Merry Christmas Nostre! 🎄
Alan Siefert
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I’m predicting that after computer hardware manufacturers have forced us all to run demanding software like games on their rented cloud services because consumer hardware is no longer made, there’s going to be a new hacker movement to turn decommissioned data center servers sold on eBay into PCs.
This is extremely promising for the decentralization of chip fabrication. https://www.ibselectronics.com/resources/news/china-shrinks-euv-hefei-lumiverse-unveils-desktop-light-source-for-14nm-chips/
I think I need to start building stuff I didn’t have before. For a long time every time I pick up a tool it’s to repair something that broke, so now tool use and mechanical and electronic work is associated with frustration. Need to find a way to get excited about it.
GPT-5.2 is doing pretty well with zig so far! Hope to see open source LLMs catch up soon. Deepseek v3.2 is inept in comparison.
Prediction: within 5 years Nvidia will stop selling consumer GPUs and push their cloud computing as the way to run any demanding software going forward.
Valve should make a Linux phone.
“What’s your name?”
“Alan”
“Coming right up, Alla!”
Classic Starbucks 😂
At what point do we stop worrying about the Bitcoin software we run being compliant with the law?
Are core devs really debating adding trusted censors to Bitcoin to keep “illicit” data off the blockchain? lol
Will the institutional rotation from Ethereum back into Bitcoin happen gradually or suddenly?
I just made pepper spray. Finely chopped some fresh cayenne pepper and dropped it into a hot frying pan with oil. Had my face over the pan when the steam cloud came up.
I wonder how long the CIA has had it. 
Live Science
New brain implant can decode a person
A new brain-computer interface can decode a person
If the AI data centers are allocating about 1 GPU per API user who pays $200/month, the H100 costs $30k and is running 24/7 (earning $2400) in a year, the company would make its investment on that GPU back in 12.5 years. What am I missing?
I guess going forward we have to look to China for actually open AI that isn’t gatekept by a corporation. How ironic. 
PCMAG
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Curious, has anyone experienced a service or vendor other than an exchange reject a BTC UTXO that has coinjoin history? #asknostr
Brain-computer interfaces are fascinating, but I wouldn’t trust any that aren’t open source. Imagine having a part of your body that, unlike every other part, is not open medical knowledge but proprietary technology that a corporation keeps secret.