I’ve heard Calibre Web has a better UI and experience. Can anyone weigh in on whether that is true? I’m mostly looking for a better way to manage my book library on KOReader (Kindle) than just putting things into 3 directories (reading, to read, read) and using syncthing to copy them to the equivalent folders on my device.
100%. I was thinking Renee Good vs Trump.
As someone who has used both Evernote and Standard Notes, I can say that the latter is obviously better for privacy but for those who are really looking for a FOSS option and want something more powerful than a simple notes store (albeit with a bit of a learning curve) you should definitely check out Logseq.
Yes, because making locally hosted LLMs actually useful means you don’t need to utilize cloud-based and often proprietary models like ChatGPT or Gemini which Hoover up all of your data.
As someone who has been on both sides of this I can say that a regular meditation practice can really help. Nothing crazy, just simple sitting meditation (vipassana) 1-2x times a day everyday. Working your way up from 5 to 10 to 20-25 minute sessions.
This is very cool. Will dig into it a bit more later but do you have any data on how much it reduces hallucinations or mistakes? I’m sure that’s not easy to come by but figured I would ask. And would this prevent you from still using the built-in web search in OWUI to augment the context if desired?
Awesome thanks! Will give it a shot. I also learned the term lardon which I never knew before today…
Looks great! Would love a recipe.
I would check out Open WebUI which can be self-hosted via docker etc and configured with any OpenAI compatible endpoint so you can use a service like OpenRouter to run nearly any LLM remotely. Most of the open weights ones like Qwen 3 or Kimi K2 Thinking are great and cost pennies per inquiry and can be configured with Zero Data Retention (ZDR) so your data is not recorded. You could also use something like Ollama to run local LLMs if you want even more privacy and have the hardware (typically a modern Nvidia GPU with at least 16-24 GB of VRAM).
Will be interesting to see how it stacks up to Nemotron 3 nano. I’m hoping to have somewhat more reliable models at this size that I can run entirely locally on my 3090. Really hoping that with MCP servers and tools, etc. they can be functional enough for use cases which require more security and local operation. For most things, though, I have switched to using larger models via open router.
Technically, yes the info would be available but not everyone is able to read code so this is a welcome additional bit of info and transparency. I also see it as an example of how future open source social media platforms can promote and demonstrate the way their algorithms work as opposed to the black boxes of proprietary web apps like Instagram etc (which, while not algorithmically transparent or open, have been pretty well established to have algorithms that prioritize maximizing time on platform and engagement over all else with some serious negative repercussions for that).
This article in the Guardian is definitely worth a read if you’re not intimately familiar with just how it got this way… It’s 8 years old so it won’t cover recent history but does give you an idea of how it started.
And yes Robert Maxwell (father of Ghislaine) is mostly to blame.
Much of this reads like what the Democrats’ strategy has already been for the last 10 years or so with some additional calls towards a “moderate” “centrism” that has not proven to be as popular as left populist policies with most Americans. And a lot of it seems confused or just wrong. For example, Medicare for All is not an unpopular policy. Last I checked it it was polling at around a 60% approval.
Even if your politics are more centrist, I don’t see how this represents a substantive shift in any way. It’s minor tinkering around the edges or slightly altering messaging. That’s what the moment calls for? That’s the key to success and the way to fight back against an increasingly overt and ascendant strain of fascism in the country? If that’s what the Democratic leadership thinks then one must honestly wonder if the party is institutionally incapable of the change that would need to happen to actually win elections and improve their godawful approval ratings. And based on their donor base, this shouldn’t actually be surprising. The leadership is still utterly captured by and beholden to wealthy interests that would rather jump off a bridge than acknowledge that what Americans want is a party that will fight for meaningful material benefits in their standard of living as this implies meaningfully raising taxes and imposing costs or regulations on their businesses to ensure benefits for regular working class people who are struggling mightily.
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Yes. GLM 4.5 is excellent. I mostly use that along with Qwen3 and DeepSeek 3.1 Terminus (Thinking) these days.
If you’re wanting a similar style and most of the capability though probably somewhat lower quality components due to the affordable price, I bought the similarly-styled Ride1UP Portola and have been loving it. It’s even been mistaken for a Brompton before and has gotten a lot of compliments. And it’s a fraction of the price. I wish it had a torque instead of cadence sensor to trigger the electric assist but it has plenty of power and range for me. Check out the ‘warm gray’ colorway for the classic Brompton style.
Thanks. I may give an updated system prompt like this a shot. Not sure where mine went wrong other than maybe it wasn’t being honored or seen by OpenRouter (I’m not running 120b locally, it’s too large for my set up). I’m actually a bit confused on how to set parameters with OpenRouter.
Yes, I do local host several models. Mostly the Qwen3 family stuff like 30b a3b etc. Have been trying GLM 4.5 a bit through OpenRouter and I’ve been liking the style pretty well. Interesting to know I could just pop in some larger RAM dimms potentially and run even larger models locally. The thing is OR is so cheap for many of these models and with zero data retention policies I feel a bit stupid for even buying a 24 GB VRAM GPU to begin with.
Is this Grok Code fast 1? I’ve noticed it’s hitting tops on OR for programming as of recently. I was going to try it out but it won’t respect my zero data retention preference unsurprisingly.
In a similar boat in regards to cutting out invasive, rapidly-enshittifying corporate tech providers but I agree that YouTube still has some good content worth it. Good news is that with the use of Invidious servers on desktop and SmartTube / NewPipe on Android TV or mobile you can pretty much have your cake and eat it too.
P.S. if you’re looking for a less shitty / ad bloated way of watching Yt videos on Nvidia Shield Pro or similar Android TV I recently switched from NewPipe to SmartTube and it’s much better since it integrates Sponsorblock and the UI is actually designed for a TV.