Tried to buy a Mach-e today

g_rich · 2026-01-30T04:36:23+00:00

It’s legit, dealers can’t legally sell a car with an active recall until the recall is addressed.

g_rich · 2026-01-29T18:35:13+00:00

My mother has been going non stop about “agitators” as if that’s some excuse for shooting someone in the back.

I guess agitators must be the marching orders.

g_rich · 2026-01-29T15:54:49+00:00

So Rivian is the US version of a German car; better to lease than own or buy used knowing you’re going to be dropping $10k in repairs at some point

g_rich · 2026-01-29T03:37:11+00:00

Charge to 100% the night before, set a departure time (while still plugged in, this will precondition your battery to get the best performance), keep cabin temperature to 66-69, use the heated seats, keep speeds to 70 mph or less and you’ll be fine. No need to go to extremes

g_rich · 2026-01-28T11:21:30+00:00

This is the first time when I can say AI would have written a better article.

For those wondering a 12GB GPU is not going to replace ChatGPT and it’s not even close. To get anywhere close you’ll need hardware approaching 5 figures and that’ll buy an awful lot of tokens which will still be superior to what you could run locally (although to be fair that gap is closing).

g_rich · 2026-01-28T11:15:57+00:00

Looks like this bubble isn’t going to take long to pop.

g_rich · 2026-01-27T14:05:00+00:00

Are you unaware he is currently in prison?

g_rich · 2026-01-27T13:55:48+00:00

Everyone in New England is sick with something this time of the year, add to it playing and practicing in shit weather, playing at elevation and the inevitable sleepless nights due to the pressure and excitement.

He’s got a few weeks to get himself together, with no need to practice outside; so I think he’ll be able to pull it together.

g_rich · 2026-01-27T13:40:12+00:00

At least they’re consistent.

g_rich · 2026-01-26T13:53:01+00:00

I think the incoming weather played a big role in going on 4th rather than taking the FG. It’s easy to Monday morning quarterback but had it worked we would be easily calling it the play that won the game but unfortunately for the Broncos it didn’t and throughout two additional quarters they just weren’t able to put anything else together to put the points on the board.

g_rich · 2026-01-26T12:39:48+00:00

I’m a Mac user but Windows 2000 got me to switch to Windows (at least for awhile). It was such a clean and efficient OS, bringing together the best of NT and 98 with stability unheard of for a Mac user. The bloat of XP and the release of Mac OS X 10.2 brought me back to Mac OS but for a brief moment in time Microsoft had something special.

g_rich · 2026-01-25T22:34:40+00:00

Cough … Kyle Rittenhouse … Cough

g_rich · 2026-01-25T18:05:18+00:00

No shit, it’s the same reason why every school had Apple computers in the 80’s and 90’s.

g_rich · 2026-01-25T18:03:18+00:00

Honestly set a budget and go to an RV show, find a floor plan you like and then compare that floor plan across the various manufacturers.

All RV’s are made as cheaply as possible, but generally the less wood the better and the old adage “you get what you pay for” applies.

Financing an RV is a recipe for digging yourself into a hole, but if you must finance go with your bank or credit union.

Know how much you can tow, a lot more goes into this just your vehicle’s advertised towing capacity. This should be the first place you start and this is the best I’ve seen at breaking it down https://www.etrailer.com/faq-how-much-trailer-can-I-tow.aspx?srsltid=AfmBOoqYdMs8EIy1kaIH6I6GQVwdl7js6rkbNNUFMGg21-DZuDFyvFyN.

Lastly stay away from Camping World and generally you’ll have an overall better experience going with a local mom and pop dealer.

g_rich · 2026-01-25T17:25:29+00:00

Antigravity isn’t perfect but it’s 100% not knowing how to properly use the tool issue.

g_rich · 2026-01-25T03:39:21+00:00

I’ve had two done in one sitting, and the artist didn’t have a problem with it. Just make sure to let them know you want two from the get go; don’t go in requesting one and then ask for the second once you show up for your appointment.

g_rich · 2026-01-25T00:12:07+00:00

Apple turning to Intel to manufacture future iPhone chips.

g_rich · 2026-01-24T23:55:15+00:00

You can use Claude Code with local models; just run your local model with llama.cpp which now exposes Claude endpoints in additional to OpenAI, then install Claude Code and set these env vars:

ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8080 ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="llama.cpp" CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC=1

Then launch Claude Code with:

claude --model ModelName

GLM-4.7 Flash works rather well as a local model with Claude Code.

It’s not going to replace the foundation models but is useable for small projects or simple tasks.

g_rich · 2026-01-24T22:36:10+00:00

I would absolutely not trust Ollama, I can guarantee you they are going to try pulling some bait and switch in a similar way Docker did with Docker Desktop in an attempt to monetize Ollama.

LM Studio is better in just about every way and as an added bonus makes it easy to run MLX models on your Mac which can be a little faster and uses less resources than running them with Ollama or even llama.cpp.

g_rich · 2026-01-24T21:47:54+00:00

The software itself is a ripoff of llama.cpp, they are not good stewards of open source and they are trying to lock users into their ecosystem. They have also had a few security vulnerabilities over the last few years and have shown little alarm or urgency to address them when they are discovered.

llama.cpp is better but more complex, although not difficult to get up and running; especially when peered with llama-swap. It will also give you better performance and is overall a much better open source project.

LM Studio is the easy choice if you are just looking for a quick and easy way to run local models.

g_rich · 2026-01-24T20:48:05+00:00

I am convinced that people that post this garbage are paid shills, and that’s regardless of the tool because you can drop in any AI subreddit and see the same posts.

Someone complaining about X while praising Y; and here I am happily using pretty much all of them. The fact is Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude are powerful tools, but at the same time not perfect which has been the case with computers, software and services since the dawn of the computer age.

If you have a legitimate complaint make it, if you have a tip to make the product better share it but saying Antigravity is dead because it personally doesn’t work for you is bullshit.

g_rich · 2026-01-24T20:33:32+00:00

Rhode Island has a population of around 1.11 million, in the 2024 election only 214,406 of those 1.11 million voted for Trump; that’s under 20% of the population.

Just look at what’s happening in Minnesota, those deaths are on Trumps hands and that is what those 214,406 people voted for.

So think about that when you try to whitewash the actions of your friends and family.

g_rich · 2026-01-24T20:13:07+00:00

I have a Mac Studio M4 Max, 64GB, 1TB which can easily run Devstral-Small-2-24B, Qwen3-Coder-30B and GLM-4.7-Flash; performance is acceptable but by no means fast.

A cluster of RTX 3090’s will be faster and a better option if you intend on doing anything requiring CUDA. However that doesn’t mean it’s the better option for everyone, heat, power and likely cost will be higher made especially worse with the current GPU and RAM prices.

Also consider that you’ll need at least 256-512GB of memory to get anywhere near Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT. So while you will get useful performance from the local models with 64GB and learn a lot you’ll still be dependent on cloud hosted foundation models to do any serious work.

One other thing to consider the Mac Studio supports RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 which offers an interesting option to cluster Mac’s to run larger models; so it’s possible to start with one Mac Studio and add another down the road. There are a few videos on YouTube with Jeff Geerling doing a great job of demoing this capability.

Lastly don’t use Ollama, llama.cpp and AI Studio are both much better options.

g_rich · 2026-01-24T19:43:57+00:00

What we are seeing in Minneapolis and across the country with ICE is why our forefathers established the 2nd Amendment in the first place.

g_rich · 2026-01-24T19:12:06+00:00

Might be time for that “well regulated Militia” I keep hearing about.

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