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   Rob Pike (robpike@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2024 06:16:36 JST Rob Pike

   Looking for ideas. Apple offered me $500 for my old laptop, but when I sent it in they say, "Oh, a scratch. We'll give you $100." There's no way a perfectly functioning and upgraded M1 MacBook Air is worth only $100. So I got it back.

   Now I'm looking for a good home for it. I don't want money, I want it to have a good life. Two conditions:

   1. It has to help make the world a better place.
   2. I'm not shipping it, so the transfer has to be local to Sydney.

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     Rob Pike (robpike@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 13:08:35 JST Rob Pike

     in reply to

     • Todd Thomas :ivory_logo:
     • Cyril Zakka, MD

     @czakka @todd

     Assuming you meant this sincerely, I will answer. Three reasons.

     1) I want to have fewer machines.
     2) I don't need or want an assistant, automated or otherwise.
     3) I engage with ML as little as possible.

     You may feel differently.

     James Morris likes this.
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     Cyril Zakka, MD (czakka@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 13:08:37 JST Cyril Zakka, MD

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     • Todd Thomas :ivory_logo:

     @robpike @todd why not keep it and use it as a home server for your own personal assistant using MLX?