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Do you host your own AI?

I currently run Qwen3.6-27b on llama.cpp and use it via openwebui. Mostly, I use it for web research via tavily, to a lesser extent for coding and interactively learning about things that are new to me but common in training data (such as basic math or ML concepts).

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Given the 27b is a dense model, I think the numbers are quite ok. Curious about the quant tho.

The cool thing about the strix is its large unified memory, but it lacks memory bandwith for compute intensive workloads. Something like Qwen3.5-122b MoE with only like 12b active parameters might run at twice the speed if it fits the configuration.

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New Open Source law in Switzerland

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Swiss lemming here. Switzerland already open-sourced multiple projects before, most notably the app to store your COVID test / vaccination status in. It was even officially available on F-Droid. I was very suprised at that point, and I'm happy to see that there are now efforts to make such behavior more default and less edge case, even when there are exceptions.

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Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on Windows 11

I think this is a step in the right direction. Everyone can lose a portable device or it can get stolen, so protecting the potentially sensitive data is important.

I think what people are complaining about is not full-disk encryption itself, but the fact that people are not used to being responsible for their cryptographic keys.

I think we should educate people regarding this responsibility. We did it with regular keys we use to unlock our homes.