https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

See also: Sam Alt(ernative to)man.

• Tesla absolutely sell software locked heated seats as DLC, as well as subscriptions for “self driving” packages.
• They will advertise/upsell their own services in their app, including free trials of their “premium” features.
• If you think they are using your driving data (including camera feeds) in any responsible way then I have a bridge to sell you. There have been documented cases of Tesla employees watching their customers fuck on the interior cameras.

For context - I used to own one.

If this works in any way, shape or form for BMW then you can bet that any other manufacturer selling “connected vehicles” will sit up and take notice.

If my brand new car started pushing dashboard ads to me, it would be rejected and returned to the dealer immediately. That is the only kind of pushback they would pay attention to.

Apart from the times that the US applied export controls to encryption software.

There’s a lot to cover here but I’ll try to touch on each point:

The key requirement is fast memory that can be addressed by your GPU, and ideally a lot of it - hence the insane cost of this hardware right now.

Remember that you need space for the model’s weights (think of this as its ‘knowledge base’) and the context window, which is basically the data needed for the LLM to keep track of your current conversation with it (effectively its short term memory).

With smaller pools of VRAM (8-16gb) you will have to compromise and either have a more capable model that will lose context quickly and start hallucinating, or a less capable model that can maintain a session for a bit longer but overall less ‘smart’.

For software - there are a couple of options for running the LLM itself, Llama.cpp is one of the more popular tools and is the one that I use. It has a web UI with the usual chat interface, and also exposes an API that you can plug other tools (e.g. opencode) into, depending on your use case.

In terms of hardware recommendations, at 20GB+ of VRAM you do have a bit more headroom compared to more consumer grade GPUs, but to be honest the most cost effective way to get a shitload of VRAM is likely not with a dedicated GPU but actually using a system based around a recent APU.

I got a Minisforum MS-S1 last year for exactly this purpose. It is based on AMD’s Strix Halo platform which it has in common with the Framework Desktop and a couple of other similar devices.

It has 128gb of unified RAM which can be divided between the GPU and CPU however you like, so plenty of capacity for even fairly chunky models. It also uses a tiny amount of power compared to a more traditional system with a dedicated GPU, while also giving really reasonable performance for most AI workloads, more than enough for use in a homelab.

For cloud rental - doable, but pricing is a factor, and of course this will not actually be running locally.

Usability - manage your expectations, but overall for a lot of use cases and of course depending on the model that you are running and the resources you throw at it, it can be comparable with especially older iterations of ChatGPT, Gemini etc.

But remember, you are not a Google or an Anthropic and do not have an infinite pool of compute to throw at your model, nor do you have access to the specific models they are using.

Same, I set it up a few years ago and both me and my partner have been using it since then with no issues at all, it’s completely replaced Google Photos for us.

We’ve also set up immich-frame and repurposed an old Google Nest hub to use as a digital photo frame.

You are assuming that they have a personality to begin with.

As others have said, 100% a leak.

I would advise to stand on a chair or stepladder underneath the ceiling and check to see if it is still level. If you see an obvious deformation around the stain, this will be being caused by water pooling on top of the ceiling plasterboard. In which case, once the leak is sorted, you will likely need to drain the pooled water, cut out the damaged section, replace it, then replaster and repaint.

We had exactly the same issue in our last house. It was in a difficult to see spot hidden behind our kitchen cabinets. We only realised the severity of the issue when the ceiling boards gave way and fell on my head.

There are only two industries that call their customers ‘users’…

Because, unless you’re driving a forklift, the point of a vehicle’s rotation is in line with the rear wheels, meaning you can take turns at a much more acute angle when reversing than going forwards. Which makes backing into spaces much easier.

Notice that most of the half-assed parking jobs you see are generally people who have driven forward and left the car parked at a diagonal half out of the space, because getting the vehicle lined up in that situation is more difficult.

2017: covfefe

2025: cvefefe

Right now none of the native clients support SSO. It is a frequently requested feature but, unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it will be implemented any time soon. As with many OSS projects it is probably a case of “you want it, you build it” - but nobody has actually stepped up.

For web access, stick it behind a reverse proxy and use something like Authentik/Authelia/SSO provider of your choice to secure it.

For full access including native clients, set up a VPN.

Oh fuck me, HOW in like 25 years did I not get that pun?!