Some Background Open Source Large Language Models have lunged forward in 2023, achieving results that rival those of OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Amazon. Models for programming, for fiction writing, for conversation on seemingly all topics under the sun, and for so much more. HuggingFace introduced the Transformers API Library which as of this writing has…
Right now I’m focused on: Reading:
I’ve had an idea kicking around in my head for a while that I wanted to get working, and lately I’ve been trying to find excuses to write simple programs in Python. The idea was a program that would take in e-book files, and allow you to play them back one work at a time…
Right now I’m focused on: That’s it. It’s all day, all night, mind is mush. Bit off more than I could chew but I’m going to swallow it and learn from it. See you next go-round.
Right now I’m focused on: Reading:
Right now I’m focused on: Building and maintaining good habits, and then stacking those habits together Streaming more often and with more variety – the museum, some gaming, some programming, etc Improving and expanding self-hosted services like Plex and Nextcloud Learning NodeJS by making bots in Puppeteer Getting more serious with Virtual Reality
VR is about to get a whole lot less V and a whole lot more R for this Yak. From a jerry-rigged phone with untracked hands made of other phones (thanks VRidge Riftcat), to 3 point tracking with the Quest 2, to simulated 5 point tracking with Driver4VR – my el-cheapo journey into Virtual Reality…
I’m going back to the desert in a few weeks, and what would a trip to Burning Man be without some new tech to test out? This year, it’s going to be friend-finder, a means of locating and communicating with someone in a city that is notoriously separated from simple things like casually texting or…
Right now I’m focused on: Putting together a collection website for the Ration Museum Scanning and sharing my grandparents’ slides with the family Building out this website Deciding what to do next in life! Finding a replacement car: <- So She Goes
Problem: I want to justify more time in VRSolution: Plan more interesting VR Trips and Stream It What Are The Goals Of This Test? What Hardware and Software Will Be Involved? What’s not to love OBS? Open Broadcast Studio is basically a portable television broadcast booth you can use to patch all sorts of content…
