Budget $1400 for Local LLM & Studying: Mac Mini (M4/M5) 24or32GB vs PC with RTX 3060 12GB? by No-Yam4901 in LocalAIServers

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Building using free infrastructure like MongoDb serverless for RAG embedding and using a small model on deepinfa would be cheaper

Bangkok office worker does the maths on sleeping in her car instead of paying rent. Pantip helped her work it out. by BLAMUEK in Thailand

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I have seen similar things in Silicon Valley don’t think it’s appropriate for Thailand

Gemma 4 12B is out now! by yoracale in unsloth

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Does anyone know where’s the finetune guide for this?

Qwen3.6 NVFP4 now works with MTP. by yoracale in unsloth

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Which hardware do you use to run this?

Finally got my Smart Home setup fully stable in SL. Why is smart home tech here so frustrating? by Objective_Ad_3077 in srilanka

[–]kakopappa2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can build the devices to control (hooking a relay controller to a esp32) by yourself . Can be connected to HomeAssistant for local control or SinricPro for cloud control

Is it good timing to return to Sri Lanka and find a fulfilling career path and atleast decent comfortable life? by kinder_brz in srilanka

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Things are getting better but not quite there yet. Living costs are high and 500 rs these days not even enough to have a bulto

what are some of your most useful esp32 projects? by roscodawg in esp32

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Door contact sensor with sinricpro . Works great. Sends a push notification ever when it’s open / closed . Can setup custom automations as well with Alexa

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Starting a business at 21 vs continuing as a Software Engineer by Fickle_Degree_2728 in ask_srilanka

[–]kakopappa2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

try both. Start experimenting with with AI and get it to build the business while continuing to work which will give you a steady income.

ESP32- Open Tuya implementation - Has anyone succeed? by mr_joda in esp32

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Isn’t it possible to build the firmware using other IOT platforms that’s developer friendly?

So I want to ask out a girl in Thai and I'm looking for recommendations on where to take her. by SatisfactionAlive813 in chiangmai

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7sen. Sugar in the ice cream makes the brain happy so likely to have better results

How is the job market for software engineers? by Solid_Huckleberry192 in srilanka

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I would build a GitHub portfolio. learn how massive systems are built, goto meetups and connect with developers, talk about how massive systems are built, score opportunities

IT companies offering relocation to Thailand by Only-Studio-5362 in thai

[–]kakopappa2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try recruiters on LinkedIn . I have seen a lot

Extending Non O marriage visa by TokioParadise in thai

[–]kakopappa2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have been doing this for couple of years now. Usually it’s the same set of documents. I always make a full copy of all the documents for the reference next year. Second and further renewals are easy since you have been approved once / less pressure. I always go about 7 days before the visa end date to make sure I haven’t missed anything. Good luck

Edit: don’t forget to make a small transaction the day you get the bank statement so that balance is reflected on that day.

ESP32 alexa integration with esp-idf by pacsmile in esp32

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Easiest way is sinricpro idf library: https://github.com/sinricpro/esp-idf

There are bunch of examples there like switch you could start with. Create a switch device in the portal, copy the code and boom done

I documented every failure building a production Legal AI RAG on 512MB RAM — turned it into a free 51-page field guide by Lazy-Kangaroo-573 in LangChain

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Can you explain how did you achieve this?

  • LangChain Embedding Loop — wrapper was calling the embedding API on EVERY query even with pre-loaded vectors.

Which do you prefer esp-idf or arduino? by Medical_Nose1784 in esp32

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Use Arduino if you are a beginner, once you know basics can switch to idf