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I run local models on my M1 Max. there are a number of them that are quite useful.

Preach.

Golang is the best language there is for most workflows that aren't bare metal embedded or have real time requirements, and this is coming from a 20 year+ C++ dev.

The NSA doesn't do serious work?

Local models won't generally have as much context window, and the quantization process does make them "dumber" for lack of a better word.

If you try to get them to compose text, you'll end up seeing a lot less variety than you would with a chatgpt for instance. That said, ask them to analyze a csv file that you don't want to give to chatgpt, or ask them to write code and they're generally competent at it. the high end codex-gpt-5.2 type models are smarter, may find better solutions, may track down bugs more quickly -- but the local models are getting better all the time.

I have an M1 Max w/ 64gb that cost me much less than that -- you don't have to buy the latest model brand new.

I can definitely write code with a local model like Devstral small or a quantized granite, or a quantized deep-seek on an M1 Max w/ 64gb of ram.

64gb is fine.

I bought my M1 Max w/ 64gb of ram used. It's not that expensive.

Yes, the models it can run do not perform like chatgpt or claude 4.5, but they're still very useful.

Bongino was a secret service agent..

There are literally hundreds of thousands of TS/SCI cleared government employees and contractors. There is nothing "exceptionally difficult" about any of this.

polygraphs are junk science.

I don't know who the other two are, but Bongino was already polygraphed and cleared for the Secret Service -- there's no reason to pretend that he wasn't cleared for the job. This article reads like a political hit piece and has no real grasp of reality. It also has statements that clearly betray its author doesn't really understand how security clearances work anyway -- most clearances don't require polygraphs, those are an IC and LE thing, and any OCA can grant any waiver they choose to grant. In this particular case if the AG wanted to review this decision she could do so as his boss, but it really makes no difference.

Given that polygraphs are, again, junk science, who gives a shit.

Completely agree, it's a waste to make a laptop screen touchable.

If there is really a touch "screen" requirement, I would put a screen under the trackpad -- that would be more useful for me at least. I think somebody tried that and it pretty much flopped though.

Oh I'm sure he read about it somewhere. But the book is simply fiction. Most of the story as Luttrell tells it to this day is false, but the book is even worse.

The link I posted earlier tells the real story.

As an American, he's exactly right and it's not flamebait at all. Hell he's probably American too.

Luttrell didn't have anything to do with it. The writer is a British fiction writer. He did a one hour interview with Lutrell, that's the entire involvement Luttrell had with it.

Lone Survivor is simply a work of fiction.

http://www.darack.com/sawtalosar/

My first comment in this whole chain was crystal clear.

Live in your fantasy world.

Why would I need to refute patently obvious made up bullshit.

I am a 20+ year military veteran with multiple deployments. I don’t need to parade my “family members serving under America’s flag” for internet karma.

Anduril’s technology is saving lives right now all over the world.

Comp is 2-3x any other defense company.

Mission driven is very important.

Significant former military representation.

Anything DOD related is going to have need to know baked in due to DOD requirements. I’m not sure what your issue is with acronyms, they’re used a lot everywhere in defense. They’re not magic incantations, merely shorthand.

Meals yes, the rest of that no, it’s definitely not Google.

There are plenty of 9 to 5 jobs, and plenty that aren’t. Depends on what role you’re filling.

This is a ridiculous set of assertions that is utterly without foundation.

Claude is bad at embedded. Not sure why, it just is what it is for now.

Also there are usb devices that can run gpio/spi/i2c/uart for a few bucks.

It's still not a word.

That was true until Apple released the M series laptops.

"vishing" is not a fucking word no matter how much comptia wants it to be.

lot of mental health issues. I use LLMs for technical things, but these people using them for therapists, I'm not sure that's healthy.

LM Studio does automatic model loading and unloading fyi.

Wikipedia at least says you're right -- he was a Naval Aviator and test pilot, but must have left the service when he went to NASA.