CR 565: The Great Llama¶
- Air Date: 2024-04-10
- Duration: 50 mins 11 secs
About this episode¶
Why does Meta give away Llma for free? What's in it for them?
Plus, our thoughts on the data showing the trades are starting to see a boom, and new coding jobs are declining.
Your hosts¶
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- Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar
Episode links¶
- 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.
- 📻 Boost with Fountain.FM — Fountain 1.0 has a new UI, upgrades, and super simple Strike integration for easy Boosts.
- System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ, Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 4:30 PM | Meetup — Join Jupiter Broadcasting and System76 in the parking lot of Bellingham Technical College after the LinuxFest Northwest conference! Let's eat, drink and be nerdy!
- Google Vids is the latest AI-powered app in Workspace - The Verge — Google’s latest Workspace app reflects the way people talk at work now — and maybe signals the end of the slide deck’s supremacy.
- Cloud Next 2024: Gmail voice input, Gemini for Google Chat, more — Google is updating Help me write in mobile Gmail with voice prompting and input that lets you “send emails easily when you’re on the go.” Meanwhile, an “instant polish” feature will “convert rough notes to a complete email with one-click.” Google shared today that “70% of enterprise users who use Help Me Write in Docs or Gmail end up using Gemini’s suggestions.”
- Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple - The Verge — After years of issues, the upcoming Qualcomm chips might be a big moment for Windows on Arm.
- Google announces Axion, its first custom Arm-based data center processor | TechCrunch — Google did not provide any documentation to back these claims up and, like us, you’d probably like to know more about these chips. We asked a lot of questions, but Google politely declined to provide any additional information. No availability dates, no pricing, no additional technical data. Those “benchmark” results? The company wouldn’t even say which X86 instance it was comparing Axion to.
- Meta Platforms to Launch Small Versions of Llama 3 Next Week — The Information
- TV Host Mike Rowe weighs in on Gen Z gravitating toward trade jobs - YouTube
Tags¶
coder radio, developers, development podcast, gen z, google axion, google cloud next 2024, google vids, google workspace, llma3, meta, mike rowe, online jobs for teens, open-source, trade jobs, work-from-home stem jobs, workforce challenges