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Practical Applications of LLAMA 3.1 Model

It’s been almost 2 weeks since Meta dropped a bombshell on the AI world by openly releasing their updated LLAMA model. As the hype dust settles, let’s have a look at how it can be used in commercial and academic environment and manage our expectations accordingly.

FAF: Group Text Messages

From party planning to sharing memories: what is my go to platform for group texting and why. Plus some background info.

Optimal Sizing of VMs & Containers

UIUC paper on how kernel-space loads determine the best course of action for business workflows deployed as either Virtual Machines or Kubernetes containers.

Active Directory Pwned Filter

Prevent fraud and increase security of your on-prem network by filtering Active Directory credentials against global databases of compromised passwords.

Introducing FAF Series

“Friends and Family” are lightweight articles designed to describe most common aspects of everyday IT to my inner circle (hence the name).

xv6 Bootstrap & Context Switching

Quick and rough description of xv6 kernel bootstrap process and the context switching principles. FSU CDA3101 folks might find this handy.

Functional Quantum Gates, Part 1

Hands on approach to Quantum Information Processing 101, using declarative syntax.

D3 And Carbon Dioxide

A small D3-based presentation of the atmospheric CO2 concentration based on data from NASA GISS and NOAA.

Reporting on COVID

A very brief look into how reliably the mass media and scientific publications report from the battlefronts of Novel Coronavirus war.

RDP Certificate problems on macOS

Microsoft’s own RDP client does not like their 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.54.1.2 key usage, contrary to MS own guidelines.

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