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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Egyptian tombs Memes

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Honey Never Spoils Because... It Never Spoils

Science Chemistry
1 year ago 32.3K views 0 shares
Honey Never Spoils Because... It Never Spoils
The first "fact" is literally just saying honey doesn't go bad because... honey doesn't go bad. Revolutionary science right there! Next they'll tell us water is wet because it's not dry. That ancient Egyptian honey discovery is actually legit though - archaeologists found 3,000-year-old honey that was still perfectly edible. Basically, honey's low moisture content and high acidity create an environment where bacteria can't survive. It's nature's immortal food, outlasting entire civilizations while sitting in a tomb. The rest of these "fascinating facts" probably follow the same pattern of circular reasoning. Science communication at its finest!

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Run Qwen3.8 27B locally: real numbers from my Mac Studio

Qwen3.8 27B benchmarked on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra: Ollama and llama.cpp numbers, the 1-bit quant tested, RAM math, and the hardware that actually fits. Read article →

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