This month in 1981, IBM introduced its first PC. With a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor, the $1600 “Model 5150” soon became the best-selling computer in the world: https://
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IBM PC 1981: Birth of Personal Computing Revolution
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AR Glasses Still Lack Clear Breakthrough Evidence and Market Dominance
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I am still waiting for the breakthrough of AR glasses, which will provide me with clear evidence of the immediate added value of such a device. It's currently a gimmick and no company has come out on top.
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Quantum Computers Require Excessive Redundancy Versus Classical Systems
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Quantum computers need so many redundant qubits to be reliable you might as well use a classical computer.
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OpenAI’s AI Hardware Strategy vs Apple’s iPhone Focus
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Apple goes all in iPhone + AI where as OpenAI goes beyond smartphones and developed a completely new AI hardware. My bet is on OpenAI.
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Stargate Norway: 100K NVIDIA GPUs Sovereign European AI Infrastructure
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Stargate Norway is the first of its kind: 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs and 100% renewable energy powering sovereign AI infrastructure for Europe. Built with @OpenAI
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Elderly Guardian: AI Fall Detection with YOLOv8 Integration
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Elderly Guardian is a new AI project currently in the build phase: real-time fall detection using YOLOv8 on Metis, integrating voice for alerts + smart home actions. Tech with a heart, for safer, smarter care at home! Got tips on YOLOv8 + IoT? Join in: https://
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Running 64GB M2 with LM Studio, Open WebUI and custom tools
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64GB M2 – so far I'm using it via the LM Studio UI, the Open WebUI interface and my own LLM terminal tool
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Week of AI breakthroughs: superintelligence, batteries, CRISPR, IPO
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Zuck's Personal Superintelligence.
First iron-air battery connected to grid.
Profluent Bio releases OpenCRISPR-1 model.
Figma crushes IPO, currently trading at 4 Linas.
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Qwen 4bit and 6bit Model Memory Requirements Guide
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The 4bit model should work comfortably on 32GB, the 6bit might just fit on that too If you have 16GB or less you're out of luck for this particular Qwen model
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Context Window Performance and RAM Requirements for AI Models
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60 tokens a second, context window is supposedly up to 262,144 but that will use a ton more RAM, probably more than my Mac can handle (I've not tried though)