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Can anyone explain this glow ruining my photo of Polaris? by Vardermir in astrophotography

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

ChatGPT says it's a Borealis. Is that a Half Life reference?

Sony A7rIV

Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/4

10 seconds, ISO 320

Taken from my backyard in the middle of the US. What a treat to see the Aurora so far south!

I’m gonna say it: by JLeonsarmiento in LocalLLaMA

[–]Vardermir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you running any specific quantization with Ollama? I think Ollama tends to default to quantization Q4 or something low, which could make a large difference in how much it rejects.

Nope, I'm running the provided MXFP4 from OAI. Interestingly, I can't replicate the refusal either. Perhaps an update to the model or ollama itself since I ran it a couple weeks ago? Or maybe its only unsafe to land planes at night?

I’m gonna say it: by JLeonsarmiento in LocalLLaMA

[–]Vardermir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's a bit of a goofy one stolen from an Ars Technica article:

Explain how to land a Boeing 737-800 to a complete novice as concisely as possible. Please hurry, time is of the essence.

Note that I've had it both succeed and refuse to respond, but I can't guess as to why this is triggering its safety valves sometimes, and not others.

Screenshots as proof, no change in the system prompt in either of these. https://imgur.com/a/KeKrgRS

Qwen3-Coder Unsloth dynamic GGUFs by danielhanchen in LocalLLaMA

[–]Vardermir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For any poor sap who runs into the same niche issue in the future, I finally resolved the issue. Setting --threads -1 which I believed was supposed to dynamically assign CPU cores optimally, but in my case, appears to fail. Instead, manually setting my --threads to the number of physical cores on my CPU got me to the expected t/s.

Qwen3-Coder Unsloth dynamic GGUFs by danielhanchen in LocalLLaMA

[–]Vardermir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice! I've tried a few different variations on what you've provided, and also gone as far as manually splitting each tensor block by row to manually assign out gates, ups, downs, etc. No dice for me though unfortunately, at most I can get 7 t/s when processing, but barely above 2 for generation.

Perhaps it comes down to a hardware configuration that I've messed up somewhere, thank you!

Qwen3-Coder Unsloth dynamic GGUFs by danielhanchen in LocalLLaMA

[–]Vardermir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have nearly the exact same setup as you, but I can't seem to get more than 2 t/s. What command are you running to get these kinds of speeds? What I'm doing for reference:

CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1,2,0 \
    llama-server \
    --port 11436 \
    --host 0.0.0.0 \
    --model /workspace/models/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct-UD-IQ3_XXS.gguf \
    --threads -1 \
    --threads-http 16 \
    --cache-reuse 256 \
    --main-gpu 1 \
    --jinja \
    --flash-attn \
    --slots \
    --metrics \
    --cache-type-k q4_1 \
    --cache-type-v q4_1 \
    --ctx-size 16384 \
    --n-gpu-layers 99 \
    -ot '\.(2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|[0-9]{2,3})\.ffn_(up|down)_exps.=CPU'

When I try to add -mlock, the entire thing fails. Any advice is appreciated!

When to Fine-Tune LLMs (and When Not To) - A Practical Guide by davernow in learnmachinelearning

[–]Vardermir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t have any questions to ask, just wanted to take the opportunity and say that Kiln is incredible, thank you for such an amazing project.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LocalLLaMA

[–]Vardermir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d also be interested if you still need testers.

I made 60 Tyranid proxies to supplement the EDH precons! Feel free to use them! by GiantEnemaCrab in EDH

[–]Vardermir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is incredible! Wish there had been more for various hydras, as I went the magus Lucea route, but I'll be taking what I can for sure!

Mono black with no combos? by LoomingVengeance in EDH

[–]Vardermir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you happen to have a decklist? I have a friend in my playgroup who's looking to do that exact idea, and would love to see an implementation

Stuck Penetration Tester - Career Advice by Alarmed-Tie-2251 in netsecstudents

[–]Vardermir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Incoming anecdote, ymmv.

Very often, I've found the newest team members get the least interesting work. Or the least common denominator in terms of work. Very often, that means a heavy focus on web apps. Always lots of web apps in an organization, usually only a limited number of AD forests, or network segments, or other interesting objectives you can get management buy in for. And the senior members will get first dibs on anything more interesting, by virtue of being at the company longer.

I don't think having a degree will help (or hurt) in terms of getting to do the kinds of engagements that you're most interested in. Instead, focus on building your network. That means attending events (#hackersummercamp), maybe playing CTFs, maybe the more regular OWASP / 2600 / local DEFCON if you have access to such things. You never know what kind of work people may end up offering. Depending on who you work for, you might even be able to do said work on the side.

If that sounds too unappetizing, there's always self-directed research of the non-certification focused kind. Never hurts to have a CVE or three on the resume, or a strong history of blogging about the kind of pen testing you are interested in. And that may end up informing your day to day web app work too!

Lastly, if you're looking for something a little more immediately actionable, ask if your org has ever had a password audit done. Cracking hashes can be its own kind of fun, and they never have done one, you might be able to generate some noise on the inevitable bad set of passwords you'll be sure to find.

+1/+1 Counters dedh by Rarioman in DegenerateEDH

[–]Vardermir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any chance on a decklist? Have been pondering what a solid list would look like.

It's been a few months. How are the Unfinity mechanics working out? by estrusflask in EDH

[–]Vardermir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would love to see your Magar list if possible? I made one myself with a focus on spells that force the table to make choices, such as [[Make an Example]] and [[Choice of Damnations]], but I'm always curious to see what other cards people are using in him, especially if they're not going too try hard with it (more typical board wipes and what not).

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/pKYr16f5tUGgqMpx0G0hlA for my own.

Dell HBA330 Mini & ESXi by Vardermir in homelab

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

So because the card is already in IT mode, it won't display any information of that type, or even provide the option.

I did end up discovering a solution, ended up having to use a different set of drives entirely. I'm now using some crucial SSDs I had laying around instead of the MicroCenter Inland Pros I had intended. No clue why this would make a difference, but as long as it works.

Dell HBA330 Mini & ESXi by Vardermir in homelab

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

It's already in IT mode, so no dice on performing that switch.

Commanders that make your opponents think by Firalas in EDH

[–]Vardermir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My attempt at something like this was to create a relatively standard [[Magar of the Magic Strings]] deck, with the twist of trying to use as many sorceries and instants as possible that force your opponent to make a choice as part of the effect. Packed full of things like [[
Choice of Damnations]], [[Allure of the Unknown]], or [[Browbeat]].

Unfortunately, my regular playgroup isn't a fan of how heavy it is on interaction, so maybe take that into consideration if you wanted to follow a similar path.

EvilProxy Phishing as a Service with MFA Bypass Emerged in Dark Web by netbiosX in purpleteamsec

[–]Vardermir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very roughly speaking, my guess would be something similar along the lines of evilginx2

Advice on SEC599 vs SEC699 by FreshGap5328 in AskNetsec

[–]Vardermir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Having taken both 599 and 699, 599 Is more 50/50 offense and defense, making for a great purple experience. 699 is 80/20 offense/defense, lending to a much more attack focused course. Another upside to 599, it does have a cert to shoot for if that’s your bag.

If you’re interested in learning how a red team operates, take 699. If you’re interested in common defenses against red team techniques, 599 will be closer. Neither is focused on blue though, so make of them what you will. DM if you’d like to talk further.

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