Come and Take It: The Battle for Local Inference
Sam Altman says the RAM in your own computer, used 5% of the time, is a terrible allocation, and the cloud should have it instead. Local inference disagrees. Two memes.
Reporting from the Upper Cumberland.
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Halloween night in Livingston, Tennessee, filmed from inside the storm door while we handed out candy — every trick-or-treater who came to the glass, from the first cowboy at dusk to a very large green inflatable alien.
The Tea Room Sessions: "Sharpshooter" — Desert Honey
The Tea Room Sessions continue. Third song out is "Sharpshooter." Desert Honey — Sarah Slade and Jade Arrow — recorded live March 2, 2024, at the grand opening of Outcast Nature Boutique in Livingston, Tennessee.
The Tea Room Sessions: "Meet Me in Tennessee" — Desert Honey
The Tea Room Sessions continue. Second song out is "Meet Me in Tennessee." Desert Honey — Sarah Slade and Jade Arrow — recorded live March 2, 2024, at the grand opening of Outcast Nature Boutique in Livingston, Tennessee.
The Tea Room Sessions: "Heartbreaker" — Desert Honey
The Tea Room Sessions start today. First song out is "Heartbreaker," written by Jade Arrow. Desert Honey — Sarah Slade and Jade Arrow — recorded live March 2, 2024, at the grand opening of Outcast Nature Boutique in Livingston, Tennessee.
Nothing New: Rocket Cars Were Flying 50 Years Before the Tesla Roadster
Elon Musk's flying Tesla Roadster is making the rounds as if it were the first rocket car. Bonneville, Snake River, Alvord and Santa Pod say otherwise. Six runs, 1970 to 1982, in 104 seconds.
Herald-Citizen stories
- Sep 26, 2026Planted in public soil
- Sep 25, 2026The dirt yard at Standing Stone: 43 years of keeping marbles alive
- Sep 21, 2026'Really Really Free Market' returns Saturday
- Sep 14, 2026Cookeville centenarian gives up the car, not the wit
- Sep 8, 2026Girl Scout restores rail trail benches
- Jul 29, 2026Full Circle
- Jul 22, 2026From cradle to casket: Tennessee Basketry Association holds annual convention in Cookeville
- Jun 24, 2026A family reunion for everyone
- Jun 18, 2026Cookeville print shop marks 30 years
- Jun 17, 2026The 'Really Really Free Market'
- May 14, 2026Revitalizing History
- May 12, 2026Bohannon celebrates 99th birthday
- May 9, 2026Cookeville granite shop bets on craftsmanship over automation
- Apr 29, 2026When the prayers have been said
- Apr 21, 2026Cookeville kickboxer fights for title Saturday
- Apr 20, 2026Cookeville's Wild Grove brings holistic health practitioners under one roof
- Apr 14, 2026Young Republicans host 'King of Kings' rally at courthouse
- Mar 31, 2026'No Kings'
- Mar 25, 2026Free clinic brings $425,000 in healthcare to Cookeville for 10th straight year
- Mar 19, 2026A place to relax and decompress
- Feb 25, 2026Age of Aquariums
- Feb 18, 2026'Hurts so good'
- Feb 3, 2026TVA's "small" nuclear reactor, and why Cookeville should care
- Jan 9, 2026Emerald Ash Borer
- Jan 8, 2026Gene Watson brings 50 years of pure country to Cookeville
- Dec 18, 2025Dialysis three days a week, a transplant still out of reach
- Dec 4, 2025Author turns childhood loss into stories that resonate across generations
- Nov 26, 2025Shutdown increases food bank demand
- Nov 26, 2025Box of blessings
- Nov 25, 2025Small-town magic at the Warren County Fair
- Nov 25, 2025Beef vs. dairy: Two shows, two stories at the Warren County Fair
- Nov 25, 2025Tennessee's dairy farms fight to survive as costs rise and land disappears
- Nov 23, 2025Little kids, big cows steal the spotlight at Warren County Fair
- Nov 13, 2025Ten veterans honored at Quilts of Valor presentation
- Nov 7, 2025Seibers named Caregiver of the Year
- Oct 31, 2025Stamps Cemetery a labor of love, history
- Oct 20, 2025'No Kings 2.0' draws hundreds to courthouse
- Oct 10, 2025Cookeville-area legends explored in new book
- Sep 4, 2025Johnson Nursery celebrates 110 years of roots in Putnam County
- Aug 5, 2025613,245 Books
- Jun 16, 2025'A safe place to sleep'
- Jun 3, 2025Doll exhibit gets new life after 2020 tornado
- May 30, 2025That's a 'Grand Old Flag'
- May 2, 2025CrossFit Mayhem hosts Operation Conquer Hunger
