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1. How to do the thing you’ve been avoiding Total comment counts : 45 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The author suggests that when feeling like procrastinating, one should consider the consequences of not doing the task and how that makes them feel. By doing this, the author is able to prioritize their tasks by filtering out the unimportant ones and focusing on the important ones. This technique helps the author to avoid feeling uncomfortable and sad by not completing important tasks....

1. “Exit traps” can make your Bash scripts more robust and reliable (2013) Total comment counts : 39 Summary The article suggests using the “exit trap” technique in Bash scripts to make them more reliable and ensure necessary cleanup operations. By trapping the pseudo-signal “EXIT,” commands or functions can execute when the script exits unexpectedly. This is useful in automating system administration tasks and handling expensive resources, such as creating Amazon Machine Images, to terminate the instance or server once the desired task is done....

1. Style your RSS feed Total comment counts : 40 Summary The article explains how to style and customize RSS feeds for readers who do not know what RSS feeds are or how to use them. The author explains that by using an XSL file, the XML feed can be transformed into a valid HTML document that any browser can render, allowing for customization and the inclusion of additional information about RSS feeds....

1. OpenLLM Total comment counts : 23 Summary OpenLLM is an open platform that allows businesses to deploy, fine-tune, serve, and monitor any large language models (LLMs) with ease. It supports a wide range of open-source LLMs and model runtimes, and its flexible APIs allow for serving LLMs over RESTful API or gRPC with one command. OpenLLM provides support for LangChain, BentoML, and HuggingFace to make it easy to create AI apps....

1. Jellyfin: Free software media system Total comment counts : 52 Summary Jellyfin is a free, open-source media system that enables users to control and stream their media from a dedicated server to multiple end-user devices via various apps. It is an alternative to proprietary systems such as Emby and Plex. Jellyfin is based on the .NET Core framework, offering full cross-platform support. The development team provides transparent, free software and open community involvement....

1. Review of Hetzner ARM64 servers and experience of WebP cloud services on them Total comment counts : 22 Summary The article discusses the rise of ARM64 architecture servers and their role in the server field. After discontinuing ARM64 machines in 2020, Scaleway resumed offering servers with ARM64 processors in 2023, utilizing the Altra Max processor. AWS was the only mainstream cloud service provider to continue offering ARM64 machines between 2020 and 2023, using their own Graviton processors....

1. Full Time Total comment counts : 38 Summary The writer has quit their job to work on Marginalia Search full-time. They express relief at the decision to commit to their passion project, and look forward to achieving a better balance in life. The writer acknowledges the uncertainty that comes with solely relying on their project for income but is excited by the opportunity to create something that is meaningful. They reflect on how they started the project to see how far they could take it, and express surprise at the fact that they are now doing it full-time....

1. Quake’s lightning gun bug explained [video] Total comment counts : 16 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary A bug was missed in a code where the normalization was performed prior to zeroing out the Z component, resulting in an unnormalized vector. Top 2 Comment Summary The request is for an explanation of a skiing bug in the game Tribes. The person requesting the explanation would like it presented in a style similar to a certain video, as they have not found previous explanations to be satisfactory....

1. New York State Senate passes prohibitions on non-competes Total comment counts : 22 Summary The New York State Senate has approved two bills aimed at non-compete agreements; the first proposes banning all non-compete agreements, and the second proposes a limited ban of certain types. If passed by the State Assembly and signed by the Governor, the bills could become law this week. Bill No. S3100A would ban employers from entering into non-compete agreements with covered individuals and provide for legal recourse and payment for lost compensation, damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs....

1. Llama.cpp: Full CUDA GPU Acceleration Total comment counts : 25 Summary The article describes a new pull request that adds GPU acceleration for ggml tensors in order to improve prompt processing and generation performance. The author added CUDA kernels for scale, cpy, diag_mask_inf, and soft_max, as well as two special kernels for doing matrix vector multiplication. The PR is still being tested for lower-end GPUs and potential issues with VRAM usage....