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Hosted by Daniel Persson on 2023-09-29 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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AirGradient is an open-source solution to measure the air in your living area. In my case, I need to keep track of the air in my office, so I have a healthy working environment.
Hosted by Dave Morriss on 2023-09-28 is flagged as Explicit and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
Edinburgh, The Steading, discussion.
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We recorded this on Sunday September 3rd 2023. We met in person again, and as before first visited the pub called The Steading where we had lunch. Then we adjourned to Dave's car in the car park, and recorded a chat.
The name "Steading" is another (Scots?) version of "Farmstead", and means the same. It's also an anagram of "Sedating"1, so ...
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Hobson and Greg are working with volunteers to develop an open source AI that we call Qary (QA for question answering). We're adding plugins to support open source large language models (LLMs) like GPT-2 and Llama2. Here's how you can use LLMs in your own Python Programs.
echo "HUGGINGFACE_ACCESS_TOKEN=hf_..." >> .env.env variables in your python script using
dotenv package and os.environ:os.environ to retrieve the dict of variable
values rather than dotenv.load_values- Otherwise other
environment variables that have been set by other shell scripts such as
.bashrc will be ignored.import dotenv
dotenv.load_dotenv()
import os
env = dict(os.environ)
token = env['HUGGINGFACE_ACCESS_TOKEN']use_auth_token in the
AutoModel.from_pretrained or pipeline
functions.token
kwarg, but that never worked for me.from transformers import pipeline, set_seed
generator = pipeline('text-generation', model='openai-gpt')
q = "2+2="
responses = generator(
q,
max_length=10,
num_return_sequences=10
)
responses[{'generated_text': '2+2= 2.2, 1.1 and'},
{'generated_text': '2+2= 3336 miles. they'},
{'generated_text': '2+2= 2, = 2 = 2'},
{'generated_text': '2+2= 4 = 2 = 5 \n'},
{'generated_text': '2+2= 0 ( 1 ) = ='},
{'generated_text': '2+2= 6 times the speed of sound'},
{'generated_text': '2+2= 2 times 5, 865'},
{'generated_text': '2+2= 3 / 7 / 11 ='},
{'generated_text': '2+2= 2 2 \n 2 of 2'},
{'generated_text': '2+2= 1, 9 = 1,'}]Here's the cow leg counting question:
q = "There are 2 cows and 2 bulls, how many legs are there?"
responses = generator(
f"Question: {q}\nAnswer: ",
max_length=30,
num_return_sequences=10)
answers = []
for resp in responses:
text = resp['generated_text']
answers.append(text[text.find('Answer: ')+9:])
answers 'four. \n " let me see if i have this straight',
'only 3. and three cows and 2 bulls are bigger than',
'2, 2, 1, 2. \n " not yet',
"one per cow, that's all there is. in fact",
'30. and what am i? oh, yes, about',
'one. the big, white bull that is bigger than 1',
'three. they need to be introduced to the cow population before',
"1. i don't know how many and where exactly ;",
'no 2. 2. two bulls for 1 bull and 2',
'1, there are 1.2, and 2, there are']
Hosted by Keith Murray on 2023-09-26 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
markdown, plain text, writing, text editors, file formats.
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I talk about how I fail at Cell Phone Screen Protectors
Hosted by Ahuka on 2023-09-22 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
Computer games, strategy games, Alpha Centauri.
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Because it doesn't have the word "Civilization" in its name, this game is unfairly overlooked. It was a major achievement when released, and it is still a very rewarding game for anyone to pick up and play. There is a lot of depth to it, and it holds up well even after a couple of decades.
Hosted by knightwise on 2023-09-21 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
linux, tailscale, vpn, social media, reddit, irc, discord, .
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Apps I talk about
Irssi: https://irssi.org/
Discordo: https://github.com/ayn2op/discordo
Tailscale: https://tailscale.com/
HyperV : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/about/
Hosted by knightwise on 2023-09-20 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
linux, podcasting, retro.
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Just a Random babble as I setup my podcasting rig in the office, clearing out some old stuff and telling you about what I encounter.
Hosted by Steve Saner on 2023-09-19 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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This show describes how I go about archiving old floppy disks. These disks date back to the early 90s when floppy disks were a common way of installing software on personal computers. They were also used as a portable storage mechanism for data files.
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=filename.dsk
dd if=filename.dsk of=/dev/fd0
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
cd /mnt/floppy
cp filename /some/destination/path/filename
cd
umount /mnt/floppy
Hosted by Some Guy On The Internet on 2023-09-18 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
Discbound, Notebooks, Planners, Happy Planner, Ink Pens..
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Supporting Source: Staples
arc customizable notebook, 6.3/4in x 8.3/4in, 60 sheets, narrow ruled,
black
Source: Happy Planner.
Source: JoAnn
Source: 6
pack discbound pocket letter size envelope organizer
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Daniel Persson summarize the essential plugins he uses every day
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Tuula explains very basics of card game called Race for the Galaxy
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Knightwise talks about how he uses his Dell XPS 15 with Linux.
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Sgoti replies to Klaatu's show, "How to make friends."
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Interview with Yosef Kerzner
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We prepare the RV and the truck for our trip.
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Getting interested in tech can start in both odd and familiar places. This is Trixter's story.
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I was looking for an open directory of web audio streams and found radio hyphen browser dot info.
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Noodlez recounts their experience getting a pi-hole server
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HPR Volunteers talk about shows released and comments posted in August 2023
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Daniel Persson goes through his experience of building his first server
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Tuula rambles about her all time favourite strategy game Crusader Kings II
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Sgoti and Bumble Bee discuss discbound planners, agendas, ink pens and more.
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folky gives the show about inxi that Ken wished for
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I reveal what instrument was played in hpr3905
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Some hints for playing Civilization II Test of Time
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About apps that store notes as markdown
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Sgoti confuses everyone with bash nonsense.
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RESERVE SHOW. Audacity has been having problems lately.
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Hipernike talks about Karate, its meaning and some of the things he has learnt
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Daniel Persson talks about some of the tools he uses for video production and social media
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operat0r will never get to some of these as full eps so here you go!
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Sgoti chats with Bumble Bee about meal preparation.
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A brief history of the term "Silent Key" as applied to amateur radio
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In this episode the HPR Audiobook Club discusses the first three books of John Carter of Mars
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Step one for a months-long RV trip is the planning.
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Tuula talks about what she's doing to change her voice
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Let's go through every single package installed in my Emacs configuration. The last one.
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Hopefully a useful provocation, in response to a recent intriguing show by another HPR host
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HPR Volunteers talk about shows released and comments posted in July 2023
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