- Apr 21, 2025WWII veteran celebrates 103rd birthday
- Apr 10, 2025Monterey gears up for April off-road extravaganza
- Apr 3, 2025Living large on the lake
- Mar 13, 2025Windstorm leaves Cookeville woman with expensive mess
- Feb 27, 2025Woodson visits the White House
- Jan 31, 2025UC Quilt Festival celebrates 35 years
- Jan 22, 2025Appliance Mart has new owner
- Dec 9, 2024Motorcycle club provides Christmas for kids
- Nov 26, 2024Turning history into craft
- Oct 30, 2024Comedy punk band performs in Cookeville
- Oct 29, 2024Container home development coming to Clay County
- Oct 24, 2024Brothers Tavern opening on Sparta Square
- Oct 18, 2024Green Jellÿ to perform in Cookeville Oct. 26
- Oct 16, 2024Unsung Heroes
- Oct 7, 2024Baxter couple's new foster facility offers hope to vulnerable puppies
- Sep 11, 2024Cookeville centenarian reminisces about life
- Aug 22, 2024Anna Green celebrates 100th birthday with song, dance memories
- Jul 30, 2024Cookeville woman and New Jersey couple share surrogacy story
- Jun 11, 202448 dogs find new homes
- Jun 6, 2024Animal shelter waives adoption fees for some dogs through June 8
- May 17, 2024Baxter couple opens puppy rescue
- Feb 28, 2024Michael's coming to Willow Tree Shopping Center
- Jan 17, 2024City struggles with litter problem
- Nov 20, 2023Animal shelter faces persistent challenges
- Oct 13, 2023Cedar Recovery abandons plans for Rickman treatment center
- Aug 3, 2023Injured dog needs help with medical bills
Medium stories
- Sep 2026Crosstalk: An Agentic Love Story 3
- Sep 2026Crosstalk: An Agentic Love Story 2
- Sep 2026Crosstalk: An Agentic Love Story 1
- Sep 22, 2026The Same Species
- Sep 20, 2026Magic Beans
- Sep 14, 2026Shut Up and Multiply
- Sep 12, 2026Charlie was a mainframe
- Sep 8, 2026The Data Centers Are Not Watching You. Something Else Is.
- Aug 12, 2026The Jihad Comes For The Small
- Jul 19, 2026You Didn't Watch a Movie. You Watched Somebody Else's Video Game.
- Jun 30, 2026Same Guy, Three Costumes: From Falling Down to the Supreme Court to the Movie Elon Musk Gave Away… (title truncated in list view)
- Jun 11, 2026The Left Always Loses Because It Wants To
- Jun 7, 2026Seven Days of Strawmen: PragerU's Socialism Series, Fact-Checked and Filleted
- Jun 6, 2026The $1.75 Trillion Magic Trick
- Apr 18, 2026A Galaxy Built on Chains: The Unexamined Slavery Economy of Star Wars
- Mar 5, 2026The Dog Had No Name
- Mar 4, 2026You Are Already Dead
- Mar 3, 2026"Fascism Is Leftist" Is a LibertAryan Fairy Tale — Let's Burn It Down
- Feb 27, 2026Something is Off: The Post-Apocalyptic Romance You Didn't Know You Were Watching
- Feb 8, 2026The Roots Run Deep: A Comprehensive, Meticulously Sourced History of the Trump Family and Racism
- Feb 1, 2026Cheaper Tea, Bigger Lies (subtitle truncated on page: 'When Trumpists start shouting "No…')
- Jan 30, 2026The Kremlin's Playbook: How Alexander Dugin's Geopolitical Fantasies Became Trump's Foreign and… (title truncated in list view)
- Jan 29, 2026Andrew Isker: Now Casting for the Role of Alex Jones Jr.
- Jan 29, 2026Bioshockingly stupid (subtitle truncated on page: "I previously posted about how the Trump…")
- Jan 28, 2026Misérables in the Multiverse of Missed Points
- Jan 27, 2026Shock, Awe, and a Side of Freedom Fries
- Jan 26, 2026Alligator Auschwitz and the New American Fascism
- Jan 25, 2026Make America 1950 Again: The America Party 卐 Rises
- Jan 24, 2026Very Fine People on One Side, Nazis on the Other (Part 2 of GOP Fascism series)
- Jan 22, 2026Fountain of Youth: Apple's $200 Million Cutscene Compilation
- Jan 22, 2026From Slave Patrols to ICE: The Institutional Ancestry of Racialized Enforcement in America
- Jan 19, 2026Blood Libel Reborn: The Sascha Riley Story and the Return of Satanic Panic
- Jan 13, 2026The Linguistic Phantom: How the DHS Weaponized a Fake Nazi Quote to Sell Real Nazi Doctrine
- Jan 8, 2026"AI Psychosis" (Part 2): The Reinforcement Machine
- Jan 7, 2026The White Man's Burden, Reheated (subtitle truncated on page: "Stephen Miller, imperial nostalgia, and…")
- Jan 6, 2026The Chatbot Delusion Machine, (Part 1)
- Jan 4, 2026Crisis in Caracas: What Happens After Maduro's Capture?
