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Another reason is that "skyping" is such a cromulent word that event today I still catch me using it in conversation with colleagues and friends.

What models or classes of models would I be able to run on that hardware?

I've asked myself that question while looking at some of the models on this: site https://laptopparts4less.frl/index.php?route=common/home


With 16 GB VRAM one can run a decent quant (Q4-Q8) of newer, smaller dense models. This leaves room for e.g. 32-256k context size.

This might not be enough to chew through a large code base but for smaller projects it can easily fit enough if not all of the code base to drive a good coding agent.

I don't recommend specific models or model providers due to how much hype and BS there is around benchmarks etc. Easiest is to check the latest generation of open models and look for a dense-type where a decent quant fits within the VRAM.

Some models run fast enough that some of the weights can spill over from VRAM to RAM while maintaining a usable prompt/token gen speed.


Thank you!

Article title is slightly misleading, as its meaning is "Energy as a weapon". So nothing about lasers etc.

Thanks, updated it!

I'd like some credible source for the Japan claim, please. Per https://www.jluggage.com/blog/fact-check/japan-buying-oil-in... it is a rumour.

With video gen AI you might even get an animated movie out of it...

I've also started thinking about this. Can you share some templates or other tips on how to do this?

I did spend some time getting some LLM to write a generator (in C++) of a scribus XML file for automatic layout, but it wasn't effective. I need to get back to looking at that, as it would be very useful. As my photos range in aspect ratios and formats (4:3 and 3:2) and I have thousands and thousands of RAW photos to process and "finish", it's an ongoing work! So for now I am just doing it manually, with the help of some layout scripts.

As I store everything in a local Vikunja instance for notes and WIP, here's the list of links I assembled relative to this (hopefully useful; it includes calendar templates so that I can make them for my mother-in-law):

https://github.com/berteh/ScribusGenerator

https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Useful_Free_Resources

https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1106678

https://www.opendesktop.org/browse?cat=196&page=1&ord=latest

https://www.pling.com/s/Artwork/browse?cat=196&ord=latest

https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/CalendarWizard

https://github.com/RaffertyR/Year-Calendar-Script-for-Scribu...

https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Category:Scripts

https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Making_a_photobook_from_a_di...

https://wiki.rjcalow.co.uk/photography/make/designaphotobook...

https://github.com/PPSchL/scribus-photobook-scripts

https://github.com/RaffertyR/PhotoBookTools-for-Scribus

https://forums.scribus.net/index.php?topic=4081.0

https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Automatic_import_of_images_f...

https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Photo_Albums

https://github.com/hawbox/scribus-book-templates

https://forums.scribus.net/index.php?topic=3735.0

http://johnosterhout.com/basic-book-template-for-scribus/

When you find a print shop, they'll talk about margins and bleeds, so it might be worth finding a print shop first to know what bleed zones you want on the pages and whether they expect left page first, or right page first.

Once you know that, you can set up Scribus appropriately.


wow, thank you!


307 vs 306, for god's sake

One.... more... time! So close!

Oof, what a drag

Is there anyone here with a deeper understanding of oilfield geology and engineering? Given that:

- storage facilities in the region are limited and in some cases almost full

- mature oil fields need constant water injections to pump out the remaining crude

How likely is it that stopping crude extraction (and therefore the water injections) will permanently damage the oil reservoirs?

And based on that is it possible that countries with this type of mature oil fields would consider simply dumping the excess crude that can't be stored anymore in the desert or in the Gulf of Persia?


Restarting Fieldwide Shutdown for Middle East Oil and Gas Producers is Not Easy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47443238 - March 2026

is a resource I found helpful.


Excited to try this out. How well does WhisperX deal with lyrics in say Mandarin or Cantonese? Does it output Hanzi?


I haven't tried Mandarin and Cantonese, but tried Japanese. back at that time, it performed poorly. however, I've tweaked a bunch of settings since then, so maybe it has changed. Hanzi is a supported font and can be output, but the transcript/alignment quality might not be the best


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