Two new AMD-powered NASes arrived; features like ECC RAM and a fully-upgradable CPU and Mini ITX motherboard are here.
In today's video I take a closer look at the 45Drives 45Homelab HL4, and the ASUSTOR Lockerstor 6 Gen 3:
I hate to post this, but Don Hui (Novaspirit Tech) passed away yesterday.
Very brief video about it here: β his family requested donations to his son Zachery's 529 college fund:
1. Go to Ugift529.com.
2. Enter the Ugift code: A2J-Z98
3. Enter your name and the amount of your gift.
4. Make your gift via EFT or check
RIP, we miss you Don!
Observations from video going viral about AI/LLM-related tech:
- Many people don't understand that 'AI' and 'NPU' chips that can barely run tiny models can't accelerate giant 10+ GB LLM models
- Many people have no clue you can run AI models offline / self-hosted
If anyone else has a newer model Raspberry Pi NVMe SSD, can you check if it has a Biwin storage controller? (Originals had Samsung) β want to verify if TRIM works or not...
Always good to be humbled by the capabilities of an individual less than half your age... mad respect for this completely custom-built arm laptop by Byran Huang:
Imagine if HP said you had to install an HP app on your computer, and every time you wanted to print a document in Microsoft Word, you had to have Word transfer that document to the HP app, then the HP app would be the only thing allowed to actually send the print job off.
