Users discuss their preferences for Tutanota over Proton Mail, highlighting Tutanota's focus on privacy, open-source software, and renewable energy. Key points include Tutanota's independent notification system, quantum-safe encryption, and its commitment to open-source applications. Concerns about Proton Mail's community practices and reliance on Google services were also noted.
Dan Weinreb's thesis details the development of ZWEI, a real-time display-oriented editor for the Lisp Machine. It emphasizes ZWEI's design, implementation using Lisp, and integration with the Lisp environment. Key aspects include the use of buffer pointers (bps), intervals, and Lisp macros, as well as the impact of the Lisp Machine's architecture on the editor's functionality.
The author describes their project of replacing a Digital Pet from Tiger, a cheaper Tamagotchi rip-off, with an Arduino Nano, an OLED screen, and 6V batteries. This is a prototype for their thesis in New Technologies of Art. They detail modifications like eviscerating the original device, integrating a new battery holder, and making adjustments to the case. The final goal is to create a working game loop display on the OLED screen.
The author discusses the development of a function calling large language model (LLM) that significantly improves latency for agentic applications. This LLM matches or even exceeds the performance of other frontier LLMs. It is integrated into an open-source intelligent gateway for agentic applications, allowing developers to focus on more differentiated aspects of their projects. The model and the gateway are available on Hugging Face and GitHub, respectively.
A discussion on using Ntfy for self-hosted push notifications, comparing it with Gotify and sharing personal experience and setup.
The post discusses the feasibility of fine-tuning a decoder-encoder model to translate Egyptian Middle Kingdom hieroglyphics into English. The author suggests that with sufficient training data and a tokenizer that includes Egyptian characters, the model could learn to interpret hieroglyphics fluently. Comments from users mention using plugins and existing knowledge in models as alternatives to fine-tuning.
Discussion in r/LocalLLaMA about finding a self-hosted, local RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) solution for large language models, allowing users to experiment with different prompts, models, and retrieval rankings. Various tools and resources are suggested, such as Open-WebUI, kotaemon, and tldw.
A discussion on how to commit partial changes in Emacs, likely focusing on techniques and tools for version control integration within the Emacs environment.