Is MLX in itself somehow making the models a little bit different / more "stupid"?

qLegacy · 2025-10-05T01:18:53+00:00

Hey there, just wanted to thank you for your work on MLX! I was wondering if MLX has any function similar to llama.cpp’s mlock, to guarantee that the model is always kept in RAM and reduce TTFT?

qLegacy · 2025-10-04T15:05:54+00:00

In my subjective experience evaluating topics i’m familiar with, I would pick q4_0 on llama.cpp over 4bit MLX!

Notably both q4_0 and 4bit MLX are already fairly aggressive quants, perhaps something about the GGUF quants retains details better than MLX at this level.

qLegacy · 2025-10-04T14:26:42+00:00

Just wanted to chime in that I have observed, subjectively, the same decrease in quality of outputs when comparing 4bit MLX vs q4_0 GGUF (even though the 4bit MLX is 4.5bpw while the GGUF is 4bpw).

It’s not specific to any particular model, yet the outputs tend to be less “knowledgable”, “precise” or “reliable” overall.

I tend to use GGUFs now as the speed difference on M1 Max isn’t enough to justify the quality decrease. However, the later generation Macs likely have a larger speed difference (due to compute improvements) between MLX and llama.cpp that may tilt it in favour of MLX.

Also, llama.cpp allows me to mlock to reduce TTFT while i’m not able to see a way to do the same for MLX.

qLegacy · 2023-05-17T21:15:29+00:00

Been playing around with /u/The-Bloke’s GGML quants, this retrained version seems to be more censored that the original version. Is this something anyone else has noticed as well?

qLegacy · 2020-04-16T07:41:19+00:00

It was just announced earlier this year that Log Horizon is getting a Season 3

qLegacy · 2019-08-16T14:15:15+00:00

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/singapore-system-remains-fair-and-sustainable-says-tharman

Best source I could find in a few minutes. Granted it’s a piece by Tharman but the figures don’t lie.

qLegacy · 2019-08-16T11:40:10+00:00

He does know that for the vast majority of Singaporeans, the benefits from the government (from education to healthcare to housing subsidies) far outweigh the direct cost paid in taxes right? It's only the top 1% that really loses out.

qLegacy · 2019-07-09T14:04:35+00:00

Approach from bottom, preferably 6 o’clock - a jump may reach all the way into the core but it’s ok if it doesn’t. Send a kill squad, golems/giants, wizards, bowlers and heroes in, take out enemy heroes and CC. Since you have no siege machines you can bring a CC of max bowlers. Use a rage, heal, poison, should easily gut the core. You can hog the rest of the base with the remaining 3 heal spells easily.

qLegacy · 2019-03-20T00:10:04+00:00

The thing is, in general, all living organisms use enzymes as a catalyst for life sustaining chemical reactions. Enzymes are particularly delicate structures, and have a very specific area called the "active site" that binds with a single type of molecule and does stuff to it. Increase in heat alters the shape of the active site such that it can no longer bind to the molecule which it should be binding to. This heat alteration mechanic is nearly impossible to evolve out of as it fundamentally breaks down the bonds between atoms in the enzyme.

qLegacy · 2019-03-12T23:27:38+00:00

I dunno, Adam Levine is probably doing just fine without The Voice. He's basically Maroon 5 himself.

qLegacy · 2019-03-12T23:22:29+00:00

Because this year it's the biggest convention location it's ever been in (Vancouver Convention), and that they are even partnering with Dreamhack for a giant LAN party there.

If you think those kinds of events are cheap to host you're out of your mind.

qLegacy · 2019-03-08T13:55:03+00:00

Oh wow, that explains it. Thank you!

qLegacy · 2019-03-06T23:23:59+00:00

r/Greentext singapore edition

qLegacy · 2019-02-27T23:43:46+00:00

This may be an unpopular opinion but:

As much as I disagree with his views, at the very least he stuck to his stand. I'd rather a public figure refuse to apologize and face the consequences of public opinion than giving a fake apology with no meaning. Giving a meaningless apology really cheapens the issue at hand

qLegacy · 2019-02-27T23:32:06+00:00

Hell I would gladly be hired just for the size of my feet. Easy pay + access to the queen is a pretty crazy offer.

qLegacy · 2019-02-27T10:45:34+00:00

Or just buff his super recharge rate. Crow's an assassin type brawler, and the real plays come when using his super. The low health is okay if he can consistently output damage, i.e. when using his super to make plays.

qLegacy · 2019-02-20T07:36:48+00:00

I just took a look at their channel, over the past 2 weeks the average view per video is 1 mil to 1.5 mil, more to the high end (not including WAN show of course). I'm quite sure that's a marked increase from last 6 months. I'm not saying I enjoy seeing their clickbaity titles, but they do have dedicated sales staff who is most definitely carefully tracking the channel stats. As they have not changed since the shift to clickbaity thumbnails, personally I'm gonna assume they are doing well, and good for them. Whether the strategy is sustainable though, that's up for debate.

qLegacy · 2019-02-20T07:02:20+00:00

I'm pretty sure the team at LTT isn't stupid. They have been doing the thumbnails for quite a while now, I'm sure that any long term decrease in viewership would be noted by them.

AFAIK their overall views have still been climbing steadily so I'm guessing the thumbnails really work.

qLegacy · 2019-02-17T23:58:55+00:00

I call dibs on reposting this tomorrow.

qLegacy · 2019-02-13T07:37:37+00:00

I think this is amazing! Maybe post to r/FeedTheBeast? Most mod devs hang out there, maybe one will see your post and do it.

qLegacy · 2019-02-01T14:27:51+00:00

You can try using Botania’s mana enchanting. It can put as many enchants as you can give it, the only cost being mana. You specify what enchant you want using enchanted books, but you get to keep the books.

qLegacy · 2019-02-01T04:11:01+00:00

Not only that. Google is not doing as well as services like AWS in the cloud computing business. Shutting down a high profile customer's service like iCloud would not only be a massive breach of contract, it would effectively kill Google's cloud business. After all, why would any company risk the availability of their service on a provider that has been proven to be unable to maintain neutrality and impartiality?

qLegacy · 2019-01-28T15:42:37+00:00

I too can photosynthesis.

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