/tags/utility/ Recent content in Utility on An Untitled Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/2024-10-15_non-generative-llm-uses/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/2024-10-15_non-generative-llm-uses/ <p>Update Oct. 21st: The transcription portion of the post has been updated, what I originally mistook as issues with how the data was formatted was an issue with too many tokens in the transcript I wanted transcribed.</p> <hr> <p>At this point we all know how LLMs can generate text, and I&rsquo;m guessing that everybody reading this knows some relatively lightweight libre LLMs can be installed and run locally. But, as you can probably guess by reading this, I enjoy writing stuff, so text generation isn&rsquo;t really something that I have a use for. The knowledge stored in them is helpful for sure; I use local LLMs to find data or troubleshoot something on probably more or less a once-a-week basis (because I&rsquo;m not connected to the internet, can&rsquo;t find what I&rsquo;m looking for in search engines, want to ask about an error code in plain English, etc). They&rsquo;re also always fun to toy around with at first, but after using them for a while the fun wears off and it just becomes another tool.</p> /posts/2023-10-23_cell-down/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/2023-10-23_cell-down/ <p>I count myself lucky to live in a pretty stable and safe part of the world. The last three years or so might have been slightly less so, but still in the scheme of things I certainly haven&rsquo;t seen the worst of it. But hey, this year is as good of any to think about useful ways to utilize your electronics, specifically your phone, if the power goes out or something similar happens.</p>