Everything is already from China, but in here we discuss the cheap chink shit you see on various sites.

Useful links
>New guide (WIP): https://csg-guide.neocities.org/
>installgentoo wiki: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Chink_shit_general
>NEW GUIDE (WORK IN PROGRESS, USUALLY TRASH): https://pad.disroot.org/p/ZxYEUYubPTPDhsEkKobh
>Mergeboss links (Click 3, post yours): https://pad.disroot.org/p/%2Fcsg%2F_ali_game

>What headphones/earbuds should I buy?
>>>/g/iemg
>I want a cheap smartphone what should I buy?
>>>/g/spg/
>I want to buy some sort of emulation device
>>>/vr/hhg/

News!
>>100025265 We discuss zoomers and LEDs
>>100026277 Discussion about tooth whiteners and chink quackery
>>100027094 Anon doesn't know about reverse image search
>>100028427 We discuss blue LEDs and sleep
>>100028959 Anon's $8 cancer tablet case arrived, despite delays to the rest of his order, which he later reviews >>100068942
>>100030857 >What ever happened to partial refunds without returning?
>>100038465 Anon asks for controller recommendations
>>100042373 Anon's $6 order arrives
>>100044346 Anon is confused by how the algorithm works
>>100045138 New policy for delayed orders
>>100045309 Anon buys a Chinesium grater
>>100046948 Outdoor anon's order arrives
>>100047641 Anon asks for advice when buying a powerbank
>>100051121 types of "biodegradable" plastics
>>100054614 Anon's sounding device arrived
>>100056592 towel review
>>100056907 Soldering iron recommendations
>>100063413 Anon buys chink waifu RAM
>>100063618 Do chink sound isolation plates actually work?

Previous: >>100025070

Is software meant to be disposable?

/lmg/ - a general dedicated to the discussion and development of local language models.

Previous threads: >>100089724 & >>100085253

►News
>(04/18) Llama 3 8B, 70B pretrained and instruction-tuned models released: https://llama.meta.com/llama3/
>(04/17) Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1 released: https://mistral.ai/news/mixtral-8x22b/
>(04/15) Microsoft AI unreleases WizardLM 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20240415221214/https://wizardlm.github.io/WizardLM2/
>(04/09) Mistral releases Mixtral-8x22B: https://twitter.com/MistralAI/status/1777869263778291896
>(04/09) Llama 3 coming in the next month: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/meta-confirms-that-its-llama-3-open-source-llm-is-coming-in-the-next-month/

►FAQ: https://wikia.schneedc.com
►Glossary: https://archive.today/E013q | https://rentry.org/local_llm_glossary
►Links: https://rentry.org/LocalModelsLinks
►Official /lmg/ card: https://files.catbox.moe/cbclyf.png

►Getting Started
https://rentry.org/llama-mini-guide
https://rentry.org/8-step-llm-guide
https://rentry.org/llama_v2_sillytavern
https://rentry.org/lmg-spoonfeed-guide
https://rentry.org/rocm-llamacpp

►Further Learning
https://rentry.org/machine-learning-roadmap
https://rentry.org/llm-training
https://rentry.org/LocalModelsPapers

►Benchmarks
Chatbot Arena: https://chat.lmsys.org/?leaderboard
Programming: https://hf.co/spaces/bigcode/bigcode-models-leaderboard
Censorship: https://hf.co/spaces/DontPlanToEnd/UGI-Leaderboard
Censorbench: https://codeberg.org/jts2323/censorbench

►Tools
Alpha Calculator: https://desmos.com/calculator/ffngla98yc
GGUF VRAM Calculator: https://huggingface.co/spaces/NyxKrage/LLM-Model-VRAM-Calculator
Sampler visualizer: https://artefact2.github.io/llm-sampling/index.xhtml

►Text Gen. UI, Inference Engines
https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui
https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp
https://github.com/lmg-anon/mikupad
https://github.com/turboderp/exui
https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp

Previous /sdg/ thread : >>100090187

>Beginner UI local install
Fooocus: https://github.com/lllyasviel/fooocus
EasyDiffusion: https://easydiffusion.github.io

>Local install
Automatic1111: https://github.com/automatic1111/stable-diffusion-webui
ComfyUI (Node-based): https://rentry.org/comfyui
AMD GPU: https://rentry.org/sdg-link#amd-gpu
Intel GPU: https://rentry.org/sdg-link#intel-gpu

