AI
Local vs. Cloud GPUs: A Closer Look at Environmental Impact and Privacy
While cloud-based GPUs offer flexibility and convenience, they may not always be better from an environmental or privacy standpoint.
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AI
Omi AI is Not Your Friend
AI wearables promise perfection, but come with ethical and privacy concerns.
AI
What's the Best Local AI Model
Qwen 2.5, Falcon 3 -- the best open-source AI models you can run on your PC.
Computers
Stop. Never Buy a Laptop Again.
One company aims to reduce the global tech market by $100 billion, and I think they can do it.
Newsletter
December's Close: 2024
Odin's first newsletter in a while, with lots of updates and thoughts for the year ahead.
Insurance
The Canonization of Luigi Mangione
The assassination of the CEO of HealthUnited shocked the world. Then the world applauded.
technology
Why I'm Almost Ready to Replace Google
Proton now provides a private AI tool, a cloud Drive, online documents (a la Google Docs), a calendar, a VPN, and a password manager.
Public Health
What is Your Life Worth?
The victims of men like Brian Thompson live with fear every day. The only difference is: our society collectively gives exactly zero f***s about the ordinary person struggling to pay their medical bills.
parenting
First Week as a Dad?
Being a dad seemed like some strange monolith glimpsed through fog. More fiction than fact. Now, suddenly, I'm standing before it, humbled and in awe.
Poetry
Emily Dickinson's Poems Become Public Domain
Copyright ends, creativity begins. Dickinson’s Further Poems is now public—learn the story of feuds, fame, and freedom in art. When Emily Dickinson died in 1886, she left an astonishing 1,800 unpublished poems behind. And, because of a strange quirk of copyright law, an important part of this
technology
QR Code Care
QR codes are awesome, but they're also one of the fastest-rising points of attack for stealing your data.
technology
An Open-Source Robot?
The Tiangong robot's greatest potential is in its ability to supercharge a grassroots movement of robotics design and use... all without corporations getting in the way.