With a decent local GPU and some free open source software like ollama and open-webui you can try "open source" LLM models like Meta's llama, Mistral AI's mistral, or Alibaba's qwen entirely offline.
posted to MetaFilter by Lenie Clarke at 12:24 PM on November 17, 2024 (19 comments)

As of November 1, 2024 (it took some time for the notice to arrive), the Metafilter Community Foundation exists as an officially registered Delaware nonprofit non-stock corporation.

What this means:
1. We can now get an EIN, apply for a bank account, and apply to the IRS for not-for-profit designation.
2. The interim board of directors can get to work. We will have to adopt bylaws, approve (with community input) a policy and procedures manual, obtain insurance, and transfer the existing LLC and its assets into the new entity, among many other tasks.

We have a lot of work ahead.
posted to MetaTalk by 1adam12 at 12:20 PM on November 8, 2024 (54 comments)

IMDB: Selene, a vampire warrior, is entrenched in a conflict between vampires and werewolves, while falling in love with Michael, a human who is sought by werewolves for unknown reasons.
posted to FanFare by Shepherd at 3:07 AM on September 2, 2024 (19 comments)

Fascinating short videos from Wired. They are a series of videos presented by experts in different fields who answer questions from the internet.

• Dr. Kory Evans Answers Fish Questions from Twitter
• Dr. Ed Barnhart Answers Questions on the Maya
• Jonna Mendez, Former CIA Chief of Disguise Answers Spy Questions
• Dr. Dorsay Armstrong Answers Questions on the Middle Ages
• Dr. Laurel Bestock answers Questions on Ancient Egypt
• Dr. Lauren Ginsburg answers Questions on Ancient Rome

There are many others out there. I just included the ones that I have seen. Happy viewing!
posted to MetaFilter by dfm500 at 5:11 PM on July 11, 2024 (15 comments)

Pixel Mirror is a hand cut gemstone by Hakusi Katei / Monoli that creates a window to a pixelated world.
posted to MetaFilter by lucidium at 2:25 AM on July 7, 2024 (10 comments)

Back in 2012 there existed, on the dooméd Hub network, a kids show too awesome for this world: The Aquabats Super Show (Season 1 and Season 2, both on Youtube), starring the superhero-themed ska band fighting a variety of weird creatures, ranging from ManAnt to the Krampus. One sign of its unappreciated greatness was the fact that some episodes were written and/or directed by Matt Chapman, half of The Brothers Chaps who created and still sometimes make more of Homestar Runner. One episode of the show was CobraMan (22 minutes), where they fought a 🐍snake person with a 🐍snake's head and 🐍snakes for arms that shot 🐍snakes from them. However, CobraMan had a manager, that helped him along in his nefarious career, called "Carl." Thing about Carl... he wore a familiar wresting mask, and spoke in a veeeeeery familiar voice. He doesn't wear boxing gloves though....
posted to MetaFilter by JHarris at 9:03 PM on July 5, 2024 (14 comments)

'Vessel with a Pestle, Chalace from the Palace.' From The Court Jester, 1955. Danny Kaye, Mildred Natwick, Robert Middleton, Glynis Johns. (slyt. 3:39)
posted to MetaFilter by clavdivs at 8:09 PM on July 4, 2024 (36 comments)

Martin Scorsese filming his parents in 1974 His mom calls him Marty, so that's what he's called in this post
posted to MetaFilter by mumimor at 2:07 PM on July 4, 2024 (9 comments)

The Mauritshuis website recounts the details and discoveries of a recent in-depth examination of Vermeer's Girl With Pearl Earring Includes close-up images, video footage, and technical information.
posted to MetaFilter by bq at 3:03 PM on July 3, 2024 (5 comments)

@clipart.bsky.social is the Bluesky account for Corel Gallery Clipart, which is slowly posting all 10,000 files from a 1994 Corel Gallery CD-ROM. But within the alt-text of each image, narratives begin to emerge, stories of a vigilante seeking justice against Corel itself, of the many design studios who subcontract for Corel, of a man and his grandson traveling across a post-apocalyptic United States, and so much more.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 9:54 AM on July 3, 2024 (12 comments)

