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3 deep dives tagged Hardware — real systems, real numbers, no hand-waving.

Local Models vs Frontier APIs: An Honest Accounting

· 11 min read

What it actually takes to run LLMs on your own hardware, why memory bandwidth is the real bottleneck, and when the economics flip in favor of the API.

  • llms
  • local-models
  • inference

The Scary Truth About Your Phone's SIM Card

· 7 min read

Your SIM card is a computer with a CPU, OS, and network stack, running carrier applets you cannot audit. Inside the SIM, Simjacker, and what you can do.

  • security
  • mobile
  • sim

Quantum Computers Have a Dirty Secret

· 7 min read

Five fundamental limitations of quantum computing that explain why your laptop still beats quantum computers for most real-world tasks.

  • quantum-computing
  • ai
  • hardware

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