>Use a VAE if your images look washed out
https://rentry.org/sdvae

>Auto1111 forks
Forge: https://github.com/lllyasviel/stable-diffusion-webui-forge
Anapnoe UX: https://github.com/anapnoe/stable-diffusion-webui-ux
Vladmandic: https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic

>Run cloud hosted instance
https://rentry.org/sdg-link#run-cloud-hosted-instance

>Try online without registration
txt2img: https://www.mage.space
img2img: https://huggingface.co/spaces/huggingface/diffuse-the-rest
Inpainting: https://huggingface.co/spaces/fffiloni/stable-diffusion-inpainting
pixart: https://huggingface.co/spaces/PixArt-alpha/PixArt-Sigma

>Models, LoRAs & embeddings
https://civitai.com
https://huggingface.co
https://rentry.org/embeddings

>Animation
https://rentry.org/AnimAnon
https://rentry.org/AnimAnon-AnimDiff
https://rentry.org/AnimAnon-Deforum

>SDXL info & download
https://rentry.org/sdg-link#sdxl

>Index of guides and other tools
https://codeberg.org/tekakutli/neuralnomicon
https://rentry.org/sdg-link
https://rentry.org/rentrysd

>View and submit GPU performance data
https://docs.getgrist.com/3mjouqRSdkBY/sdperformance
https://vladmandic.github.io/sd-extension-system-info/pages/benchmark.html

>Share image prompt info
4chan removes prompt info from images, share them with the following guide/site...
https://rentry.org/hdgcb
https://catbox.moe

>Related boards
>>>/h/hdg
>>>/e/edg
>>>/d/ddg
>>>/b/degen
>>>/vt/vtai
>>>/aco/sdg
>>>/trash/sdg

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/t/'s GNU/Linux Games: >>>/t/1175569

IRC: #sqt on Libera.Chat
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Previous thread: >>100071558

/aicg/ - A general dedicated to the discussion and development of AI chatbots

fairy miku edition

>News
Meta AI released Llama 3 8B and 70B https://llama.meta.com/llama3
Claude Opus on Amazon Bedrock https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/anthropics-claude-3-opus-model-on-amazon-bedrock
OpenAI released gpt-4-turbo as a stable version https://platform.openai.com/docs/models/gpt-4-turbo-and-gpt-4


additional info: https://rentry.org/aicg_extra_information
lore: https://rentry.org/aicg_chronicles

>Bots
https://chub.ai
https://chub-archive.evulid.cc
https://rentry.org/meta_bot_list
https://booru.plus/+pygmalion

>Frontends
https://sillytavern.app [SillyTavern]
https://agnai.chat [Agnai]
https://risuai.xyz [RisuAI]
https://docs.miku.gg [Miku]
https://character.ai [CAI]

>Botmaking
https://rentry.org/meta_botmaking_list
https://desune.moe/aichared
https://agnai.chat/editor

>Guides
https://rentry.org/tavern4retards

>Jailbreaks
https://rentry.org/jb-listing

>Models
claude: https://docs.anthropic.com
gpt: https://platform.openai.com/docs
gemini: https://ai.google.dev/docs
local: >>>/g/lmg
https://rentry.org/meta_golocal_list

>Meta
OP templates: https://rentry.org/aicgOP
services assessment: https://rentry.org/aicg_meta
fun JBs and prompts: https://rentry.org/weirdbutfunjailbreaksandprompts - https://rentry.org/jinxbreaks
sultra: https://github.com/kingbased/gemini
logs: https://chatlogs.neocities.org
aicg botmaking events: https://rentry.org/meta_event_list

miku's friend: >>100091216

>UPGRADE & BUILD ADVICE.
Post build list or current specs including MONITOR: https://pcpartpicker.com/
Provide specific use cases.
State BUDGET and COUNTRY or you will NOT be helped.

