<todd>
up_the_irons: still munching on it. I've tried 'openrouter/free' models but they randomly bugger up. Need to specify actual model:free via openrouter to get consistent results, fwiw.
<todd>
as Robert Scoble has said on X .. Steve Jobs used to remove RAM from employees workstations in order to encourage constraints when developing for better programs that use less memory.
<todd>
I've gained access to grok-bot and I'll thank you for letting me use wireguard to remote in and give the vm a public IPv6 address ... they have done some slick things well, like their remote desktop access works even with default route disabled (egads!) but before i knew what they were actually doing I figured it was a Xvfb thing. What do I see running under the hood? 'box 718 0.0 0.2 52988
<todd>
well that went wonky forgot there was a line length limit
<todd>
anyway, it's mindblowing that every user that gets grok-bot enabled gets their own docker container with sudo access to root and debian trixie and 128gb storage and 16gb ram and 8 vcpus
<todd>
and that's just the 'vm' used to run the equivalent of 'picoclaw + Xvfb' and support bits.
<todd>
sorry to be mindblown but .. my x premium+ was worth it for the unlimited access to grok Expert (x.com/i/grok => unlimited; grok.com => free token bucket shared with grok-build reset weekly, I run out in 24-48h every week like clockwork) .. but on top of all that I get bookmark folders on X, 6% APR on any cash I have in my X Money account (anyone can get X Money now as of 2 days ago, premum = 4%,
<todd>
premium+ = 6%), but I now get free access to a different ...
<todd>
... token pool for grok-bot and this spiffy vm that I'm planning to utilize fully when my grok-bot tokens expire (they let the vm run, but pause grok-bot usage when free bucket is empty)
<todd>
Imagine if I could give you a vm pre setup to walk people through openrouter signup and equivalent of grok-bot in far less resources .. and either free openrouter or choose their own model or host their own model
<todd>
I've seen (reading and using) nothing about grok bot I can't replicate in open source fully. the just put lipstick on a pig.
<todd>
.. also access to a finance connector that can essentially readonly access to banking info .. Imagine trying this out:
<todd>
or each financial institution, for each account, as far back as records are reachable, save the data according to YYYY MM breakdown path as follows: YYYY/MM/institution-account.csv (if the format is other than csv natively, save it to that) ... go!
<todd>
^or => For
<todd>
.. then automating it: Please create an automation to do the above to update the current and previous month every week Monday night at 9pm.
<todd>
.. then .. you get the picture ;-)
<todd>
When you're ready to test XMoney payments with ArpNetworks ping me. I'm game to pay that way easily.
<todd>
given today's llm needs, I don't know if it makes sense for you to consider thunder servers with gpu or not, but there's a market for them. if they do come with a gpu, might want to advertise its spec, some business++ may result ;-)
<todd>
if I had a 8-16gb vram gpu I'd be not constrained by free token buckets .. decent models can run with those constraints, even some have figured out how to run larger models via some clever sligtht of hand with decent results
<todd>
... sorry if that's a lot, but, hopefully useful and relevent or at least fun
<todd>
... and the whole reason I came here was to mention the grok bot thing and also mention that I tried out the write access api key with arpcli and it claimed to setup reverse dns .. and indeed the poral shows it. But dns mechanics need some .. work?
<todd>
t0|todd@tlaptop/qR ~|766$ host -t any 2607:f2f8:af98::620c:b07
<todd>
Host 7.0.b.0.c.0.2.6.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.9.f.a.8.f.2.f.7.0.6.2.ip6.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)