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AMD Instinct MI50

This document attempts to consolidate all available information regarding the VBIOS ROMs for the venerable AMD Instinct MI50 - especially the 32 GB variant

Sources include

reddit
- https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1lsgtvy/successfully_built_my_first_pc_for_ai_sourcing/n1kkx7f/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/ROCm/comments/1kwirmw/instinct_mi50_on_consumer_hardware/

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This is a Ruby on Rails application that helps users with benefits applications. The application uses:

Ruby on Rails 8
PostgreSQL database
Bootstrap 5.3 for UI styling
Hotwire (Turbo and Stimulus) for frontend interactivity
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Valkey Sentinel as a Unified Infrastructure Backbone

HomeFlare Cluster -- 3-node Proxmox homelab running BGP anycast, Ceph, Nomad, and 85+ API endpoints.

A single Valkey Sentinel cluster, running on a 40 Gbps Thunderbolt 4 mesh with sub-millisecond latency, serves as the shared data plane for 8 distinct infrastructure concerns -- eliminating the need for 8 separate systems.

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v2.70 https://energytalk.co.za/t/victron-modbus-tcp-register-list/1213

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On all Fedora systems that I have recently installed on my Framework Laptop (Intel 11th gen), I had trouble with video playback (in Chromium).

Because I have repeatedly struggled to resolve the issue, I will write down here the steps I just took to finally resolve.

The key insight of using ffmpeg-libs is from this Reddit post.

To summarize:

Don't follow the Fedora OpenH264 docs.

	#!/usr/bin/python
	"""
	signalis.py decode <input.png> <output.json>
	signalis.py encode <input.json> <output.png>

	the decoder does NOT validate the input image! to do that, encode data again and check image pixels match
	"""

	import os, sys
	import numpy as np

	// Copyright 2021 Kyle Hughes
	//
	// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
	// documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
	// rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
	// permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
	//
	// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
	// Software.
	//

	<!doctype html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>This is the title of the webpage!</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<p>This is an example paragraph. Anything in the <strong>body</strong> tag will appear on the page, just like this <strong>p</strong> tag and its contents.</p>
	</body>
	</html>