Running LLMs at home, some Taylor Swift tests

On my Macbook, I installed Ollama (it’s very easy to do this, takes 5 minutes to set up) and tried a few Deepseek versions – 32b (20GB), 7b (5GB), 1.5b (1GB). The query was just “taylor swift top literary works”

Running LLMs at home, some Taylor Swift tests

On my Macbook, I installed Ollama (it’s very easy to do this, takes 5 minutes to set up) and tried a few Deepseek versions – 32b (20GB), 7b (5GB), 1.5b (1GB). The query was just “taylor swift top literary works”

Geopolitical predictions

Given changing US policy, here are some things that are possible: Germany- aligns with China on trade and military arrangements. France- warms to Russia. Opens visas and business. Those two changes weakens the EU. Japan- flips to start relations with

Geopolitical predictions

Given changing US policy, here are some things that are possible: Germany- aligns with China on trade and military arrangements. France- warms to Russia. Opens visas and business. Those two changes weakens the EU. Japan- flips to start relations with

A GPU so I can run LLMs on my laptop, and a gift you can get me in this season of giving

It might be cheaper to pay $20/month for a hosted LLM, but if I want one on my laptop…I’ll need this.

A GPU so I can run LLMs on my laptop, and a gift you can get me in this season of giving

It might be cheaper to pay $20/month for a hosted LLM, but if I want one on my laptop…I’ll need this.

If you are 10x the next guy… Four trends in venture to note

The US last year expanded its lead in VC against most everyone, and is about 10x investment volume vs. China. Seems like a favorable trend to me if you are sitting in the US market. That’s last year. (Present tumult

If you are 10x the next guy… Four trends in venture to note

The US last year expanded its lead in VC against most everyone, and is about 10x investment volume vs. China. Seems like a favorable trend to me if you are sitting in the US market. That’s last year. (Present tumult

Prompts to engineer your life as a VC Associate

The ones I really like are in bold. Kind of a nice list of the superset of behaviors that venture people undertake. Deal Sourcing Due Diligence Portfolio Support Bonus: Personal Branding and Thought Leadership Prompts

Prompts to engineer your life as a VC Associate

The ones I really like are in bold. Kind of a nice list of the superset of behaviors that venture people undertake. Deal Sourcing Due Diligence Portfolio Support Bonus: Personal Branding and Thought Leadership Prompts

Ecommerce revenue is big. What % is Amazon of ecommerce?

The answer is here https://www.emarketer.com/content/amazon-will-surpass-40-of-us-ecommerce-sales-this-year 40%

Ecommerce revenue is big. What % is Amazon of ecommerce?

The answer is here https://www.emarketer.com/content/amazon-will-surpass-40-of-us-ecommerce-sales-this-year 40%

Distributed computing: SETI@home

One of my favorite new themes in blockchain world. Sad to see the OG is offline though. Bring it back! https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/

Distributed computing: SETI@home

One of my favorite new themes in blockchain world. Sad to see the OG is offline though. Bring it back! https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/

Trump and Ozempic

He is on it. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/04/donald-trump-news-2024-weight-loss-ozempic.html Consider: Shout out to Mitchell Hauser

Trump and Ozempic

He is on it. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/04/donald-trump-news-2024-weight-loss-ozempic.html Consider: Shout out to Mitchell Hauser