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How to Run LLMs from a USB with Llamafile
Piping hot off the virtual presses is llamafile, a new framework that let’s you run Large Language Models (LLMs) on your local machine on a single file. The aim of the project is to make LLMs more accessible and easy to distribute, but to me, the clearest most immediate value is being able to run…
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Why You Should Read the Bible
The Holy Bible is mostly droll, full of lengthy genealogies, and was originally written poetically in a couple of dead languages that don’t really translate all too well. If you’re Christian, like me, I’m sure (I hope) I don’t have to explain to you why you ought to read the thing. But if you’re not,…
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Skit Screenplay: Jesus’ Lost Years
Episode 1: “DREIDEL” SETTING: OUTSIDE A group of kids plays Dreidel having fun. Laughing and making glib remarks. Jesus approaches the table. JESUS: Hey guys! Mind if I play? JOSIAH: Hey I think I gotta get home. RACHAM: Yeah, I think I need to run, too. GABRIEL: (Skeptical) Okay guys, I’ll see you later. Sure,…
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On Conspiracy Theories
Generally a pretty quick way to shut down a discussion about powerful people doing bad things is to dismiss the whole thing as a “conspiracy theory.” It’s well known, after all, how hard it is to keep secrets. The United States’ most esteemed founder said it best when he said: “Three can keep a secret,…
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Protestant Propaganda in YOUR Mind? It’s More Common Than You Think…
One of the most hopeful signals for the future that I’ve noticed is that young people, especially Gen Z, are more aware of attempt to propagandize than the people of the past. However, I have also noticed a tendency of people uncritically accepting narratives of the distant past (with the exception of racial histories). When…
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A (Short) Treatise on Digital Sovereignty
I’m a huge fan of Sovereign Citizens. They are crazy, to be clear, but I respect the desire to be a sovereign as an individual. And what is sovereignty? It’s usually defined as being in possession of territory, the ability to enter relations with other sovereigns, and not being yourself under another Sovereign. This last…
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A Summary of 2024 Projects
As we approach December, I turn my eyes now to the New Year. January 1st as the start of a new year is no doubt an artificial construct, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t useful. A new beginning is an opportunity to redefine ourselves, our habits, and our relationship to the world. Next year, my…
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A Primer on My Worldview
A big part of this project is going to be shilling my schizo view of the landscape of the world. To that end, let’s talk about superorganisms, ontological materialism, and what they have to do with my claim that we live surrounded by and immersed in a world of alien intelligences. So first: a few…
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A Plausible AI Apocalypse: Undead Internet
A common refrain in the normie-adjacent discourse is “tell me how, exactly, AI can destroy humanity?” The ea/acc (whatever that means) crowd implicitly believes this is plausible, but preventable, and the doomer crowd thinks it’s all but inevitable. It’s a fair criticism though, that no one seems to have an explanation for the mechanism of…
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What’s Going on Here?
In short, in this project, I aim to become the world’s first mixed media influencer (gross, I know). Okay so there are tons of really famous mixed-media influencers out there, but I promise this is a bit different. For one thing, the traditional v-tuber/vocaloid/whatever Grimes is creates a persona external to themselves and embodies it…
