lime!

in that case you’re looking for llamafiles. single file, llm included, starts into a web gui. the only limitation is that windows limits the size of executable files to 4GB so on that OS you’re limited to smaller models.

that’s so dangerous…

if the drive is using a non-native filesystem like ntfs, you’re going to keep having problems. a secondary partition is recommended.

don’t mix them, is my advice. keep them separate and you won’t have issues.

install the games in linux or the paths will be wrong. there’s no way around this. it’s like moving a program’s directory to another computer; it may have scattered files everywhere that it needs.

most hybrids run the engine for a few minutes a month anyway, as a precaution. keeps it lubricated and sloshes the fuel around to prevent it from layering.

also i don’t know how common this is but my car pressurises its tank to prevent offgassing, which apparently keeps the fuel good longer.

macos, probably.

well unfortunately what you have is a kitchen, not a restaurant.

sorry, apple already took that one. call it Jeff or something.

one method that helps is to not think of it as a workaround but as assembling a kit. the base system only comes with what everyone will need, and adding on an extra piece makes it more yours. that also helps with motivation to do a good job of it.

that’s switchable graphics for you. nvidia refuse to spill their secret sauce so all the effort in supporting that over the past 10 years have been clean-room reverse engineering. the only way it will ever get any good is if nvidia does it, or if they open it up.

i have always interpreted it as you cannot block signals that will break you. like if the us military drops an emp on you, you can’t design for that.

now that i type it out i realize how weird it sounds though.

Industry “conventional wisdom” often argues that FCC requirements somehow conflict with the software right to repair. SFC has long argued that’s pure FUD.

i mean, it is at conflict with right to repair. having to accept harmful interference to be certified means that repairability suffers simply because the device needs to be made to break.

you know, that’s a good reply. i wasn’t really opening up for discussion with that phrasing. should probably think a bit about how i write.

i’ve had dynamic lock screens available since my 2010 HTC desire… don’t really see how that’s new. absolutely ruined the battery life so i never really used it but it has definitely been an option on every phone since.

as for llms in phones, i will do everything i can to keep them out. if the npu chips were open and had published apis it would be a different thing. as it stands now it’s just a black box data vacuum that can tell jokes.

i use a Kobo Clara HD. It runs linux out of the box, the system memory is on a removable SD card inside the case, and the user account is defined in an SQLite database on disk. If you add an empty user account to the database, it removes the “create account” screen and disables any Kobo online services. Then you can install KOReader and upload files over USB as everyone else has said.

as i understand it, the money goes to the foundation, and it’s the corporation that develops the browser. so it’s probably not strictly forbidden, but it does imply that the money is not for browser development.

mozilla takes donations, but they don’t fund Firefox development with that money. that’s usually what people have against it.

there haven’t been card fees for end users in Sweden for many years. handling cash is a lot more expensive since you need somewhere secure to keep change, you loose time at the till handling the money, and you need to pay for someone to come pick it up. the time gained from just having the customers pay with card means businesses gladly swallow the fees.

and yes, i’m always surprised when going abroad how much more analog everything is. the nordics and Baltic’s are generally at about the same level (with Estonia way ahead), but the rest of the continent feels like it’s 10 years behind. I was once asked if I really wanted to pay with card in a corner shop in Leipzig, since the card fee was €10.

not that i’m a fan of the digitalisation, it makes marginalised groups even more marginalised. i see my elderly relatives struggling with it often.

originally? a paid product. now? crypto!