GMoromisato

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   by GMoromisato 2mo ago

   PaulG posted this just last week: https://x.com/paulg/status/2085598462146675072 Another tech friend of mine just bought a Model Y and he was similarly raving about how awesome FSD it. Just anecdotes, I know, but
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   by GMoromisato 2mo ago

   I think we're in full agreement. I don't know if orbital datacenters will work out--it depends on the price of launch and the price of tokens in 2030. Maybe they'll try it and abandon it. We'll see. But my point is that
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   by GMoromisato 2mo ago

   That's a good point, and would make the price more reasonable.
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   by GMoromisato 2mo ago

   Elon-hate explains a lot.
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   by GMoromisato 2mo ago

   Okay, so you admit that they are possible, but they just might cost more than expected? That's actually a reasonable prediction.
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   by GMoromisato 2mo ago

   One thing I find fascinating in this thread is how orbital datacenters bring out such visceral reactions. I understand skepticism--maybe they will never be able to compete economically with terrestrial datacenters. But the profound certaint
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   by GMoromisato 2mo ago

   I literally use FSD every day.
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   by GMoromisato 2mo ago

   That's a different conspiracy theory, for which there is also no evidence.
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   by GMoromisato 2mo ago

   Current SpaceX design is 75 kW of computer per ton, including solar panels, radiators, everything: https://www.spacex.com/spacexai/starmind That's ~13 tons per megawatt, or 1,330 tons for 100 MWs. That's 13 l
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    You've listed: 1. Radiating heat needs large radiators 2. Bit flips require extra compute capacity Neither of those violate the laws of physics. As I said, they may not work economically, but that depends on a large number of unknowns,
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    How is Starlink cooled? How is ISS cooled? They all use radiators, which work in a vacuum by--wait for it--radiating infrared into space. Orbital data centers do not defy the laws of physics. TBD whether they are economical relative to terr
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    SpaceX is betting that the world will be compute/energy constrained by 2030 and that orbital datacenters will become cost-effective for inference. If they are right about that, they will be the largest company in the solar system. If t
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    That would make more sense to me.
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    I'm skeptical of this deal. Cursor led the way on agentic coding, but Claude Code and Codex have replaced it. [I use Codex for everything now.] Still, I'm hearing that Grok 4.6 is almost as good at coding as Codex, but lots cheape
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    I was just venting (ironic, I know). May I ask, did you get anything out of it? I felt I wasted my time reading it, but that's what makes me think I'm missing something.
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    Sorry, I was just venting.
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    Are there any interesting predictions in this post that I need to pay attention to? Or is this just venting at how "annoying" tech bros are? I just skimmed it, so I'm hoping someone with more fortitude can summarize.
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    I don't know, but note that the raw, unadjusted images are no more "authentic" than the color-adjusted ones. Mastcam uses a Bayer RGB matrix, very similar to a consumer digital camera. Effectively, each "pixel" of t
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    With everyone primed to condemn AI-generated output, there are bound to be human false-positives caught in the crossfire. The more we demonize AI, the more likely we are to demonize humans. [Which is not to say we can't criticize AI co
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    Agreed. I don't even know if you, or anyone else, feels joy. Maybe I'm the only person in the world with qualia. I certainly can't prove otherwise. But with what I know of people and what I know of matrix multiplication, I ha
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    I think that is a very valid attitude also. My take is that people deserve to be treated with respect because they are people, not because they are smart and/or interesting. I don't treat people differently based on their IQ. But,
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey when I was about 12 years old and I remember thinking that Frank Poole was impersonal and almost rude to HAL. I kept thinking, "Why can't you be nicer? You're treating HAL like a servant."
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    Yes, but sometimes forward motion, even in the wrong direction, is better than inaction (because forward motion reveals more information that you can use to course-correct). I think more companies, particularly large companies, fail from st
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    The hard part about being a human being is that every bit of advice is good in some contexts but not in others. Sometimes you're right to set boundaries and say 'no'. Other times, you should negotiate and compromise. I'm
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    I very sure that she would disagree with my attempt at summarizing her ideas, nevertheless, I think her key insight is that technology is corroding democracy because: 1. Technology companies are subsuming services traditionally supplied by
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    I'm looking forward to reading it, particularly for the SF part.
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    This was a fascinating interview, and there were a lot of ideas packed into it. Honestly, it makes me want to read her book. That said, I disagree with a lot of her conclusions. Contra her assertions, I believe that technological change is
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    I agree with this. Clean code is important today because it helps humans to understand it. Cleanliness is not otherwise intrinsically valuable. Today I don't always need to understand the code. When I do, I can ask the LLM to explain t
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    by GMoromisato 2mo ago

    I just bought 16 GB DDR4 for my (somewhat old) Dell tower for $120 + shipping from Techyparts.com. Looking around that seemed like a really decent price (but maybe I'm wrong). I had previously ordered from Aeonfly, but they cancelled m
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    by GMoromisato 3mo ago

    Not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but if someone wrote a blog post that said, "Bad Grammar Discourages Me from Reading Your Blog" I would have the same response: Don't write your blog to please other people.