Strikes
UPS resurrection: Thriftiness strikes again
By the time you read this, sometime in May, Lent will be over. As I’m writing it in late March, Lent’s ~half over. I’m splitting the difference and going with an Easter theme for this piece. Back in February 2012, I bought a CyberPower CP825AVRG, one of several UPSs (uninterruptable power supplies) currently inhabiting my…
Open-Source AI Strikes Back With Meta’s Llama 4
In the past few years, the AI world has shifted from a culture of open collaboration to one dominated by closely guarded proprietary systems. OpenAI – a company literally founded with “open” in its name – pivoted to keeping its most powerful models secret after 2019. Competitors like Anthropic and Google similarly built cutting-edge AI…