I love the errors that I get in my CompE labs because they're always weird errors that no one else has gotten before and the TAs don't even know how to fix it 😭

#sysadmin #computing #university

🚨 Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati just launched Tinker, a new service from Thinking Machines Lab.

Tinker strips AI training down to 4 simple functions — you focus on data + algorithms, it handles the GPU chaos.

Is this the Kubernetes moment for AI training?

https://dropletdrift.com/ex-openai-cto-mira-murati-launches-tinker-to-simplify-ai-model-training/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #AIresearch #LLM #OpenSource #Tech #Innovation #DataScience #NeuralNetworks #FutureOfAI #AIcommunity #AIethics #Startups #OpenAI #Developers #Research #Computing

🚨 Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati just launched Tinker, a new service from Thinking Machines Lab.

Tinker strips AI training down to 4 simple functions — you focus on data + algorithms, it handles the GPU chaos.

Is this the Kubernetes moment for AI training?

https://dropletdrift.com/ex-openai-cto-mira-murati-launches-tinker-to-simplify-ai-model-training/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #AIresearch #LLM #OpenSource #Tech #Innovation #DataScience #NeuralNetworks #FutureOfAI #AIcommunity #AIethics #Startups #OpenAI #Developers #Research #Computing

🔪 The bloat of edge-case first libraries

https://43081j.com/2025/09/bloat-of-edge-case-libraries

#software #programming #api #libraries #complexity #softwaredevelopment #computing #engineering

🔪 The bloat of edge-case first libraries

https://43081j.com/2025/09/bloat-of-edge-case-libraries

#software #programming #api #libraries #complexity #softwaredevelopment #computing #engineering

@spiegelmama @babe
#computing #meme #memes #science #scienceMuseum #babbage #computerScience #machineLearning #AI #computers

Amazing Portraits of '80s Geeks

https://www.vintag.es/2019/03/80s-geeks.html

#nostalgia #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #setups #polaroid #vintagephotos #photos #eighties #nostalgic #computing #computers #Atari #AppleII #Mac #DOS #PC #Tandy #Commodore #gallery

I wanted to learn more about digital #privacy and #security so I volunteered to do an introductory presentation at my local library as a part of our effort to advocate for #FreeSoftware and #GNU #Linux. It's just the basics but it covers some of the easiest changes any computer user can make. For example, dropping #Google #Chrome and all of their other services. It's not too late to protect your privacy.

#Computing #BigTech

Download the LibreOffice Impress file here
https://beardystarstuff.net/Introduction_to_Privacy_and_Security.odp

@spiegelmama @babe
#computing #meme #memes #science #scienceMuseum #babbage #computerScience #machineLearning #AI #computers

I have finally moved over to Linux as my primary platform. In many ways it is like coming home, as I loved working on UNIX machines in the past. Of course, I have been using Linux as a secondary OS for a long time, but I finally made the switch. Microsoft cancelling Windows 10 and the direction Windows 11 is going was just too much for me.

@span ruario helped the transition, by making it easy for me to work with multiple concurrent @span Vivaldi installs.
That is a must for me as I test a lot of builds at the same time.

#Windows#Linux #computing#Technology#AI#Vivaldi

I have finally moved over to Linux as my primary platform. In many ways it is like coming home, as I loved working on UNIX machines in the past. Of course, I have been using Linux as a secondary OS for a long time, but I finally made the switch. Microsoft cancelling Windows 10 and the direction Windows 11 is going was just too much for me.

@span ruario helped the transition, by making it easy for me to work with multiple concurrent @span Vivaldi installs.
That is a must for me as I test a lot of builds at the same time.

#Windows#Linux #computing#Technology#AI#Vivaldi

There are still spots for in-person attendees, and the chance to spend a couple of days surrounded by enthusiasts. If you cannot make it to Düsseldorf this time, consider registering for the live stream.

https://www.distribits.live/events/2025-distribits/register/

A lot of Apple enthusiasts are disgusted with #Timcook and #Apple given the recent display of bootlicking.

I'm going to keep suggesting that we are all free to walk away from Apple's services. Your next computer can use #GNU#Linux. And before you dismiss it, have you tried it? Folks, I promise you, it is possible to have great and productive computing experience over here. The #FreeSoftware movement embraces ethical #computing with a core respect for users' freedom.

https://me.dm/@anildash/115176526822774103

So, the ICE/Paragon zero click attack can be sent via sms to any phone. No need to open it, just having it arrive on the device is all it takes. Correct? How long before it's leaked into the wild if it's not already?

I'd like to turn off sms entirely but what about companies that use that for 2FA? For example, PayPal requires you have their invasive app installed or that you use sms for 2FA.

Seems like a gaping security risk or am I missing something?

#Security#Privacy#Computing

A semi-serious post about #HPC in the scientific domain.

https://lovergine.com/does-hpc-mean-high-pain-computing.html

#hpc#guix#guile #computing #academia

A semi-serious post about #HPC in the scientific domain.

https://lovergine.com/does-hpc-mean-high-pain-computing.html

#hpc#guix#guile #computing #academia

Freeing Apple Devices from Apple

Over the past year I’ve often come across folks talking about de-Googling which largely comes down to disconnecting from Google services by finding alternatives. When I began my transition away from Apple a few months back I wasn’t sure what I would do with my various Apple devices. I knew I wanted to switch to GNU/Linux on my 2012 Mac, but I would still have several devices that would be stuck with an #Apple OS...

#Privacy#Computing
https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-08-29.html