by: peterI wrote up a little thing about how to rent a virtual machine with a GPU from DigitalOcean. You can use it to run inference on open-weight large language models. Cheat on your homework, code some slop, or have intimate conversations with a robot, privately! I hope you like it!
by: peterPeople don’t give gravy the respect it deserves, and they should. Gravy on a roasted bird fixes everything, or, if nothing needs to be fixed, it improves upon perfection. It’s difficult to make a good gravy: It has layers of complexity. The perfect thickness. Salted correctly. Don’t forget the black pepper.
by: peterI'll be rolling out a new version of tinyblog in the next couple days. There will be a handful of new accounts available, so other users will have their own pages and be able to post their tiny thoughts here. Just to say, things may be a little shaky for a bit, pardon our dust, etc.!
by: peterThere is a full moon right now and it shines right into my bedroom window. Big white rock reflecting sunlight onto my face in the small hours of the morning. It’s a good reminder that people can get around at night just fine without a flashlight. For at least half the month, anyway.
by: peterOn the one hand, I am glad that the people in Barcelona who want to get somewhere quickly and recklessly using the power of fossil fuel drive small motor scooters rather than 15-year-old sport utility vehicles. On the other hand, it's like having lawnmowers racing up down the street all day, which is to say: loud. It will be nice once the prices of the electric versions of these vehicles become competitive.