[Image] In a chost on cohost Belarius links us to a high resolution scan he produced of a cross section of Kowloon Walled City from a 1997 book produced by japanese researchers.
posted to MetaFilter by signsofrain at 11:43 AM on July 1, 2024 (15 comments)

Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks is a tribute album released in 1995 containing cover tracks by major local bands, including one of the last recordings made by Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon before his death (3 is a Magic Number).
posted to MetaFilter by bq at 8:07 AM on June 27, 2024 (38 comments)

"You asked to be read in on something big, and the day has come. The Moonrakers Investigative Unit has elevated my current work to critical" [Rogue 2⇔A rebellion built on hope. Save the Rebellion. Save the dream.]
posted to MetaFilter by HearHere at 3:27 AM on June 25, 2024 (15 comments)

Woodworm is a cute tiny little puzzle game you can play in a browser. Make your wiggly little worm eat the block of wood to match the shape given to you by the very large hands. (via waxy.org on mastodon)
posted to MetaFilter by moonmilk at 5:07 PM on June 24, 2024 (8 comments)

Fictional Monsters in first-person view (slyt) Starting small and getting increasingly huuuuuge...
posted to MetaFilter by jontyjago at 3:14 AM on June 22, 2024 (14 comments)

The Letterboxd Oscars (1927-2023) LYT 32 Min "Taking the Highest Average score from each year (with over 1k reviews) let's see how different the Academy Awards canon would look like - if Letterboxd chose the Oscars winners for best film. This list excludes Documentaries, Shorts , Concert films and Limited Series."
posted to MetaFilter by Faintdreams at 5:45 AM on June 20, 2024 (17 comments)

From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction MUDs, Usenet, and open source all play a part in 50 years of IF history.
posted to MetaFilter by hydropsyche at 4:35 AM on June 20, 2024 (20 comments)

BBC Rewind has a collection of freely downloadable sound effects available, as well as a mixer mode you can use to play around with them to your heart's content. For the deep-cut retrotech enthusiasts among us, I call your attention to the Electronics section, but there's a lot here to enjoy.
posted to MetaFilter by mhoye at 12:34 PM on June 19, 2024 (12 comments)

The European Union has twenty-four official languages, but, according to Jeremy Gardner, a senior translator at the European Court of Auditors, the real number is closer to twenty-three and a half. Gardner has compiled an anthology of offenses committed in what has come to be known as Eurenglish—an interoffice dialect that, as he writes in “A Brief List of Misused English Terms in E.U. Publications,” relies upon “words that do not exist or are relatively unknown to native English speakers outside the E.U. institutions.” Lauren Collins for the New Yorker (2013). A PDF version of Jeremy Gardner's report from 2016 is available here: "words that do not exist or are relatively unknown to native English speakers outside the EU institutions and often even to standard spellcheckers/grammar checkers (‘planification’, ‘to precise’ or ‘telematics’ for example)"
posted to MetaFilter by bq at 8:08 AM on June 18, 2024 (72 comments)

On any reasonably sunny day, the pool would by then be echoing with the names of well-known people being called to the phone, as well as with the names of unknown people being called to the phone by themselves in the forlorn hope that one day this would help them become well known, too. From his vantage in front of his cabana, Irving could not only watch the parade go by but get the parade to sit down with him and play cards. from The Man Who Spent Forty-two Years at the Beverly Hills Hotel Pool [The New Yorker, 1993; ungated]
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 12:12 AM on June 18, 2024 (16 comments)

The just-before or the just-after tell a story; whether of becoming, or of letting go. For over 12 years, Mary Jo Hoffman has been taking a daily image of a gathered natural object (usually plants, sometimes dead birds and in one case, a live toad). Click on "details" at the bottom right of each object for, well, details. Hoffman on technique: "I spend a lot of time waiting for the sun to go behind a cloud so I can get softer lighting."
posted to MetaFilter by spamandkimchi at 4:13 PM on June 17, 2024 (5 comments)

Hirayama (Koji Yakusho) is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
posted to FanFare by praemunire at 12:25 PM on February 17, 2024 (7 comments)

