OTC CatchUp #247 Summary

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OTC CatchUp #247

Date: 02-08-2025

Duration: 3 hrs 2 mins

Topics Discussed

Jia shared about her internship experience at ABC Engineers and her work on a CO2 model for data analytics.
Nirmal, a class 10th student, shared his mock CPU projects and his thoughts.
- Talked about his idea of how the brain stores data and drew an analogy to weights and biases.
  - A New CPU Breakthrough Promising 100x Efficiency
Discussion on the latest malware targeting Arch Linux.
- Talked about server-safe Linux distros and NVIDIA OPEN drivers for Linux.
Discussed the fastest way to check if a number is odd.
- GodBolt Compiler
Browser-related discussion took place.
- Talked about telemetry options, browser engines, and whether Google funds Firefox.
CUDA kernels were compared with PyTorch compiled code.
- Shared why CUDA kernels are considered better in some use cases.
  - Why GPU Programming Is Chaotic
  - Simplifying CUDA Kernels with Triton
Rishit shared his project Squeeze3D with features like compression, interpolation, and model reconstruction.
- Discussed 3D formats like mesh, point cloud, and radiance field.
  - Squeeze3D
  - Radiance Fields
Chetan asked Rishit about Kubernetes config suggestions for ML models.
- Kubeflow
Rishit also shared about QVID, a project on Situated AI that interprets real-time audio-visual inputs.
- QVID
Chetan asked about ricing tips for Ubuntu VM, especially regarding bloat removal without breaking the system.
- Harsh suggested using autoremove and autopurge.
  - The Basics of Ricing Linux
Discussion about Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI).
- Talked about its story, and what superintelligence could mean.
  - Safe Superintelligence Inc.
Mohit shared his journey to GrapheneOS and how he became an app developer.
- Currently doing PhD and working on projects while contributing to GrapheneOS.
- Chetan asked about installing GrapheneOS on an old phone and whether Ubuntu Touch or GrapheneOS is better for experimentation.
  - GrapheneOS Device Support
Additional resources and links.

Attendees

Alpesh Bhagwatkar
Aniket Kadam
Ankush Kapoor
Bhavesh Kukreja
Darshan Rander
Harsh Kapadia
Jia Harisinghani
Mohit Shetty
Naufil Asar
Pranav Prasanna Dani
Rishit Dagli
Wilfred Almeida
Advait Jadhav
Ayush More
CHETAN JANGIR
Hritik Sharma
Janvi Matani
Krupal Vasani
Mohammad Kaif
Nirmal Panchal
Sahil Bansal
Shlok Bagwe
wasim shaikh

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