I haven't written anything in a while (really since March, when the site was having problems that I still can't figure out why. Anyways, my last dependence on the THE EMPIRE OF EVIL complete. I upgraded my o365 email after all the copilot nonsense started mining my data. I also was QUITE angry how microsoft had lied about technicians that were working for an adversary, and LIED about it in the audit. I won't mention which enemies I am referring to, but lets say (I personally don't consider these folks enemies, but the GOVERNMENTS definately hate each other).
Microsoft also had told me that they were going to 'shut down' my tenant of nearly 10 years unless I did x and y and z. Also the costs of o365 were getting outrageous. What used to be $65.00 is now over 140 (and going HIGHER to pay for ai hysteria and overspending). I was going to create my 'own' server (using the EXCELLENT stalwart mail), but a colleague at work suggested fast mail which is $60.00/yr. And it Hoovered up ALL my email from O365 in about 20 minutes!. It also removed the need for my calendar server (for 5 years I used radicale), so I am very much UP in the realm of things to "NOT WORRY ABOUT".
On the subject of AI: I will soon be getting my framework desktop a WONDERFUL way to learn about local LLM models (while its pricey, its WAY less pricey than an nvidia earth scorher that needs 100Gigawatts and an arctic's worth of cooling). Its main claim to fame is its 'unified' 128GB of memory, which can be split between system and GPU. The GPU is probably the most powerful IGPU ever made.
Alas since I am going on a six day vacation, I will have to wait to pick it up. I will be publishing more often now that I am on a mostly working website....