>UPCOMING
Intel Battlemage (Q3 2024)
RTX 5000 Series (Q4 2024)
Intel Arrow Lake (Q4 2024)

>CPU
Web browsing: i3 14100/5600G
Budget: i5 12600KF
Gaming: i7 12700KF/7600
High end gaming: i7 14700K/7800X3D
Workstation: 14700K/7900X
AM4 upgrade: 5600/5800X3D

>COOLER
Arctic Liquid Freezer III
Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Scythe Fuma 3 (ITX/>42mm RAM)
Thermalright Peerless Assassin SE
Budget: Assassin X 120 Refined SE, ID-COOLING SE-214-XT
AVOID: Dark Rock Pro 4/5, NH-U12A/D15(S)

>MOTHERBOARD
ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2

>RAM
DDR4: 2x16GB 3200CL16. Budget, 2x8GB
DDR5: 2x16GB 6000CL30
Workstation/high end: consider 2x32GB

>SSD (OS drive)
Budget: Crucial P3 Plus, Lexar NM710 (EU)
Mid range: WD SN850X
High end: Sabrent Rocket 5, Samsung 990 Pro

>GPU
1080p: RTX 4070 Super, budget: RTX 4060
1440p: RTX 4080 Super, budget: RTX 4070 Ti Super
2160p: RTX 4090
Workstation: RTX 4000 Series, AVOID: AMD cards, RTX 3060 12GB

>CASE (from $ to $$$)
mATX: Montech Air 100, Fractal Pop Mini Air, Lian Li O11 Air Mini
ATX: Montech AIR 903 Base, Lian Li Lancool 216, Lian Li Lancool III
AVOID: 'Silent' cases, fanless cases, 4000D airflow

>PSU
Budget: High end gold rated 500-600W PSU
Mid range: ATX 3.0 compliant gold rated PSU @ 75% max load
High end: Seasonic PRIME TX, be quiet! Dark Power Pro 13, Corsair HX1500i refresh
AVOID: GAMEMAX
PSU buying guides:
https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atx-v3-0-pcie-5-0-ready-psus-picks-2023-hardware-busters/ (updated for 2024)
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

>OS
Activate Windows @ >>>/g/fwt

>CASE FANS
Meta: get a case with good stock PWM fans
Budget: Arctic P12 PWM PST 5 pack
High end: Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM

Are 100% keyboards ideal if your desk is large and you use your left hand for your mouse
Or are 100% keyboard worthless bloat?

Its over Signal is pozzed.

/lmg/ - a general dedicated to the discussion and development of local language models.

Previous threads: >>100085253 & >>100081628

►News
>(04/18) Llama 3 8B, 70B pretrained and instruction-tuned models released: https://llama.meta.com/llama3/
>(04/17) Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1 released: https://mistral.ai/news/mixtral-8x22b/
>(04/15) Microsoft AI unreleases WizardLM 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20240415221214/https://wizardlm.github.io/WizardLM2/
>(04/09) Mistral releases Mixtral-8x22B: https://twitter.com/MistralAI/status/1777869263778291896
>(04/09) Llama 3 coming in the next month: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/meta-confirms-that-its-llama-3-open-source-llm-is-coming-in-the-next-month/

►FAQ: https://wikia.schneedc.com
►Glossary: https://archive.today/E013q | https://rentry.org/local_llm_glossary
►Links: https://rentry.org/LocalModelsLinks
►Official /lmg/ card: https://files.catbox.moe/cbclyf.png

►Getting Started
https://rentry.org/llama-mini-guide
https://rentry.org/8-step-llm-guide
https://rentry.org/llama_v2_sillytavern
https://rentry.org/lmg-spoonfeed-guide
https://rentry.org/rocm-llamacpp

►Further Learning
https://rentry.org/machine-learning-roadmap
https://rentry.org/llm-training
https://rentry.org/LocalModelsPapers

►Benchmarks
General Purpose:
https://hf.co/spaces/HuggingFaceH4/open_llm_leaderboard
https://hf.co/spaces/lmsys/chatbot-arena-leaderboard
Programming: https://hf.co/spaces/bigcode/bigcode-models-leaderboard
Censorbench: https://codeberg.org/jts2323/censorbench

►Tools
Alpha Calculator: https://desmos.com/calculator/ffngla98yc
GGUF VRAM Calculator: https://huggingface.co/spaces/NyxKrage/LLM-Model-VRAM-Calculator
Sampler visualizer: https://artefact2.github.io/llm-sampling/index.xhtml

►Text Gen. UI, Inference Engines
https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui
https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp
https://github.com/lmg-anon/mikupad
https://github.com/turboderp/exui
https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp