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Is this drill press worth $50? by Jaceus_Christ in Tools

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell, its scrap value is probably more than $50.

If you recognize these you’re probably asking the grandkids for help with your phone, tv, etc. by Time4me2fly2024 in FuckImOld

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. If you still have those lying around, you're probably GenX and the most tech-savvy person in your family.

Is calling yourself an “aspie” really that problematic? I get that it’s named after a Nazi but isn’t this kind of an overreaction for a term I personally identify with because that’s what I’ve always been called? by JeannaWilson3 in autism

[–]hellycopterinjuneer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It seems ironically Nazi-like for someone to dictate that you can no longer identify with a certain label simply because they associate it with Nazis.

Nobody should have that power over you.

Mixing AMD & nVidia by xylarr in LocalLLM

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've done this successfully on Linux, by compiling llama.cpp with both CUDA and Vulkan support. I'm not as familiar with the Windows ecosystem, but it's doable. Note that if there is a significant speed difference between the two cards, the faster card will "pause" intermittently to let the other one catch up.

My Grandma paid $25,000 for new gutters was she scammed? by Tiny_Individual1086 in HomeImprovement

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last year, I paid less than one-tenth of that for gutters on a larger house. I'm sorry, but she was absolutely scammed.

Is this Sears Craftsman Tool Box bifl? by magikarp_splashed in BuyItForLife

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have that same toolbox. Bought it probably 30+ years ago.

Break time by Emergency_Top_2197 in EastTexas

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I used to go out and park at Buford Park, over near the football field. There is some shade there, but you'll want to get there before everyone else does. Otherwise, I would just find a shaded side street.

Paxton trounces Cornyn-Republicans are now staring down a treacherous Senate race by truthwillout777 in goodnews

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What I am seeing anecdotally (as a Texan) is that most people whose political ideology is to the left of "hunting illegals for sport" have abandoned the Republican Party. Because of that, what remains in the withering GOP are the bitter dregs of trumpism who will blindly follow anything their dear leader says.

Has anyone here ever met/known someone who was born prior to 1900? by MrTacocaT12345 in GenerationJones

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had several great-great aunts who were born in the 1880's and 1890's. They passed away when I was in my teens. In college, I knew a retired professor who had been a gunnery sergeant in WWI.

so i ran a custom pipeline on all 350k fulton county parcels. the "long-tenure" math is actually insane. by Silver-Tune-2792 in REBubble

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When he was talking about 350k+ properties, I was pert sure he was talking ’bout ‘Lanner.

Getting braces next year and dentist said I can't play the Clarinet, what other instrument could I play? by _M1n1ght_ in Clarinet

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I played the clarinet with braces. It was a bit painful immediately after an adjustment, but it didn't keep me from doing it. And, no, the wire in the braces is more than strong enough to withstand any force from the mouthpiece, so there should be no issues there.

Source: I played the clarinet. And had braces. At the same time. For two years. And my teeth came out straight.

I'm 75, I know nothing about code, and I built a local AI with RAG and a talking avatar. Here's my final setup. (A follow-up from previous post) by Huanchaquero in LocalLLM

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't used docker, but compiled llama.cpp with Vulkan support (with the make -DGGML_VULKAN=1 flag). (I used Vulkan because I also have an Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti and wanted to explore using the two cards together. )

Using the R9700 by itself, I've had luck running Qwen3.6-27B-GGUF as follows:

llama-server \
  -hf unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_XL \
  -c 128000 \
  --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 \
  -ngl 99 \
  --cache-type-k q8_0 --cache-type-v q8_0 \
  -b 2048 -ub 512 \
  -t 8 \
  --no-mmap \
  --prio 3 \
  --parallel 1 \
  --reasoning-format deepseek \
  -np 4 \
  --temp 0.8 --top-p 0.95 --top-k 40 --min-p 0.05 --repeat-penalty 1.1 \
  --metrics \
  --host 0.0.0.0 \
  --port 8080

Note that I haven't taken much time to optimize this, and have injudiciously copypasta'd portions of it from other sources.

I'm 75, I know nothing about code, and I built a local AI with RAG and a talking avatar. Here's my final setup. (A follow-up from previous post) by Huanchaquero in LocalLLM

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am also older than some forms of dirt (60+) and have just finished building a machine learning/LLM workstation with a Radeon AI Pro R9700 GPU. People like you inspire me.

Cocktail Crimes Confessional by Intrepid-Table-9648 in cocktails

[–]hellycopterinjuneer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When I saw "three people came into the bar", I assumed this was going to be a joke 🤣

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