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[Gipp 🦅 @gippp69]

THIS GUY TURNED FOUR RETIRED NVIDIA TESLA P40s INTO A 96GB LOCAL AI SERVER THAT REPLACES A $412/MONTH SUBSCRIPTION STACK

four used GPUs → server chassis → power wiring → Ubuntu boot → NVIDIA drivers → local models running from his own hardware

each P40 carries 24GB of VRAM, giving the full machine 96GB across four cards for larger open models, private documents and long overnight jobs

these were once expensive datacenter accelerators, but retired cards now sell for a fraction of their original price while still handling serious local AI workloads

once the final GPU appears in Ubuntu, the server can run Ollama for research, summaries, transcription and scheduled agents without paying for every prompt

the old stack burns $4,944 every year → this box is paid once → keeps working while he sleeps → and sends none of his private data to the cloud

bookmark the full build, then read the article below to see how retired NVIDIA hardware is replacing an entire AI subscription stack

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

When you're told to evacuate, evacuate! The speed of this forest fire in Navas del Rey, near Madrid, Spain is terrifying.

It took 8 minutest to reach the camera.

[Carlos E. Perez @IntuitMachine]

I just published A Decade of Essays and the Evolution of My Thinking of Thinking https://t.co/PvKGMFbSxm

[Carlos E. Perez @IntuitMachine]

I had Opus 5 go through my essays in Medium to distill how my thinking evolved over a decade. Having AI thinking about your thinking about thinking can dig up some interesting new paths to explore.

[WOO Wéi-mín @woo_rocks]

@retrofuturama @KanikaBK exactly, I couldn’t find it

[WOO Wéi-mín @woo_rocks]

@KanikaBK Please: Source of the 12 pages?

[WOO Wéi-mín @woo_rocks]

@claudeai Thanks!

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

APPLEBAUM: Putin doesn't want to end the war, he wants to win the war.

To him, winning means occupying Ukraine, changing government, turning Ukraine into Russia’s satellite.

It means there isn’t really a deal that can be made with Putin unless he's convinced that he can't win.

The only way to do that is through military pressure, sanctions, and similar measures. And Trump hasn't been willing to do that.

He's actually stopped aiding Ukraine. As a result, he has no leverage over Russia, and he's been unable to convince Russians to settle.

He could still send deadly weapons to Zelenskyy, that would do a lot of damage to Russia, but he chooses not to.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Russia must get out of Ukraine with its war – we want no war. Ukraine has put forward proposals to our key partners, and Putin’s friends have also heard from us that a meeting is possible and that ending this war is possible. Russia must now take that step toward peace.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

ZELENSKYY: Russia attacks in a completely different way. It does so consistently, systematically, and insanely, waging war specifically against people, against life, in a way intended to cause more pain.

The world sees this. The world must not stand aside. Partners have Patriot systems in sufficient numbers, and the ability to produce defense systems is there.

What is needed are political decisions and real results in protecting lives. Eternal memory to all victims of Russian terror.

I thank everyone who helps Ukraine, especially with air defense! I thank everyone who stands with us, with Ukraine, with our people! Glory to Ukraine!

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Unfortunately, there is a shortage of anti-ballistic capabilities – a shortage of Patriots – while Putin still intends to “vanquish” residential buildings rather than end his war.

We have been discussing licenses for the production of Patriots with the U.S. Administration for a long time already. I thank all the countries helping through the PURL program, which enables us to purchase interceptors for Patriots. However, to reliably protect lives, we need our own production.

European production here in Ukraine, or jointly with our partners, would also support the U.S. in operations whenever needed. We hope for a positive response from President Trump to protect lives. I also thank everyone who has expressed condolences to Ukraine today, everyone who has not remained silent and condemned Russian terror.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Ballistic strikes on Kyiv are so heavy right now I can hear them from my home in Bucha some 25+km away from the capital border.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Last night’s Russian attack burned down around 800,000 Ukrainian books.

[War Radar @War_Radar2]

BREAKING: 🇵🇱🇷🇺 Poland's Foreign Minister Issues Stark Warning to Putin

"If Ukraine isn't enough for you… you'll have to face us."

Radosław Sikorski says Poland has F-16s, F-35s, Abrams tanks, HIMARS, and an army ready to fight.

The message: Poland says it is prepared to defend itself if Russia expands the war beyond Ukraine.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

A russian soldier called “Grom” raped Alisa Kovalenko for four days.

Before that, they beat her. They threatened to cut off her fingers and her teeth. They promised they would get to her parents, and to her boyfriend.

She was 27 – a documentary filmmaker who had come to Donetsk Oblast to film the beginning of Russia’s war.

A taxi driver turned her in.

Her partner, the French producer Stéphane Siohan, raised the alarm in the media. The public attention saved her. She was released. She carried what happened alone for more than a year before she could say it out loud – and then became one of the first women in Ukraine to say it anyway.

Russia expected that to break her.

In 2022, when they came back for the rest of the country, Kovalenko first got the heroes of her unfinished film to safety. Then she volunteered for the front – a mother of a small son, serving as an assault infantry soldier.

She put it as simply as it can be put:

“When you see even one form of Russian evil, you understand that it must be stopped at any cost.”

They wanted a victim. They got a soldier.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda

[Egas Moniz Bandeira ᠡᡤᠠᠰ ᠮᠣᠨᠢᠰ ᠪᠠᠨᡩ᠋ᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠ @egasmb]

Delighted that the third volume of our trilogy with Ivan Sablin exploring the origins of modern forms of government has seen the light of the world: "From Empire to Federation in Eurasia: Ideas and Practices of Diversity Management." Editing this trilogy was great fun! 😁

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Sean Penn missed the Oscars ceremony where he received an Oscar, and went to Ukraine instead.

Thank you for standing with Ukraine, Sir! Congratulations!

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Sean, thanks to you, we know what a true friend of Ukraine is.
You have stood with Ukraine since the first day of the full-scale war.
This is still true today.
And we know that you will continue to stand with our country and our people.

[Mykhailo Fedorov @FedorovMykhailo]

Ukraine launches TrophyLab: we are opening access to captured Russian weapon technologies for our global partners. Every missile, drone, and vehicle seized on the battlefield is now a source of knowledge for the free world.

Through this secure platform, allied governments, labs, and defense tech manufacturers gain access to deep technical data, reports, and vulnerabilities. Users can also request physical equipment for testing, significantly shortening the development cycle for countermeasures.

What was meant to be the enemy's secret advantage is being dismantled to defend democracy. Join the platform:
🔗 https://t.co/xoeCfXsIy3

[Meanwhile in Ukraine @MeanwhileInUA]

Ukraine isn't testing the SKYNEX air defense system anymore. It's using it - and the results are rewriting Europe's defense orders.

All four SKYNEX systems pledged by Germany have been delivered and are operational. Developed by Rheinmetall, each unit combines a 35mm automated anti-aircraft cannon with radar-guided targeting and a networked battle management system - designed specifically to intercept Shahed-type drones before they reach their targets.

Ukraine's Air Force called the results "impeccable." Rheinmetall is now planning to scale production to 400 systems per year by 2027 - a decision driven directly by what Ukraine proved in combat.

The drone war created the demand. Ukraine created the proof of concept.