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FreeFish – Terminal Aquarium in the Browser

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1 points·by macwhisperer·2 months ago·1 comments

Show HN: Freelava – Lava Lamp in an HTML Page

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2 points·by macwhisperer·3 months ago·0 comments

SmartChild Is Back

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2 points·by macwhisperer·3 months ago·1 comments

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macwhisperer
·14 days ago·discuss
also for those with only 16gb-- try this model https://huggingface.co/macwhisperer/Gemma4-12B-SuperDense its exceptional!
macwhisperer
·14 days ago·discuss
hi guys... I run specialized quants on my 24gb air.. (I specialize in 3-bit quants that punch above their weight).. try out my version of 3.6-27b I think you be impressed https://huggingface.co/macwhisperer/Qwen3.6-27B-SuperDense
macwhisperer
·15 days ago·discuss
qwen3 1.7b- q4_k_m is your best best for that size
macwhisperer
·17 days ago·discuss
literally ask cloud ai like the free gemini or chatgpt.. they could make you an expert on the subject overnight..
macwhisperer
·27 days ago·discuss
I code with like a slew of 20+ custom baked models of all sizes, in various fully custom multi-model harnesses that use different bindings...

the harnesses themselves are just as important as the models...different harnesses give different responses with the same prompt, same model...

if you have the 20/mnth claude sub or codex, you really should be using that to build a good local harness for yourself... claude won't be 20$ forever

build the stack first! when you get that new comp with massive ram, youre already set, just run a larger model!

big cloud models are incredibly good at building and teaching about local ai!

have fun in the rabbit hole!

if you are memory constrained like me, check out my custom models https://huggingface.co/macwhisperer
macwhisperer
·27 days ago·discuss
ai is like the first technology with a conversational service manual inside it..

you should be foaming at the mouth to use claude or codex to make a custom harness, just for your own personal use with local models...
macwhisperer
·last month·discuss
super inspiring! thanks for sharing!
macwhisperer
·last month·discuss
retro-inspired fully custom, swiss army knife style notepad --

https://convert.neocities.org
macwhisperer
·last month·discuss
check out a custom 4-bit quant I made today

https://huggingface.co/macwhisperer/Gemma4-12B-SuperDense

should run perfect for 12-16gb with maybe 10-20k context

seems intelligent enough that I would recommend this as a daily driver for friends who just want a local ai that can do most things relatively quickly (getting 10 tps on my m2 air)
macwhisperer
·last month·discuss
the HITL (human in the loop) is basically the single point...AI is a mirror..

it only "exists" when you talk to it.. much like your reflection in the mirror is only there when you're in view.

models can never be self-improving because it can never have "self". it can only mirror the appearance of self.

what's actually happening is "symbiotic group improvement".

our brains are resonant.. for those of use who are brilliant, getting leverage with ai just means that our innovative ideas become louder and more physically real every day.

eventually everything worth building will be built for free and made readily available.. no more "profiteering"

its Jevons paradox "efficiency breakthrough -> effort reduces -> growth potential rises -> transformative gains happen"...

some of us are in the "transformative phase"..

others haven't seen the "breakthrough moment" yet, but they will soon.
macwhisperer
·2 months ago·discuss
this is cool thanks for making it!
macwhisperer
·2 months ago·discuss
cool! what stack are you using for the multiplayer?
macwhisperer
·2 months ago·discuss
can't we just freaking share things?

ai models are a crystallization of human effort (available for free on huggingface)..

why not use it?

AI is like the UBI of intelligence, stop leaving free money on the table by refusing to use it locally ( you can run it on a laptop CPU)
macwhisperer
·2 months ago·discuss
this is really cool congrats!
macwhisperer
·2 months ago·discuss
good, the point is that now you have free mental bandwidth to use on building something that truly interests you using AI to help actualize your goal. build something cool for your kiddos idk?
macwhisperer
·2 months ago·discuss
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macwhisperer
·2 months ago·discuss
at this point I trust software companies less and less..

being able to build the stack and create bespoke solutions with llms's is incredible..

idk why people get mad about vibe-coding. if ur little brother can make a Spotify clone with Claude in a day, shouldn't that mean that you as a dev should be able to create something 100x better that makes Spotify obsolete?

good ideas / feasible novel architecture design will be the only thing valuable..
macwhisperer
·2 months ago·discuss
I run the latest 20b-30b models on a MacBook Air... running inference with an MoE (25 tps) for like 2 hours is like 10% battery.. (look me up on huggingface to download my models)

also you gotta realize frontier models have massive "system prompts" that clog up the context window with garbage.

being able to write your own system prompts gives you a MASSIVE edge..
macwhisperer
·2 months ago·discuss
ai is exciting because it shows us what really matters...
macwhisperer
·2 months ago·discuss
can you add in the other quants like IQ3_M?

also my personal simple rule of thumb for local ai sizing is:

max model size (GB) = ram (GB) / 1.65