Using a 12C/14T processor for a 8 port firewall mini PC is a bit excessive, IMO.
I have 2 Intel GMKTec's. They're indeed nice. But I needed a better excuse for spending on yet another mini PC so I chose AMD lol.
This device will be used for experiments only. A Raspberry Pi with 16GB (plus case and SSD) costs 3x and this AMD box is 4x faster. It also has 2 2.5G Ethernet ports.
The G11 arrived. Installed FreeBSD & NetBSD 11 on it. Had to install FreeBSD 16 because it has the rge driver for RTL8125BG.
Only the MediaTek MT7921 ain't working yet.
Every tech has its pros and cons. We can't highlight only the negative aspects. LLMs aren't special.
Lots of people with no programming background are happy that they can make stuff they couldn't do before. We must also see the positive aspects.
Ideally it should be we, the people.
At least there's some consensus in that LLM output can't be copyrightable. That's why thorough human review is important. I myself don't believe in software patents, not so much because algorithms are math as Knuth said, but because they're a...
I think I know a thing or two about McCarthyism because of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tascón_List
It starts with shaming projects and eventually shaming also developers. Do you know about the Unabomber? There are lots of crazies out there.
It's documented here: https://wiki.netbsd.org/zfs/
ZFS on root isn't supported in the installer yet, though, and I don't quite understand the wiki here:
https://wiki.netbsd.org/root_on_zfs/
Also interesting:
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/12/19/msg033689.html
If we discuss the ethics:
1. We'll never agree on them pleasing everybody or even most people.
2. We genuinely risk that other countries develop more powerful models because they don't have the same moral itch as us. We must know how the models behave with all the data produced by mankind...
LLMs came here to stay and we have to learn to live with it. I was also skeptical at first but the technology has potential.
We have to find a middle ground between the AI optimism and the doomerism. The latter only contributes to AI exceptionalism, and thus to the hype. It all depends on...
GPL code in training doesn't make any generated code GPL. Good luck to the FSF arguing that in court, though IANAL.
GPL infection is done via linking and libraries may contain the linking exception or use the LGPL.
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