As events heat up across Europe, Daniel embarks on a quest to bring Viktor home; Rosie sets up her own business with new boyfriend Jonjo; Celeste exposes Stephen's secret life; Viv Rook sets her sights on the ultimate prize: No. 10 Downing St.
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 9:02 AM on July 23, 2019 (5 comments)

The focus of the six-part series is the Manchester-based Lyons family: Daniel is dating Ralph, Stephen and Celeste worry about their kids, Rosie is about to have her second child, and Edith has not been home for years. Presiding over them all is Gran, the imperious Muriel. All their lives converge on one crucial night in 2019, and the story accelerates into the future, following the lives and loves of the Lyons over the next 15 years
posted to FanFare by Faintdreams at 1:48 AM on May 15, 2019 (14 comments)

@drvolts: "Now, I'd like you to think about what will happen if Trump takes over, Project 2025 is implemented, & the entire federal bureaucracy (including law enforcement branches) is staffed with ideological MAGA cronies."[1]
posted to MetaFilter by kliuless at 8:42 AM on June 30, 2024 (80 comments)

So, what do we want to do about Rhaomi’s ideas for LinkFilter and other sub-site suggestions (text reproduced inside)?
posted to MetaTalk by Brandon Blatcher at 8:20 AM on June 22, 2024 (43 comments)

Soul Coughing plays the songs of Soul Coughing: Seventeen shows coming this fall. Artist presale begins Monday, June 24, with public sales starting Friday, June 28. More: Soul Coughing Underground is back online, leading off with some words on this reunion tour came to be.
posted to MetaFilter by bixfrankonis at 3:32 PM on June 20, 2024 (43 comments)

Hi there, MetaFilter!

This month’s Site Update includes a particularly important announcement. You can find the last site update here.

I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions!
posted to MetaTalk by loup at 2:13 PM on June 19, 2024 (239 comments)

Level Devil is a minimalist browser-based platformer that combines cruelty, accessibility, and a wicked sense of comic timing.
posted to MetaFilter by longtime_lurker at 3:13 PM on June 11, 2024 (22 comments)

Maj. William A. Anders, who flew on the first manned space mission to orbit the moon, the Apollo 8 “Genesis Flight” of Christmas Eve 1968, and took the color photograph “Earthrise” credited with inspiring the modern environmental movement, died on Friday morning when a small plane he was piloting alone dove into the water near Roche Harbor, Wa., northwest of Seattle. He was 90. [NY Times; ungated]
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 12:13 PM on June 8, 2024 (27 comments)

Hi, MetaFilter moderator here, posting an experimental thread, based on a recent suggestion by Rhaomi. Here's the idea, paraphrasing:

"Find a neat article, video, blog, etc. but don't feel up to the work of cobbling together an FPP, tags, title, and otherwise putting yourself out there? Just comment "LinkMe:" followed by the link and maybe a one sentence description for context. Everybody has tacit permission to turn your link into an FPP if they'd like, first come first serve, with a nod back to the original LinkFilter comment"

An example of the type of comment to make is inside, but don't feel bound to that exact format!
posted to MetaFilter by Brandon Blatcher at 8:15 AM on June 8, 2024 (108 comments)

When LLMs first arrived there were a lot of aspirational uses presented. It's 18 months later and if you've adopted an LLM into your workflow it would be interesting to know what has actually worked out.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Tell Me No Lies at 10:35 AM on May 25, 2024 (31 comments)

Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.
posted to FanFare by guiseroom at 11:27 AM on January 13, 2023 (18 comments)

In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
posted to FanFare by MoonOrb at 2:23 PM on June 17, 2020 (13 comments)

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
posted to FanFare by pwnguin at 10:27 AM on May 21, 2024 (8 comments)

The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form, or OEDILF (oh-DILF), is a magnificent, ambitious, and slightly insane attempt to write a limerick for every word in the English language, one letter group at a time. Twenty years after it was first posted to Mefi, it's still going strong—which means that it's now celebrating its twentieth birthday.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by rory at 7:30 AM on May 7, 2024 (1 comment)

