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Planchette: a Ouija board haunted by Gemma’s real odds

Planchette: a Ouija board haunted by Gemma’s real odds

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7 min read
Wraith: I Gave My Terminal a Ghost (and It Never Phones Home)

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

Wraith: I Gave My Terminal a Ghost (and It Never Phones Home)

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4 min read
Séance: I Summoned the Ghosts of COBOL, FORTRAN and ALGOL — and They Live in My Browser

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

Séance: I Summoned the Ghosts of COBOL, FORTRAN and ALGOL — and They Live in My Browser

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5 min read
Ghost in the Machine: How I Built a Haunted Terminal & Digital Ofrenda with Sovereign Open-Source AI

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

Ghost in the Machine: How I Built a Haunted Terminal & Digital Ofrenda with Sovereign Open-Source AI

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5 min read
PetniHunter: I Invented 929 Fake Bangla Books, Films and Writers. A 4B Model Believed 96% of Them.

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

PetniHunter: I Invented 929 Fake Bangla Books, Films and Writers. A 4B Model Believed 96% of Them.

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9 min read
Ghostroll: a private photo album written by local open-source AI

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

Ghostroll: a private photo album written by local open-source AI

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3 min read
Spooo! The Mosquito

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

Spooo! The Mosquito

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7 min read
git-ofrenda: a local Gemma builds a Día de los Muertos altar for your deleted code

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

git-ofrenda: a local Gemma builds a Día de los Muertos altar for your deleted code

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6 min read
The Bug Report Has a Ghost: Copilot Builds a Local Gemma & Arduino UNO Q Haunting

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

The Bug Report Has a Ghost: Copilot Builds a Local Gemma & Arduino UNO Q Haunting

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7 min read
Ghost in the Git: Conjuring the Spirits of Abandoned Repositories 👻

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

Ghost in the Git: Conjuring the Spirits of Abandoned Repositories 👻

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3 min read
Mémoire des Anciens: The Grimoire of Souls

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

Mémoire des Anciens: The Grimoire of Souls

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5 min read
My Picnic Robot Is Haunted by the Table It Trained On

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

My Picnic Robot Is Haunted by the Table It Trained On

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5 min read
Your Abandoned Repos Deserve an Ofrenda: Meet Graveshell

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

Your Abandoned Repos Deserve an Ofrenda: Meet Graveshell

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4 min read
# DaemonSéance: The Haunted Terminal of Computing Past

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

# DaemonSéance: The Haunted Terminal of Computing Past

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4 min read
Ofrenda: a local-first ofrenda builder that never leaves your laptop

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

Ofrenda: a local-first ofrenda builder that never leaves your laptop

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