- Jan 3, 2026The Transactional Hegemon Came for Maduro: A Nineteen-Day Prophecy
- Jan 2, 2026The Watchdog's Leash
- Jan 1, 20262025: Robots, Coups, Propaganda, and Haunted Limestone (year in review)
- Dec 29, 2025The Humanoid Fallacy
- Dec 27, 2025The Christmas Pivot
- Dec 26, 2025The Misfit Singularity
- Dec 25, 20255 Psychologically Dark (or Horrifying) Moments in Toy Story 3 (repost; originally written 2010 — vintage outlier, not normative)
- Dec 24, 2025The Reindeer Industrial Complex
- Dec 16, 2025The Gentrification of Yesterday: How Wealthy Nostalgia Tourists Are Pricing the Poor Out of the Past
- Dec 15, 2025Narco Pardons, Peso Lifelines, and Seized Oil: The New Monetized Foreign Policy
- Dec 12, 2025Labor Rights Are Not a Suicide Pact
- Dec 11, 2025The Viper in the Vestry
- Dec 9, 2025The Grand Old Putsch
- Dec 8, 2025The U.S. Keeps Blowing Up Go-Fast Boats in the Caribbean.
- Dec 2, 2025The United States Military May Have Committed a War Crime in the Caribbean.
- Nov 25, 2025The Local AI Manifesto: Why the Real Future of Artificial Intelligence Belongs to You, Not the Cloud
- Nov 23, 2025The Panic Is Old, The Technology Is New: How Anti-AI Arguments Are Just Recycled Rhetoric from… (title truncated in list view)
- Nov 7, 2025Faith, Fear, and Limestone
- Oct 13, 2025Castizo Futurism and the New Conquistadors, Part 2
- Oct 12, 2025Christopher Columbus: The OG of Genocide, Whitewashing, and Republican Hero Worship, Part 1
- Oct 7, 2025"The Devil Wears Loro Piana": How Silicon Valley's Philosopher-King Weaponized the Antichrist
- Sep 27, 2025Code, Kings, and Coup Fantasies: Curtis Yarvin and the Silicon Crown That Would Be
- Sep 25, 2025They're Eating the Dogs: How the Far Right Turned Disgust Into a Thousand-Year Weapon
- Sep 19, 2025Sgt. Tavistock's Lonely Braincell Club Band
- Sep 17, 2025When We Said "Never Again," the GOP Heard "Not Yet"
- Sep 9, 2025Schmitt's America: White, Christian, and Confederate-Curious
- Sep 9, 2025Pedocon Theory Undefeated
- Sep 9, 2025Freddie & Friends: Teenage Nazi Hunters History Tried to Forget
- Sep 9, 2025"Reverse Discrimination" Gets Its Day in Court: Ames v. Ohio DYS, the Death of a Dumb Rule, and the Coming Stampede of White-Grievance Lawsuits
- Sep 9, 2025The Lost Cause: America's Original Fanfiction Cult
- Sep 9, 2025Automation, AI Agents, and the Post-Labor Future
- Sep 9, 2025Orwell's Boot, Huxley's Soma, and America's Ongoing Face-Plant
- Sep 9, 2025Why JB Pritzker's "Do Not Come to Chicago" Press Conference Is Exactly The Leadership Democrats Should Be Showing
- Sep 9, 2025Labor Day isn't a picnic. It's a receipt.
- Sep 9, 2025Superman is Making Fascists Angry Again
- Sep 8, 2025When "Except" Becomes the Rule: Prison Labor, Food Security, and the 13th Amendment's Shadow
- Sep 7, 2025PragerU's Hungarian Rhapsody: When "Educational" Content Meets Authoritarian Apologetics
- Sep 7, 2025What Nate Silver Gets Wrong About "Blueskyism"
- Sep 7, 2025The Lost Cause of Fascism: D'Souza's Comfort Lies for the Right
- Sep 7, 2025The War on Birth Control: White Replacement, Musk's Pseudoscience, and the GOP's Obsession with Women's Wombs
- Sep 7, 2025Trump's 11 "Life Lessons" — And How He Broke Every Single One
- Sep 7, 2025The Cuck Complex: How One Gross Internet Slur Explains Trump's Entire Political Career
- Sep 7, 2025From Ellen G. White to RFK Jr.: How Two Anti-Science Rivers Converged
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