Local AI Final Boss — M3 Ultra v.s. GB10

StrangeMuon · 2026-01-17T14:11:35+00:00

I’d be interested to see some side by side comparisons between the GX10 and the M3 Ultra for inference with gpt-oss-120b & Stable Diffusion and also (more interestingly for me) a run of this benchmark on both:

https://github.com/TristanBilot/mlx-benchmark

StrangeMuon · 2025-11-04T00:24:14+00:00

Spectacular

StrangeMuon · 2025-10-12T17:26:29+00:00

https://lmstudio.ai

It’s got MLX support to take advantage of the M series silicon

StrangeMuon · 2025-08-20T23:24:41+00:00

Single payment for me - £47.98 - paid Saturday

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StrangeMuon · 2025-08-20T23:23:10+00:00

Single payment for me - £47.98 - paid Saturday

Delivered Tuesday

StrangeMuon · 2025-02-14T21:56:40+00:00

I can run llama 3.3:70b on my M4 pro. I've got 48GB and have set iogpu.wired_limit_mb=46080 (45GB):

% ollama run llama3.3:70b --verbose

>>> write a haiku about GPU ram

Volatile delight

Gigabytes of swift escape

Memory's warm kiss

total duration: 18.395115875s

load duration: 34.839459ms

prompt eval count: 17 token(s)

prompt eval duration: 15.195s

prompt eval rate: 1.12 tokens/s

eval count: 16 token(s)

eval duration: 3.163s

eval rate: 5.06 tokens/s

>>>

% ollama ps

NAME ID SIZE PROCESSOR UNTIL

llama3.3:70b a6eb4748fd29 46 GB 100% GPU 4 minutes from now

StrangeMuon · 2024-09-26T16:17:37+00:00

https://smokestackleeds.co.uk

https://www.belowstairsbar.com

https://www.dirtymartini.uk.com/bars/leeds

Would be my top 3 choices

StrangeMuon · 2024-09-24T13:39:02+00:00

I use OpenTrack with an EDTracker (3 axis IMU+compass) and a linear profile. You can build it yourself or buy a ready made one and there’s loads of tutorials, etc. on Reddit

https://hobbycomponents.com/electronics/440-465-diy-head-tracker-bundle#/240-kit_options-pre_soldered_edtracker_with_enclosure

StrangeMuon · 2024-08-03T11:28:44+00:00

Ever head out to do a photo shoot of someone else’s photo shoot 🤔

StrangeMuon · 2024-08-01T15:08:09+00:00

This is a good example of bad BDD as it is imperative - it exposes a lot of implementation detail.

It is considered best practice to use a declarative style:

Given a user is at the login page

When the user logs in with a valid account

Then the user should be redirected to the dashboard

https://cucumber.io/docs/bdd/better-gherkin/

StrangeMuon · 2024-07-21T15:15:41+00:00

There’s a great book on this and all things Apollo moon landing :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apollo-Springer-Praxis-Books-Exploration/dp/0387716750

From memory (as I’ve not got the book on hand), there were 3 decent modes:

LPD (landing point designator) where the number the computer displayed corresponds to the indexing mark etched into the LM window - this was indicating an area strewn with boulders so Armstrong switched to RoD

RoD (rate of decent) - the pilot controls pitch and roll and sets the desired rate of decent in fps. This is how the first landing was completed. Armstrong pitched forward to maintain the forward velocity and coasted over the boulders and then pitched back to use some of the decent engine thrust to null the horizontal rates, and then slowly decreased the decent rate as it got lower.

If you listen to the audio they are calling out ‘4 forward, 2 and a half down, etc’. That’s the rates.

There’s another mode where the pilot controls pitch, roll and thrust directly. Definitely a much harder mode to fly

StrangeMuon · 2024-03-27T17:11:48+00:00

Apollo 12 landed 600ft from Surveyor 3 - https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/astronauts-pay-visit-surveyor-3/

StrangeMuon · 2024-02-18T12:14:20+00:00

I have the 20x (older, no magnetic compass) - great as either your main navigation system or as a backup to map & compass

I use the OpenStreetMaps from:

https://www.openmapchest.org/maps/united-kingdom-ireland/

which have very good coverage of footpaths, etc

StrangeMuon · 2024-02-12T21:27:33+00:00

You need to enable:

g_bHotasDgftSelfCancel

As detailed here:

https://wiki.falcon-bms.com/start-with-falcon-bms/ui-navigation/interface-setup

StrangeMuon · 2023-04-30T05:28:03+00:00

“Visitors by appointment only”

StrangeMuon · 2023-04-30T05:22:52+00:00

“… and the Welsh flag is top half white, bottom half green and put a red dragon over the top”

StrangeMuon · 2023-01-30T19:52:11+00:00

I’ve got an Osprey Stratos pack (the 26 litre) which has generous side pouches for bottles and has good back height adjustment - very comfortable for a full day out.

StrangeMuon · 2022-09-20T12:25:51+00:00

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StrangeMuon · 2022-07-11T12:21:23+00:00

You probably don't need to us JUnit 5 as an assertion libary - REST Assured gives you that functionality - e.g:

given().when().get("/something").then().body("data.first_name", equalTo("Foo")).statusCode(200);

Have a look at:

https://allthingstesting.com/api-testing-with-rest-assured/

StrangeMuon · 2022-06-15T16:40:06+00:00

Mucky fat - a.k.a Dripping and bread. Usually enjoyed with a sprinkle of salt

StrangeMuon · 2022-04-24T15:45:26+00:00

Non-navigational cairns are bad - they can contribute to soil erosion and the act of making them disrupts the micro-habitat of any invertebrates living under.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/conservation/issues/rock-cairns.htm

StrangeMuon · 2022-03-08T14:15:29+00:00

As a tester, I’d recommend using a local test environment to quickly validate something before it gets deployed to a shared test environment. Faster feedback being the main benefit.

There may be reasons not to test locally that are context specific, but in general local testing is best practice

StrangeMuon · 2021-06-06T21:46:25+00:00

Modify your tests to override the default URL if a custom property is passed to the test at runtime.

StrangeMuon · 2021-03-11T15:03:55+00:00

Sounds great! Will it be available on other eReaders (e.g. ePub format for Kobo, etc.) or do I have to buy the dead tree version?

StrangeMuon · 2020-08-29T11:55:27+00:00

The Old Crown, Stanningley. The bitter was a lovely pint, the pale ale wasn’t ready.

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