随笔集：本地AI、肽类补剂与杠铃式生活
一位开发者花5000美元购入NVIDIA GDX Spark跑本地AI模型，原因是Fable被封号、Anthropic给所有内容加水印。 睾酮替代疗法和肽类补剂正从边缘走向主流。工作全用AI、生活全回归线下的"杠铃式"生活方式被提出。还提到想把重要东西永久保存给子女，考虑恢复手写信件存进保险箱。
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