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smcleod

9,579 karmajoined 13 years ago
Working in tech since 2005, in the DevOps scene since 2011, making mistakes daily.

Blog: https://smcleod.net Mastodon: @[email protected] Github: https://github.com/sammcj

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New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays

smcleod.net
313 points·by smcleod·3 months ago·170 comments

M4 and M5 Macs cannot run 4k screens in HiDPI mode – limited to 3.3k

github.com
8 points·by smcleod·3 months ago·3 comments

Borgbase backups have been unavailable for 3 days

status.borgbase.com
105 points·by smcleod·3 years ago·85 comments

comments

smcleod
·2 days ago·discuss
I suspect there's some cargo culting, and some folks that are generally more likely to table flip than understand things that challenge their workflow.
smcleod
·2 days ago·discuss
Yes their docs cover how to properly prompt it to ensure you don't get hit by the classifier, you can distil those down to a skill to help build prompts for the more challenging situations, e.g. https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/blob/main/Skills/pr...
smcleod
·2 days ago·discuss
I've been working with it heavily since its first release. I use it for software architects, complex debugging and some development and I have not had it refuse or downgrade even once.
smcleod
·4 days ago·discuss
Yeah the 256GB/s bandwidth is really very limiting
smcleod
·5 days ago·discuss
ultracode in Claude Code kicks off a dynamic workflow.
smcleod
·9 days ago·discuss
This looks very much like many slopped up UIs I've seen over the past few years. Not saying the code is, but the design itself looks vibe coded?
smcleod
·11 days ago·discuss
Weird they talk about their 31B dense model but haven't actually released it anywhere.
smcleod
·11 days ago·discuss
But does anyone actually need a Windows?
smcleod
·12 days ago·discuss
They canned the moved to make -p commands API billable.
smcleod
·14 days ago·discuss
Material design looks pretty dated these days. I'm wondering why people would still be using it? Is it just a taste thing or something people have been working with for a long time?
smcleod
·14 days ago·discuss
Qwen as well.
smcleod
·17 days ago·discuss
Looks decent but $250 AUD for a font? Even for local and personal use? That's... a lot. I was thinking if it is paid and it was around $25 I'd consider it, then I saw the price!
smcleod
·17 days ago·discuss
3.5's 122-A10B is still great!
smcleod
·17 days ago·discuss
35b-a3b is only 3b active parameters, it's a MoE.
smcleod
·18 days ago·discuss
Handy, Cotypist, Markedit, Ghostty Tip, BetterTouchTool, GoodLinks, Pixelmator Pro, Handbrake, Zed, Onyx, LittleSnitch (or LuLu), Chezmoi, Stats, Shottr, llama.cpp, oMLX, LM Studio, Parcel, Things, OrbStack, Msty Studio.
smcleod
·18 days ago·discuss
Try 27b, it's significantly smarter than 35b-a3b (although it is slower, it's not so bad with MTP).
smcleod
·18 days ago·discuss
It's sort of a form of corrective antithesis (or "negation-antithesis") I think. A bit like "it's not x, it's why". Really grinds my gears.
smcleod
·18 days ago·discuss
Yikes twice the price of a PS5 in Australia! I will still be buying one though. I'm looking forward to moving away from Sony after having a PlayStation in my living room for 16+ years. I really like Steam's ethics / how they treat their customers - and the steam deck (while under powered) has been fantastic.
smcleod
·21 days ago·discuss
Similar conclusion I've come to. For all the complex RAG and many SaaS startups selling knowledge engines - what we keep falling back to is simple a wiki (markdown) + simple tools to solve problems and help answer questions programmatically where possible. Cheap, fast, low complexity and no lock-in.
smcleod
·21 days ago·discuss
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