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Run Llama 2 uncensored locally
This post will give some example comparisons running Llama 2 uncensored model versus its censored model.
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CodeCov is now Open Source
Authors Note: Hey, we messed up in this post by referring to BUSL-1.1 as Open Source. We’re sorry, we are leaving this post as-is to keep the record clear and ...
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Git files hidden in plain sight
I doubt that it is a good practice to ship the public key used to sign things in the repository in the repository itself
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Icanhazip: A simple IP address tool survived a deluge of users (2021)
Major Hayden made a simple and free tool to check the public-facing IP address of infrastructure. Its popularity nearly killed it.
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Which vector database should I use? A comparison cheatsheet
Semantic search and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications require systems to be able to save lots of embedding vectors…
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Predictive Debugging: A Game-Changing Look into the Future
With the introduction of debugging tools, software developers were empowered to interactively investigate the control flow of software programs to find bugs in live environments. At JetBrains, we've a
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Curl Command Line Variables
If you are anything like me, you appreciate solving your every day simple tasks directly from the command line. Creating crafty single shot command lines or a small shell script to solve that special task you figured out you needed and makes your day go a little smoother. A fellow command line cowboy. Video…
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The future of Clang-based tooling
Clang is a marvelous compiler; it’s a compiler’s compiler! But it isn’t a toolsmith’s compiler. As a toolsmith, my ideal compiler would be an open book, allowing me to get to everywhere from anywhere. The data on which my ideal compiler would operate (files, macros, tokens), their eventual interpretation…
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TiddlyPWA: putting TiddlyWiki on modern web app steroids
Oops, I think I just turned the legendary personal wiki system into an offline-first, installable, encrypted, synchronized Progressive Web App
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Treemaps are awesome
An alternative to pprint for generically visualizing heterogeneous, hierarchical data
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Guide to running Llama 2 locally
How to run Llama 2 on Mac, Linux, Windows, and your phone.
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Internet search tips
A description of advanced tips and tricks for effective Internet research of papers/books, with real-world examples.
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Custom instructions for ChatGPT
We’re rolling out custom instructions to give you more control over how ChatGPT responds. Set your preferences, and ChatGPT will keep them in mind for all future conversations.
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Become Ungoogleable
I've removed my website from indexing by Google . The proximate cause is Google's new effort to DRM the web ( archive ) but there is of course so much more.
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The Jupyter+Git problem is now solved (2022)
Previously, using git with Jupyter could create conflicts and break notebooks. With nbdev2, the problem has been totally solved.
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Accessing Llama 2 from the command-line with the LLM-replicate plugin
The big news today is Llama 2, the new openly licensed Large Language Model from Meta AI. It’s a really big deal: Llama 2 is available for free for research …
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How to write a great README
This article explores what makes a great project README, how Appsmith made ours as accessible as possible and provides examples of other effective READMEs.
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I'm moving my projects off GitHub
It's time for me to leave GitHub behind and move to another forge. I'm not necessarily advocating for anyone else to do the same, but if my reasons resonate with you then you may want to consider it. I also don't expect this post to... matter, if that makes sense [1] . I'm not a major open-source maintainer or…
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A Firefox-only minimap (2021)
A quick explanation on how the Firefox-only map is built using the `element()` CSS function.
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Notes on Puzzles
1. I mostly don’t play chess anymore — it’s too addictive, and tends to take over your brain in a way I don’t like — but one habit I’ve retained is solving puzzles.
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Discord is not documentation
I'm going to be slightly contrarian and say that I like Discord. It's great to be able to get real-time help on a problem. And it is fun to see, again in real-time, what other people are working on and struggling with. In truth, Discord is no harder to sign up to than Slack, Matrix, Gitter, IRC, or whatever. And of…
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TODO apps are meant for robots
What if I'm a left-handed person in the world of right-handed tools?
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How I run my servers (2022)
I've been writing recently about servers and internet infrastructure 1 . A lot of this writing is predicated on running server software on a VM or physical machine, rather than using a more cloudy solution, which is somewhat unpopular these days. However, I think it's a pretty reasonable way to do things, and it's not…
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The Perfect Laptop
Personal preference is an interesting thing. People can have a particular preference for something until they are able to experience something else. As we gain experience, our personal preference gets more finely tuned.
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How to Use AI to Do Stuff: An Opinionated Guide
Covering the state of play as of Summer, 2023