Thoughts

Can I run GenAI LLM models on local hardware, and if yes, at what cost? I had been asking myself this question for a long time, and thanks to a friend who kindly lent me an Asus Ascent GX10 machine, I was able to set up a more serious software stack compared to what I had on my personal computer.

What proportion of urban noise stems from transport? For some time now, I have wanted to do an article on this topic, in the spirit of articles of Our World In Data.

But Bon Pote recently published an article remarkably close to the article I had in mind, so, instead of writing my own piece, I'm spotlighting their work.

Welcome to the Spotlight series, a new series where I share with you one resource that I discovered recently and found particularly valuable, for instance a book, a video, a blog post, an author, or another medium that I find worth your time.

In this month of July, I want to share with you a book that a dear friend lent me: Atomic Habits by James Clear. I know it's not an original recommendation and you often see this book recommended in many places, but perhaps my insights will be original enough to be worth your time.

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Can mathematical optimisation bridge the gap between last-mile logistics and sustainability? In two months, my contract with KEDGE Business School will be ending, finalising a postdoctoral research of one year in the ConStanCE project. The acronym means, in French, “Contenants Standards pour une Cyclologistique Efficace”.

The subject of the project is the encapsulation of parcels in medium-sized containers for a more efficient modal shift between traditional last-mile logistics and cyclologistics.

I live in Bordeaux, in a region that was recently struck by wildfires. The fire didn't get to the city center, but the news coverage, the scale of the fires, the work of the firefighters, the number of relief shelters and volunteers finally inspired me to do something I had my mind on for a while: giving money to charity.

And so I set up a monthly to donation to the French firefighters association, Oeuvre des Pupilles.

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A few weeks ago, I had another go at sorting my musical library. My workflow for this is quite simple: download the music files, change metadata with MusicBrainz Picard, and use a homemade script to organize musics based on metadata. Playlist management was made using the Strawberry music player.

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Today, I only want to make a small rant concerning artificial intelligence and the vocabulary trends I've spotted in social media and company communications, especially on LinkedIn (Fuck LinkedIn by the way).

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Today, we talk about blogging using open-source software, comparing my previous workflow with the one I use today.

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End of April, my girlfriend and I went on holiday to the Alsace region in the North-East of France for a few days. Overall, we found it to be a magnificent region, even without the typical Christmas magic and its associated markets.