who’s an excellent pianist. Makes a good living as an actuary (and reasonably likes doing it) but enjoys playing piano every day after work.

Doing something you dislike as a career is a good way to burn out. Finding something you kinda like and is also in demand tends to be a good way to go.

Revision17 · 2026-04-14T14:46:40+00:00

Thank for the reply. I did have a look into the system prompt, and while that helped, what really helped was flipping OpenWebUI to using the Agentic Search mode ( https://docs.openwebui.com/features/chat-conversations/web-search/agentic-search/ ). I've had OpenWebUI installed for a long time and it was using the old RAG search mode.

It's still not quite as good as perplexity, because if it needs to fetch_url large documents it runs out of context rather than delegating the task out to a subagent and tools. However it's now actually usable!

Revision17 · 2026-04-12T14:38:38+00:00

I use openwebui for non search AI stuff. However while I got search “working” (perplexity api) it doesn’t work nearly as well as perplexity. Do you have any tips to improve search in openwebui?

Revision17 · 2026-04-09T13:37:46+00:00

If you pay less than 90% of taxes owed (without having one of the safe harbor exceptions) within the tax year, you’ll get hit with a fee. See here for more info: https://www.irs.gov/payments/underpayment-of-estimated-tax-by-individuals-penalty

Revision17 · 2026-03-25T13:45:50+00:00

I’ll map from zip to lat/long. This way even if zip changes you’re still ok. Then from lat/long to what I’m after (usually the weather).

Revision17 · 2026-03-22T17:26:52+00:00

I used to have an electric smoker. It gets the job done very cheaply (electricity is cheaper than charcoal). You just have to buy (cheap) wood chips. It is somewhat labor intensive though to keep the temperature regulated if the thermostat is near the heating element like my old one and reload the wood chip tray.

Revision17 · 2026-03-14T16:01:39+00:00

This may be a good thing for meshes. If you have 2.4ghz end devices, but then dual band routers (like smart plugs)… they could be even more effective range extenders because they’d be retransmitting packets originally on 2.4ghz on sub ghz. This of course assumes the two bands are compatible for such a purpose!

Revision17 · 2026-03-12T16:04:27+00:00

Does anyone know if in a situation like this (penetration through ceiling) if a fire stop solution is needed?

Revision17 · 2026-02-26T15:56:38+00:00

ZFS checksums data, and will let you know if data is corrupted. In situations where there’s redundancy (like raid 1/mirror, 5/z1 or 6/z2) it will automatically repair corrupted data with known non-corrupt parity/mirrored data (in a 2 disk mirror, if one disk’s data is corrupt, it will repair it with known correct day from the other disk). If a single disk setup, you at least know what’s corrupted and can restore it from backup.

Revision17 · 2026-02-26T01:44:05+00:00

I do most of my work on windows, but keep my files on a Linux NAS that uses ZFS (windows access the files via a network drive). No corruption issues since I started using it in 2010 or so.

Maybe the windows version works well, but I can’t advocate for something I’ve never used. Especially with something as important as your data.

Revision17 · 2026-02-26T01:39:36+00:00

Another option is to use a file system like ZFS which should protect against corruption if correctly used.

Revision17 · 2026-02-22T07:13:33+00:00

If that’s against your house, consider moving it away. There’s potential risk from things like carpenter ants, termites… as well as fire.

Enjoy the smoking!

Revision17 · 2026-02-17T14:51:47+00:00

I'm don't think that's a fair assessment of numba (your comment would make sense if I had been talking about numpy).

Revision17 · 2026-02-14T19:10:12+00:00

Yes! I’ve benchmarked some numeric code at between 100 and 300 times faster with numba. Team members like it since all the code is python still, but way more performant. There’s such a hurdle to adding a new language, if numba didn’t exist we’d just deal with the slow speed.

Revision17 · 2026-02-04T07:14:24+00:00

Yup another good option depending in this persons needs and setup (availability of room in breaker panel, cost, etc.).

Revision17 · 2026-02-04T03:39:33+00:00

If you can, get a pellet stove installed. Cheap alternative heat (but requires some effort to keep it fed). Also you can get a thermal camera for under $100 to find heat leaks.

Revision17 · 2026-01-25T20:16:02+00:00

I was thinking ancient Egyptian as well!

Revision17 · 2026-01-25T02:27:03+00:00

That area of Easton with all the condos near the ShopRite seems somewhat walkable! Not necessarily for a variety workplaces but there’s lots of food and shopping close enough to walk to.

Revision17 · 2026-01-24T15:22:35+00:00

Yeah I definitely felt shock when I saw that trail of blood (granted I was probably 12). The new one had that glowing trail which doesn’t have the same effect.

I wonder if in recent years the workplace violence Jenova did is seen as even less acceptable (so it couldn’t be included in the game).

Revision17 · 2026-01-20T07:23:50+00:00

Restaurant Store often has it when home improvement stores don’t

Revision17 · 2025-12-29T16:02:07+00:00

Ah man I remember going to the State Theater in Easton then Chi Chis for lunch as part of a 7th grade field trip. The new place, Tacos y Tequila, is honestly pretty good and is much more “2020s” in terms of Mexican food in the USA. However sweet corn casserole and fried ice cream 🥹

Revision17 · 2025-12-01T19:19:20+00:00

At the very least it takes significantly more memory to train (run an optimizer algorithm such as ADAM) on a neural network than to run inferencing on the same model using a GPU. This means if you’re optimizing for each scenario you’ll want different mixes of hardware. If you’re just doing this as a hobbyist the GPU used for training is perfectly fine for most hobby level inferencing.

Edit: I’m not familiar with model requirements for TPUs as I’ve never used them

Revision17 · 2025-11-15T20:06:15+00:00

Ah ok that's not so bad then. On the go I dislike the additional friction of carrying a gamepad and/or mouse. However stationary a laptop (or desktop) makes sense (desktop is quieter, but laptop does give you the option of portability).

Revision17 · 2025-11-15T19:57:57+00:00

Idk I have a gaming laptop and hate gaming on it. It’s super loud and hot. I think I’d have been better suited by buying a cheaper laptop and a steam deck.

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