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Cake day: 2023年7月1日

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  • Thank you for deciding to engage with our community here! You’re in good company.

    Kobold just released a bunch of tools for quant making you may want to check out.

    Kcpp_tools

    I have not made my own quants. I usually just find whatever imatrix gguf bartowlski or the other top makers on HF release.

    I too am in the process of upgrading my homelab and opening up my model engine as a semi public service. The biggest performance gains ive found are using CUDA and loading everything in vram. So far just been working with my old nvidia 1070ti 8gb card.

    Havent tried vllm engine just kobold. I hear good things about vllm it will be something to look into sometime. I’m happy and comfortable with my model engine system as it got everything setup just the way I want is but I’m always open to performance optimization.

    If you havent already try running vllm with its CPU nicencess set to highest priority. If vllm can use flash attention try that too.

    I’m just enough of a computer nerd to get the gist of technical things and set everything up software/networking side. Bought a domain name, set up a web server and hardened it. Kobolds webui didnt come with https SSL/TLS cert handling so I needed to get a reverse proxy working to get the connection properly encrypted.

    I am really passionate about this even though so much of the technical nitty gritty under the hood behind models goes over my head. I was inspired enough to buy a p100 Tesla 16gb and try shoving it into an old gaming desktop which is my current homelab project. I dont have a lot of money so this was months of saving for the used server class GPU and the PSU to run it + the 1070ti 8gb I have later.

    The PC/server building hardware side scares me but I’m working on it. I’m not used to swapping parts out at all. when I tried to build my own PC a decade ago it didnt last long before something blew so there’s a bit of residual trauma there. I’m worried about things not fit right in the case, or destroying something or the the card not working and it all.

    Those are unhealthy worries when I’m trying to apply myself to this cutting edge stuff. I’m really trying to work past that anxiety and just try my best to install the stupid GPU. I figure if I fail I fail thats life it will be a learning experience either way.

    I want to document the upgrade process journey on my new self hosted site. I also want to open my kobold service to public use by fellow hobbyist. I’m not quite confident in sharing my domain on the public web though just yet I’m still cooking.








  • Have you by chance checked out kobold.cpp lite webUI? It allows some of what your asking for like RAG for worldbuilding, adding images for the llm to describe to add into the story, easy editing of input and output, lots of customization in settings. I have a public instance of kobold webui setup on my website and I’m cool with allowing fellow hobbyist using my compute to experiment with things. If your interested in trying it out to see if its more what youre looking for, feel free to send me a pm and I’ll send you the address and a api key/password.






  • Good to hear you figured it out with router settings. I’m also new to this but got all that figured out this week. As other commenters say I went with a reverse proxy and configured it. I choose caddy over nginx for easy of install and config. I documented just about every step of the process. I’m a little scared to share my website on public fourms just yet but PM me ill send you a link if you want to see my infrastructure page where I share the steps and config files.


  • I’m sure your daughter and you will have a great time. People get touchy over legal grey area and what your allowed to do and where. Some people are sticklers, some see digging holes in the ground of abandoned/public places as ‘eh, who really cares?’ Indifferent to local laws. Its up to you to decide how you feel about it and where you want to try your luck.

    I personally have no problem detecting in public places I know nobody lives or cares about regardless of what tax/lot records say. Ive done a few side of the track runs, abandoned schools, big field lots that filled old public pools, riverside hiking trails. As long as you arent making nasty holes its not worth anyone’s trouble… Worst case scenario someone tells you to leave.


  • Welcome! Thanks for choosing to be here :) Hope you have fun with your garette and post some good finds this season!

    My advice is to get a pinpointer if you dont alrewdg have one its a lifesaver. Practice plugs in the backyard is a good idea. Get a feel for the process.

    Detectors have lots of buttons and options for discrimination it can feel overwhelming/confusing at times. Keep it simple! If it beeps when run metal under the head your good to go. If you know how, just turn sensitivity down a little thats all no need to worry about the numbers.

    Even if you just find pull tabs and batteries in the yard don’t let it discourage you. If you keep at an area of ground over a long period you bit by bit increase likelyhood of finding good stuff by removing all the trash in the ground.

    I keep everything I pull out of the ground. Even scraps of aluminum and pull tabs have a spot in my collection. Get a cheap display case or trophy table and show it off!