Yeah GLM-5 has been pretty impressive when it works but the z.ai plan is unbearably slow most of the time to the point where it's effectively unusable.
I had a very productive useful day, but was working on ~8 things at once.
I guess I do prefer slow but better than fast but ok. GLM-4.6 was pretty alright, but I had a hard time trusting it, felt like it took a lot of my time in any trickier area.
Now yes the time to first token is being somewhat brutal. Its hard to wait for. But damn is the output just so much better. It's so much better about really digging in to reference materials, is more aggressively seeing the lay of the land, and the output quality is so much higher.
It sucks, yes, is definitely a bit annoying especially when compared to how fast so many other services are. But I still will say, I treasure that step up in output enough that I would absolutely not go back, if this is just how it is now. On the net the trust ability I have here now with GLM-5 makes that generally a pretty easy tradeoff for me!
I should probably try adding a Flash model to my OpenCode though!! Cause sometimes I just need the thing done and it's not hard!!!!
Is this a common pattern to have an agent request a sandbox? I feel like I'd want the whole agent running in it's own sandbox to begin with. Firecracker does look like a decent solution for that.
When I started to design the system, I thought of creating a way for an agent on the cloud to have access to a filesystem, such that they can read, write files and run commands. I can't really say that the startups in the space's main source of income is this, most of them rely on sdks for other platforms. I could adjust the core to work as a sdk as well, but right now the main interface is just a mcp server that a client can use
Cool. I'd like to try something similar. Does that amplifier module drive headphones as well? What future replacement do you have in mind? Is it all low power enough to use a battery?
For a headphone you do not even need the amp. The pcm5102a purple module can directly use headphones. Mine already has a 3.5 jack . It has been a life saver for devlopment at night.
I am planning to replace the amp with a Pam84xx and switch to a smaller/thinner speaker to save space.
I may also add a nfc reader module to add nfc card music. Probably card will include a url to download music file.
Also my protoboard based solution is finicky. I starded building a pcb, however as this is my first pcb project I am taking it real slow.
Perhaps I can open a git repo to document share what I have.
Oh interesting. The datasheet for the PCM5102A says it supports line-level output with a minimum load of 1kΩ [1]. I think most headphones typically have an impedance of less than 100Ω. I'd guess the excess current results in some distortion or low volumes? It works fine in practice though?
I like to be able to price shop, but I do want to support the authors. So I use Kobo & Kindle, then buy it wherever it's cheapest usually.
Then I use epubor ultimate to convert to epub and read it on my generic e-ink reader. Some folks object to the licensing or whatever with epubor (unattributed GPL?) but it works, it's easy, and when Amazon tightens up the DRM they always find a way around it eventually.
I recently switched to GrapheneOS and it's been great. Letting any sort of commercial entity between you and your computing just seems like a bad idea these days. Linux is top notch, self-hosting has never been easier. There's really no excuse (as a technologist at least) to subject yourself to these increasingly enshittified platforms.
As someone who works in tech for a career it's honestly a bit of an existential crisis. I actively work on a SaaS product but would never even consider paying for SaaS any more myself.
thanks! Mine normally uses its connection from one day to the next. Okay then, I'll just leave it be.
Antenna works good enough for the 3 PBS channels I like, even though their antenna is 50 miles away. Just one of those cheap $30 rabbit ears. What's interesting is that the signal bounces off a south wall,through the N patio door, so when anyone moves in the path, the signal is garbled. Also, depending on the station, it must sometimes be repositioned. I enjoy the retro feel of that.
gotcha ty! This may explain all the antennae in the rural areas near here... I thought they were all HAM operators, but maybe only some are... in any case, it's great to be prepared for ... whatever ...
Anyone have some recommended resources for learning this stuff? I know there are commonly recommended electronics books like "The Art of Electronics" and "Practical Electronics for Inventors" but are there any resources that are focused specifically around guitar pedals? Ideally some sort of progression that introduces analog circuit basics through a set of increasingly involved projects and results in something that actually sounds good and that I would use as a musician.
One of the first PCBs that I have tried to build as a 16 year old was a guitar pedal circuit from a German electronics magazine (Elo?).
I used the sun as a UV source for the photoresist exposure, boiled iron chloride in my mom's Pyrex containers, stained bunch of her towels permanently yellow in the process. And the circuit didn't work. It is still a sore point from my youth that I remember occasionally.
Also, Small Signal Audio Design by Douglas Self is really good, but probably not as a first EE textbook, and you have to really want to go into the weeds, as an electrical engineer would. But there is an entire chapter (chapter 12) on just electric guitars (pickup, preamps, effects, direct injection, etc.)
Same. I have a very old iPhone stuck on an old version of iOS that's incompatible with most apps these days. In the rare case I need to deposit a check there are banks like Ally that don't have physical branch locations but still let you deposit checks via their website.
I rarely need to dynamically add attributes myself on dataclasses like this but unfortunately this also means things like `@cached_property` won't work because it can't internally cache the method result anywhere.
I agree with chrisweekly, it's not even close. WeWork provided value to people by assuming some risk in signing those longer term lease agreements and repackaging it to people looking for shorter term office space or to those who would otherwise not want to enter into a commercial office lease themselves. I don't think OP is really offering any value add over a quick search for "coworking <city>" and I imagine that's why nobody is signing up. Personally, I find that even a free SaaS subscription is a liability these days so the value add needs to be highly compelling.