Every choice matters as you command the Federation Starship Marigold through unexplored sectors in a desperate race against time.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by AndrewStephens at 10:27 PM on April 1, 2024 (5 comments)

Celebrating one's Thousand Days is an excuse to get more birthdays in your life. They never occur on your actual birthday, and also shift from season to season every time. You could also see who else shares your thousand day, even if they weren't born on the same day as you.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by scruss at 5:03 AM on March 28, 2024 (4 comments)

'Where in the World' is an interactive web based game in which you try to locate notable places or historical events on a map. You are given a series of 10 locations to find on a map. You try to get the lowest distance between your guess and the actual location.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by bitbotbit at 11:04 PM on March 24, 2024 (5 comments)

I love movies—and especially movie posters. I have very fond memories as a kid in the 80s seeing new movie posters at my local theater teasing next summer's blockbusters. So I thought it’d be fun to turn an unused TV into a digital movie poster display to help recreate some of that nostalgia at home. I figured out the best way to mount a TV vertically and connect it to a cloud-based library to display my collection of movie posters. I love how it turned out, so I decided to write a guide to help people who might be interested in putting together their own.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by wubbie at 2:11 PM on March 22, 2024 (6 comments)

At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.
posted to FanFare by Carillon at 6:16 PM on April 26, 2024 (11 comments)

Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.
posted to FanFare by ruben at 6:45 PM on February 17, 2020 (5 comments)

A special Bluey episode that is 28 minutes.
posted to FanFare by m@f at 9:25 PM on April 14, 2024 (13 comments)

The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
posted to FanFare by Carillon at 10:05 AM on April 10, 2024 (3 comments)

"Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute is an online community dedicated to developing a visual lexicon of consumer ephemera from the 1970s until now." Examples: Cyberdelia, Eco-Beige, Paperback Chic, Corporate Grunge / Grunge™, Genericana, and Dollar Store Vernacular. Each category has a "Gallery" -- select "Show" to display examples of the aesthetic.
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 11:33 AM on February 27, 2023 (36 comments)

This is a public thank you to chariot pulled by cassowaries for their frequent posts of good news from the natural world. It brightens my day to read about plants and animals recovering adversity, and people being not-terrible in helping them. Cheers to you.
posted to MetaTalk by seanmpuckett at 1:54 AM on April 6, 2024 (45 comments)

Most people would recognize it as the musical figure played by the piano in "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" at 00:06 in its use as the Looney Tunes theme. And I thought that's where it originated.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by the sobsister at 5:29 AM on April 2, 2024 (5 comments)

We Roleplayed the End of the World with 4000 Other People (People Make Games Youtube video) showcases Wasteland's fully immersive Mad Max inspired vibe. Start with Quintin's poor preparation and imminent heat stroke, stay for Chris "the most adorable and earnest war boy I've ever seen!" This is an exception to the rule, you should read the comments under the video.

comments my husband made on muckraker, fondly I will say:
"He looks like an adolescent war boy"
"He's not a war boy he's a newsboy"
"He's precious"
"He is a little war brother"
😂❤
posted to MetaFilter by spamandkimchi at 4:09 PM on March 19, 2024 (2 comments)

The aircraft they are following, the one they have been looking for, is not like the others in the group. She wears a paint scheme any other Liberator would think humiliating—white from chin turret to trailing edge, covered in a pox of bright red and blue polka dots about 18 inches in diameter. Aft of the trailing wing edge, she is army green, but the pox extends down her flanks in garish red and yellow dots. And she has a face... perhaps it was meant to be that of a shark, but it grins like a dim-witted dachshund. It seems to pant in the heat of the turbulent air. The spotted markings make her look like a massive flying bag of Wonderbread. from Polka Dot Warriors – The Assembly Ships of the Mighty Eighth
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 2:43 AM on March 14, 2024 (18 comments)

A conversation between environmental modeler Trevor House and journalist David Roberts. TLDR: did what it said on the tin Economic and environment models have come a long way and can now provide real- time assessment and predictions for proposed legislation.
posted to MetaFilter by Dashy at 1:54 PM on March 13, 2024 (12 comments)