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The future of spectrum and communications

5 August 20215 August 2021 by rich

Wow, things are about to change alot in the communications business. There are two big things happening: Wifi 6E at 1GHhz at 6GHz. Ok, this has a horrible name, but basically, the US is about to open up 1GHz worth of spectrum in the 6GHz range. The implications of this are just awesome. Right now […]

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More tips on keyboard shortcut tricks for vim text objects and motions and vimari reminders plus brew –force

5 August 20215 August 2021 by rich

Well, in the never-ending quest to be efficient, one this that is a pain is that in normal vi, if you want to say change things inside a set of quotes, you have to go backward to the first quote with F” and then change to the next quote with ct” which means Find backward […]

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Paul, Deon & Tong

Now with rotating cohosts Rich, Paul and Deon cover all the current news, all things Apple, Smart Home and Smart EDC with Paul. And all things Startups, Robotics, Smart Health and Artificial Intelligence with Deon. Or whatever they want to talk about.

Tips, tricks and traps on technology, mobile, software, machine learning and shopping since 1996

A conversation with Devindra on the possibilities of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models for education in India and other Middle and Low-Income Countries. While these large language models today mainly work in the cloud and require high-speed internet connectivity, the promise is that smaller models that are more specialized have already been ported to MacBook Pro M1 and other laptops. And with advances like 4-bit quantization, there is the possibility they can even run on modern smartphones.The experience in China and in India is that parents will save inordinately to give their children a better life than theirs. Both Devindra and I are the beneficiaries of that thinking and we are forever grateful to our parents for their sacrifice. So, this means that there is a possibility that there could be a commercial incentive which is much better than constantly asking for charitable dollars.The new LLMs promise interactivity and individualized instruction that was impossible before. Early demonstrations of learning a foreign language are promising as is the student being able to ask the ”why” of how Python is structured, not just the ”get it done” without understanding that online education often creates.Finally, having an eye toward inclusivity for everyone of any gender, race or social status is something that needs to be baked in. We look forward to helping!

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