I ran a powerful local AI model on my laptop, and it didn’t feel like a compromise
…While they would fly on Apple Silicon’s unified memory, they just weren’t cut out for the complexity of my job. The moment I pushed them past basic Q&A and…
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I stopped reaching for Raspberry Pi when the $60 board hit $95
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