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Don't Trust DeepSeek R1? Me neither! Lets make it safe.

Don't Trust DeepSeek R1? Me neither! Lets make it safe.

The new DeepSeek R1 Large Language Model (LLM) is quite a technological marvel along with also proving that sometimes finding slack in the rope is a better option then just buying a longer rope. DeepSeek R1 is able to reach better benchmarks with a fraction of the compute of OpenAI&

Future of the Linux Desktop

Future of the Linux Desktop

The Linux Desktop has been known as a bit of a problem child compared to the more poplar Windows or MacOS. Either because of the many many many package formats, the hundreds of different distributions, thousand different ways to do the same thing, or the overall complexity and instability (Looking

Protecting your Art from AI

Protecting your Art from AI

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized numerous industries, including art. However, it has also placed a large portion of the data and power into just a few companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Facebook. Most of which (I recommend watching this video with OpenAI's CTO for context)

Using Stable Diffusion & LLMs with ROCm

Using Stable Diffusion & LLMs with ROCm

I don't use any OpenAI's, Google's, or Microsoft's AI tools. I don't like that the training data for a tool so powerful should be closed and held by large tech giants. For all we know all the data they use

Identity should be Self Sovereign

Identity should be Self Sovereign

Self-sovereign identity - WikipediaWikimedia Foundation, Inc.Contributors to Wikimedia projects Identity is a very important part of our lives. Currently, our identity is controlled and managed by the government we were born under or the services we sign up to. As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, self-sovereign

Flashing ROMs with the Flipper Zero

Flashing ROMs with the Flipper Zero

A few months ago I bought a Flipper Zero, and it has become the ideal multi-tool for all my hardware hacking needs. Recently, I needed to update my T440p's BIOS to the latest stable Libreboot ROM. So I decided it would be a good time to try out

Don't Trust... Verify!

Don't Trust... Verify!

Barrett Williamson 0x22AFCDF7 public Barrett Williamson_0x22AFCDF7_public.asc 5 KB download-circle Pretty Good Privacy - WikipediaWikimedia Foundation, Inc.Contributors to Wikimedia projects Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many aspects of our lives, from healthcare to finance. However, with the rise of deepfakes, a new form of scam that uses

Libreboot on a T440p

Libreboot on a T440p

The T440p as of writing, is the most powerful T series laptop that libreboot supports. All info here was found on the libreboot and coreboot websites. Building the Libreboot/coreboot image Before you flash or do anything, it is incredibly important you back up your current bios to somewhere safe.

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