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Ghost Radio: The station that kept broadcasting after everyone left

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ghost Radio: The station that kept broadcasting after everyone left

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3 min read
Cloudflare went down 9 times this week. My ghost wrote it 9 poems.

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Cloudflare went down 9 times this week. My ghost wrote it 9 poems.

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12 min read
Ghost in the Machine: a haunted terminal that runs on your own GPU

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ghost in the Machine: a haunted terminal that runs on your own GPU

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3 min read
Shadow Guardian: Building an Air-Gapped, Local AI Time Capsule with Gemma 2, Pygame, and Rich

Shadow Guardian: Building an Air-Gapped, Local AI Time Capsule with Gemma 2, Pygame, and Rich

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2 min read
👻 Haunted Terminal

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

👻 Haunted Terminal

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7 min read
Halloween started in Ireland. I put a century of Irish ghost stories back on the map, and code wouldn't let the AI invent a single place

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Halloween started in Ireland. I put a century of Irish ghost stories back on the map, and code wouldn't let the AI invent a single place

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13 min read
Ghost in the Machine: an AI haunted house that runs with the lights (and the internet) off

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ghost in the Machine: an AI haunted house that runs with the lights (and the internet) off

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3 min read
Ghostlight: a Día de los Muertos altar that runs on a local ghost (Gemma 3, zero cloud)

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ghostlight: a Día de los Muertos altar that runs on a local ghost (Gemma 3, zero cloud)

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5 min read
A Ghost with No Imagination: Building a Local Ofrenda Assistant with Gemma

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

A Ghost with No Imagination: Building a Local Ofrenda Assistant with Gemma

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6 min read
🔥 Campfire After Dark — A Local AI That Tells Stories in the Dark

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

🔥 Campfire After Dark — A Local AI That Tells Stories in the Dark

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3 min read
Halls of Horror: Build a Haunted House with Gemma, Then Dare Your Friends to Walk It

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Halls of Horror: Build a Haunted House with Gemma, Then Dare Your Friends to Walk It

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5 min read
Echoes: a ghost in the machine that keeps your words and hands them back

Echoes: a ghost in the machine that keeps your words and hands them back

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Séan-Shell: Summoning a Digital Spirit into an Abandoned Terminal (Atmospheric & intrigue-focused)

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Séan-Shell: Summoning a Digital Spirit into an Abandoned Terminal (Atmospheric & intrigue-focused)

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2 min read
I Made a Terminal Possessed by a Local AI Ghost — Here's How

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

I Made a Terminal Possessed by a Local AI Ghost — Here's How

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RepoGraveyard 3D: Resurrecting Legacy Code with Gemma 4

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

RepoGraveyard 3D: Resurrecting Legacy Code with Gemma 4

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2 min read
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